“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. […]
Have you seen that trend on TikTok dubbed “How Much I Paid for Vinyl But it Progressively Gets Worse?” People are sharing how much they dropped on records with escalating prices paired with a cheesy jingle. In this video, I’m sharing what I paid for various records in my collection, […]
Believe in me as I believe in you. Welcome (or welcome back) to Vinyl Monday! This is my series where I give the who/what/when/where/why and how I feel about classic albums in my collection. This week we celebrate Smashing Pumpkins’s defining moment, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, released 30 […]
“‘God is empty, just like me’—this single line fueled the iconic track “ZERO” off The Smashing Pumpkins’ monumental 1995 album ‘Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.’ How did Billy Corgan channel his self-loathing into a track that redefined The Smashing Pumpkins, and what made it resonate with a ‘messed-up generation’? […]
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“Siamese Dream” by The Smashing Pumpkins was one of the definitive alt-rock classics of the 1990s. For me, as a newly minted teenager upon its release in 1993, “Siamese Dream” was one of two to three bands that really got me excited about discovering new music and sharing that discovery […]
Siamese Dream was THE album that got me into new music. While others may have influenced my journey in other ways, The Smashing Pumpkins’ 1993 LP moved my attention to NEW music. My friend Justin introduced the album to me within a year of its release, and it took me […]
Always old, I’ll always feel this. Welcome (or welcome back) to Vinyl Monday! I’m Abby and is my weekly series where I chat about classic albums in my collection that I love. This week we’re celebrating the 30th birthday of my very first favorite album: Smashing Pumpkins’ Siamese Dream. Subscribe […]
Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness is the 1995 double (or even triple) album by The Smashing Pumpkins. I’ll dig into a brief history of the album in this mini documentary and share elements of some of the top songs within. From top singles “Bullet With Butterfly Wings,” “Thirty Three,” […]
The best hit songs often have fascinating stories. This one is about “1979,” The Smashing Pumpkins hit song that was almost dropped from Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness. Mellon Collie was the band’s rock opera, a massive double album with over two dozen tracks. Dig into a little of […]
