Currently the band is working on the Teargarden By Kaleidyscope project and planning tour dates. Fiorentino is the former bassist of Veruca Salt and has also played with Spinnerette and the Twilight Sleep. Ginger Pooley, who has been the Pumpkins' bassist since the 2007 Zeitgeist tour, left the band in March. Recently, Elcectric Prunes' bassist Mike Tulin played bass when the Smashing Pumpkins performed an intimate show, a concert sponsored by Amoeba, in front of 250 fans at Space 15 Twenty on Record Store Day.
In 1999, D'arcy Wretsky left the band and ever since it has been a revolving door at bass in the Smashing Pumpkins. Former Hole Bassist Melissa Auf der Maur replaced her until the band broke up in 2000. On April 20, 2006, the band was officialy back together, but only with original members Billy Corgan and drummer Jimmy Chamberlain. James Iha and D'arcy Wretsky were not invited back. Last year Chamberlain left the Pumpkins in March leaving Billy Corgan as the only original member.
There are some dates that will always have a special meaning to you. Most are birthdays, anniversaries, deaths, but for people like me, those also include the days bands break up. For me and other Smashing Pumpkins fans, May 23, 2000, was a really shocking day when Billy Corgan announced the Smashing Pumpkins were breaking up during a live radio interview on KROQ. I remember it vividly as I was driving around in the San Fernando Valley. I actually pulled over because I was in so much shock. Ever since it has been a really bumpy road for the band, but Billy Corgan and the Pumpkins still make good music. The Zeitgeist album was one of my favorite albums of 2007. Their new EP Teargarden in Kaleidyscope, Volume 1: Songs for a Sailor will be released May 25, 2010.
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