Billy Corgan Says He Wants To Re-Form Smashing Pumpkins



Corgan took out a full-page advertisement in the June 21 Chicago Tribune morning edition, declared his plans to bring back Smashing Pumpkins.  

"For a year now, I have walked around with a secret, a secret I chose to keep," the ad -- signed "Rock on and may God bless you! Billy Corgan" -- reads. "But now I want you to be among the first to know that I have made plans to renew and revive the Smashing Pumpkins. I want my band back, and my songs, and my dreams."

The ad doesn't provide any additional information on what form the resurrected band might take, or whether Corgan would be reunite with the Pumpkins' original lineup -- drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, guitarist James Iha and bassist D'Arcy Wretzky.