Smashing Pumpkins mount search for new band members

Unemployed bassists and keyboardists, take heed: Billy Corgan is seeking one of each to join Smashing Pumpkins [ tickets ]. Corgan, who last year found new Pumpkins drummer Mike Byrne via open auditions, will undergo a similar process as he hunts for both a new bassist and a keyboardist who "is a fan of--and can play in the prog-rock style of--Jon Lord and Rick Wakeman," according to a press release. Word of the search comes simultaneously with the announcement that latest Pumpkins bassist Gi...

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