One of my (and plenty of other people's) favourite band. Their music is embracing and can be light and soft like "Soothe" from the album "Pisces Iscariot" or dark and heavy like "Zero" from the album "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness", and anywhere in between.
A popular (because of mainstream) alt rock band made up of Billy Corgan (Vocals, Guitar), James Iha (Guitar), D'arcy Wretzky (Bass), and Jimmy Chamberlin (Drums). Got together 1988 in Chicago, released several albums.
1. Gish
2. Siamese Dream
3. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
4. Pisces Iscariot
5. Adore
6. Machina: Machines of God
After the bands breakup in 2000, Billy Corgan, Guitarist/Vocalist of the Pumpkins and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin formed the band Zwan, while D'arcy Wretzky and James Iha formed Scratchy records. Billy Corgan also does some solo songs (Mina Loy, Walking Shade).
A popular (because of mainstream) alt rock band made up of Billy Corgan (Vocals, Guitar), James Iha (Guitar), D'arcy Wretzky (Bass), and Jimmy Chamberlin (Drums). Got together 1988 in Chicago, released several albums.
1. Gish
2. Siamese Dream
3. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
4. Pisces Iscariot
5. Adore
6. Machina: Machines of God
After the bands breakup in 2000, Billy Corgan, Guitarist/Vocalist of the Pumpkins and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin formed the band Zwan, while D'arcy Wretzky and James Iha formed Scratchy records. Billy Corgan also does some solo songs (Mina Loy, Walking Shade).
Songs you need to hear by Smashing Pumpkins-
- Siva
- Eye
- Today*
- Cherub Rock
- Geek USA
- Disarm*
- 1979*
- Zero*
- Bullet With Butterfly Wings*
- Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (piano only, no lyrics, but still a very good song)
- Muzzle
- Tonight, Tonight*
- Soothe
- Whir
- Pissant
- Hello Kitty Kat
- Starla
- Landslide*
- Ava Adore
- Stand Inside Your Love*
- The Everlasting Gaze
*'s IMPORTANT
- Siva
- Eye
- Today*
- Cherub Rock
- Geek USA
- Disarm*
- 1979*
- Zero*
- Bullet With Butterfly Wings*
- Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (piano only, no lyrics, but still a very good song)
- Muzzle
- Tonight, Tonight*
- Soothe
- Whir
- Pissant
- Hello Kitty Kat
- Starla
- Landslide*
- Ava Adore
- Stand Inside Your Love*
- The Everlasting Gaze
*'s IMPORTANT
by A Pumpkin. July 15, 2005
One damn good band. The guy who said turn off rap and put on "Red Hot Chili Peppers", obviously knows nothing about rap or the Red Hot Chili Peppers. I take it you don't own any Chillies albums from before BSSM, and even that and Californication were HEAVILY influenced by rap music. To praise a rock band you don't have to insult rap, especially if that rock band would not exist without the influence of rap. Anyway, the Smashing Pumpkins are friggin' awesome, and they were on the Homerpalooza episode of The Simpsons.
by dudeman September 11, 2005
A Great Gothic Rock Band. Created In Chicago, Illinois in 1988:
Old Smashing Pumpkins:
Billy Corgan (Vocals/Guitar)
James Iha (Guitar/Backup Vocals)
Jimmy Chamerlain (Drums/Percussion)
D'arcy Gretzky (Bass)
Albums:
Gish - May 28, 1991 (Caroline Records)(Virgin Records)
1. "I Am One" (Corgan, James Iha) – 4:07
2. "Siva" – 4:20
3. "Rhinoceros" – 6:32
4. "Bury Me" – 4:48
5. "Crush" – 3:35
6. "Suffer" – 5:11
7. "Snail" – 5:11
8. "Tristessa" – 3:33
9. "Window Paine" – 5:51
10. "Daydream" / "I'm Going Crazy" (hidden track) – 3.08
Siamese Dream - July 27, 1993 (Virgin Records)
1. "Cherub Rock" – 4:58
2. "Quiet" – 3:41
3. "Today" – 3:19
4. "Hummer" – 6:57
5. "Rocket" – 4:06
6. "Disarm" – 3:17
7. "Soma" (Corgan, James Iha) – 6:39
8. "Geek U.S.A." – 5:13
9. "Mayonaise" (Corgan, James Iha) – 5:49
10. "Spaceboy" – 4:28
11. "Silverfuck" – 8:43
12. "Sweet Sweet" – 1:39
13. "Luna" – 3:20
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - October 24, 1995 (Virgin Records)
Disc one – Dawn to Dusk
1. "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" – 2:52
2. "Tonight, Tonight" – 4:14
3. "Jellybelly" – 3:01
4. "Zero" – 2:41
5. "Here Is No Why" – 3:45
6. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" – 4:18
7. "To Forgive" – 4:17
8. "Fuck You (An Ode to No One)" – 4:51
9. "Love" – 4:21
10. "Cupid de Locke" – 2:50
11. "Galapogos" – 4:47
12. "Muzzle" – 3:44
13. "Porcelina of the Vast Oceans" – 9:21
14. "Take Me Down" (Iha) – 2:52
Disc two – Twilight to Starlight
1. "Where Boys Fear to Tread" – 4:22
2. "Bodies" – 4:12
3. "Thirty-Three" – 4:10
4. "In the Arms of Sleep" – 4:12
5. "1979" – 4:25
6. "Tales of a Scorched Earth" – 3:46
7. "Thru the Eyes of Ruby" – 7:38
8. "Stumbleine" – 2:54
9. "X.Y.U." – 7:07
10. "We Only Come Out at Night" – 4:05
11. "Beautiful" – 4:18
12. "Lily (My One and Only)" – 3:31
13. "By Starlight" – 4:48
14. "Farewell and Goodnight" (Corgan/Iha) – 4:22
Adore - June 2, 1998 (Virgin Records)
1. "To Sheila" – 4:40
2. "Ava Adore" – 4:20
3. "Perfect" – 3:23
4. "Daphne Descends" – 4:38
5. "Once Upon a Time" – 4:06
6. "Tear" – 5:52
7. "Crestfallen" – 4:09
8. "Appels + Oranjes" – 3:34
9. "Pug" – 4:46
10. "The Tale of Dusty and Pistol Pete" – 4:33
11. "Annie-Dog" – 3:36
12. "Shame" – 6:37
13. "Behold! The Night Mare" – 5:12
14. "For Martha" – 8:17
15. "Blank Page" – 4:51
16. "17" – 0:17
Japan release bonus tracks:
16. "Once in a While" – 3:33
17. "17" – 0:17
Machina/The Machines of God - February 29, 2000 (Virgin Records)
1. "The Everlasting Gaze" – 4:00
2. "Raindrops + Sunshowers" – 4:39
3. "Stand Inside Your Love" – 4:14
4. "I of the Mourning" – 4:37
5. "The Sacred and Profane" – 4:22
6. "Try, Try, Try" – 5:09
7. "Heavy Metal Machine" – 5:52
8. "This Time" – 4:43
9. "The Imploding Voice" – 4:24
10. "Glass and the Ghost Children" – 9:56
11. "Wound" – 3:58
12. "The Crying Tree of Mercury" – 3:43
13. "With Every Light" – 3:56
14. "Blue Skies Bring Tears" – 5:45
15. "Age of Innocence" – 3:55
Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music - September 5, 2000 (Constantinople Records)
1."Slow Dawn" (3:14)
2."Vanity" (4:08)
3."Saturnine" (sometimes listed as "Satur9") (4:11)
4."Glass" (sometimes listed as "Glass' Theme" and denoted with "Alternate Version" or "Spacey") (2:55)
EP two (CR-02)
1."Soul Power" (James Brown) (3:02)
2."Cash Car Star" (sometimes denoted with "Version 1", "Version I", "Alternate" or "Alternate Take") (3:41)
3."Lucky 13" (3:05)
4."Speed Kills" (sometimes listed as "Speed Kills But Beauty Lives Forever", the suffix with or without brackets) (4:51)
EP three (CR-03)
1."If There Is a God" (sometimes denoted with "Piano and Voice" or "Piano/Vox") (2:34)
2."Try" (sometimes listed as "Try, Try, Try" and denoted with "Version 1", "Version I", "Alternate" or "Alternate Take") (4:23)
3."Heavy Metal Machine" (sometimes denoted with "Version 1 Alternate Mix" or "Alternate Take") (6:47)
Two-LP set (CR-04)
1."Glass" (sometimes listed as "Glass' Theme") (1:54)
2."Cash Car Star" (3:18)
3."Dross" (3:26)
4."Real Love" (4:16)
5."Go" (James Iha) (3:47)
6."Let Me Give the World to You" (4:10)
7."Innosense" (2:33)
8."Home" (4:29)
9."Blue Skies Bring Tears" (sometimes denoted with "Version Electrique" or "Heavy") (3:18)
10."White Spyder" (3:37)
11."In My Body" (6:50)
12."If There Is a God" (sometimes denoted with "Full Band") (2:08)
13."Le Deux Machina" (sometimes denoted with "Synth") (1:54)
14."Atom Bomb" (sometimes listed as "Here's to the Atom Bomb" and denoted with "Alternate Take" or "New Wave Version") (3:51)
Began in 1988 and broke up in 2000.
New Smashing Pumpkins:
Billy Corgan (Vocals/Guitar)
Jimmy Chamerlain (Drums/Percussion)
Jeff Schroeder (Guitar/Backup Vocals)
Ginger Reyes (Bass/Backup Vocals)
Lisa Harriton (Keyboard/Backup Vocals)
Zeitgeist - July 6, 2007 (Reprise Records)
1. "Doomsday Clock" – 3:44
2. "7 Shades of Black" – 3:17
3. "Bleeding the Orchid" – 4:03
4. "That's the Way (My Love Is)" – 3:48
5. "Tarantula" – 3:51
6. "Starz" – 3:43
7. "United States" – 9:53
8. "Neverlost" – 4:20
9. "Bring the Light" – 3:40
10. "(Come On) Let's Go!" – 3:19
11. "For God and Country" – 4:24
12. "Pomp and Circumstances" – 4:21
Bonus tracks
9. "Death from Above" – 4:06
11. "Stellar" – 6:22
13. "Zeitgeist" – 2:49
Best Buy reissue
8. "Death from Above" – 4:06
11. "Neverlost" – 4:20
12. "Stellar" – 6:22
13. "Ma Belle" – 4:08
14. "For God and Country" – 4:24
15. "Pomp and Circumstances" – 4:21
Alternate versions
Zeitgeist was released in multiple special editions. Three American versions each had a unique bonus track, but were exclusive to iTunes, Best Buy, and Target. This move was criticized by Pitchfork Media and Rolling Stone. In October 2007, less than four months after the album's release, Best Buy released an exclusive reissue of Zeitgeist that included three bonus tracks (one exclusive) and a DVD. Finally, in January 2008, iTunes released a "Deluxe Edition" that included the American Gothic EP.
Red - Regular version Includes the 12 tracks listed above
Deluxe edition, Includes 76-page book
Orange - Japanese version Includes "Death from Above" (at track 9 or 13)
Best Buy version
German Amazon.de version
Purple - UK version Standard track listing
Target version Includes "Zeitgeist" (at track 13)
Müller version
Green - HMV version Standard track listing
Blue - iTunes version Includes "Stellar" (at track 11), 5 MySpace covers (for U.S. pre-order), "Zeitgeist" (for international pre-order)
iTunes Deluxe edition (January 2008) Includes American Gothic EP, as well as videos of "Tarantula" and "That's the Way"
Silver - Best Buy reissue (October 2007) Resequenced track listing and three bonus tracks; bonus DVD disc with a 20-minute documentary, Inside the Zeitgeist, and the music videos for "Tarantula" and "That's the Way"
Old Smashing Pumpkins:
Billy Corgan (Vocals/Guitar)
James Iha (Guitar/Backup Vocals)
Jimmy Chamerlain (Drums/Percussion)
D'arcy Gretzky (Bass)
Albums:
Gish - May 28, 1991 (Caroline Records)(Virgin Records)
1. "I Am One" (Corgan, James Iha) – 4:07
2. "Siva" – 4:20
3. "Rhinoceros" – 6:32
4. "Bury Me" – 4:48
5. "Crush" – 3:35
6. "Suffer" – 5:11
7. "Snail" – 5:11
8. "Tristessa" – 3:33
9. "Window Paine" – 5:51
10. "Daydream" / "I'm Going Crazy" (hidden track) – 3.08
Siamese Dream - July 27, 1993 (Virgin Records)
1. "Cherub Rock" – 4:58
2. "Quiet" – 3:41
3. "Today" – 3:19
4. "Hummer" – 6:57
5. "Rocket" – 4:06
6. "Disarm" – 3:17
7. "Soma" (Corgan, James Iha) – 6:39
8. "Geek U.S.A." – 5:13
9. "Mayonaise" (Corgan, James Iha) – 5:49
10. "Spaceboy" – 4:28
11. "Silverfuck" – 8:43
12. "Sweet Sweet" – 1:39
13. "Luna" – 3:20
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - October 24, 1995 (Virgin Records)
Disc one – Dawn to Dusk
1. "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" – 2:52
2. "Tonight, Tonight" – 4:14
3. "Jellybelly" – 3:01
4. "Zero" – 2:41
5. "Here Is No Why" – 3:45
6. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" – 4:18
7. "To Forgive" – 4:17
8. "Fuck You (An Ode to No One)" – 4:51
9. "Love" – 4:21
10. "Cupid de Locke" – 2:50
11. "Galapogos" – 4:47
12. "Muzzle" – 3:44
13. "Porcelina of the Vast Oceans" – 9:21
14. "Take Me Down" (Iha) – 2:52
Disc two – Twilight to Starlight
1. "Where Boys Fear to Tread" – 4:22
2. "Bodies" – 4:12
3. "Thirty-Three" – 4:10
4. "In the Arms of Sleep" – 4:12
5. "1979" – 4:25
6. "Tales of a Scorched Earth" – 3:46
7. "Thru the Eyes of Ruby" – 7:38
8. "Stumbleine" – 2:54
9. "X.Y.U." – 7:07
10. "We Only Come Out at Night" – 4:05
11. "Beautiful" – 4:18
12. "Lily (My One and Only)" – 3:31
13. "By Starlight" – 4:48
14. "Farewell and Goodnight" (Corgan/Iha) – 4:22
Adore - June 2, 1998 (Virgin Records)
1. "To Sheila" – 4:40
2. "Ava Adore" – 4:20
3. "Perfect" – 3:23
4. "Daphne Descends" – 4:38
5. "Once Upon a Time" – 4:06
6. "Tear" – 5:52
7. "Crestfallen" – 4:09
8. "Appels + Oranjes" – 3:34
9. "Pug" – 4:46
10. "The Tale of Dusty and Pistol Pete" – 4:33
11. "Annie-Dog" – 3:36
12. "Shame" – 6:37
13. "Behold! The Night Mare" – 5:12
14. "For Martha" – 8:17
15. "Blank Page" – 4:51
16. "17" – 0:17
Japan release bonus tracks:
16. "Once in a While" – 3:33
17. "17" – 0:17
Machina/The Machines of God - February 29, 2000 (Virgin Records)
1. "The Everlasting Gaze" – 4:00
2. "Raindrops + Sunshowers" – 4:39
3. "Stand Inside Your Love" – 4:14
4. "I of the Mourning" – 4:37
5. "The Sacred and Profane" – 4:22
6. "Try, Try, Try" – 5:09
7. "Heavy Metal Machine" – 5:52
8. "This Time" – 4:43
9. "The Imploding Voice" – 4:24
10. "Glass and the Ghost Children" – 9:56
11. "Wound" – 3:58
12. "The Crying Tree of Mercury" – 3:43
13. "With Every Light" – 3:56
14. "Blue Skies Bring Tears" – 5:45
15. "Age of Innocence" – 3:55
Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music - September 5, 2000 (Constantinople Records)
1."Slow Dawn" (3:14)
2."Vanity" (4:08)
3."Saturnine" (sometimes listed as "Satur9") (4:11)
4."Glass" (sometimes listed as "Glass' Theme" and denoted with "Alternate Version" or "Spacey") (2:55)
EP two (CR-02)
1."Soul Power" (James Brown) (3:02)
2."Cash Car Star" (sometimes denoted with "Version 1", "Version I", "Alternate" or "Alternate Take") (3:41)
3."Lucky 13" (3:05)
4."Speed Kills" (sometimes listed as "Speed Kills But Beauty Lives Forever", the suffix with or without brackets) (4:51)
EP three (CR-03)
1."If There Is a God" (sometimes denoted with "Piano and Voice" or "Piano/Vox") (2:34)
2."Try" (sometimes listed as "Try, Try, Try" and denoted with "Version 1", "Version I", "Alternate" or "Alternate Take") (4:23)
3."Heavy Metal Machine" (sometimes denoted with "Version 1 Alternate Mix" or "Alternate Take") (6:47)
Two-LP set (CR-04)
1."Glass" (sometimes listed as "Glass' Theme") (1:54)
2."Cash Car Star" (3:18)
3."Dross" (3:26)
4."Real Love" (4:16)
5."Go" (James Iha) (3:47)
6."Let Me Give the World to You" (4:10)
7."Innosense" (2:33)
8."Home" (4:29)
9."Blue Skies Bring Tears" (sometimes denoted with "Version Electrique" or "Heavy") (3:18)
10."White Spyder" (3:37)
11."In My Body" (6:50)
12."If There Is a God" (sometimes denoted with "Full Band") (2:08)
13."Le Deux Machina" (sometimes denoted with "Synth") (1:54)
14."Atom Bomb" (sometimes listed as "Here's to the Atom Bomb" and denoted with "Alternate Take" or "New Wave Version") (3:51)
Began in 1988 and broke up in 2000.
New Smashing Pumpkins:
Billy Corgan (Vocals/Guitar)
Jimmy Chamerlain (Drums/Percussion)
Jeff Schroeder (Guitar/Backup Vocals)
Ginger Reyes (Bass/Backup Vocals)
Lisa Harriton (Keyboard/Backup Vocals)
Zeitgeist - July 6, 2007 (Reprise Records)
1. "Doomsday Clock" – 3:44
2. "7 Shades of Black" – 3:17
3. "Bleeding the Orchid" – 4:03
4. "That's the Way (My Love Is)" – 3:48
5. "Tarantula" – 3:51
6. "Starz" – 3:43
7. "United States" – 9:53
8. "Neverlost" – 4:20
9. "Bring the Light" – 3:40
10. "(Come On) Let's Go!" – 3:19
11. "For God and Country" – 4:24
12. "Pomp and Circumstances" – 4:21
Bonus tracks
9. "Death from Above" – 4:06
11. "Stellar" – 6:22
13. "Zeitgeist" – 2:49
Best Buy reissue
8. "Death from Above" – 4:06
11. "Neverlost" – 4:20
12. "Stellar" – 6:22
13. "Ma Belle" – 4:08
14. "For God and Country" – 4:24
15. "Pomp and Circumstances" – 4:21
Alternate versions
Zeitgeist was released in multiple special editions. Three American versions each had a unique bonus track, but were exclusive to iTunes, Best Buy, and Target. This move was criticized by Pitchfork Media and Rolling Stone. In October 2007, less than four months after the album's release, Best Buy released an exclusive reissue of Zeitgeist that included three bonus tracks (one exclusive) and a DVD. Finally, in January 2008, iTunes released a "Deluxe Edition" that included the American Gothic EP.
Red - Regular version Includes the 12 tracks listed above
Deluxe edition, Includes 76-page book
Orange - Japanese version Includes "Death from Above" (at track 9 or 13)
Best Buy version
German Amazon.de version
Purple - UK version Standard track listing
Target version Includes "Zeitgeist" (at track 13)
Müller version
Green - HMV version Standard track listing
Blue - iTunes version Includes "Stellar" (at track 11), 5 MySpace covers (for U.S. pre-order), "Zeitgeist" (for international pre-order)
iTunes Deluxe edition (January 2008) Includes American Gothic EP, as well as videos of "Tarantula" and "That's the Way"
Silver - Best Buy reissue (October 2007) Resequenced track listing and three bonus tracks; bonus DVD disc with a 20-minute documentary, Inside the Zeitgeist, and the music videos for "Tarantula" and "That's the Way"
Dude, Turn This Shit Off!
Fuck dude, Green Day SUCKS!
If your gonna listen to some rock, Turn on some of The Smashing Pumpkins.
Fuck dude, Green Day SUCKS!
If your gonna listen to some rock, Turn on some of The Smashing Pumpkins.
by Max A, January 6, 2009
A highly influential alternative rock band led by singersongwriter and lead guitarist Billy Corgan. Second album siamese dream was a mainstream breakthrough. Known for hits "today" "bullet with butterfly wings" "cherub rock" and "1979". Other good rarities include 'rhinoceros' 'drown' 'crush' 'soma' 'mayonaise' and 'hummer'.
bandmates and their functions:
billy corgan: skecthy vocals, extremely well-played lead guitar, producer.
james iha: smooth rythym guitar, ugly-ass modeling.
d'arcy wretzky: rather simple bass playing, sunglasses-wearing.
jimmy chamberlain: fantastic drum beats.
bandmates and their functions:
billy corgan: skecthy vocals, extremely well-played lead guitar, producer.
james iha: smooth rythym guitar, ugly-ass modeling.
d'arcy wretzky: rather simple bass playing, sunglasses-wearing.
jimmy chamberlain: fantastic drum beats.
the smashing pumpkins have very diverse, densely-layered music. god bless them. oops, god doesn't exist. oh well.
by liberalwizardtyler November 29, 2008
Shallow MTV plugged 'alternative' rock band, that were heavily indebted to The Cure, My Bloody Valentine and Judas Priest. As plastic as Britney Spears.
Obnoxious Thirtysomething: Hey, the Smashing Pumpkins were musical revolutionaries. Billy Corgan's a genius!
Bob: Y'mean revolutionary by the standards of Rod Stewart? Oh... um, you seem to have got overexcited, you might wanna change those trousers.
Obnoxious Thirtysomething: Wha..? And who's this My Bloody Valentine band? I've never heard them on MTV, therefore they probably don't exist.... oh, have you got a paper towel?
Bob: Y'mean revolutionary by the standards of Rod Stewart? Oh... um, you seem to have got overexcited, you might wanna change those trousers.
Obnoxious Thirtysomething: Wha..? And who's this My Bloody Valentine band? I've never heard them on MTV, therefore they probably don't exist.... oh, have you got a paper towel?
by honest bob March 15, 2005
The unfortunate result of thinking the 90's had more staying power than they actually did.
Also: An ingenious ruse to keep people from knowing you make Hunter money.
Also: An ingenious ruse to keep people from knowing you make Hunter money.
by Bodhi!! November 30, 2011
The act of going around a town or neighborhood, usually around Halloween and taking people's pumpkins/jack o lanterns and breaking or smashing them on a driveway, sidewalk, or street. Resulting in a big mess.
by tbirdy bird November 1, 2013