What’s Billy thinking, part two: And then there was one

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Jimmy Chamberlin has quit the Smashing Pumpkins, but that is not deterring band leader Billy Corgan from forging on ahead under the corporate name.

Here’s the press release:

The SMASHING PUMPKINS’ guitarist, singer, songwriter and founding member Billy Corgan has announced that drummer Jimmy Chamberlin has left the group. Chamberlin joined the band Corgan founded in Chicago in 1988 and played on all their albums except Adore (1998). Corgan will continue to write and record as SMASHING PUMPKINS with plans to head into the studio this spring.

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