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Smashing Pumpkins members sue former label

James Iha and D'Arcy Wretzky-Brown file suit

Former members James Iha and D'Arcy Wretzky-Brown have filed a lawsuit against Virgin Records saying the label made a deal with frontman Billy Corgan regarding the band’s music, but neither Iha nor Wretzky-Brown were consulted.

The suit, which was filed yesterday in Los Angeles, says that the 2005 deal with Corgan involved electronic downloads, and the pair are seeking damages.

The suit says that Corgan and Virgin adusted the Pumpkins record deal to "exploit all of the band's recordings via electronic transmissions" without the permission of Iha or Wretzky-Brown.

Corgan has already reportedly received at least one royalty payment, according to the suit which appeared on TMZ.com.

Corgan is currently playing live with a reshuffled line-up, with just he and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin as the original members.

--By our New York staff.
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witchdoctor180

Jul 28, 2008

Corporate Pumpkins is not Smashing Pumpkins, they might as well call it the Corgan show. SP is not SP without Iha or D'Arcy.

a_grylls

Jul 28, 2008

glad to hear it. to me it seems like the music that D'Arcy and James made in the 90's is being whored by this faux pumpkins. The Pumpkins are dead. Its Zwan 2 people.

thevoiceofraisin

Jul 30, 2008

Um... you guys do know they hardly played on any of the albums right? As KooKoo Bananas Love said, there are only two people needed to make a SP album - Billy and Jimmy. Although JCBC is closer than BCJC to the intended pun on Zeitgeist... why do singers always have to go first, pre madonnas...