SMASHING PUMPKINS News: Drummer JIMMY CHAMBERLIN Quits SMASHING PUMPKINS

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SMASHING PUMPKINS guitarist, singer, songwriter and founding member Billy Corgan has announced that drummer Jimmy Chamberlin has left the group.

Chamberlin joined the band Corgan founded in Chicago in 1988 and played on all their albums except "Adore" (1998).

Corgan will continue to write and record as SMASHING PUMPKINS, with plans to head into the studio this spring.

In a late 2008 interview with the Chicago Tribune, Corgan said SMASHING PUMPKINS will not release any more new albums, citing the lack of enthusiasm for their 2007 comeback effort, "Zeitgeist", as one of the reasons. He said, "We're done with ('Zeitgeist'). There is no...