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The Smashing Pumpkins Is An American Alternative Rock Band From Chicago. The Band Was Formed In 1988 By Billy Corgan And James Iha With Bassist D'arcy Wretzky And Drummer Jimmy Chamberlin Joining Shortly After. Despite Going Through Many Lineup Changes The Current Lineup Is Identical To The Original With The Exception Of Wretzky Who Would End Up Leaving The Band Just Before Their Initial Breakup In 2000. Disavowing The Punk Rock Roots Of Many Of Their Alt-Rock Contemporaries They Have A Diverse Densely Layered And Guitar-Heavy Sound Containing Elements Of Gothic Rock Heavy Metal Dream Pop Psychedelic Rock Progressive Rock Shoegazing And In Later Recordings Electronica. Corgan Is The Group's Primary Songwriter His Musical Ambitions And Cathartic Lyrics Have Shaped The Band's Albums And Songs Which Have Been Described As "anguished Bruised Reports From Billy Corgan's Nightmare-Land". The Smashing Pumpkins Broke Into The Musical Mainstream With Their Second Album 1993's Siamese Dream. The Group Built Its Audience With Extensive Touring And Their 1995 Follow-Up The Double Album Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness Debuted At Number One On The Billboard 200 Album Chart. 1998's Adore Would Just Barely Miss Out Peaking At Number Two. With 30 Million Albums Sold Worldwide The Smashing Pumpkins Were One Of The Most Commercially Successful And Critically Acclaimed Bands Of The 1990s. However Internal Fighting Drug Use And Diminishing Record Sales Led To A 2000 Break-Up. In 2006 Corgan And Chamberlin Reconvened To Record A New Smashing Pumpkins Album Zeitgeist. After Touring Throughout 2007 And 2008 With A Lineup Including New Guitarist Jeff Schroeder Chamberlin Left The Band In Early 2009. Later That Year Corgan Began A New Recording Series With A Rotating Lineup Of Musicians Entitled Teargarden By Kaleidyscope Which Encompassed The Release Of Stand-Alone Singles Compilation EP Releases And Two Full Albums That Also Fell Under The Project's Scope—Oceania In 2012 And Monuments To An Elegy In 2014. Chamberlin And Iha Officially Rejoined The Band In February 2018. The Reunited Lineup Has Released Three Albums So Far—Shiny And Oh So Bright Vol. 1 / LP No Past. No Future. No Sun. In November 2018 Cyr In November 2020 And ATUM In 2023.
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The Smashing Pumpkins Is An American Alternative Rock Band From Chicago. The Band Was Formed In 1988 By Billy Corgan And James Iha With Bassist D'arcy Wretzky And Drummer Jimmy Chamberlin Joining Shortly After. Despite Going Through Many Lineup Changes The Current Lineup Is Identical To The Original With The Exception Of Wretzky Who Would End Up Leaving The Band Just Before Their Initial Breakup In 2000. Disavowing The Punk Rock Roots Of Many Of Their Alt-Rock Contemporaries They Have A Diverse Densely Layered And Guitar-Heavy Sound Containing Elements Of Gothic Rock Heavy Metal Dream Pop Psychedelic Rock Progressive Rock Shoegazing And In Later Recordings Electronica. Corgan Is The Group's Primary Songwriter His Musical Ambitions And Cathartic Lyrics Have Shaped The Band's Albums And Songs Which Have Been Described As "anguished Bruised Reports From Billy Corgan's Nightmare-Land". The Smashing Pumpkins Broke Into The Musical Mainstream With Their Second Album 1993's Siamese Dream. The Group Built Its Audience With Extensive Touring And Their 1995 Follow-Up The Double Album Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness Debuted At Number One On The Billboard 200 Album Chart. 1998's Adore Would Just Barely Miss Out Peaking At Number Two. With 30 Million Albums Sold Worldwide The Smashing Pumpkins Were One Of The Most Commercially Successful And Critically Acclaimed Bands Of The 1990s. However Internal Fighting Drug Use And Diminishing Record Sales Led To A 2000 Break-Up. In 2006 Corgan And Chamberlin Reconvened To Record A New Smashing Pumpkins Album Zeitgeist. After Touring Throughout 2007 And 2008 With A Lineup Including New Guitarist Jeff Schroeder Chamberlin Left The Band In Early 2009. Later That Year Corgan Began A New Recording Series With A Rotating Lineup Of Musicians Entitled Teargarden By Kaleidyscope Which Encompassed The Release Of Stand-Alone Singles Compilation EP Releases And Two Full Albums That Also Fell Under The Project's Scope—Oceania In 2012 And Monuments To An Elegy In 2014. Chamberlin And Iha Officially Rejoined The Band In February 2018. The Reunited Lineup Has Released Three Albums So Far—Shiny And Oh So Bright Vol. 1 / LP No Past. No Future. No Sun. In November 2018 Cyr In November 2020 And ATUM In 2023.
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Published: 01 Jan 2013, 23:46
Gish Is The Debut Album By American Alternative Rock Band The Smashing Pumpkins Released In May 1991 Through Caroline Records. Frontman Billy Corgan Described Gish As A "very Spiritual Album".Despite Initially Peaking At Only Number 195 On The Billboard 200 Upon Its Release Gish Was Eventually Certified Platinum One Million Copies Shipped By The RIAA. Gish Was Recorded From December 1990 To March 1991 In Butch Vig's Smart Studios In Madison Wisconsin With A Budget Of $20 000.Vig And Billy Corgan Worked Together As Co-Producers. The Inclusion Of A Massive Production Style Reminiscent Of ELO And Queen Was Unusual For An Independent Band At The Time.Whereas Many Albums At The Time Used Drum Sampling And Processing Gish Used Unprocessed Drum Recordings And An Exacting Unique Guitar Sound.Billy Corgan Also Performed Nearly All Of The Guitar And Bass Parts On The Record Which Was Confirmed By Vig In A Later Interview. The Album's Sessions Lasting 30 Working Days Were Brisk By Pumpkins' Standards Largely Because Of The Group's Inexperience.The Recording Sessions Put An Intense Strain On The Band With Bassist D'arcy Wretzky Later Commenting That She Did Not Know How The Band Survived It And Corgan Explaining He Suffered A Nervous Breakdown. Regarding The Album's Thematic Content Corgan Would Later Say "The Album Is About Pain And Spiritual Ascension. People Ask If It's A Political Album. It's Not A Political Album It's A Personal Album. In A Weird Kind Of Way Gish Is Almost Like An Instrumental Album - It Just Happens To Have Singing On It But The Music Overpowers The Band In A Lot Of Places. I Was Trying To Say A Lot Of Things I Couldn't Really Say In Kind Of Intangible Unspeakable Ways So I Was Capable Of Doing That With The Music But I Don't Think I Was Capable Of Doing It With Words." He Album Was Named After Silent Film Icon Lillian Gish. In An Interview Corgan Said "My Grandmother Used To Tell Me That One Of The Biggest Things That Ever Happened Was When Lillian Gish Rode Through Town On A Train My Grandmother Lived In The Middle Of Nowhere So That Was A Big Deal..."Later Corgan Joked That The Album Was Originally Going To Be Called "Fish" But Was Changed To "Gish" To Avoid Comparisons To Jam Band Phish.