Think of it this way, if James and/or D'arcy are going to attend, they would also be wanting to resolve their shit, because I'm sure they wouldn't attend just to be on the other side of the room of their ex-band mates.

I don't think James will attend for this reason. As far as I have known, he's wasn't very into the Pumpkins thing since the breakup, so he definitely wouldn't be now.

And I don't think D'arcy will attend because she's reclusive.

I don't think there were ever even plans for James and Darcy to attend in the first place

Yeah, I can't believe anyone is even discussing that possibility

Which is why I said what I just did.

so did they or didn't they come? sorry, i've been out of town the last couple days...

It's on Wednesday.

You've got a while.

more pics

i was listing to the podcast on hipsters united, and they said that it was not the pumpkins being inducted, but billy and jimmy individually.


but i geuss from the pics it says smashing pumpkins. huh?

Hahaha, lots of funny expressions on the pictures from that link...

Sounds like Billy wanted James and Darcy there.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters)
Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan reluctantly accepted a low-grade honor in Hollywood on Wednesday, after revealing that he had spent a lot of time wondering whether it was "a silly thing."

Corgan and bandmate Jimmy Chamberlin placed their hands in wet cement for the Rockwalk, a shrine of sorts outside a music instrument shop. A hundred or so fans turned up, outnumbered by the media and assorted band hangers-on.

"I'm so used to bad vibes, people hating our band and throwing things at us. So it's strange to be honored," Corgan told the crowd.

"I had to think about it. I had to really lay in bed and think, 'Is this a good thing? Is this a silly thing?' I'm really honored. I'm really touched."

He expressed similarly mixed emotions about being in one of the most popular rock bands of the 1990s, saying membership in '70s rock gods Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath might have been preferable.

Clearly in a philosophical mood, Corgan said Smashing Pumpkins represented "an existential extension" of himself. The only problem is that he does not always know who he really is.

"So thank you for understanding that part of me that I don't understand."

Corgan and Chamberlin, the band's drummer, are the sole original members of the Chicago band, which enjoyed such modern-rock hits as "Today" and "1979." Internal dissension led to the band's break-up in 2000. Corgan resurrected the Pumpkins in 2005, but without guitarist James Iha and bassist D'Arcy Wretzky.

He told reporters after the induction ceremony that he has "zero" personal communication with Iha and Wretzky.

"They should be here today. This is part of their legacy too," he said, adding they were not invited.

"Our door is open, but ... if people don't walk through your door, what are you supposed to do? You can only be rejected so many times. You can only have so many overtures ignored."

Wretzky, who quit the band in 1999, has largely left the music business. Iha has kept busy with a variety of musical collaborations.

LA dedicated today as Smashing Pumpkins Day. That's totally awesome. and i thought it was nice that billy made mention of darcy and james and he's right, if they're not going accept invitations back in, then screw them.

Smashing Pumpkins day?

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It said they weren't invited, but maybe what he meant was that they shouldn't of needed to be invited.

I think its just bullshit, that D'arcy and James wouldn't attend or even acknowledge it. Just like when James just walked off stage at the last show not even saying a word to Billy.
Just a really cold and heartless thing to do. If we ever get that dvd, you'll be able to see that hurt in Billy's face.

But I am very happy Billy decided to go through with it. The more the Pumpkins are honored the better!