Eric, You mention some of my faves there, esp. Carter. I'm a HUGE DMB fan, but even if I weren't, you gotta respect him. He's a monster. Dave Grohl, anyone? What about the guy from Tool (actually, I think Eric said him...Danny Carey?)?
My bad...typo. I agree...after Mellon Collie, they went right down the crapper. I mean, it's so funny for someone that was raised on AOR like Boston and the such would just completely abandon that styling and go the complete opposite way into that electronic crap (IMO) that had no soul...
While I do like it, I really think that Mellon Collie would have worked a lot better if they scaled it back to a one-disc set. It would have been so much more impressive instead of sprinkling in mediocre or average songs amongst the gems. Hmm, Gish vs. Siamese? I'll take Siamese every time...
I've been reading a bunch about Billy Corgan reforming the Smashing Pumpkins (sans D'arcy) over at VH1.com. It all started with Corgan taking out a full page ad in the Chicago newspaper a while back saying that he wants his band back. Well recently, he enlisted drummer Jimmy Chamberlain (no...