Smashing Pumpkins Biography

The Smashing Pumpkins are a Chicago-based alternative rock band that formed in 1988. In its initial lineup, the band comprised vocalist Billy Corgan (lead vocals, rhythm guitar) and James Iha (lead guitar), as well as Jimmy Chamberlin (drums) and D'arcy Wretzky (bass guitar). It has experienced multiple line-up changes throughout the course of its history with Corgan and rhythm guitarist Jeff Schroeder presently being the only official core members as of 2014. Unlike many of their alt-rock contemporaries, the Pumpkins' music is eclectic, deeply layered, and guitar-laden, with elements of gothic rock, heavy metal, dream pop, psychedelic rock, progressive rock, shoegazing, and electronica in later releases. "his big musical goals and cathartic lyrics have inspired the band's albums and songs, which have been described as agonized wounded dispatches from Billy Corgan's nightmare-land," says Corgan. The Smashing Pumpkins' second album, Siamese Dream, released in 1993, catapulted them into the musical mainstream. The band grew their fan base with intensive touring and their 1995 follow-up, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 album list. The Smashing Pumpkins were one of the most financially successful and critically acclaimed bands of the 1990s, selling 20 million records in the United States alone. However, internal drug usage and declining album sales led to the band's dissolution in 2000.

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