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Billy Corgan: 'Smashing Pumpkins Won't Release Any More Albums'

They're turning to singles...

Smashing Pumpkins singer Billy Corgan has said the band won't release any more new studio albums.

The singer blamed the poor critical response to the band's last album, 2007s 'Zeitgeist', and said the group would focus on single releases in the future.

"We're done with that ['Zeitgeist']. There is no point. People don't even listen to it all. They put it on their iPod, they drag over the two singles, and skip over the rest,” Corgan said.

"Our primary function now is to be a singles band, that drives Pumpkins Inc through singles. We'll still be creative, but in a different form."

In an interview with the Chicago Tribune, Corgan also criticised people would had accused him of reforming the band in 2006 just to make more money.

"What bothers me is the notion that we're done. We didn't come back for the cash, we came back to be great again," he said.

“It made me mad that people thought we're done, that we don't have a future. Get out. We don't want you. We've never been that band. That happy band. We picked up where we left off. We're not the retirement band playing our old hits."

As previously reported on Gigwise, Corgan recently spoke out against fans at a show in Chicago.

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  • Attn: Billy Corgan. You are wrong about people that listen to Smashing Pumpkins. In music--there are two types of fans when it comes to the albums. You have the fans that will listen to the album in it's entirety for weeks before changing discs. Then you have the fans of all albums that only skip to the singles. IPOD or not--it's been this way for at least 20 years. The label should have released more singles. As a DJ -- i got people excited about, "Bring The Light" an

    ~ by Michael Kohli, Kohlismusicpit.com 12/10/2008

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