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"Billy Corgan is a massive Joy Division fan - and he repaid me by stealing my son!" Peter Hook, left, and his son Jack Bates performing with James Iha and Billy Corgan of Smashing PumpkinsPeter Hook has spoken of what it means to have his son Jack Bates performing in the current touring line-up of Smashing Pumpkins – as well as teasing that he may join the band on stage at their Wembley show tonight. The Joy Division and New Order veteran had his son Bates perform in his […]The post Peter Hook on his son Jack Bates being bassist for The Smashing Pumpkins appeared first on NME.
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Last week, the Smashing Pumpkins kicked off a tour alongside Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, and the band has broken out a new cover on the dates they've played so far: James Taylor's "Fire And Rain," off the singer-songwriter's 1970 sophomore album Sweet Baby James.
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Last year, the Smashing Pumpkins -- their original lineup mostly reunited and restored, with only original bassist D'Archy Wretzky missing -- released the Rick Rubin-produced album Shiny And Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun. A new classic-lineup Smashing Pumpkins lineup really just seems like an excuse to do…
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It looks like stoner metal band 'Grave Next Door' have a new member...D'arcy WretzkyIt looks like former Smashing Pumpkins bassist, D’arcy Wretzky is back playing with a new band and will soon be recording new music in the studio. Currently said to be rehearsing with “stoner metal band” Grave Next Door, this is the first re...
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It looks like stoner metal band 'Grave Next Door' have a new member...Former Smashing Pumpkins bassist D'arcy Gretzky is jamming with a new band.It looks like former Smashing Pumpkins bassist, D’arcy Wretzky is back playing with a new band. Currently said to be rehearsing with “stoner metal band” Grave Next Door, this is th...
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