Smashing Pumpkins 20th Anniversary...really?

Springbridge · 11-14-2008, 07:56 AM

As nice as it would be to think this great band has been around for 20 years, it's just not the case. They started in 1988 and then were absent from 2001-2007, that's 6 years the band wasn't around because they didn't even exist.

If you want to consider Zwan and The Future Embrace to be the Smashing Pumpkins, then they have been around for 20 years. Otherwise The Smashing Pumpkins have only been around for 14 years making this really a 14th Anniversary...

tcm · 11-14-2008, 08:10 AM

it's billy & jimmy's 20th year of wedded bliss, end of the thread.

D. · 11-14-2008, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by tcm

it's billy & jimmy's 20th year of wedded bliss, end of the thread.

Fritter · 11-14-2008, 08:26 AM

20th!? More like 17th! You guys are forgetting that home wrecker Jonathan Melvoin.

Kahlo · 11-14-2008, 08:32 AM

20 years since the band came into being.

Still, it isn't SP without Ron

tcm · 11-14-2008, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Fritter

20th!? More like 17th! You guys are forgetting that home wrecker Jonathan Melvoin.

they were only 'separated'.

rolmos · 11-14-2008, 08:38 AM

What a brilliant thread. This topic hasn't been discussed and bitched about yet.

Kahlo · 11-14-2008, 08:39 AM

BRING BACK RON?!?!?

LaBelle · 11-14-2008, 08:41 AM

This is absurd!!! Jimmy-era pumpkins is the worst!!!
I miss the drum machine... that was the REAL pumpkins... not this rocking non-sense

tcm · 11-14-2008, 08:45 AM

they haven't forgotten the drum machine, they've been paying homage to the drum machine in the beginning of white crosses.

Kahlo · 11-14-2008, 08:45 AM

When Billy broke up the Marked, that was when it all went wrong.

Pizza Club · 11-14-2008, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Kahlo

When Billy broke up the Marked, that was when it all went wrong.

Pfft, please. The Marked were just a happy, upbeat version of Hexen. It's too bad Hexen broke up before they could release their acoustic album.

Kahlo · 11-14-2008, 11:24 AM

Fuck you man!!

Nothing is as pure as the first time Billy picked up an instrument. Why couldn't he have just gone solo in the first place?

T&T · 11-14-2008, 11:41 AM

after this is where it all goes wrong

LaBelle · 11-14-2008, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by T&T

after this is where it all goes wrong

From there, it all WENT wrong...

Reyngel · 11-14-2008, 02:43 PM

Man.

Is it sad that his guitar playing as a teenager was way better than it is 30 years later?

maoi · 11-14-2008, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Springbridge

As nice as it would be to think this great band has been around for 20 years, it's just not the case. They started in 1988 and then were absent from 2001-2007, that's 6 years the band wasn't around because they didn't even exist.

If you want to consider Zwan and The Future Embrace to be the Smashing Pumpkins, then they have been around for 20 years. Otherwise The Smashing Pumpkins have only been around for 14 years making this really a 14th Anniversary...

You really don't understand the concept of anniversaries do you

Kahlo · 11-14-2008, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by maoi

You really don't understand the concept of anniversaries do you

This. Sometimes I forget that some SP fans just aren't really the brightest specimens

1100ww · 11-14-2008, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Pizza Club

Pfft, please. The Marked were just a happy, upbeat version of Hexen. It's too bad Hexen broke up before they could release their acoustic album.

djali hexen

LaBelle · 11-14-2008, 03:30 PM

I heard from some very reliable sources that there's a ready-to-be-released Hexen dvd, but billy refuses to release it or address the issue.

xyumachine · 11-14-2008, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Kahlo

20 years since the band came into being.

exactly.

brillo998 · 11-14-2008, 07:27 PM

teh smashing pumpkins??? i h8 them!!!1uno

Shallowed · 11-14-2008, 07:28 PM

Do you guys think that the music Zwan and BC-solo made was "American Gothic" music?

Springbridge · 11-15-2008, 01:27 AM

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Originally Posted by maoi

You really don't understand the concept of anniversaries do you

Anniversary

The yearly recurrence of the date of a past event. The celebration or commemoration of such a date. Returning or recurring each year; annual.

Kahlo · 11-15-2008, 10:19 AM

Oh god. I'm putting you on ignore.

tensionhead · 11-15-2008, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Pasta of Muppet

Do you guys think that the music Zwan and BC-solo made was "American Gothic" music?

well the rainbows ruin any possiblity of terming it gothic methink

Springbridge · 11-15-2008, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Kahlo

Oh god. I'm putting you on ignore.

:'( Look it up in the dictionary.

Shallowed · 11-15-2008, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by tensionhead

well the rainbows ruin any possiblity of terming it gothic methink

I don't think Billy meant that kind of Gothic. Besides, even if he did, it is still possible;

http://www.flyingczechman.org/galler...ow%20hair).jpg

11-14-2008, 07:56 AM	#1
Springbridge Ownz Posts: 990	Smashing Pumpkins 20th Anniversary...really? As nice as it would be to think this great band has been around for 20 years, it's just not the case. They started in 1988 and then were absent from 2001-2007, that's 6 years the band wasn't around because they didn't even exist. If you want to consider Zwan and The Future Embrace to be the Smashing Pumpkins, then they have been around for 20 years. Otherwise The Smashing Pumpkins have only been around for 14 years making this really a 14th Anniversary...

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11-14-2008, 08:10 AM	#2
tcm Braindead Location: Le look de Corgan Posts: 17,922	it's billy & jimmy's 20th year of wedded bliss, end of the thread.

11-14-2008, 08:26 AM	#4
Fritter Ownz Location: Is your mouth all glued-up with cunny juice? Posts: 696	20th!? More like 17th! You guys are forgetting that home wrecker Jonathan Melvoin.

11-14-2008, 08:32 AM	#5
Kahlo Registered User Posts: 17,539	20 years since the band came into being. Still, it isn't SP without Ron

11-14-2008, 08:38 AM	#7
rolmos Apocalyptic Poster Posts: 2,349	What a brilliant thread. This topic hasn't been discussed and bitched about yet.

11-14-2008, 08:39 AM	#8
Kahlo Registered User Posts: 17,539	BRING BACK RON?!?!?

11-14-2008, 08:41 AM	#9
LaBelle Socialphobic Location: Away Posts: 11,398	This is absurd!!! Jimmy-era pumpkins is the worst!!! I miss the drum machine... that was the REAL pumpkins... not this rocking non-sense

11-14-2008, 08:45 AM	#10
tcm Braindead Location: Le look de Corgan Posts: 17,922	they haven't forgotten the drum machine, they've been paying homage to the drum machine in the beginning of white crosses.

11-14-2008, 11:24 AM	#13
Kahlo Registered User Posts: 17,539	Fuck you man!! Nothing is as pure as the first time Billy picked up an instrument. Why couldn't he have just gone solo in the first place?

11-14-2008, 11:41 AM	#14
T&T Socialphobic Location: montreal Posts: 11,679	after this is where it all goes wrong

11-14-2008, 02:43 PM	#16
Reyngel Apocalyptic Poster Location: Seattle Posts: 3,682	Man. Is it sad that his guitar playing as a teenager was way better than it is 30 years later?

11-14-2008, 03:30 PM	#20
LaBelle Socialphobic Location: Away Posts: 11,398	I heard from some very reliable sources that there's a ready-to-be-released Hexen dvd, but billy refuses to release it or address the issue.

11-14-2008, 07:27 PM	#22
brillo998 Ownz Location: columbus Posts: 838	teh smashing pumpkins??? i h8 them!!!1uno

11-14-2008, 07:28 PM	#23
Shallowed Braindead Posts: 18,608	Do you guys think that the music Zwan and BC-solo made was "American Gothic" music?

11-15-2008, 10:19 AM	#25
Kahlo Registered User Posts: 17,539	Oh god. I'm putting you on ignore.