What happened to Darcy Smashing Pumpkins?

Shortly after leaving the group, she was arrested for possession of crack cocaine. Corgan later said she was "fired for being a mean-spirited drug addict who refused to get help." She was replaced on 2000's Machina tours by former Hole bassist Melissa Auf der Maur.
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Where is Darcy from Smashing Pumpkins now?

While Wretzky hasn't starred in any acting projects, she has taken a liking to rural living — so much so that she lives on a horse farm in Michigan, according to a random call she made to a Chicago radio station in 2009, stating that she wasn't "healthy enough" for the Smashing Pumpkins' rock n' roll lifestyle.
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Why did D Arcy quit Smashing Pumpkins?

"She was fired for being a mean spirited drug addict". She says she quit the band in 99 because she was a drug addict and the stress of it all (the panic attacks) are what led her to cocaine in the first place (post MCIS).
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Is Darcy still in the Smashing Pumpkins?

Billy Corgan has reiterated that there's no chance of Smashing Pumpkins' original bassist D'arcy Wretzky rejoining the band. Speaking to Premier Guitar in an interview about the band's latest album, Cyr, the frontman shut down any possibility of Wretzky returning to the fold. “D'arcy, that's a dead end.
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What happened between Billy Corgan and D Arcy Wretzky?

Corgan, on the other hand, told Howard Stern in his radio show that Wretzky was unreliable. He added that Wretzky always had stage anxiety, so he wanted to assess if she could handle the pressure of performance, but she would not push through with the plans.
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When did Darcy leave pumpkins?

She is the original bass player of the alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins and is credited on their first six studio albums. She left the band in 1999.
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What does the name D Arcy mean?

In Irish Baby Names the meaning of the name D'Arcy is: Dark.
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What does Billy Corgan do now?

He is best known as the lead singer, primary songwriter, guitarist, and only permanent member of the rock band the Smashing Pumpkins. He is currently the owner and promoter of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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Did Billy Corgan dated Jessica Simpson?

Despite an E! News source claiming the two were "officially dating," Corgan shies away from the romance rumors. "The stuff that I've seen doesn't have any bearing to the reality that I'm in," he told the Tribune. "It's like being in a cartoon. It has nothing to do with what's really going on or how I feel."
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Who is Billy Corgan's dad?

Smashing Pumpkins leader Billy Corgan paid homage to his late father, William Dale Corgan Sr., over the weekend following the elder Corgan's death from a heart attack.
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When did Jimmy Chamberlin overdose?

Corgan later told MTV News that Chamberlin had already overdosed on two different occasions during the Mellon Collie tour prior to the July 1996 event, but that the band had managed to keep those situations private.
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What drugs did Jimmy Chamberlin do?

The band's drummer, Jimmy Chamberlin, 32, was arrested on a drug possession charge after shooting heroin in a Manhattan hotel room with keyboard player Jonathan Melvoin, 34, who died of an overdose, police said. Other members of the band were questioned but not arrested.
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How many copies did Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness sell?

2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- THE SMASHING PUMPKINS' career-defining 1995 double album MELLON COLLIE & THE INFINITE SADNESS has earned Diamond certification by the RIAA for sales of 10,000,000 discs and digital equivalent per disc (5 million copies of the double album).
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When did the Smashing Pumpkins get back together?

In 2005 Corgan and Chamberlin, who had played together briefly in another band, Zwan, announced that the Smashing Pumpkins were reuniting; however, they were the only original members who performed on the subsequent release, Zeitgeist (2007).
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How many guitars are in Soma?

Nowhere was that more present than on “Soma,” which Vig once noted carried 40 individual guitar parts compressed into it.
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What happened to Mike Byrne Smashing Pumpkins?

After the Smashing Pumpkins

Upon leaving the Smashing Pumpkins, Byrne continued his efforts with his local band Bearcubbin!, in the Pacific Northwest. They have released two full-length albums. During their visit to SXSW in 2014, they won the award for "Worst Band Name" out of the thousands of bands attending.
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Is D Arcy Wretzky a good bass player?

D'arcy will never go down in history as the greatest bass player of all time, and once she left the Pumpkins she fell off the radar, which is to be expected for someone on her level. She did receive praise, admiration, and money for performing in the band.
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