The Smashing Pumpkins formed in Chicago in 1988, with Billy Corgan and James Iha at the beginning of the group. Their album sequence moved from Gish in 1991 to Siamese Dream in 1993 and Mellon Collie and the Infinite...
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About The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins formed in Chicago in 1988, with Billy Corgan and James Iha at the beginning of the group. Their album sequence moved from Gish in 1991 to Siamese Dream in 1993 and Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness in 1995. Adore and Machina followed before the band dissolved in 2000. Corgan later revived the Pumpkins, releasing Zeitgeist in 2007 and continuing the band's recording career.
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Universal Music Japan - The Smashing Pumpkins biography
Read the Japanese label body for Chicago formation in 1988, Billy Corgan and James Iha, the original album chronology, the 2000 dissolution and the 2007 Zeitgeist return. Omit promotional sales/award totals, the stale 2012 present-tense tour/release forecast and implications about current or unchanged membership. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
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1992
A alternative rock song about feeling overwhelmed by emotions.
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A nostalgic look at suburban teenage life in the late 1970s.
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1979
The Smashing PumpkinsReported release: 1995 / 1996Date needs verification | Recent carryover
Source year-end #44The song was inspired by Billy Corgan's nostalgic memories of his youth.
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The Smashing PumpkinsReported release: 1995Date needs verification | Recent carryover
The song was inspired by Billy Corgan's feelings of being trapped in the music industry.
View background statusThe song was inspired by the film "A Trip to the Moon" by Georges Méliès.
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