Sonic City
Alternative-rock1988–2000, 2006–presentChicago, IL

Smashing Pumpkins

alternative-rock90sshoegaze
Chicago alternative rock band built around Billy Corgan's layered guitar walls and nasal vocals. Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness made them one of the biggest bands of the 1990s, with Jimmy Chamberlin's drumming providing the engine underneath Corgan's dense production.

Subgenres

Alternative RockShoegaze

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From the Sonic City Editorial

The Smashing Pumpkins Were Great. Billy Corgan Is Not as Great as Billy Corgan Thinks He Is.Two and a half brilliant records, a genuinely unique sound, and then 25 years of a man arguing with everyone about his own legacy.
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