Well, it looks like taking out an advert in a paper to try and get your band back together might work out after all. Following that previously reported news that Billy Corgan had taken out a full page ad in the Chicago Tribune saying that he plans to try and get the band back together, drummer Jimmy Chamberlain has said that he is also in favour of a reunion.
Chamberlain spoke to the Chicago Tribune last week, and said "All I can say is that the Smashing Pumpkins are Billy [Corgan], James [Iha], myself and D'Arcy [Wretzky]. In an ideal world, that's what it will end up being. The hope is that everybody will come to the table, but I can only speak for myself in saying that I'm in, and I'm excited."
The drummer said that he has not spoken to Wretzky since she left the band in 1999, but is in touch with Iha and added "I intend to reach out to him." Chamberlain is not aware if Corgan has managed to talk to the remaining members of the band yet, but said that the ad in the paper "opened the door" for a return. He continued: "It's still all very new, and I don't know if anybody really knows what's going on. We really haven't sat down at the table and figured out the nuts and bolts."