Smashing Pumpkins Getting Younger
Smashing Pumpkins (ala Billy Corgan) has hired a new drummer, 19 yeard old Mike Byrne (above), formerly of Moses, Smell the Roses, and the Mercury Tree. Pumpkins were already a big influence on Mike Byrne, and at the audition, him and Billy connected over Fugazi. Byrne explained how he feels about being so young and now playing in a band this established:
“I’ve always thought that BIlly’s interpretation of music was a real fresh one, and that because the band was so rooted in the idea of kind of being like a musical shape-shifter, I feel that honestly it would work just perfectly. It’s not so much that I have some fresh point of view that he’s not already investigating so much as every time they release something it’s sort of a new direction and so working with him is easy in that we’re not operating on any founded musical principals. We’re starting from scratch and just working our influences up into something totally different.”
Here’s hoping Byrne can help the Pumpkins become relevant again
