Byrne can actually sound a lot more like Chamberlin than I thought. Surprising, given the Teargarden recordings we've been giving so far. No one can fill Chamberlin's shoes, but I'm glad we at least have this guy. He's got skill.
That kid has a huge Chamberlin influence along with the jazz chops (and of course Jimmy himself was a jazz drummer....) I can see why Billy "picked" him.
Finalmente una bella storia di un ragazzo giovane che si rompe il culo a studiare per anni ( come il sottoscritto e migliaia di altri ragazzi) e ha la sua vittoria nel suonare con un gruppo storico che ha scritto una bella fetta di musica rock. Speriamo che gli smaghing siano di esempio per tante altre band! Grande Mike
haha I suppose my statement did go alittle overboard. I'm just a little mad that yet another original member of Smashing Pumpkins is replaced, and sadly replaced by a 19 year old drummer. It would be really awesome to have the original pumpkins back together before 2012.
@thisxgreatxdecay Certainly - I along with most SP fans at first was a bit like "Wow he is a bit young and inexperienced!" - but with this video and the record day show they did he has really come along.............will be exciting to see how he develops - hope Billy keeps him on.
@Ksimp9 im afraid that just isn't going to happen. each member had their reasons for leaving. Besides james and darcy weren't the reason the band was what it was in the early days. just check out hummer at Terminal 5 in new york 2010 if you're still on the fence about mike, the new drummer, really amazing stuff. That said there's no reason to dislike the pumpkins new line-up, because they're is making incredible music, waiting to be discovered by anyone chooses to give it a try.
@roelran The quotation marks were attempting to imply that (judging from the auditions in this video anyway), there wasn't much of a choice. Poor attempt at humor on my part.
Billy Corgan probably thinks the "great killer of art is the voice that comes in and says that's not good enough or that's not interesting enough" because that's probably any voice that hears any of the garbage he has made in the past 14 years.
geez man Id like to see that kid jam out on drums, because just from what Ive seen im probably a better drummer than him. i should be in the smashing pumpkins.