CHICAGO (Reuters) - Singer Billy Corgan said on
Tuesday he plans to revive The Smashing Pumpkins,
his Grammy-winning band which broke up in 2000
after more than a decade of blending alternative rock
with the avant-garde
In full-page advertisements in Chicago newspapers,
the bald-headed Corgan said, "I want my band back,
and my songs, and my dreams."
He did not say which if any of the band's former
members would be involved in the revived group,
which broke through with albums such as "Gish"
and "Siamese Dream."
The Pumpkins' top selling album was "Mellon Collie
and the Infinite Sadness" which came out in 1995, but
as the 1990s progressed their work became
increasingly obscure as tensions arose in the group.
They broke up over differences among its four
members and Corgan has since jumped from project
to project but failed to match his early success.
Corgan, based in Chicago, has just released a solo
album, "TheFutureEmbrace" on Reprise Records.
He did not say when he would try to reform the
Pumpkins but the new album "represents a new
beginning, not an ending. It picks up the thread of the
as-yet-unfinished work and charter of The Smashing
Pumpkins," he said.