7 titles are given for songs on the upcoming Ransom soundtrack: "Lizards," "Rats," "Rats with Tails," "Spiders," "Squirrels," "Worms 1," and "Worms with Vocals" - the first 6 are instrumental. An article is available from ATN's Music News of the Week.
If former Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin completes a rehab program by December (and stays clean) he won't go to jail. Here's the deal: Chamberlin, 32, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct when he appeared in court before Criminal Court Judge Donna Recant yesterday (Tues., Oct. 8).
He must complete the rehab program. If he does, he won't go to jail and his court records will be sealed. If he doesn't complete the program, or has a slip, he'll serve 15 days in jail. Chamberlin was present in a Manhattan Hotel room when Pumpkins' touring keyboardist Jonathan Melvoin overdosed in the early hours of July 12; Chamberlin and Melvoin had injected heroin in the hotel room shortly before midnight on July 11. A week after the tragedy, the Pumpkins fired Chamberlin. Billy Corgan has said that under no circumstances will Chamberlin rejoin the group, which has been touring with drummer Matt Walker, from Filter.
THE SMASHING PUMPKINS' "The Aeroplane Flies High", a special 5-CD singles box set, lands in stores across the country in November 19th.
Packaged in a custom made "retro" style 45-rpm carrying case, the set contains all 5 released singles from the Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness album ("Bullet with Butterfly Wings", "1979", "Zero", "Tonight, Tonight", and "Thirty-Three") as well as all corresponding B-sides, which in some cases have only been available on import.
As a special bonus, 5 previously unreleased cover songs are added to the "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" CD: "You're All I've Got Tonight" (The Cars); "Destination Unknown" (Missing Persons); "Dreaming" (Blondie) ; "A Night Like This" (The Cure); and "Clones" "We're All" (Alice Cooper), bringing the total number of songs included in the box set to thirty-three.
Also included is a 36 page booklet containing never before seen photos of the band, liner notes written by The Smashing Pumpkins and a full discography. Back to The Pumpkin Palace.