No more Pumpkins!

Moving away from the flicks for a moment let's turn our attention to its close sister, music!

I am glad that I got to see the Smashing Pumpkins when they played Wellington last year; the older tracks were spellbinding and even one new track, Superchrist, was excellent. And we will never see it again. The Pumpkins are no more. With Jimmy Chamberlain having officially left, Corgan by himself does not the Pumpkins make!

Often mentioned in the top five drummers of all time, Chamberlain's drumming was almost as important to the band as Corgan's song craft. As that has been somewhat lacking since 1998's Adore, any remnants of this once glorious band is dead. Oh, they are going ahead without Jimmy, so the band will remain in name, but any remaining heart is gone.

I hope Corgan proves me wrong and produces another epic as good as Siamese Dream, but with his talk of no more albums, and griping at the fans, this once shoe-gazing artist has become a cynical product factory.