Smashing Pumpkins
Oceania will be released Down Under June 22nd 2012
May 2, 2012
by MonteLDS
A report from theMusic.com.au is reporting “Brisbane based ‘artist-empowering’ label Create/Control has announced that The Smashing Pumpkins are the next band to join their roster.” According to the article Oceania will be released in Australia on Friday 22 June.
Billy Corgan to return to Chicago Live! June 28th 2012
May 1, 2012
by MonteLDS
Billy Corgan is reportedly heading back to be on Chicago Live! on June 28th. He will once again be interviewed by Greg Kot. Also appearing that same night will be Art Shay who has been doing photography for the Teargarden project.
Read about Billy’s last appearance on Chicago Live! here. Or you can listen to the podcast from that event here.
New video interview on Mashable with Billy Corgan
May 1, 2012
by MonteLDS
Here is a new 15 minutes video of Billy talking to Brian Solis on Mashable.com before the SXSW interview the two had over a month ago.
In the Smashing Pumpkins latest press release Billy Corgan answers questions about Oceania
April 30, 2012
by MonteLDS
Photo by Richard Shay
The latest press release by Mitch Schneider Organization came with a short interview with Billy Corgan.
In the interview Billy said the following about recording and producing Oceania:
“From a production standpoint I was dead set on making an album where every song was just as valuable as any other, ignoring the typical claptrap you hear about needing a single. The only way to make the case that every song on Oceania is worth hearing is to put your heart into the sequence as a cohesive whole. Once we felt we’d achieved that balance, only then did we let anyone outside our world hear the record we’d made..”
Billy then touched on the importance of the legacy of this bands lineup.
“If we’ve learned anything from playing as an intact unit now for over two years, it’s that unless we create our own sound and our own legacy, it’s a given that people will default to what they know; whether it’s my past or someone else’s. We know we have much more in us to share than being an alluring, virtual jukebox. Being in The Pumpkins will always be defined by what we can create from our hands and hearts right now, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.”
Also in the press release Richard Shay, son of Chicago legend Art Shay is revealed as the photographer who took the photo for the cover of Oceania.
A survey from the Lucky 13 Team
April 30, 2012
The Lucky 13 team has heard from fans all across the globe about releases they would like to see come to light, from obscure concerts dates to the legendary Let Me Give The World To You Adore version produced by Rick Rubin.
Today we are surveying 1000 lucky fans to gauge interest in formats, bundle packages, pricing models, and types of potential Smashing Pumpkins Record Club (SPRC) releases. This survey will provide the Lucky 13 team with information crucial to the next step in the release process.
You will need to answer all the questions in the survey to be able to submit your response. The survey is 4 pages with a total of 18 questions.
You can find the survey here: COMPLETED!
Learn more about the Lucky 13 project from our past articles.
UPDATE: Thanks to everyone who took the survey!
Live Essentials: Greater London Radio on 08-23-1992
April 29, 2012
We’re going pre-Siamese Dream this week. This is a short, charming live-acoustic set from an FM broadcast on Greater London Radio. To start, we are treated to an early version of Rocket (with alternate lyrics). For those of you who have never heard Dance of the Dwarves, allow yourselves to be enlightened by a “small excerpt—33 seconds of sheer SP comedy spender. The set closes with a beautiful rendition of Spaceboy.
Rocket (alt. lyrics) (4:46)
Listen/Get the Whole Show
You can listen to and download the show here: http://archive.org/details/tsp1992-08-23.FM.flac16
New Lengthy interview with Billy Corgan appears on FasterLouder.com.au
April 26, 2012
by MonteLDS
A new interview with Billy Corgan has come online today. In the interview Billy talks about his new book, working with the Veronicas, Oceania, Zeitgiest, Machina re-issue, and the future. Here are some quotes from the interview.
Rumor: the Smashing Pumpkins are heading to New Zealand in August
April 25, 2012
by MonteLDS
Today’s New Zealand Herald (or is it tomorrow’s?) is reporting that the Smashing Pumpkins are coming to Auckland for a show, apparently playing at the Trusts Stadium on Saturday August 4th. This venue is set to support as many as 5000 people. It is thought by our tipster that this will be part of a festival show.
A big thank you to Adam for the tip.
UPDATE: Newspaper clipping confirms that the Pumpkins will be playing the Trusts Stadium on Saturday August 4th.
Thanks again to Adam for the clipping!
Billy Corgan talks to News.com.au
April 25, 2012
by MonteLDS
In this latest interview with Billy Corgan, he explains that it’s not his job to be an oldies act or a jukebox. The article quotes him to say, “When we were on the Mellon Collie album tour I had people down the front shouting for Siamese Dream songs.”
He goes on to emphasize that, to him, playing old albums in full for concerts is the death of everything that is new.
When he discusses the recent open letter by Axl Rose to boycott the Guns N’ Roses’ Hall of Fame induction, Billy says it would be problematic for the original line up to ever reunite.
“You have to understand I’ve been sued by my former band mates,” he says. “I’ve had them cost me money, crazy amounts of money, over dumb s—. T
hey don’t want to participate in things that involve fans, but they still want to make their money because they were around when stuff happened.”
Fans who had pre-ordered Gish & Siamese Dream from SmashingPumpkins.com get email about their special gift.
April 24, 2012
by MonteLDS
A Flexidisc has been created for fans who preorder their reissues from SmashingPumpkins.com. Here is the email we got:
Dear SPRC Members,
We want to thank you again for preordering through SmashingPumpkins.com.Late last fall you pre-ordered a physical product of either Gish or Siamese Dream from us that did not arrive in a timely manner. We apologize again and want you to know we have changed distributors and there should never be a delay such as this again.
We have created a surprise Flexidisc especially for you. In order to receive this you will need to enter your order number and go through the completely free, $0 “purchase” process to confirm your address with us. Please order your Flexidisc here.
Please fill out your info ASAP as we will close orders for this product at midnight PST on Monday April 30th, 2012. Please note that this is a limited offer for those who pre-ordered physical product before November 28th of 2011 and your order number will be needed. You can find your order number in your original receipt.
Thank you for your continued support!
-Smashing Pumpkins Record Club
UPDATE: Crestfallen.com has been told that topspin is working on removing the shipping cost. As soon as we know that this issue has been resolved we will post a second update. Anyone who has paid for the shipping should receive a refund for it.
additional info from the Smashing Pumpkins official twitter account.
UPDATE 2: Everything should be working now.