This day in music history.

July 12, 1996, Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlain was charged with possession of heroin. The night before Jimmy and Jonathan Melvoin (keyboard player) had gotten drunk and shot up in a New York hotel room. When Chamberlain woke up Melvoin was dead from a overdose of heroin and alcohol. About a week later Jimmy was kicked out of the band and Billy Corgan said in a press release "Today, we are sorry to tell our friends and fans that we have decided to sever our relationship with our friend and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin. This may come as a shock to some, to others not, but to us it's devastating. For nine years we have battled with Jimmy's struggles with the insidious disease of drug and alcohol addiction. We have decided to carry on without him and we wish him the best". One year later Chamberlin had pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of disorderly conduct, avoiding over a year in jail. The Smashing Pumpkins had paid Melvoin's widow $10.000 because of a law suit she had filed claiming the Pumpkins had contributed to Jonathan's death by failing to make sure he stayed off drugs.
Shame by The Smashing Pumpkins
Youre gonna walk on home
Youre gonna walk alone
Youre gonna see this through
Dont let them get to you
Shame
Love is good and love is kind
Love is drunk and love is blind
Love is good and love is mine
Love is drunk all the time
Shame
Youre gonna walk on home
Youre gonna walk alone
Youre gonna walk so far
Youre gonna wonder who you are
Shame
Love is good and love is kind
Love is good and love is blind
Love is good and love is mine
Love is good all the time
Hello goodbye,
you know you made us cry...