• facebook
  • twitter
  • rss

Former SMASHING PUMPKINS Members Sue VIRGIN

July 24, 2008

TMZ.com reports that two former members of the SMASHING PUMPKINS are suing Virgin Records America, claiming the label has screwed them out of ringtone fees and other stuff.

James Yoshinobu Iha and D'Arcy Wretzky-Brow claim in 2005, five years after the band broke up, Virgin negotiated a deal solely with frontman Billy Corgan for electronic transmissions (ringtones, download computer files, etc),without ever getting the consent of Iha or Wretzky-Brown.

In the suit, filed today in L.A. County Superior Court, the plaintiffs are seeking unspecified damages.

Check out the court documents in PDF format at this location.

SMASHING PUMPKINS in March filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit against Virgin Records, accusing the company of illegally using the band's name and music in promotional arrangements that allegedly hurt the group's credibility with its fans. The incident that seems to have sparked the suit was the use of the PUMPKINS in a "Pepsi Stuff" promotional campaign launched by Virgin, Amazon, and Pepsi, which the group claims hurt its "artistic integrity."

Find more on
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • reddit
  • email

Comments Disclaimer And Information

BLABBERMOUTH.NET uses the Facebook Comments plugin to let people comment on content on the site using their Facebook account. The comments reside on Facebook servers and are not stored on BLABBERMOUTH.NET. To comment on a BLABBERMOUTH.NET story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint of BLABBERMOUTH.NET and BLABBERMOUTH.NET does not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the "Report to Facebook" and "Mark as spam" links that appear next to the comments themselves. To do so, click the downward arrow on the top-right corner of the Facebook comment (the arrow is invisible until you roll over it) and select the appropriate action. You can also send an e-mail to blabbermouthinbox(@)gmail.com with pertinent details. BLABBERMOUTH.NET reserves the right to "hide" comments that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate and to "ban" users that violate the site's Terms Of Service. Hidden comments will still appear to the user and to the user's Facebook friends. If a new comment is published from a "banned" user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the "banned" user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends).