Mike Byrne, 19, Smashing Pumpkins' New Drummer

19-year-old Mike Byrne from Portland, Oregon, is Smashing Pumpkins' new drummer. Byrne auditioned for the job in April, 2009, and beat out the competition of nearly 1,000 other drummers. The band's singer Billy...

Smashing Pumpkins go goth with new EP

I'm getting all gishy inside."On January 2, with little fanfare, the Smashing Pumpkins dropped a brand spanking new EP entitled American Gothic. A brief announcement from smashingpumpkins.com on December 19...