In October of 1995, The Smashing Pumpkins gave us Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness, a wildly ambitious double album (or even triple album) that remains revolutionary 30 years later. To celebrate its release, they unleashed an equally ambitious launch including a record release show at the Riviera Theatre in […]
“Mayonaise” started as an instrumental from The Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha, but it takes its name from an inside joke stemming from a mondegreen lost in translation during their 1992 tour of Japan. This is the story of one of the BEST songs in The Smashing Pumpkins’ extensive catalog. […]
The history behind The Smashing Pumpkins 1993 hit “Today” off Siamese Dream saw Billy Corgan go from rock bottom to famed musician. 🎥 Poetic Wax Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLylroYWVYWWXL84MH1T4Qr0wrRzjwlGMR In 1992, Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins wrote what might very well be the most upbeat song about hopelessness and hitting rock […]
