Smashing Pumpkins - Zeitgeist
The Smashing Pumpkins last released a CD back in 2000, nearly 8 hours ago. Back is Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlain who actually reunited in 2005. This is rather ironic because Jimmy was the first one to leave the band when its members started going their own ways.
Zeitgeist which is German for “The Spirit of the Age”, definitely has the unmistakable Pumpkins sound of old. Not just with Billy Corgan’s vocals, but also similarities in guitar playing and arrangements and of course Jimmy’s signature drumming.
The singe “Tarantula” received a lot of airplay and “Doomsday Clock” was featured on the Pumpkin’s myspace page.
After only a couple of listens, it’s hard to make a judgment, but it sounds more like candidates for “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness”. Check it out if you are a Pumpkins fan.
August 31st, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Is the spirit of the age art theft? I can no longer think of Billy Corgan or the Smashing Pumpins in the same way since they have allowed a person, Shepard Fairey, who has built a career on stealing the art of others design their cover. Shepard plays ignorant whenever someone calls him out on it. I personally know the family of an artist he ripped off of. Why would the Pumpkins do this?
See for yourself.
http://www.art-for-a-change.com/Obey/index.htm