Smashing Pumpkins Members File Suit Against Virgin Records

They say splitting up is hard, and when you’re in a band it’s even harder. Former Smashing Pumpkins members James Iha and D’Arcy Wretzky-Brown have filed a lawsuit against their former label, Virgin Records. The two claim the label made a deal with frontman Billy Corgan in 2005 regarding electronic downloads of their music and neither Iha nor Wretzky-Brown were consulted on the deal. The suit, which was filed Thursday June 24 in Los Angeles, alleges that both the label and Corgan re-worked the record deal to “exploit all of the band’s recordings via electronic transmissions” without Iha and Wretzky-Brown’s permission. The pair are seeking damages in the lawsuit. Corgan, who is currently playing with a different Smashing Pumpkins line-up with only he and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin left as the original members, had no comment on the lawsuit.

Smashing Pumpkins
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