Smashing Pumpkins

The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins in 2007
Background information
Origin	Chicago, Illinois, United States
Genres	Alternative rock
Years active	1988–2000, 2006-present
Labels	Caroline, Virgin, Hut, Constantinople, Martha's Music, Rocket Science
Associated acts	Starchildren, Zwan, Spirits in the Sky
Website	www.smashingpumpkins.com

The Smashing Pumpkins are an influential alternative rock band of the early 1990s. They formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1988 and disbanded on December 2, 2000. They later reformed in 2006 and are together at the moment. The members until 2000 were Billy Corgan (vocals, guitars and writes almost all of the band's songs), James Iha (guitars), D'Arcy Wretzky (bass) and Jimmy Chamberlin (drums).

They were made famous by hit singles like "Today", "Rocket", "Disarm", "Bullet With Butterfly Wings", "1979", "Zero" and "Tonight, Tonight".

Their style was mainly alternative rock, but also influenced by the grunge movement of the early 1990s as well as heavy metal, psychedelic rock, progressive rock, and later, electronica.

Discography

• 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)
• Teargarden by Kaleidyscope (released beginning in 2009)
• Oceania (2012)
• Monuments to an Elegy (2014)