It was always tricky with the Pumpkins to begin with. This groupвЂ™s history is littered with these constant change-ups. It all becomes a bit hard to keep track of, and tiresome. Then Chamberlin was out of the band again, then back in again. Give the idea of it a chance, they said - after all, thanks to CorganвЂ™s penchant for re-recording his bandmateвЂ™s parts, the PumpkinsвЂ™ masterpiece Siamese Dream was primarily the product of him and Chamberlin anyway. Back on 2007вЂ™s Zeitgeist - the first album of the вЂњreunitedвЂќ Pumpkins era - the only other original member playing with Corgan was Chamberlin. This comes after years of consistent upheaval and subsequent teases of an actual original lineup reunion. For fans, thereвЂ™s still something potent in that. Even so, after all the characteristic in-fighting, we have the closest thing to a real Smashing Pumpkins onstage, together, in years, aside from IhaвЂ™s occasional guest appearances alongside Corgan in recent times. ThereвЂ™s been a lot of drama surrounding WretzkyвЂ™s involvement, or lack thereof, and several shots fired back and forth between her and CorganвЂ™s camp. Now, this version of a Smashing Pumpkins reunion has been naturally on-brand. Corgan talked plenty of shit about Wretzky over the years, and it was only in 2016 that theyвЂ™d begun to speak to one another again - yet another installment in the never-ending saga of finding their way to a reunion. That is, of course, a reunion without original bassist DвЂ™arcy Wretzky. There are hints at a reunion album with Rick Rubin too. The trek promises a celebration of the music from the PumpkinsвЂ™ first run, from Gish through MACHINA. The Shiny And Oh So Bright Tour will kick off later this year, introducing us to a Smashing Pumpkins that puts Corgan, James Iha, and Jimmy Chamberlin on tour together for the first time in 20 years. Today - after a countdown clock, billboards of classic lyrics, and ice cream trucks - the band finally confirmed theyвЂ™re back together. The Smashing Pumpkins often tried to present the former, and excelled at the latter.Д®ver since Corgan revived the moniker in the вЂ™00s, the topic of an original lineup reunion has never been far away. Sometimes you want the band-as-gang-of-friends mythology, sometimes you want the self-destructive band imploding for the sake of classic art mythology. There was Billy Corgan at the center, the dictator who had the vision to justify his control-freak tendencies, but who still wouldnвЂ™t escape being called insufferable or delusional or megalomaniacal by his peers (and his bandmates). From the earliest days, there were breakups and addiction. ThereвЂ™s never been a moment where they could actually bring themselves to sit back and enjoy their victory together. Throughout the long and tumultuous history of the Smashing Pumpkins, thereвЂ™s never really been a prolonged period of anything resembling tranquility.

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