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Originally Posted by loveissucide
Whilst the change in membership would have scuppered the Melon Collie-era momentum, I do agree that Billy Corgan's hubris did them in rather than any loss of "key members"-considering the only key Pumpkin was Billy Corgan.
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I would agree with this except now that Jimmy Chamberlin has left, it really is going to affect their sound. Billy may have been the driving force, but even he always admitted it was he and Jimmy that were really the core of the band. He really provided the energy for the band. This is really apparent with how low key Adore was...and how low key the new stuff is.
Although I'll wait to judge whether it has officially put the nail in the coffin for the band...the new material is still not up to par of their mid 90's output, but it is much much better than Zeitgeist turned out to be.