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Why The Smashing Pumpkins’ bassist disappeared without a trace
Iconic bassist D’arcy Wretzky, perhaps the coolest musician of the 1990s, hid from the public for two decades after being accused of being a ‘bad-spirited drug addict’ by the band’s leader. Despite the harsh accusations and her prolonged silence, Wretzky’s departure from the group was not the way it was reported