In reuniting The Smashing Pumpkins, the bands dedication remains to its fans and its music. To that, James Iha, Jimmy Chamberlin, and William Corgan havent played a show with Darcy Wretzky for over 18 years. But its not for a lack of trying, said the Pumpkins publicity firm BB Gun Press in a
he Smashing Pumpkins accept the award for Best Alternative Music Video for the song '1979' at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York, September 4, 1996. DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty The Smashing Pumpkins formed in 1988 with Billy Corgan, drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, bassist Wretzky and guitarist James Iha.