Pumpkins Announce New 19 Yr Old Drummer.In addition, the Pumpkins will make “a major announcement” about a new album next month, a band spokesman said Monday.
Byrne was among 1,000 drummers who answered singer-guitarist Billy Corgan’s call to audition for the job last April. Chamberlin, who joined the band soon after its formation in the ‘80s, quit the Pumpkins in March. In explaining the move on his Web site, Chamberlin said, “I can no longer commit all of my energy into something that I don’t fully possess. I won’t pretend I’m into something I’m not. I won’t do it to myself, you the fan, or my former partner. I can’t just, ‘Cash the check’ so to speak.”
Corgan is the only original member left in the Pumpkins, which became one of Chicago’s most commercially successful bands after emerging in 1988. Byrne is a veteran of various Portland indie bands, including Moses, Smell the Roses and the Mercury Tree.
-Chicago Tribune
One of my favorite songs/videos from my youth. I know that it's unlikely, but I kinda hope this new album will have some of that Siamese Dream vibe to it.
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