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}}The Smashing Pumpkins (or simply Smashing Pumpkins){{refn|group=note|name=first|"Smashing Pumpkins" at the Billboard database and at AllMusic.com, and as both "Smashing Pumpkins" and "The Smashing Pumpkins" at the Rolling Stone database. The band is credited as "Smashing Pumpkins" on the covers of Gish, Siamese Dream, and Zeitgeist (and related singles), and as "The Smashing Pumpkins" between Mellon Collie (1995) and Earphoria (2002), as well as on all releases since Oceania in 2012.}} are an American alternative rock band from Chicago. Formed in 1988 by frontman and guitarist Billy Corgan, bassist D'arcy Wretzky, guitarist James Iha, and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, the band has undergone several line-up changes since their reunion in 2006, with Corgan being the sole constant member since its inception. The current lineup features Corgan, Chamberlin, and Iha.The band has a diverse, densely layered sound, which evolved throughout their career and has contained elements of gothic rock, heavy metal, grunge, psychedelic rock, progressive rock, shoegaze, dream pop, and electronica overall, with Corgan as the group's primary songwriter. The band's first album, Gish (1991), became an underground success. In the advent of alternative rock's mainstream breakthrough, their second album Siamese Dream (1993) established the band's popularity. Despite a tumultuous recording process, the album received acclaim and is regarded as one of the best albums in the genre. Their third album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995) furthered the band's popularity. Debuting at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, the double album was certified Diamond by the RIAA and received various critical plaudits. After the release of Adore (1998) and a two-part project in 2000 (Machina and Machina II), the group disbanded due to internal conflicts, drug use, and diminishing sales by the end of the 1990s. With 30 million albums sold worldwide, the Smashing Pumpkins were one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed bands of the 1990s, often cited as a cultural touchstone of Generation X and an important act in the popularization of alternative rock.In 2006, Corgan and Chamberlin reconvened to record a new 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 stand-alone singles, EP releases, and two full albums that also fell under the project's scopeâ€”Oceania in 2012 and Monuments to an Elegy in 2014. Chamberlin and Iha officially rejoined the band in February 2018. The reunited lineup then released the albums (Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun.) (2018) and Cyr (2020), in addition to (Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts) across three increments between 2022 and 2023. Schroeder departed from the band in October 2023.

History

Early years: 1988â€“1991

file:Billy Corgan in 1992.jpg|thumb|upright=0.75|Vocalist Billy Corgan Billy CorganAfter the breakup of his gothic rock and metal band The Marked, singer and guitarist Billy Corgan left St. Petersburg, Florida returning to his native city of Chicago, where he took a job in a record store and had the idea to start a band called the Smashing Pumpkins.WEB,weblink Smashing Pumpkin D'Arcy Dares To Be Happy, Michael, Goldberg, Addicted to Noise, March 4, 2012, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20121127233048weblink">weblink November 27, 2012, JOURNAL,weblink Billy, Don't Be a Hero, Jim, Greer, Spin (magazine), Spin, November 1993, August 18, 2015, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150904025157weblink">weblink September 4, 2015, While working at the store he met guitarist James Iha. Adorning themselves with paisley and other psychedelic trappings, the two began writing songs (with the aid of a drum machine) which were heavily influenced by the Cure and New Order.JOURNAL, Kot, Greg, Pumpkin Seeds, Guitar World, January 2002, The duo performed live for the first time on July 9, 1988, at the Polish bar Chicago 21.WEB,weblink 50 incredibly geeky facts about Smashing Pumpkins, Braidwood, Ella, 2018-02-22, NME, en-US, 2019-04-15, This performance included only Corgan on bass and Iha on guitarWEB,weblink Smashing Pumpkins, 25 years ago today we played our 1st show. Billy was on bass, James on guitar and a drum machine, Twitter, bot: unknown,weblink" title="archive.today/20130913054632weblink">weblink September 13, 2013, September 13, 2013, with a drum machine.JOURNAL, Kelly, Christina, Smashing Pumpkins: The Multi-Platinum Band Is Over the Infighting But Can the Harmony Last?, Us Weekly, December 1, 1995, Shortly thereafter, Corgan met D'arcy Wretzky after a show by the Dan Reed Network where they argued the merits of a band. After finding out that Wretzky played bass guitar, Corgan got her to join the band and the trio played a show at the Avalon Nightclub.NEWS, From Fighting to Smashing, The Washington Post, November 19, 1993, JOURNAL, Jimmy Chamberlin [interview], Modern Drummer, January 1994, After the show, Cabaret Metro owner Joe Shanahan agreed to book the band on the condition that they replace the drummachine with a live drummer.INTERVIEW, Corgan, Billy, Billy Corgan, Joe Shanahan, Billy Corgan 2012 Interview on his Memories at The Metro in Chicago on WBEZ 91.5 FM,weblink weblink 2021-10-28, Chicago, IL, USA, July 18, 2012, WBEZ, April 3, 2018, {{cbignore}}Jazz drummer Jimmy Chamberlin was recommended by a friend of Corgan's. Chamberlin knew little of alternative music and immediately changed the sound of the nascent band. As Corgan recalled of the period, "We were completely into the sad-rock, Cure kind of thing. It took about two or three practices before I realized that the power in his playing was something that enabled us to rock harder than we could ever have imagined." On October 5, 1988, the complete band took the stage for the first time at the Cabaret Metro.{{Listen|filename=Smashing Pumpkins Rhinoceros.ogg|title="Rhinoceros"|description=Sample of "Rhinoceros," taken from the band's debut album Gish (1991) and also featured on the Lull EP (1991).|format=Ogg}}In 1989, the Smashing Pumpkins made their first appearance on record with the compilation album Light Into Dark, which featured several Chicago alternative bands. The group released its first single, "I Am One", in 1990 on the local Chicago label Limited Potential. The single sold out and they released a follow-up, "Tristessa", on Sub Pop; then they signed to Caroline Records.NEWS, Keedle, Jayne, Patchin' It Back Together, Hartford Advocate, October 1, 1996, The band recorded their 1991 debut studio album Gish with producer Butch Vig at his Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin, for $20,000.NEWS, Kot, Greg, Out of the Patch for Smashing Pumpkins, New Album Is Another Sign of Liftoff, Chicago Tribune, June 21, 1991, In order to gain the consistency he desired, Corgan often played all instruments excluding drums, which created tension in the band. The music fused heavy metal guitars, psychedelia, and dream pop, garnering them comparisons to Jane's Addiction.JOURNAL, Rotondi, James, Orange Crunch, Guitar Player, January 1996, Gish became a minor success, with the single "Rhinoceros" receiving some airplay on modern rock radio. After releasing the Lull EP in October 1991 on Caroline Records, the band formally signed with Virgin Records, which was affiliated with Caroline. The band supported the album with a tour that included opening for bands such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jane's Addiction, and Guns N' Roses. During the tour, Iha and Wretzky went through a messy breakup, Chamberlin became addicted to narcotics and alcohol, and Corgan entered a deep depression,NEWS, Hilburn, Robert, Smashing Pumpkins Endures When (and What) Other '90s Bands Couldn't, Los Angeles Times, August 3, 1998, writing some songs for the upcoming album in the parking garage where he lived at the time.WEB,weblink Smashing Pumpkin Billy Corgan Leaving Hometown of Chicago, Davis, Darran, Yahoo! Music, August 8, 2000, February 1, 2007, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110812231139weblink">weblink August 12, 2011,

Mainstream breakout and Siamese Dream: 1992â€“1994

With the breakthrough of alternative rock into the American mainstream due to the popularity of grunge bands such as Nirvana and Pearl Jam, the Smashing Pumpkins were poised for major commercial success. At this time, the Smashing Pumpkins were routinely lumped in with the grunge movement, with Corgan protesting, "We've graduated now from 'the next Jane's Addiction' to 'the next Nirvana', now we're 'the next Pearl Jam'."INTERVIEW, Corgan, Billy, 120 Minutes, Corgan interview, MTV, October 1993, Amid this environment of intense internal pressure for the band to break through to widespread popularity, the band relocated to Marietta, Georgia, in late 1992 to begin work on their second album, with Butch Vig returning as producer. The decision to record so far away from their hometown was motivated partly by the band's desire to avoid friends and distractions during the recording, but largely as a desperate attempt to cut Chamberlin off from his known drug connections. The recording environment for Siamese Dream was quickly marred by discord within the band. As was the case with Gish, Corgan and Vig decided that Corgan should play nearly all of the guitar and bass parts on the album, contributing to an air of resentment.Azerrad, Michael. "Smashing Pumpkins' Sudden Impact", Rolling Stone. October 1, 1993.Chamberlin, Jimmy; Corgan, Billy (interview subjects). Inside the Zeitgeist (Reprise Records, 2007). The contemporary music press began to portray Corgan as a tyrant.Mundy, Chris. "Strange Fruit: Success Has Come at a High Price for this Chicago Band", Rolling Stone. April 21, 1994. Corgan's depression, meanwhile, had deepened to the point where he contemplated suicide, and he compensated by practically living in the studio.WEB, Shepherd, Julianne, Billy Corgan (interview), PitchforkMedia.com, June 13, 2005,weblink February 3, 2007,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20061111095514weblink">weblink November 11, 2006, dead, Corgan has said on various occasionsâ€”most notably during the band's 2000 performance on VH1 Storytellersâ€”that "Today" was written as an ironic statement about this period of suicidal thoughts. See also WEB, Beck, Johnny, The Greatest Songs Ever! "Today", Blender.com, December 2001 â€“ January 2002,weblink February 3, 2007,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20061111095514weblink">weblink November 11, 2006, dead, Meanwhile, Chamberlin quickly managed to find new connections and was often absent without any contact for days at a time. In all, it took over four months to complete the record, with the budget exceeding $250,000.File:James Iha.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|Guitarist James Iha James IhaDespite all the problems in its recording, Siamese Dream became the band's mainstream breakthrough, peaking at number ten on the Billboard 200 chart and selling over four million copies in the U.S. alone.WEB, Rosen, Craig, Pumpkins' "Dream", Yahoo! Music, November 2, 1999,weblink November 4, 2006, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110812212354weblink">weblink August 12, 2011, MAGAZINE,weblink 20 Years On: The Smashing Pumpkins' 'Siamese Dream', Libby, Mone, Clash (magazine), Clash, July 17, 2013, February 13, 2024, Alongside the band's mounting mainstream recognition, the band's reputation as careerists among their former peers in the independent music community was worsened. Indie rock band Pavement's 1994 song "Range Life" directly mocks the band in its lyrics, although Stephen Malkmus, lead singer of Pavement, has stated, "I never dissed their music. I just dissed their status."WEB, Gabriella, June 1999, Interview with Stephen Malkmus of Pavement, NYRock.com,weblink July 12, 2006, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20060906224908weblink">weblink September 6, 2006, Former HÃ¼sker DÃ¼ frontman Bob Mould called them "the grunge Monkees", and fellow Chicago musician/producer Steve Albini wrote a scathing letter in response to an article praising the band, derisively comparing them to REO Speedwagon ("by, of and for the mainstream") and concluding their ultimate insignificance.Albini, Steve. "Three Pandering Sluts and Their Music-Press Stooge", Chicago Reader. January 28, 1994.WEB,weblink The Smashing Pumpkins' Siamese Dream: The Album Chicago Loved by the Band It Hated, Tyler, Clark, Consequence (publication), Consequence, July 27, 2023, February 13, 2024, Fred Armisen said the band simply "flew past us" in the 90s Chicago music scene after his own band Trenchmouth had produced five albums.WEB, Fred Armisen on Howard Stern Show, MarksFriggin.com, January 3, 2013, November 20, 2022,weblink The opening track and lead single of Siamese Dream, "Cherub Rock", directly addresses Corgan's feud with the "indie-world".Kelly, Christina. "Smashing Pumpkins-The Multi-Platinum Band is over the infighting but can the harmony last? {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234932weblink |date=March 3, 2016 }}" UsMagazine.com, December 1, 1995. In spite of the backlash, Siamese Dream is often regarded as one of the greatest albums of the alternative rock genre,MAGAZINE,weblink Smashing Pumpkins' Beautiful, Grand 'Siamese Dream' Turns 25, William, Goodman, Billboard (magazine), Billboard, July 27, 2018, February 13, 2024, WEB,weblink "It was us saying, This is us, we're here to kick your door down": The tortured birth and eternal genius of Smashing Pumpkins' masterpiece Siamese Dream, Niall, Doherty, Louder Sound, Louder, July 27, 2023, February 13, 2024, and one of the best albums of the 1990s.MAGAZINE,weblink 100 Best Albums of the '90s, Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone, October 4, 2019, February 13, 2024, WEB,weblink The 150 Best Albums of the 1990s, Pitchfork, Pitchfork (website), Pitchfork, September 28, 2022, In 1994 Virgin released the B-sides/rarities compilation Pisces Iscariot which charted higher than Siamese Dream by reaching number four on the Billboard 200.MAGAZINE, {{BillboardURLbyName, smashing pumpkins, all, | title=Smashing Pumpkins Artist Chart History: Albums|magazine=Billboard | access-date=October 5, 2007}} Also released was a VHS cassette titled Vieuphoria featuring a mix of live performances and behind-the-scenes footage. Following relentless touring to support the recordings, including headline slots on the 1994 Lollapalooza tour and at Reading Festival in 1995, the band took time off to write the follow-up album.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness: 1995â€“1997

During 1995, Corgan wrote about 56 songs,INTERVIEW, Corgan, Billy, Iha, James, Wretzky, D'arcy, Hora Prima, Corgan interview, MTV Latin America, December 19, 1996, following which the band went into the studio with producers Flood and Alan Moulder to work on what Corgan described as "The Wall for Generation X",DeRogatis, pp. 46, 80. and which became Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, a double album of twenty-eight songs, lasting over two hours (the vinyl version of the album contained three records, two extra songs, and an alternate track listing). The songs were intended to hang together conceptually as a symbol of the cycle of life and death. Praised by Time as "the group's most ambitious and accomplished work yet",Farley, Christopher John. "A Journey, Not a Joyride". Time. November 13, 1995. Mellon Collie debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 in October 1995.MAGAZINE, 'Mellon Collie' Baby, EW.com, November 10, 1995,weblink November 5, 2007, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20071225080559weblink">weblink December 25, 2007, mdy-all, Even more successful than Siamese Dream, it was certified ten times platinum in the United StatesWEB, Top 100 Albums, Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA.com),weblink August 4, 2007, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20130725044825weblink">weblink July 25, 2013, Sales for double albums are counted for each disc, thus 4.5 million copies of the double album package have been certified. and became the best-selling double album of the decade."Germ Warfare", Newsweek. October 14, 1996. It also garnered seven 1997 Grammy Award nominations, including Album of the Year. The band won only the Best Hard Rock Performance award, for the album's lead single "Bullet with Butterfly Wings". The album spawned five singlesâ€”"Bullet with Butterfly Wings", "1979", "Zero", "Tonight, Tonight" which Corgan stated was inspired by the Cheap Trick song "I'll Be with You Tonight",Billy Corgan quote about Cheap Trick inspiring "Tonight, Tonight" from The Howard Stern Show, 2014 and "Thirty-Three"â€”of which the first three were certified gold and all but "Zero" entered the Top 40. Many of the songs that did not make it onto Mellon Collie were released as B-sides to the singles, and were later compiled in The Aeroplane Flies High box set. The set was originally limited to 200,000 copies, but more were produced to meet demand.WEB, December 16, 1996, Pumpkins' "Collectors" Set Has Mass Appeal, MTV,weblink August 30, 2006,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070509181516weblink">weblink May 9, 2007, File:Billy Corgan pic.jpg|thumb|upright=0.75|alt=Billy Corgan is depicted from a worm's eye view as he sings into a microphone. He is wearing one of his black "ZERO" T-shirts with lettering and a five-pointed star in reflective silver.|Corgan performing at the Nassau Coliseum Nassau ColiseumIn 1996 the Pumpkins undertook an extended world tour in support of Mellon Collie. Corgan's look during this periodâ€”a shaved head, a long-sleeve black shirt with the word "Zero" printed on it, and silver pantsâ€”became iconic.INTERVIEW, Corgan, Billy, Breakfast with Billy, Corgan interview, KROQ-FM, KROQ, Los Angeles, February 2, 1996, That year, the band also made a guest appearance in an episode of The Simpsons, "Homerpalooza". With considerable video rotation on MTV, major industry awards, and "Zero" shirts selling in many malls, the Pumpkins were considered one of the most popular bands of the time.Marks, Craig. "Zero Worship", Spin. June 1996.Violanti, Anthony. "Cool in Control Smashing Pumpkins Weathers the Storms of Celebrity", Buffalo News. June 30, 1996.In May, the Smashing Pumpkins played a gig at the Point Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. Despite the band's repeated requests for moshing to stop, a seventeen-year-old fan named Bernadette O'Brien was crushed to death. The concert ended early and the following night's performance in Belfast was cancelled out of respect for her.WEB, 1996, Fan Crushed at Smashing Pumpkin's Show, MTV,weblink June 23, 2006, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20071001103626weblink">weblink October 1, 2007, mdy-all, However, while Corgan maintained that moshing's "time [had] come and gone", the band would continue to request open-floor concerts throughout the rest of the tour.Durando, Stu. "Wary of Injuries and Litigation, Concert Venues Take Extra Precautions to Deal with Moshing", St. Louis Post-Dispatch. July 17, 1996.The band suffered a personal tragedy on the night of July 11, 1996, when touring keyboardist Jonathan Melvoin and Chamberlin overdosed on heroin in a hotel room in New York City. Melvoin died, and Chamberlin was arrested for drug possession. A few days later, the band announced that Chamberlin had been fired as a result of the incident.WEB, Errico, Marcus, July 17, 1996, Smashing Pumpkins Drum Out Jimmy Chamberlin, Eonline.com,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20131228094359weblink">weblink dead, December 28, 2013, December 18, 2011, The Pumpkins chose to finish the tour, and hired drummer Matt Walker and keyboardist Dennis Flemion. Corgan later said the decision to continue touring was the worst decision the band had ever made, damaging both their music and their reputation. Chamberlin admitted in a 1994 Rolling Stone cover story that in the past he'd "gotten high in every city in this country and probably half the cities in Europe." But in recent years, he had reportedly been clean. On July 17, the Pumpkins issued a statement in which they said, "For nine years we have battled with Jimmy's struggles with the insidious disease of drug and alcohol addiction. It has nearly destroyed everything we are and stand for. â€¦ We wish [him] the best we have to offer".Hendrickson, Matt. "Smashing Pumpkins' Keyboardist Dies of Drug Overdose; Drummer Charged with Possession", International Index to Music Periodicals Full Text. August 1996. Meanwhile, the band had given interviews since the release of Mellon Collie stating that it would be the last conventional Pumpkins record,Di Perna, Alan. "Zero Worship", Guitar World. December 1995. and that rock was becoming stale. James Iha said at the end of 1996, "The future is in electronic music. It really seems boring just to play rock music."Graff, Gary. "Smashing Pumpkins â€“ Rave of the Future", Guitar World. December 1996.

Adore, Machina, and breakup: 1998â€“2000

After the release of Mellon Collie, the Pumpkins contributed many songs to various compilations. Released in early 1997, the song "Eye", which appeared on the soundtrack to David Lynch's Lost Highway, relied almost exclusively on electronic instruments and signaled a drastic shift from the Pumpkins' previous musical styles. At the time, Corgan stated his "idea [was] to reconfigure the focus and get away from the classic guitars-bass-drum rock format."Gundersen, Edna. "Smashing that Pumpkins stereotype Band shuns 'tragic' label', USA Today. February 26, 1997. Later that year, the group contributed "The End Is the Beginning Is the End" to the soundtrack for the film Batman & Robin. With Matt Walker on drums, the song featured a heavy sound similar to "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" while still having strong electronic influences. The song later won the 1998 Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance. Though Corgan announced that the song represented the sound people could expect from the band in the future,VIDEO, Chris Connelly, MTV's Week in Rock, TV-Series, MTV, May 2, 1997, the band's next album would feature few guitar-driven songs.file:D'arcy Wretzky.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.8|Original bassist D'arcy Wretzky D'arcy WretzkyRecorded following the death of Corgan's mother and his divorce, 1998's Adore represented a significant change of style from the Pumpkins' previous guitar-based rock, veering into electronica. The record, cut with assistance from drum machines and studio drummers including Matt Walker, was infused with a darker aesthetic than much of the band's earlier work. The group also modified its public image, shedding its alternative rock look for a more subdued appearance. Although Adore received favorable reviews and was nominated for Best Alternative Performance at the Grammy Awards, the album had only sold about 830,000 copies in the United States by the end of the year.MAGAZINE, Fricke, David, December 29, 1998, When Billy Corgan Speaks..., Rolling Stone,weblink May 5, 2006, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070127051909weblink">weblink January 27, 2007, mdy-all, The album nonetheless debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200WEB,weblink Billboard 200 Chart (June 20, 1998), Billboard (magazine), Billboard, September 4, 2020, and sold three times as many copies overseas. The band began a seventeen-date, fifteen-city charity North American tour in support of Adore. At each stop on the tour, the band donated 100 percent of ticket sales to a local charity organization. The tour's expenses were entirely funded out of the band's own pockets. All told, the band donated over $2.8 million to charity as a result of the tour.WEB, September 22, 1998, Smashing Pumpkins Raise Over $2.8 Million on Charity Tour, MTV,weblink August 30, 2006,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070509173841weblink">weblink May 9, 2007, On October 31, 1998, during Halloween, the band opened for Kiss at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, dressed in costume as the Beatles.WEB, 20 YEARS AGO: KISS' 3-D 'PSYCHO CIRCUS' WORLD TOUR OPENS,weblink Ultimate Classic Rock, October 31, 2018, 11 July 2021, In 1999 the band surprised fans by reuniting with a rehabilitated Jimmy Chamberlin for a brief tour dubbed "The Arising", which showcased both new and classic material. The lineup was short-lived, however, as the band announced the departure of Wretzky in September during work on the album Machina/The Machines of God, and the band was subsequently dropped by Sharon Osbourne Management.MAGAZINE, September 10, 1999, D'Arcy Exits Smashing Pumpkins, Billboard,weblink February 7, 2007, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070929152600weblink">weblink September 29, 2007, WEB, Kaufman, Gil, January 2000, Smashing Pumpkins 2000,weblink dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20000816145732weblink">weblink August 16, 2000, November 16, 2022, Addicted to Noise, Former Hole bassist Melissa Auf der Maur was recruited for the "Sacred and Profane" tour in support of the album and appeared in the videos accompanying its release. Released in 2000, Machina was initially promoted as the Pumpkins' return to a more traditional rock sound, after the more gothic, electronic-sounding Adore.MAGAZINE, Newman, Melinda, Jonathan Cohen, amp, May 24, 2000, Corgan: Smashing Pumpkins To Break Up, Billboard,weblink May 4, 2006, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070929122816weblink">weblink September 29, 2007, The album debuted at number three on the Billboard charts,MAGAZINE, March 9, 2000, Santana Still No. 1 Despite Strong Debuts, Billboard,weblink October 5, 2007, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20071011121315weblink">weblink October 11, 2007, but quickly disappeared and as of 2007 had only been certified gold.NEWS, Gemma, Tarlach, Once-Sizzling Bands Grapple with Fading Fame,weblink Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 11, 2000, September 27, 2006, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070929121522weblink">weblink September 29, 2007, WEB,weblink Gold and Platinum Database Search, Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA.com), September 27, 2006,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20060902190839weblink">weblink September 2, 2006, dead, Music journalist Jim DeRogatis, who described the album as "one of the strongest of their career", noted that the stalled sales for Machina in comparison to teen pop ascendant at the time "seems like concrete proof that a new wave of young pop fans has turned a deaf ear toward alternative rock."DeRogatis, pp. 84â€“85.file:Melissa Auf der Maur - Manchester (crop).jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|Bassist Melissa Auf der Maur Melissa Auf der MaurOn May 23, 2000, in a live radio interview on KROQ-FM (Los Angeles), Billy Corgan announced the band's decision to break up at the end of that year following additional touring and recording. The group's final album before the break-up, Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music, was released in September 2000 in a limited pressing on vinyl with permission and instructions for free redistribution on the Internet by fans. Only twenty-five copies were cut, each of which was hand numbered and given to friends of the band along with band members themselves. The album, released under the Constantinople Records label created by Corgan, consisted of one double LP and three ten-inch EPs.WEB,weblink Machina II/The Friends and Enemies of Modern Music, The Smashing Pumpkins Fan Collaborative Discography (SPFC.org), January 12, 2007, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120728235708weblink">weblink July 28, 2012, mdy-all, Originally, the band asked Virgin to offer Machina II as a free download to anyone who bought Machina. When the record label declined, Corgan opted to release the material independently.MAGAZINE, Fricke, David, December 22, 2000, Smashing Pumpkins Look Back in Wonder, Rolling Stone,weblink October 25, 2006, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090909113134weblink">weblink September 9, 2009, mdy-all, On December 2, 2000, Smashing Pumpkins played a farewell concert at The Metro, the same Chicago club where their career had effectively started twelve years earlier. The four-and-a-half-hour-long show featured 35 songs spanning the group's career, and attendees were given a recording of the band's first concert at The Metro, Live at Cabaret Metro 10-5-88. The single "Untitled" was released commercially to coincide with the farewell show.

Post-breakup: 2001â€“2004

In 2001 the compilation Rotten Apples was released. The double-disc version of the album, released as a limited edition, included a collection of B-sides and rarities called Judas O. The Greatest Hits Video Collection DVD was also released at the same time. This was a compilation of all of the Pumpkins promo videos from Gish to Machina along with unreleased material.There is one notable omission, "The End Is the Beginning Is the End". This was excluded because the rights are owned by Warner Bros., which loaned out the band from their regular label, Virgin Records. Vieuphoria was released on DVD in 2002, as was the soundtrack album Earphoria, previously released solely to radio stations in 1994.file:Hot Stove Cool Music @ the Metro, Chicago 6-20-2014 (14569686565).jpg|thumb|left|Original drummer Jimmy Chamberlin Jimmy ChamberlinBilly Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin reunited in 2001 as members of Corgan's next project, the short-lived supergroup Zwan. The group's only album, Mary Star of the Sea, was released in 2003. After cancelling a few festival appearances, Corgan announced the demise of the band in 2003. During 2001 Corgan also toured as part of New Order and provided vocals on their comeback album Get Ready. In October 2004 Corgan released his first book, Blinking with Fists, a collection of poetry. In June 2005, he released a solo album, TheFutureEmbrace, which he described as "(picking) up the thread of the as-yet-unfinished work of the Smashing Pumpkins".Corgan, Billy. "A Message to Chicago from Billy Corgan", Chicago Tribune, June 21, 2005. Despite this, it was greeted with generally mixed reviews and lackluster sales. Only one single, "Walking Shade", was released in support of the album.In addition to drumming with Zwan, Jimmy Chamberlin also formed an alternative rock/jazz fusion project band called Jimmy Chamberlin Complex. The group released an album in 2005 titled Life Begins Again. Corgan provided guest vocals on the track "Lokicat". James Iha served as a guitarist in A Perfect Circle, appearing on their Thirteenth Step club tour and 2004 album, eMOTIVe. He has also been involved with other acts such as Chino Moreno's Team Sleep and Vanessa and the O's. He continues to work with Scratchie Records, his own record label, as well. D'arcy Wretzky has, aside from one radio interview in 2009, not made any public statements or appearances nor given any interviews since leaving the band in 1999. On January 25, 2000, she was arrested after she allegedly purchased three bags of cocaine, but after successfully completing a court-ordered drug education program, the charges were dropped.WEB, Rosen, Craig, May 22, 2000, Ex-Pumpkin D'Arcy Wretzky Has Crack Case Wiped Clean, Yahoo.com,weblink May 8, 2006,weblink" title="archive.today/20130101144034weblink">weblink January 1, 2013, dead, mdy-all, Corgan insisted during this period that the band would not reform, although when Zwan broke up he announced, "I think my heart was in Smashing Pumpkins [â€¦] I think it was naive of me to think that I could find something that would mean as much to me."MAGAZINE, Dansby, Andrew, September 15, 2003, Zwan Call It Quits, Rolling Stone,weblink February 2, 2007, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20071001175302weblink">weblink October 1, 2007, mdy-all, Corgan said in 2005, "I never wanted to leave the Smashing Pumpkins. That was never the plan."WEB, Soghomonian, Talia, October 2005, Interview: Billy Corgan, MusicOMH.com,weblink February 20, 2009, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090108143956weblink">weblink January 8, 2009, On February 17, 2004, Corgan posted a message on his personal blog calling Wretzky a "mean-spirited drug addict" and blaming Iha for the breakup of the Smashing Pumpkins.WEB, Corgan, Billy, February 17, 2004, Smashing Pumpkins (weblog), LiveJournal.com,weblink weblink dead, December 22, 2009, June 14, 2006, On June 3, 2004, he added that "the depth of my hurt [from Iha] is only matched with the depth of my gratitude".WEB, Corgan, Billy, June 3, 2004, Smashing Pumpkins (weblog), LiveJournal.com,weblink weblink dead, December 22, 2009, June 14, 2006, Iha responded to Corgan's claims in 2005, saying, "No, I didn't break up the band. The only person who could have done that is Billy."Spitz, Marc. "Head On", Spin. August 2005.

Reformation and Zeitgeist: 2005â€“2008

File:The new Smashing Pumpkins 02.jpg|thumb|The Smashing Pumpkins on May 22, 2007, at (Le Grand Rex]], Paris; the band's first show since their break up; left to right: Billy Corgan (front) and Jimmy Chamberlin (back))On June 21, 2005, the day of the release of his first solo album TheFutureEmbrace, Corgan took out full-page advertisements in the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times to announce that he planned to reunite the band. "For a year now", Corgan wrote, "I have walked around with a secret, a secret I chose to keep. But now I want you to be among the first to know that I have made plans to renew and revive the Smashing Pumpkins. I want my band back, and my songs, and my dreams". Corgan and Chamberlin were verified as participants in the reunion, but there was question as to whether other former members of the band would participate.WEB, Kiener, Dan, 2005, Pumpkins Reborn, DrownedInSound.com,weblink February 22, 2009, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090609115756weblink">weblink June 9, 2009, mdy-all, WEB, Harris, Chris, February 2, 2006, Smashing Pumpkins Reunion Is Under Way, According to Sources, MTV,weblink February 2, 2006, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20060210014136weblink">weblink February 10, 2006, mdy-all, WEB, Kaufman, Gil, April 21, 2006, Smashing Pumpkins Site Says "It's Official" â€“ Band Has Reunited, MTV,weblink June 28, 2006, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20060501215926weblink">weblink May 1, 2006, mdy-all, In April 2007 Iha and Auf der Maur separately confirmed that they were not taking part in the reunion.MAGAZINE, Goodman, Elizabeth, April 6, 2007, Exclusive: James Iha Speaks Out Regarding His Involvement in Pumpkins Reunion, Rolling Stone,weblink April 6, 2007, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070410191334weblink">weblink April 10, 2007, mdy-all, NEWS, April 23, 2007, Movers and Shakers in Canadian Arts, Globe and Mail,weblink April 23, 2007, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150904025157weblink">weblink September 4, 2015, mdy-all, Chamberlin would later state that Iha and Wretzky "didn't want to be a part of" the reunion.Micallef, Ken. "The Evolution of Jimmy Chamberlin: Still Smashing!" Modern Drummer. November 2007. The Smashing Pumpkins performed live for the first time since 2000 on May 22, 2007, in Paris, France. There, the band unveiled new touring members: guitarist Jeff Schroeder, bassist Ginger Reyes, and keyboardist Lisa Harriton.MAGAZINE, Cohen, Jonathan, April 22, 2007, Smashing Pumpkins Return to the Stage In Paris, Billboard,weblink July 22, 2007, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140704205000weblink">weblink July 4, 2014, mdy-all, That same month, "Tarantula" was released as the first single from the band's forthcoming album. On July 7, the band performed at the Live Earth concert in New Jersey.WEB,weblink The Police and Smashing Pumpkins for US Live Earth, NME, April 10, 2007, April 11, 2007, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20071106045335weblink">weblink November 6, 2007, mdy-all, The band's new album, Zeitgeist, was released that same month on Reprise Records, entering the Billboard charts at number two and selling 145,000 copies in its first week.MAGAZINE, Hasty, Katie, July 18, 2007, T.I. Holds Off Pumpkins, Interpol To Remain No. 1, Billboard,weblink August 10, 2007, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20130608201822weblink">weblink June 8, 2013, mdy-all, Zeitgeist received mixed reviews, with much of the criticism targeted at the absence of half of the original lineup. The album divided the Pumpkins' fanbase. Corgan would later admit, "I know a lot of our fans are puzzled by Zeitgeist. I think they wanted this massive, grandiose work, but you don't just roll out of bed after seven years without a functioning band and go back to doing that".Corgan and Chamberlin continued to record as a duo, releasing the four-song EP American Gothic in January 2008 and the singles "Superchrist" and "G.L.O.W." later that year.WEB, Luerssen, John D., March 19, 2008, Smashing Pumpkins Entering the Studio to Plot Their Next Move, Spinner.com,weblink February 19, 2008, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080515102147weblink">weblink May 15, 2008, That November, the group released the DVD If All Goes Wrong, which chronicled the group's 2007 concert residences in Asheville, North Carolina and San Francisco, California. In late 2008, the band commenced on a controversy-riddled 20th Anniversary Tour. Around this time, Corgan said the group will make no more full-length records in order to focus exclusively on singles, explaining, "The listening patterns have changed, so why are we killing ourselves to do albums, to create balance, and do the arty track to set up the single? It's done."WEB, Kot, Greg, Billy Corgan dishes on the Smashing Pumpkins: The past is dead to me, December 9, 2008,weblink Chicago Tribune, December 12, 2008, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20131006003504weblink">weblink October 6, 2013,

Teargarden and Oceania: 2009â€“2013

{{multiple image

Mike Byrne (musician)>Mike Byrne and bassist Nicole Fiorentino joined the band in 2009 and 2010 respectively, and both left in 2014| perrow = 2| total_width = 275| image1 = Mike Byrne 2011.jpeg| image2 = Nicole Fiorentino 2007 Cropped.JPG}}In March 2009 Corgan announced on the band's website that Chamberlin had left the group and would be replaced.MAGAZINE, Prince, David J., Smashing Pumpkins Sheds Chamberlin; Billy Corgan Heads To Studio All Alone, March 20, 2009,weblink Billboard, March 22, 2009, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20130219001445weblink">weblink February 19, 2013, mdy-all, Chamberlin subsequently stated that his departure from the band was "a positive move forward for me. I can no longer commit all of my energy into something that I don't fully possess."WEB, Lindsay, Andrew, Chamberlin on leaving the Pumpkins, March 24, 2009,weblink Stereokill.net, March 24, 2009, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090609134838weblink">weblink June 9, 2009, Chamberlin stressed that the split was amicable, commenting, "I am glad [Corgan] has chosen to continue under the name. It is his right."WEB,weblink Jimmy Talks About Leaving Pumpkins, March 30, 2009, March 26, 2009, Idiomag.com, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090609084046weblink">weblink June 9, 2009, Chamberlin soon formed the band Skysaw, which has released an album and toured in support of Minus the Bear."Skysaw Touring with Minus the Bear in May/June {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906093200weblink |date=September 6, 2015 }}". Dangerbird Records. April 21, 2011. In July 2009 Billy Corgan formed a new group called Spirits in the Sky, initially as a tribute band to Sky Saxon of the Seeds, who had recently died. The following month Corgan confirmed on the band's website that 19-year-old Spirits in the Sky drummer Mike Byrne had replaced Chamberlin and that the pair was working on new Pumpkins recordings.MAGAZINE, Associated Press, The Smashing Pumpkins Replace Drummer, August 19, 2009,weblink Billboard, August 26, 2009, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140704210001weblink">weblink July 4, 2014, mdy-all, The group announced plans to release a 44-track concept album, Teargarden by Kaleidyscope, for free over the Internet one track at a time.WEB, The Smashing Pumpkins to release free album, September 17, 2009,weblink NME, September 17, 2009, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090924010926weblink">weblink September 24, 2009, The first track, "A Song for a Son", was released in December 2009 to moderate press acclaim.MAGAZINE,weblink Smashing Pumpkins Unveil New "Teargarden by Kaleidyscope" Track "A Song for a Son", Kreps, Daniel, Rolling Stone, December 7, 2009, December 10, 2009, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20091209032953weblink">weblink December 9, 2009, WEB,weblink Hear the Epic New Smashing Pumpkins Track: "A Song for a Son", Dombal, Ryan, Pitchfork Media, December 7, 2009, December 11, 2009, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20091213004433weblink">weblink December 13, 2009, In March 2010 Ginger Reyes officially left the band, prompting an open call for auditions for a new bassist.WEB,weblink Help Wanted: Pumpkins, Keith, Phipps, AVClub.com, March 9, 2010, March 9, 2010, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100312051407weblink">weblink March 12, 2010, In May, Nicole Fiorentino announced she had joined the band as bass player, and would be working on Teargarden by Kaleidyscope."Smashing Pumpkins Acknowledge Report Identifying New Bassist {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100512122132weblink |date=May 12, 2010 }}". HipstersUnited.com. May 8, 2010. The new lineup went on a world tour through to the end of 2010.WEB,weblink tour history â€“ dates, Spfc.org, March 15, 2015, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150705053802weblink">weblink July 5, 2015, One of the first shows with the new lineup was a concert to benefit Matthew Leone, bassist for the rock band Madina Lake, at the Metro on July 27, 2010. In late 2010 all four members contributed to the sessions for the third volume of Teargarden.Fiorentino, Nicole. "My Q & A {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101191345weblink |date=January 1, 2016 }}". February 24, 2011."The Smashing Pumpkins Debut New Song "Lightning Strikes" Today Via RollingStone.Com {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011062941weblink |date=October 11, 2016 }}". Press Release. March 17, 2011.On April 26, 2011, Corgan announced that the Smashing Pumpkins would be releasing a new album titled Oceania, which he labeled as "an album within an album" in regards to the Teargarden by Kaleidyscope project, in the fall.MAGAZINE, Perpetua, Matthew, Smashing Pumpkins Announce Reissues, New Album, Rolling Stone, April 26, 2011,weblink April 26, 2011, live,weblink weblink August 16, 2011, mdy-all, WEB, Kot, Greg, Smashing Pumpkins announce new album, extensive reissues, Chicago Tribune, April 26, 2011,weblink April 26, 2011, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110429182350weblink">weblink April 29, 2011, mdy-all, As with the previous recording sessions, all four band members contributed to the project.Fiorentino, Nicole. "My "Oceania" Experience {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304211317weblink |date=March 4, 2016 }}. July 11, 2011. Also, the entire album catalog was to be remastered and reissued with bonus tracks, starting with Gish and Siamese Dream in November 2011. The pre-Gish demos, Pisces Iscariot, and Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness were released in 2012, with The Aeroplane Flies High released the following year. Adore was released in 2014. Machina/The Machines of God and the yet commercially unreleased Machina II/Friends and Enemies of Modern Music were expected to be combined, remixed, and released in the same year but were not released due to label hang-ups. The band did a thirteen-city US tour in October 2011 followed by a European tour in November and December.WEB,weblink The Smashing Pumpkins Announces Fall Tour, Blabbermouth, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120212214755weblink">weblink February 12, 2012, Oceania was released on June 19, 2012, and received generally positive reviews. The album debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 and at No. 1 on the Billboard Independent. The album spawned two singles, "The Celestials" and "Panopticon". The band proceeded to tour in support of the album, including a US tour involving playing the album in its entirety. By September 2012, Corgan stated that the band had already begun work on their next album.Smashing Pumpkins 'Writing Songs for a New Album,' Corgan Says {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325075546weblink |date=March 25, 2013 }}. Billboard. (September 5, 2012). Retrieved on September 16, 2012. However, despite this, the band concentrated on touring, playing at Glastonbury Festival, Dour Festival and the Barclays Center, where they recorded (Oceania: Live in NYC), which was released on September 24, 2013.WEB, New York Music News, Concert Review: Smashing Pumpkins & Morning Parade (video) at Barclays Center December 10, 2012, April 26, 2011,weblink December 11, 2012, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20130116102425weblink">weblink January 16, 2013, mdy-all,

Monuments to an Elegy: 2014â€“2016 {{anchor|Monuments to an Elegy and Day for Night: 2014â€“2016}}

On March 25, 2014, Corgan announced he had signed a new record deal with BMG, for two new albums, titled Monuments to an Elegy and Day for Night, respectively."Smashing Pumpkins Releasing Two Albums in 2015 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210111230weblink |date=February 10, 2015 }}". Spin Magazine. March 25, 2015. In June, it was revealed that Mike Byrne was no longer in the band, to be replaced by Tommy Lee of MÃ¶tley CrÃ¼e on the new album, and Fiorentino would not be recording on the album either.WEB,weblink Smashing Pumpkins Drummer Mike Byrne Leaves Band, Camp, Zoe, Pitchfork Media, June 15, 2014, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150313034252weblink">weblink March 13, 2015, WEB,weblink News on Tommy Lee Playing on 'Monuments to an Elegy' / SP Album Update, Smashingpumpkinsnexus.com, January 10, 2015, May 8, 2014, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150107030731weblink">weblink January 7, 2015, mdy-all, WEB, Buchanan, Brett,weblink Nicole Fiorentino Reunites With Former Smashing Pumpkins Bandmate Mike Byrne, AlternativeNation.net, July 15, 2014, August 4, 2014,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150530000136weblink">weblink May 30, 2015, dead, Monuments to an Elegy was released on December 5, 2014, to generally positive reviews. The band toured in support of the album starting on November 26, with Rage Against the Machine's Brad Wilk filling in on drums and the Killers' Mark Stoermer filling in on bass.WEB, Smashing Pumpkins Tap Rage Against the Machine's Brad Wilk For Upcoming Shows,weblink Blabbermouth, November 18, 2014, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20141121130650weblink">weblink November 21, 2014, 2014-11-18, The follow-up proposed album Day For Night was cited for delayed late 2015 or early 2016 release.WEB, Corgan, Billy, February 9, 2015,weblink Parlez-Vous/Album Update Plus Thoughts On 'Candide' And SP Tours, Smashingpumpkinsnexus.com,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140325233747weblink">weblink March 25, 2014, March 25, 2014, dead, mdy-all, file:Jeff Schroeder of TSP (8139736408).jpg|thumb|Guitarist Jeff Schroeder Jeff SchroederLater in 2015 Corgan announced that the band would embark on a co-headlining tour of North America with Marilyn Manson, "The End Times Tour", across July and August 2015.WEB,weblink Smashing Pumpkins & Marilyn Manson Co-Headlining North American 2015 End Times Tour Schedule, April 7, 2015, April 7, 2015, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150417045833weblink">weblink April 17, 2015, WEB,weblink Marilyn Manson and The Smashing Pumpkins Announce Summer Tour, April 1, 2015, April 7, 2015, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150404080300weblink">weblink April 4, 2015, Prior to the co-headlining dates, the band performed a series of acoustic shows with drum machines and tapes for percussion. When the time came for the co-headlining tour, plans for a drummer fell through and Corgan recruited Chamberlin to reunite for the shows.WEB,weblink Pumpkins Add Original Member for Summer Tour, Mansfield, Brian, USA Today, Gannett Company, June 24, 2015, live,weblink January 18, 2018, On February 1, 2016, it was announced that the band would continue their In Plainsong acoustic tour with Jimmy Chamberlin on drums and were planning to head "straight to the studio after the dates to record a brand new album inspired by the sounds explored in the new acoustic setting".WEB,weblink Smashing Pumpkins Announce New Album & Tour With Jimmy Chamberlin, Brett, Buchanan, February 1, 2016, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160205031828weblink">weblink February 5, 2016, On February 25, 2016, Corgan posted a video from a Los Angeles studio on the band's Facebook account, giving an update on the writing process for the new songs for the upcoming album to be released after the In Plainsong tour.WEB, Billy, Corgan, Live in Studio From Lala Land,weblink Facebook, February 25, 2016, February 26, 2016, live,weblink April 4, 2018, The tour began in Portland, Oregon, on March 22, 2016.WEB,weblink Smashing Pumpkins strip down for tour kick-off in Portland, Nicole, DeCosta, March 24, 2016, portlandtribune.com, March 25, 2016, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160327210245weblink">weblink March 27, 2016, mdy-all,

Iha and Chamberlin's return; Shiny and Oh So Bright and Cyr: 2018â€“2021

On his birthday on March 26, 2016, original guitarist James Iha joined Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin, and Jeff Schroeder on stage unannounced at the Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. He performed a few songs, including "Mayonaise", "Soma" and "Today" marking his first appearance with the Smashing Pumpkins in 16 years.MAGAZINE,weblink Watch Smashing Pumpkins Reunite With James Iha at Los Angeles Concert, Rolling Stone, March 27, 2016, live,weblink weblink March 29, 2016, 2016-03-27, Iha also played at the second of the two Smashing Pumpkins shows at the Ace Hotel the following day, which was Easter Sunday. Iha joined the Pumpkins for a third time at their concert of April 14 at the Civic Opera House in Chicago.WEB,weblink Live Review: The Smashing Pumpkins reunite with James Iha in Chicago (4/14), Michael Roffman, Heather Kaplan, amp, April 15, 2016, Consequence of Sound, April 15, 2016, live,weblink April 15, 2016, mdy-all, In July, Corgan began hinting of the possibility of reuniting the band original lineup, of himself, Iha, Wretzky, and Chamberlin,NEWS,weblink Billy Corgan Hints at Smashing Pumpkins Reunion, Says He's Finished a New Solo Album, Spin, July 29, 2016, live,weblink January 17, 2018, Gaca, Anna, and in August, he stated he had begun reaching out to the original lineup about the feasibility of a reunion, including speaking to Wretzky for the first time in sixteen years.WEB,weblink Billy Corgan Reconciles With Ex-Smashing Pumpkins Bassist D'arcy Wretzky, Addresses Reunion Rumors, August 16, 2016, SPIN, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160817132812weblink">weblink August 17, 2016, Despite the comments, Corgan would spend much of 2017 working on solo material â€“ recording and releasing the solo album Ogilala and beginning work on another solo album for 2018.WEB,weblink Billy Corgan Eyeing 2018 With Potential Double Album, Loudwire, December 16, 2017, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20180118010815weblink">weblink January 18, 2018, In June 2017 Chamberlin also mentioned the possibility of a reunion tour in 2018.WEB,weblink Smashing Pumpkins' drummer hints at 2018 reunion for original line-up, NME, June 9, 2017, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20170702051231weblink">weblink July 2, 2017, In January 2018 Corgan shared a photo of himself, Iha, and Chamberlin together in recording studio.MAGAZINE,weblink Billy Corgan Teases Smashing Pumpkins Reunion on Instagram, Billboard (magazine), Billboard, January 17, 2018, live,weblink January 17, 2018, In February 2018 Corgan announced that he was working with music producer Rick Rubin on a future Smashing Pumpkins album, that there were currently 26 songs he was actively working on, and that "the guitar feels once again like the preferred weapon of choice."WEB,weblink Billy Corgan details new Smashing Pumpkins album, DIY, February 5, 2018, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20180206073541weblink">weblink February 6, 2018, Soon afterwards, Corgan shared a photo of sound equipment with Iha's name on a label, as well as announcing recording was finished on the album.WEB,weblink It looks like Smashing Pumpkins' reunion album is finished, but who's the bassist?, Trendell, Andrew, NME, February 8, 2018, February 10, 2018, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20180210180424weblink">weblink February 10, 2018, On February 15, 2018, founding members Iha and Chamberlin rejoined the band. They embarked on the Shiny And Oh So Bright Tour starting in July, with a focus on performing material from their first five studio albums.MAGAZINE,weblink Smashing Pumpkins Plot Reunion Tour Culling From First Five Albums, Rolling Stone, live,weblink February 15, 2018, 2018-02-15, MAGAZINE,weblink Smashing Pumpkins reunite for tour â€“ without D'arcy Wretzky, Entertainment Weekly, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20180215220401weblink">weblink February 15, 2018, and sold over 350,000 tickets and sold-out arenas including The Forum, United Center, and Madison Square Garden. Original bassist D'arcy Wretzky claimed she had been offered a contract to rejoin the band but Corgan rescinded the offer soon after.WEB,weblink D'arcy Wretzky Slams Billy Corgan, Smashing Pumpkins Reunion, Kreps, Daniel, February 14, 2018, RollingStone.com, February 15, 2018, live,weblink February 14, 2018, Corgan released a statement denying the claims, stating "Ms. Wretzky has repeatedly been invited out to play with the group, participate in demo sessions, or at the very least, meet face-to-face, and in each and every instance she always deferred".WEB,weblink Smashing Pumpkins Explain D'arcy Absence Ahead of Rumored Reunion, Kreps, Daniel, February 12, 2018, RollingStone.com, February 15, 2018, live,weblink February 15, 2018, Jack Bates (son of Joy Division bassist Peter Hook) played bass on the tour. Bates previously toured with the Smashing Pumpkins in 2015.NEWS,weblink Smashing Pumpkins Say They're Happy Now. Can They Keep It Together?, Coscarelli, Joe, March 22, 2018, The New York Times, March 24, 2018, live,weblink March 25, 2018, WEB, The Smashing Pumpkins Recruit Peter Hook's Son to Play Bass,weblink KRRO, June 26, 2015, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150626191052weblink">weblink June 26, 2015, Multi-instrumentalist Katie Cole rejoined the band for the tour as well, singing backup vocals and playing keyboards and guitar.WEB, THE SMASHING PUMPKINS' Shiny and Oh So Bright Tour @ The American Airlines Arena (July 24th, 2018),weblink 2018-07-28, Sonic Perspectives, en-US, 2020-05-11, In March 2018, Corgan mentioned the band planned to release two EPs in 2018, with the first tentatively planned for May.WEB,weblink Billy Corgan Says 2 New Smashing Pumpkins EPs in the Works, Sodomsky, Sam, Pitchfork (website), Pitchfork, March 9, 2018, March 17, 2018, live,weblink March 12, 2018, On June 8, 2018, the first single from the set of music, "Solara", was released.MAGAZINE,weblink Hear Smashing Pumpkins' Churning New Song 'Solara', Althea, Legaspi, Rolling Stone, June 8, 2018, August 6, 2018, On August 2, 2018, the band celebrated their 30th anniversary by performing in Holmdel, New Jersey. with several notable special guests including Courtney Love, Chino Moreno, Davey Havok, Peter Hook, Mark McGrath, and Dave Keuning and Mark Stoermer of The Killers.MAGAZINE,weblink Smashing Pumpkins Tap Courtney Love, Peter Hook For Special 30th Anniversary Show, Althea, Legaspi, Rolling Stone, July 31, 2018, NEWS,weblink Smashing Pumpkins perform Hole songs with Courtney Love, cover Sugar Ray, Joy Division and Led Zeppelin at 30th anniversary show, August 3, 2018, NME, August 3, 2018, In September 2018, they announced the album (Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun.), released via Napalm Records on November 16, 2018, which debuted at number 54 on the Billboard 200 chart.WEB,weblink Smashing Pumpkins Announce New Album, Share Song: Listen, Pitchfork, Sodomsky, Sam, Kim, Michelle, September 14, 2018, September 14, 2018, WEB,weblink Smashing Pumpkins' reunion album debuts at No. 54 on Billboard 200 chart, November 28, 2018, Young, Alex, Consequence of Sound, December 13, 2018,weblink November 28, 2018, live, After touring through much of 2019, Corgan noted in January 2020 that the band was currently working on 21 songs for a future album release.WEB,weblink Billy Corgan says Smashing Pumpkins are working on 21 new songs for "pretty different" album, NME, January 22, 2020, On August 28, 2020, the band released the single and video for "Cyr", along with a second track titled "The Colour of Love" from their album Cyr, which was released through their new record label Sumerian Records on November 27, 2020. It serves as the second part of the Shiny and Oh So Bright series.WEB,weblink The Smashing Pumpkins sign to Sumerian Records + release two songs, Logan, White, August 28, 2020, WEB,weblink The Smashing Pumpkins Share New Songs "Cyr" and "The Colour of Love", Evan, Minsker, Pitchfork, August 28, 2020, WEB,weblink Smashing Pumpkins Announce New Double Album 'Cyr,' Out 11/27, September 18, 2020, On September 25, 2020, the band released another single from Cyr that included the songs "Confessions of a Dopamine Addict" and "Wrath".MAGAZINE,weblink Smashing Pumpkins Drop New Songs 'Confessions of a Dopamine Addict,' 'Wrath', Althea, Legaspi, Rolling Stone, September 25, 2020, On October 9, 2020, the band released a third single for Cyr that featured the tracks "Anno Satana" and "Birch Grove". On October 29, the band released "Ramona" and "Wyttch" as the fourth pair of singles.WEB,weblink Smashing Pumpkins Unleash Two New Tracks, Another Episode of Animated Series, October 9, 2020, Spin, WEB,weblink Smashing Pumpkins share new singles 'Ramona' and 'Wyttch' | NME, NME, October 30, 2020, On November 20, 2020, the songs "Purple Blood" and "Dulcet in E" were released as the fifth and final single for Cyr.MAGAZINE,weblink Smashing Pumpkins Release Two New Tracks, 'Purple Blood,' 'Dulcet in E', Jon, Blistein, Rolling Stone, November 20, 2020, The following week, on November 27, 2020, the band released Cyr.MAGAZINE,weblink Smashing Pumpkins Return With Double Album 'CYR': Stream It Now, Billboard, November 27, 2020,

Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts and Schroeder's departure: 2022â€“present

In late 2020, Corgan announced that the band had begun work on a double album to serve as a sequel to the overarching story of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and Machina: The Machines of God.WEB,weblink Billy Corgan on Smashing Pumpkins' New Mellon Collie Sequel: "Now's the Time.", December 3, 2020, The album was planned for release in 2021, however it wasn't until September 19, 2022, that the album's title, (Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts), was revealed. Each act was released on its own, with the dates in order being November 15, 2022, January 31, 2023, and May 5, 2023. All of the acts, along with ten extra songs, were compiled into a vinyl box set that was released the same day as the third grouping of songs.WEB, Whitaker, Marisa, 2022-09-20, Smashing Pumpkins Go Rock Opera on 33-Track, Three-Installment New Album,weblink 2022-09-20, SPIN, en-US, On February 22, 2022, the band announced on social media the Rock Invasion 2 Tour, which had previously been set to take place in spring 2020, postponed to fall 2020, and subsequently canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The newly announced incarnation of the tour had entirely new locations spanning eleven US cities accompanying the band's spring festival appearances, and four performances in Mexico, their first since 2013.WEB,weblink Smashing Pumpkins announce 'Rock Invasion 2' US tour, NME, Lavin, Will, February 23, 2022, February 28, 2022, WEB,weblink Smashing Pumpkins add new tour with Bones UK to Spring run, DiVita, Joe, Loudwire, February 22, 2022, February 28, 2022, WEB,weblink Summer Camp Music Festival Announces 2022 Lineup Featuring Smashing Pumpkins, Zeds Dead, Moe. And More, mxdwn.com, Floyd, Lauren, February 3, 2022, February 28, 2022, In May 2022, the band announced plans for the Spirits on Fire tour with Jane's Addiction.WEB,weblink Smashing Pumpkins Tease 33-Song Rock Opera and Perform "Today" on Corden: Watch, yahoo.com, Fu, Eddie, May 13, 2022, May 14, 2022, In November 2022, The World is A Vampire Festival was announced for March 2023. The festival's lineup included Interpol, Turnstile, Peter Hook & The Light, Deafheaven, The Warning, and several others.NEWS,weblink Smashing Pumpkins' The World Is a Vampire Fest To Feature Interpol, Turnstile, Selena, Fragassi, Spin, November 27, 2022, WEB, Jones, Abby, Smashing Pumpkins, Interpol to Headline Inaugural The World Is a Vampire Festival,weblink Yahoo! Entertainment, November 25, 2022, Yahoo Inc., 6 September 2023, In February 2023, the band announced that they would be bringing The World Is A Vampire Festival to Australia as a 10-date tour during the month of April. The lineup featured Jane's Addiction, Amyl & The Sniffers, Redhook, and Battlesnake, in addition to the wrestling matches similar to the singular date in Mexico.MAGAZINE, Brandle, Lars, Smashing Pumpkins' 'The World Is A Vampire' Fest Is Heading Down Under,weblink Billboard, Penske Media Corporation, 5 September 2023, In between the band's time in Mexico and Australia, they announced on March 28, 2023, that they would bring The World Is A Vampire to the United States and Canada as a summer tour across amphitheaters, indoor theaters, and one arena. The tour featured support from Stone Temple Pilots, Interpol, and Rival Sons, as well as select appearances by Corgan's NWA wrestlers.WEB, The Smashing Pumpkins Announce 2023 North American The World Is A Vampire Tour,weblink Live Nation Entertainment, March 28, 2023, Live Nation Worldwide, Inc., 6 September 2023, On the October 19, 2023, Green Day played a small club show and handed out physical flyers that revealed in 2024 they would be touring the United States and Canada in stadiums with The Smashing Pumpkins, Rancid, and The Linda Lindas.MAGAZINE, Sheckells, Melinda, Inside Green Day's Las Vegas Club Gig Saluting 30 Years of 'Dookie': Best Moments,weblink Billboard, Penske Media Corporation, 24 January 2024, This tour was officially announced by all four bands on November 2, 2023, as The Saviors Tour.WEB, Green Day Announce The Savior Tour,weblink Live Nation, November 2, 2023, 24 January 2024, On October 24, 2023, it was announced in a statement posted on the band's social media that longtime guitarist Jeff Schroeder had decided to leave the band "to explore a slightly different path".WEB,weblink Longtime Smashing Pumpkins Guitarist Jeff Schroeder Announces Exit From Band, Lauryn, Schaffner, October 24, 2023, Loudwire, November 3, 2023, Following Schroeder's departure, on January 5, 2024, Smashing Pumpkins announced via their social media channels that they were accepting applications via email for an additional guitarist.WEB,weblink The Smashing Pumpkins Publicly Seeking New Guitarist, Eric, Torres, Pitchfork, January 5, 2024, April 26, 2024, By January 17, the band had received over 10,000 submissions and employed eight people full-time to review each one.WEB,weblink Smashing Pumpkins Receive â€˜Over 10,000â€™ Applications for New Guitarist, Emily, Zemler, Rolling Stone, January 17, 2024, April 26, 2024, On April 26, the band announced that they had chosen Kiki Wong as their new touring guitarist, with Billy Corgan noting that he was a fan of hers "before she submitted her name to be considered."WEB,weblink "I never thought little ole 15-year-old me playing metal guitar in my bedroom would amount to this moment": Kiki Wong named as new Smashing Pumpkins guitarist, Rob, Laing, MusicRadar, April 26, 2024, April 26, 2024,

Musical style, influences, and legacy

{{Listen|filename=Smashing Pumpkins - Cherub Rock.ogg|title="Cherub Rock"|description=Sample of "Cherub Rock" from Siamese Dream (1993). This song featured many layers of guitar tracks and the famous "Pumpkin chord". |filename2 = 1979 (Smashing Pumpkins song - audio sample).ogg|title2="1979"|description2 = Sample of "1979", the second single from Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995). The band's biggest hit and a precursor to their change in style, featuring a drum machine accompaniment to Chamberlin's drums and sampled vocal effects.}}The Smashing Pumpkins have been regarded as a cultural touchstone of Generation X and contributed greatly to the rise of the generation's prevalence in Western popular culture. The direction of the band is dominated by lead guitarist, lead vocalist, keyboardist, bassist and principal songwriter Billy Corgan. Journalist Greg Kot wrote, "The music [of the Smashing Pumpkins] would not be what it is without his ambition and vision, and his famously fractured relationships with his family, friends, and bandmembers." Melissa Auf der Maur commented upon news of the group's reunion, "Everyone knows Billy doesn't need too many people to make a Pumpkins record, other than Jimmy [Chamberlin]â€”who he has on board."WEB, 2006, Smashing Pumpkins Reunion Is On, NME,weblink January 11, 2007, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20061209142353weblink">weblink December 9, 2006, mdy-all, In a 2015 interview Corgan himself referred to the current iteration of the band "as sort of an open source collective" MAGAZINE, Anderson, Kyle, Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan on touring with Manson and the 'open source' nature of his band,weblink Entertainment Weekly, January 5, 2016, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20151128215900weblink">weblink November 28, 2015, noting that "It's whoever feels right at the time." Many of Corgan's lyrics for the Pumpkins are cathartic expressions of emotion, full of personal musings and strong indictments of himself and those close to him. Music critics were not often fans of Corgan's angst-filled lyrics. Jim DeRogatis wrote in a 1993 Chicago Sun-Times article that Corgan's lyrics "too often sound like sophomoric poetry",DeRogatis, p. 80. although he viewed the lyrics of later albums Adore and Machina as an improvement.DeRogatis, p. 88. The band's songs have been described as "anguished, bruised reports from Billy Corgan's nightmare-land" by journalist William Shaw.JOURNAL, William, Shaw, Appetite for Destruction, Details (magazine), Details, December 1993, The Smashing Pumpkins' music has explored alternative rock,WEB,weblink Smashing Pumpkins, Loudwire, April 5, 2023, WEB, Neil, Strauss,weblink The Pop Life/The Big Hit That Wasn't: A Band Takes Stock; Expectations Betray Smashing Pumpkins, The New York Times, July 30, 1998, April 5, 2023, WEB, Andrew, Sacher,weblink The Smashing Pumpkins announce new album, release two new songs, BrooklynVegan, August 28, 2020, April 5, 2023, WEB, Scott A. Gray,weblink An Essential Guide to the Smashing Pumpkins, Exclaim!, April 4, 2018, April 5, 2023, grunge,WEB, Mary, Varvaris,weblink The Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan: 'That Experience Scars You For Life', Kill Your Stereo, March 9, 2023, April 5, 2023, WEB, Eli, Enis,weblink 10 Heaviest Grunge Songs of All Time, Revolver (magazine), Revolver, April 4, 2022, April 5, 2023, psychedelic rock,BOOK,weblink Irish Americans: The History and Culture of a People, William E. Watson, Watson, William E., Halus, Eugene J. Jr., ABC-CLIO, 978-1610694674, November 25, 2014, heavy metal, shoegaze,WEB, Sam, Kemp,weblink Looking back at the classic Smashing Pumpkins album 'Siamese Dream', Far Out Magazine, July 27, 2021, April 5, 2023, synth-pop, art rock,WEB, Stephen Thomas, Erlewine, Stephen Thomas Erlewine,weblink Adore â€“ The Smashing Pumpkins, AllMusic, February 11, 2007,weblink January 3, 2021, live, electronic rock,MAGAZINE,weblink Smashing Pumpkins to Release Pair of 'Epic' Albums in 2015, Billboard (magazine), Billboard, March 25, 2014, November 23, 2015,weblink October 25, 2020, live, gothic rock,WEB, Sal, Cinquemani,weblink Smashing Pumpkins â€“ Machina: The Machines of God, Slant Magazine, April 7, 2001, November 23, 2015,weblink January 3, 2021, live, dream pop, psychedelia, college rock, punk rock,JOURNAL, Pumpkin Pugilism, Eliscu, Jenny, May 1, 2000, New York (magazine), New York, 33, 17, 122, and progressive rock.WEB, Greg, Prato,weblink Siamese Dream Review, AllMusic, April 5, 2023, The band's distinctive sound up until Adore involved layering numerous guitar tracks onto a song during the recording process, a tactic that Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness co-producer Flood called the "Pumpkin guitar overdub army." Although there were a lot of overdubbed parts on Gish, Corgan began to really explore the possibilities of overdubbing with Siamese Dream; Corgan has stated that "Soma" alone contains up to 40 overdubbed guitar parts.Aledort, Andrew. "Introduction", in Siamese Dream Songbook. Miami: Warner Bros. Publications, 1994. While Corgan knew many of the songs would be difficult or impossible to replicate from their recorded versions in concert (in fact, some songs were drastically altered for live performance), he has explained the use of overdubbing by posing the question "When you are faced with making a permanent recorded representation of a song, why not endow it with the grandest possible vision?"Corgan, Billy. "Guitar Geek USA" column. Guitar World, January 1996. This use of multilayered sounds was inspired by Corgan's love of 1970s popular artists and bands such as David Bowie, Cheap Trick, Queen, Boston, and the Electric Light Orchestra, as well as shoegaze, a British alternative rock style of the late 1980s and early 1990s that relied on swirling layers of guitar noise for effect. Mellon Collie coproducer Alan Moulder was originally hired to mix Siamese Dream because Corgan was a fan of his work producing shoegaze bands such as My Bloody Valentine, Ride, and Slowdive.DeRogatis, p. 78.Like many contemporary alternative bands, the Smashing Pumpkins utilized shifts in song dynamics, going from quiet to loud and vice versa. HÃ¼sker DÃ¼'s seminal album Zen Arcade demonstrated to the band how they could place gentler material against more aggressive fare, and Corgan made such shifts in dynamics central to the pursuit of his grand musical ambitions.Corgan, Billy. "Guitar Geek USA [column]", Guitar World. September 1995. Corgan said he liked the idea of creating his own alternative universe through sound that essentially tells the listener, "Welcome to Pumpkin Land, this is what it sounds like on Planet Pumpkin."DeRogatis, p. 76. This emphasis on atmosphere carried through to Adore (described as "arcane night music" in prerelease promotion)WEB, Kaufman, Gil, January 14, 1998, Pumpkins Recording Album of "Arcane Night Music", Addicted to Noise/JamesIha.org,weblink September 7, 2006, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070802125549weblink">weblink August 2, 2007, and the Machina albums (concept records that tell the story of a fictional rock band).{{multiple image| align = left| perrow = 2| total_width = 240| image1 = Nelly Furtado - Manchester Arena 2007.png| alt1 = | caption1 = | image2 = Gerard Way East Scene 2.jpg| alt2 = | caption2 = | footer = Musicians Nelly Furtado (left) and Gerard Way (right) are influenced by the Pumpkins' material.}}The Pumpkins drew inspiration from a variety of other genres, some unfashionable during the 1990s among music critics. Corgan in particular was open about his appreciation of heavy metal, citing Dimebag Darrell of Pantera as his favorite contemporary guitarist.Corgan, Billy. "Guitar Geek USA [column]", Guitar World. August 1995. When one interviewer commented to Corgan and Iha that "Smashing Pumpkins is one of the groups that relegitimized heavy metal" and that they "were among the first alternative rockers to mention people like Ozzy and Black Sabbath with anything other than contempt", Corgan went on to rave about Black Sabbath's Master of Reality and Judas Priest's Unleashed in the East. The song "Zero", which reminded Iha of Judas Priest, is an example of what the band dubbed "cybermetal.""Killer B's." Guitar World, January 1997. Post-punk and gothic rock bands like Joy Division/New Order, Bauhaus, the Cure, and Depeche Mode were formative influences on the band, which covered such artists in concert and on record. Corgan also cited Siouxsie and the Banshees saying it was important to point back to bands that influenced them.WEB,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20130831121706weblink">weblink dead, August 31, 2013, Billy Corgan plays X tracks while hosting SiriusXM Lithium station, crestfallen.com, October 28, 2011, July 14, 2015, Psychedelic rock was also referenced often in the band's early recordings; according to Corgan, "In typical Pumpkins fashion, no one at that point really liked loud guitars or psychedelic music so, of course, that's exactly what we had to do."Commentary for "Siva" music video. The Smashing Pumpkins 1991â€“2000: Greatest Hits Video Collection (Virgin Records, 2001). Corgan felt that the band's guitars "are a mixture of heavy metal and 80s alternative rock. I think of Cure and Siouxsie and the Banshees".WEB, Ludovic, Egraz, Interview - Billy Corgan and Jeff Schroeder â€“ The Smashing Pumpkins,weblink Bendnote.com, 13 July 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160721003736weblink">weblink 13 July 2019, July 21, 2016, . Corgan acknowledged that a chord he jokingly claimed as "the Pumpkin chord" (a G# octave chord at the eleventh fret of a guitar with the low E string played under it), used as the basis for "Cherub Rock", "Drown", and other songs, was in fact previously used by Jimi Hendrix. Other early influences cited by Corgan include Cream, the Stooges, and Blue Cheer.NEWS, Smashing Pumpkins, Chicago Tribune, September 7, 1990, Regarding the band's influence upon other groups, Greg Kot wrote in 2001, "Whereas Nirvana spawned countless mini-Nirvanas, the Pumpkins remain an island unto themselves." Still, some artists and bands have been influenced by the Pumpkins, such as Nelly Furtado,WEB, Parker, Lyndsey, Exclusive LAUNCH Artist Chat, Nelly Furtado, Yahoo! Music, October 25, 2000,weblink April 9, 2007, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070322233026weblink">weblink March 22, 2007, Marilyn Manson,MAGAZINE,weblink Marilyn Manson: The Music That Made Me, Rolling Stone, May 8, 2015, March 9, 2016, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160507005347weblink">weblink May 7, 2016, Third Eye Blind,WEB,weblink Third Eye Blind on Twitter, Mark Hoppus of Blink-182,WEB,weblink Mark Hoppus from Blink-182 on Siamese Dream, Masterpieces â€“ Smashing Pumpkins, Zane Lowe, BBC Radio 1, November 21, 2011, Tegan and Sara,WEB, Moon, Jin,weblink Twins Peak â€“ Tegan and Sara, ASCAP, July 1, 2005, March 17, 2016, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160324205512weblink">weblink March 24, 2016, Fall Out Boy,WEB,weblink weblink 2021-10-28, Interview with Fall Out Boy, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, July 30, 2014, YouTube, {{cbignore}} Rivers Cuomo,MAGAZINE,weblink Watch Weezer's Rivers Cuomo cover Oasis, REM, Pixies and Smashing Pumpkins, March 14, 2018, NME, Panic! at the Disco,MAGAZINE, Panic at the Disco's Secret Influences, Rolling Stone, October 28, 2012, February 16, 2016,weblink live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160206180429weblink">weblink February 6, 2016, Silversun Pickups,WEB, Music Interview: Nikki Monninger of Silversun Pickups, UWIRE, July 10, 2010, December 12, 2019,weblink and My Chemical Romance. My Chemical Romance vocalist Gerard Way has said that they pattern their career upon the Pumpkins',WEB, Tyme, Gwyn, May 5, 2005, My Chemical Romance â€“ Interview with Gerard Way, MusicPix.net,weblink November 5, 2006, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070927062100weblink">weblink September 27, 2007, including music videos.WEB, Montgomery, James, January 13, 2005, My Chemical Romance Aim for Smashing Pumpkins Status, MTV,weblink November 5, 2006, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20061119033941weblink">weblink November 19, 2006, The members of fellow Chicago band Kill Hannah are friends with Corgan,WEB, Hudson, Marc, September 18, 2006, Future Imperfect: Mat Devine of Kill Hannah, PopSyndicate.com,weblink February 12, 2007, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070928015442weblink">weblink September 28, 2007, and lead singer Mat Devine has compared his group to the Pumpkins.WEB, Bondowski, Karen, December 21, 2006, Interview with Kill Hannah's Matt Devine, Livewire (ConcertLivewire.com),weblink February 17, 2007, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070221073950weblink">weblink February 21, 2007, mdy-all, The group has sold over 30 million albums worldwide as of October 2012,WEB,weblink The Smashing Pumpkins' Defining 1995 Double Album 'Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness' Earns Diamond Certification From The RIAA For Sales Of 10 Million Discs, EMI Music, October 2, 2012, PRNewswire.com, April 2, 2018, live,weblink April 2, 2018, and sales in the United States alone reaching 19.75 million.WEB,weblink Gold & Platinum, RIAA.com, April 2, 2018, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20161216204505weblink">weblink December 16, 2016, Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness have both appeared in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.MAGAZINE,weblink The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone, December 31, 2023, February 13, 2024, BOOK, Levy, Joe, Van Zandt, Steven, Steven Van Zandt, Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, November 16, 2005, 3rd, October 24, 2006, Wenner Books, 1932958614, 70672814,

Music videos

File:Smashing pumpkins tonight video 02.jpg|thumb |right |alt=The set from the "Tonight, Tonight" music video features the performers dressed in Victorian clothing on a colorful set mimicking the moon. A moon monster is portrayed by a man on the left of the photo; he has on a pale green form-fitting jumpsuit with large blue and purple dots on it and wears matching make-up. On his head is a large prosthesis mimicking tall pale green hair. A man stands to the right wearing a suit and bowler and in front of him is a woman wearing a flowing gown. The woman has just struck another moon monster with an umbrella, and the moon monster has disappeared in a puff of smoke.|Drawing heavy influence from Georges MÃ©liÃ¨s's A Trip to the Moon, the video for "Tonight, Tonight" was filmed in the style of a turn-of-the-century (silent film]] using theater-style backdrops and primitive special effects.Commentary for "Tonight, Tonight" music video. The Smashing Pumpkins 1991â€“2000: Greatest Hits Video Collection (Virgin Records, 2001).)The Smashing Pumpkins have been praised as "responsible for some of the most striking and memorable video clips" and for having "approached videos from a completely artistic standpoint rather than mere commercials to sell albums".WEB,weblink Greatest Hits [Video/DVD], Greg Prato, Allmusic, March 4, 2012, MTV's 2001 anniversary special Testimony: 20 Years of Rock on MTV credited the Pumpkins, along with Nine Inch Nails, with treating music videos as an art form during the 1990s. Corgan has said, "We generally resisted the idea of what I call the classic MTV rock video, which is like lots of people jumping around and stuff."Commentary for "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" music video. The Smashing Pumpkins 1991â€“2000: Greatest Hits Video Collection (Virgin Records, 2001). The band worked with video directors including Kevin Kerslake ("Cherub Rock"), Samuel Bayer ("Bullet with Butterfly Wings"), and, most frequently, the team of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris ("Rocket", "1979", "Tonight, Tonight", "The End Is the Beginning Is the End", and "Perfect"). Corgan, who was frequently heavily involved in the conception of the videos, said of Dayton and Faris, "I know my [initial] versions are always darker, and they're always talking me into something a little kinder and gentler."Commentary for "Rocket" music video. The Smashing Pumpkins 1991â€“2000: Greatest Hits Video Collection (Virgin Records, 2001). Videos like "Today", "Rocket", and "1979" dealt with images taken from middle American culture, albeit exaggerated. The group's videos so often avoid the literal interpretation of the song lyrics that the video for "Thirty-Three", with images closely related to the words of the song, was created as an intentional stylistic departure.Commentary for "Thirty-Three" music video. The Smashing Pumpkins 1991â€“2000: Greatest Hits Video Collection (Virgin Records, 2001).The band was nominated for several MTV Video Music Awards during the 1990s. In 1996, the group won eight VMAs total for the "1979" and "Tonight, Tonight" videos, including the top award, Video of the Year, for "Tonight, Tonight". The video was also nominated for a Grammy at the 1997 ceremony. Of the "Tonight, Tonight" video, Corgan remarked, "I don't think we've ever had people react [like this]... it just seemed to touch a nerve."INTERVIEW, Corgan, Billy, Smashing Pumpkins Videography, Interview, MTV, 1996, Shortly after the band's 2000 breakup, the Greatest Hits Video Collection was released, collecting the band's music videos from 1991 to 2000 and including commentary from Corgan, Iha, Chamberlin, Wretzky, and various music video directors with outtakes, live performances, and the extended "Try, Try, Try" short film.WEB, Prato, Greg, Greatest Hits [Video/DVD],weblink Allmusic, July 28, 2014, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140929040147weblink">weblink September 29, 2014,

Band members

Current members

Billy Corgan â€“ lead and backing vocals, guitars, keyboards, bass (1988â€“2000, 2006â€“present)
James Iha â€“ guitars, bass, backing and occasional lead vocals (1988â€“2000, 2018â€“present)
Jimmy Chamberlin â€“ drums (1988â€“1996, 1998â€“2000, 2006â€“2009, 2015â€“present)

Current live members

Jack Bates â€“ bass (2015â€“present)
Katie Cole â€“ keyboards, guitars, backing vocals (2015â€“present)
Kiki Wong â€“ guitars (2024â€“present)

'''Former members

D'arcy Wretzky â€“ bass, backing and occasional lead vocals (1988â€“1999)
Melissa Auf der Maur â€“ bass, backing vocals (1999â€“2000)
Jeff Schroeder â€“ guitars, backing vocals, keyboards (2006â€“2023)
Mike Byrne â€“ drums, backing vocals, keyboards (2009â€“2014)
Nicole Fiorentino â€“ bass, backing vocals, keyboards (2010â€“2014)

Awards

American Music Awards

1997 â€“ Best Alternative Artist

Grammy Awards

1997 â€“ "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" â€“ Best Hard Rock Performance
1998 â€“ "The End Is the Beginning Is the End" â€“ Best Hard Rock Performance

MTV Europe Music Awards

1996 â€“ Best Rock

MTV Video Music Awards

1996 â€“ "Tonight, Tonight" â€“ Video of the Year, Breakthrough Video, Best Direction, Best Visual Effects, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography
1996 â€“ "1979" â€“ Best Alternative Video

Discography

Studio albums

Gish (1991)
Siamese Dream (1993)
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995)
Adore (1998)
Machina/The Machines of God (2000)
Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music (2000)
Zeitgeist (2007)
Oceania (2012)â€
Monuments to an Elegy (2014)â€
(Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun.) (2018)
Cyr (2020)
(Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts) (2022â€“2023)

Notesâ€ Part of Teargarden by Kaleidyscope (2009â€“2014), an overarching project abandoned before completion.WEB,weblink Smashing Pumpkins Announce Free 44-Track Album!, September 16, 2009, Spin, December 3, 2019, WEB, Leas, Ryan, Inside Baseball with Billy Corgan: The Smashing Pumpkins Head on Adore, MACHINA, and the End of Teargarden, Stereogum, Spin Media, August 19, 2014,weblink December 7, 2019,

Notes

References

Bibliography

NEWS, Rolling Stone, 667, October 14, 1993, 19, Azerrad, Michael, Michael Azerrad, Smashing Pumpkins' Sudden Impact,
BOOK, DeRogatis, Jim, Milk It!: Collected Musings on the Alternative Music Explosion of the 90's, Da Capo Press, Da Capo, 2003, 978-0306812712, registration,weblink
WEB,weblink Biography, Erlewine, Stephen Thomas, Allmusic,weblink February 25, 2016,
JOURNAL, Kot, Greg, Pumpkin Seeds, Guitar World, January 2002,
BOOK, Thompson, Dave, Alternative Rock, Miller Freeman, Inc., San Francisco, 2000, 978-0879306076,

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History

Early years: 1988â€“1991

Mainstream breakout and Siamese Dream: 1992â€“1994

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness: 1995â€“1997

Adore, Machina, and breakup: 1998â€“2000

Post-breakup: 2001â€“2004

Reformation and Zeitgeist: 2005â€“2008

Teargarden and Oceania: 2009â€“2013

Monuments to an Elegy: 2014â€“2016 {{anchor|Monuments to an Elegy and Day for Night: 2014â€“2016}}

Iha and Chamberlin's return; Shiny and Oh So Bright and Cyr: 2018â€“2021

Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts and Schroeder's departure: 2022â€“present

Musical style, influences, and legacy

Music videos

Band members

Awards

Discography

See also

Notes

References

Bibliography

Further reading

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