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My beloved Smashing Pumpkins have gone all stars and stripes (or Jalur Germilang if you like), except it’s in black and white with the signature SP heart logo. I don’t know what it all means, but it’s great to know there’s a change, even if it’s rather a small one. Which means somebody, somewhere is working on it. Which also means the Pumpkins are really working on something.

And I got this on my Google alert:

We recently finished up working with Roy Thomas Baker, (Queen, The Cars!), Working with RTB was not only an honor, but also one of the best musical experiences we have ever had. We are currently working with Terry Date (Pantera, Soundgarden!) and that is going great as well. The universe has a way of letting you know that things are right by introducing people like RTB and Terry into the fold. — Jimmy Chamberlin

Queen, The Cars, Pantera, Soundgarden. Gosh, big names. Good things are coming, I hope.

The words are in, The Smashing Pumpkins are in the recording studio to work on their comeback album. Roy Thomas Baker, who had produced on Queen’s A Night at the Opera (with the classic Bohemian Rhapsody) and bands like The Cars, Cheap Tricks, Journey and more recently The Darkness, will now have the Pumpkins on his impressive resume. Legendary stuff.

The reunited Pumpkins is still a 2-man band, with frontman Billy Corgan and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin. There have been no news of James Iha and D’arcy rejoining the band, though Melissa Auf der Maur has offered her bass work if needed.

The Pumpkins will be managed by Irving Azoff, who also works with Justin Timberlake (WTF??), Christina Aguilera (WTF???) and the Eagles. There is no release date or an album name out yet.

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