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The Smashing Pumpkins are an influential American alternative rock band, formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1988. Billy Corgan and James Iha met in a record store, and began performing in local nightclubs with their bassist, D'Arcy Wretzky, using a drum machine. Playing with a drum machine frustrated both the band and their audience, and so Chicago jazz drummer Jimmy Chamberlin was hired soon afterwards. |
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News in english
about The Smashing Pumpkins
(November / 2009)
Bisco Halloween Date: 02 Nov 2009
Jambands.com -
“The Disco Biscuits”: tipped their visors to the Smashing Pumpkins during their Halloween performance at Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre. At the end of the band’s second set the group debuted a version of the alt-rockers first single, “I Am One.” The song also appears on the Pumpkins debut album Gish . Nearly a decade ago, the Disco Biscuits also covered the Smashing Pumpkins during a Halloween ...
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Cranberry Saw Us Date: 06 Nov 2009
Seattlest -
"secret family recipe" courtesy of JeanineAnderson from our Flickr pool . A pun on cranberry sauce, Cranberry Saw Us, was the Irish band's original name. The Cranberries haven't seen mainstream success for well over a decade, and no one since has stepped up to provide us with current pop culture references to the fruit. Unfortunately, Thanksgiving-worthy names like the Smashing Pumpkins and the ...
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Go Hardcore: Student finds voice in the music Date: 17 Nov 2009
Jambar -
Northeast Ohio hardcore scene veteran Steve Andrew, who is the guitarist for local band Modern Life, has a new solo project titled Steve and The Damned. In this new project, Andrew has taken a spacey, dream pop approach to his music, which is partially inspired by early-1990s stars like Hum, Velocity Girl and The Smashing Pumpkins.
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Witchy woman Date: 20 Nov 2009
The Coast -
Melissa Auf der Maur leaves behind her legacy as a 90s rocker to become a New Age artmaker. by Alison Lang "I've been living in the shadow of larger figures my entire life," Melissa Auf der Maur says. Even during an interview to promote her most recent project, the former bassist for Hole and the Smashing Pumpkins speaks warmly of the larger-than-life people that spurred her interests in music ...
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Smashing Pumpkins and label settle lawsuits Date: 30 Nov 2009
Yahoo.com -
An attorney says The Smashing Pumpkins have settled a pair of lawsuits filed against Virgin Records over use of the band's music.
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