Final Albums (that weren't)

Maybe, tho I do remember one or the other (or maybe the whole concept) as being presented as the end of the road.

Wikipedia sez:

On May 23, Corgan announced on KROQ-FM that the band would be breaking up at the end of the year.[4] The band reconvened in a studio to finish off the leftover Machina tracks, but Virgin remained uninterested, so the band released Machina II on their own in September, handing them off to fans to distribute free over the Internet.

(I admit I am no great Pumpkins scholar, while there are others here who are...)

Every cure album was meant to be the last one, apart from the last one. Funny, that.

Machina II, yes.

"the final cut"

Pollard was pretty adamant about Half Smiles of the Decomposed being the last GBV album

i think he meant the last gbv album that week.

Half Smiles was definitely the last GBV album at the time. There was a 6 or 7 year break. I guess he needed the name to ride on to pay bills again, because, when it comes down to it, GBV is really just the most popular name for him to release 20 songs at a time under.

Yeah, they played a "last ever gig" and everything.

Robert Smith declared every Cure album from Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me the "last Cure album", but I think Bloodflowers really was supposed to be and Smith was considering winding down the band after reaching his 40th birthday. I was surprised when it was announced they were working with Ross Robinson - all the praise from nu-metallers and alt. rockers must have given him the energy to continue.