Billy Likes Jimmy But Not James (Or D'Arcy)

By Tankboy in Arts & Entertainment on May 6, 2011 7:40PM

Rolling Stone was as excited as we were about news of The Smashing Pumpkins re-issues Billy Corgan has planned and sat down with him to get details on what kind of bonus material we can expect (a lot) and who he'd love to share a stage with (Ritchie Blackmore). When asked if he would ever play with the original members of the band, Jimmy Chamberlain, James Iha and D'arcy Wretzky, Corgan had this to say:

The things that have happened between us in the interim haven't been good. There's been lawsuits and lots of stupid stuff. It's only made it worse. If it was bad before, it's really bad now. Jimmy [Chamberlin] and I aren't enemies - he's just off doing what he wants to do, as he should. There's not super bad blood between me and Jimmy that we'd never get on stage again. But I cannot in any way, shape, or form ever envision standing on a stage, playing music again with James [Iha] and D'arcy [Wretzky]. I just don't see any situation where that would be possible.

No word on whether we can expect a Zwan reunion though.