The Smashing Pumpkins have issued a statement in response to original bassist D’Arcy Wretzky’s comments about being excluded from the band’s rumored reunion. “In reuniting the Smashing Pumpkins, the band’s dedication remains to its fans and its music,” a spokesperson for the band said in a statement. “To that, James Iha, Jimmy Chamberlin, and William Corgan haven’t played a show with D’Arcy Wretzky for over 18 years. But it’s not for a lack of trying.” They clarified that although they have invited Wretzky to perform with them, “she always deferred.” Find their full statement below.

Wretzky recently told BlastEcho that she’d expressed an interest in “be[ing] a band again” to Billy Corgan. She claimed he told her they would “find the right way to have you involved,” but later took back that offer, and said the other members didn’t want to reunite with her.

Smashing Pumpkins recently launched a countdown clock, which will ostensibly end on Thursday with a new song. Corgan has also been sharing photos from the studio, sparking rumors about the band’s reunion.