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5.1.98: The Smashing Pumpkins updated site

The Smashing Pumpkins have added two new things to their website. The first--all new limited edition merchandise which can be ordered online and the second, three high-quality tour videos that can be downloaded. The songs are i am one(33mb), pug(31mb), and zero(21mb).

http://www.thesmashingpumpkins.com

4.13.98: The Smashing Pumpkins release their official website

In case you haven't yet heard, The Smashing Pumpkins have created their own website that will include pictures and merchandise of the band. Check out the official Smashing Pumpkins Website @ http://www.thesmashingpumpkins.com

3.16.98: The Smashing Pumpkins are close to rehiring jimmy chamberlain

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12.3.98: Pumpkins are management shopping!

'Tis the season for holiday shopping, and rock stars are no exception to that rule. Seems that Billy Corgan has been spending his off-time in sunny Southern California, driving between tony locations to interview potential managers. He's been in the market since he extricated his Smashing Pumpkins from their short tenure at Q Prime last month, a move that some industry pundits interpreted as a reaction to soft sales of Adore, the supergroup's latest album. According to industry sources, the top contenders in the management sweepstakes are Gold Mountain Entertainment's John Silva, who guides the fortunes of the Beastie Boys and Beck, and who is said to be leaving his post at Gold Mountain to launch his own management firm with veteran record exec Gary Gersh. Jim Guerinot, who watches over Chris Cornell, the Offspring and No Doubt has reportedly had a couple meetings, as has Arthur Spivak, who is best known as Tori Amos' father confessor. Fiona Apple's and Dave Navarro's Andy Slater is also in line, followed by Jeff Kwatinetz and Peter Katsis, who have nurtured the careers of Korn, Limp Bizkit and Orgy. It seems the only mega-manager not in the running is U2's Paul McGuinness, who reportedly was Corgan's second choice two years ago, after the Chicago band left Andy Gould's firm for Q Prime. Insiders noted how much Corgan respected McGuinness, and prophesized that's where the band would most likely end up. But a call to Dublin has squelched that speculation for now, since a representative from McGuinness' Principal Management said that the Smashing Pumpkins "aren't working with us."

Article courtesy of Rolling Stone Online

11.29.98: Pumpkins drop Q-Prime!

The Smashing Pumpkins have departed from former management Q-Prime Supposedly becasue of Lackluster sales of Adore. To date, Adore has sold 840,000 copies.