The Smashing Pumpkins are an American alternative rock band from Chicago. Formed in 1988 by frontman Billy Corgan, D'arcy Wretzky, James Iha, and Jimmy Chamberlin, the band has undergone many line-up changes. The current lineup features Corgan, Chamberlin, Iha and guitarist Jeff Schroeder. 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.
| Origin | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Genres | Alternative rock |
| Years active | 1988–2000, 2006–present |
| Labels | Caroline, Constantinople, Hut, Martha's Music, Rocket Science, Virgin, BMG, Reprise, Warner Bros, Sub Pop, Napalm Records, Sumerian Records |
| Associated acts | Starchildren, Zwan, Marilyn Manson, A Perfect Circle |
| Members | Billy Corgan, James Iha, Jimmy Chamberlin, Jeff Schroeder |
| Past members | D'arcy Wretzky, Melissa Auf der Maur, Mike Byrne, Nicole Fiorentino |
About The Smashing Pumpkins
Band that won Best Hard Rock Performance for "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" at the Grammys in 1997. They won again the following year for "The End Is the Beginning Is the End."
Achievement of The Smashing Pumpkins
Their critically acclaimed 1995 double album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness reached #1 on the US Billboard 200 chart.
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Latest information about The Smashing Pumpkins updated on July 28 2021.
