You know I'm not dead

"When I played the final Smashing Pumpkins show on the night of December 2, 2000, I walked off the Metro stage believing that I was forever leaving a piece of my life behind. I naively tried to start a new band, but found that my heart wasn't in it. I moved away to pursue a love that I once had but got lost. So I moved back home to heal what was broken in me, and to my surprise I found what I was looking for. I found that my heart is in Chicago, and that my heart is in The Smashing Pumpkins.

For a year now I have walked around with a secret, a secret I chose to keep. But now I want you to be among the first to know that I have made plans to renew and revive The Smashing Pumpkins. I want my band back, and my songs, and my dreams. In this desire I feel I have come home again."

-Billy Corgan
SmashingPumpkins.com

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't excited. Yet I remain skeptical as we'll see what years of egotism does, and who all from the band he brings back. He was pretty successfull at ripping on everyone in the group besides the drummer, so we'll see what the future holds.