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The Smashing Pumpkins
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The Smashing Pumpkins in 2007
Background information
Origin Chicago, Illinois, United States
Genres Alternative rock
Years active 1988–2000, 2006-present
Labels Caroline, Virgin, Hut, Constantinople, Martha's Music, Rocket Science
Associated acts Starchildren, Zwan, Spirits in the Sky

The Smashing Pumpkins are an influential alternative rock band of the early 1990s. They formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1988 and disbanded on December 2, 2000. They later reformed in 2006 and are together at the moment. The members until 2000 were Billy Corgan (vocals, guitars and writes almost all of the band's songs), James Iha (guitars), D'Arcy Wretzky (bass) and Jimmy Chamberlin (drums).

They were made famous by hit singles like "Today", "Rocket", "Disarm", "Bullet With Butterfly Wings", "1979", "Zero" and "Tonight, Tonight".

Their style was mainly alternative rock, but also influenced by the grunge movement of the early 1990s as well as heavy metal, psychedelic rock, progressive rock, and later, electronica.

Discography

  • Gish (1991)
  • Siamese Dream (1993)
  • Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995)
  • Adore (1998)
  • Machina/The Machines of God (2000)
  • Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music (2000)
  • Zeitgeist (2007)
  • Teargarden by Kaleidyscope (released beginning in 2009)
  • Oceania (2012)
  • Monuments to an Elegy (2014)

Images for kids

  • Billy Corgan in 1992

    Vocalist Billy Corgan in 1992

  • James Iha

    Guitarist James Iha in 1995

  • Billy Corgan pic

    Corgan performing at the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island in January 1997, featuring a shaved head and his iconic "Zero" shirt.

  • D'arcy Wretzky

    Original bassist D'arcy Wretzky in 1998

  • Melissa Auf der Maur - Manchester (crop)

    Bassist Melissa Auf der Maur joined after Wretzky's departure in 1999

  • Hot Stove Cool Music @ the Metro, Chicago 6-20-2014 (14569686565)

    Original drummer Jimmy Chamberlin in 2014

  • The new Smashing Pumpkins 02

    The Smashing Pumpkins on May 22, 2007, at Le Grand Rex, Paris; the band's first show since their break up. Left to right: Billy Corgan (front) and Jimmy Chamberlin (back)

  • Jeff Schroeder of TSP (8139736408)

    Guitarist Jeff Schroeder joined the band in 2007

  • Smashing pumpkins tonight video 02

    Drawing heavy influence from Georges Méliès's A Trip to the Moon, the video for "Tonight, Tonight" was filmed in the style of a turn-of-the-century silent film using theater-style backdrops and primitive special effects.

See also

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