Multiple line up changes and a new record earlier this month, The Smashing Pumpkins are legendary. I have seen them live once before at Sydney' Hordern Pavillion.
The group hail from Chicago, forming in 1988 by frontman and guitarist Billy Corgan, guitarist James Iha, bassist D'arcy Wretzky and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin.
The Pumpkins had a reunion in 2006, with Corgan being the primary songwriter and sole constant member since its inception. The current lineup consists of Corgan, Chamberlin, and Iha.
The band's first album, Gish landed in 1991. The album became an underground success. Their second album Siamese Dream, came two years later in 1993, establishing the groups popularity.
Their third album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, came another two years later in 1995. This record, furthered the band's popularity. Debuting atop the Billboard 200, receiving diamond certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and received critical acclaim.
When I first started listening to Triple J in the late 90's, they released the record, Adore in 1998.
Then in 2000 Machina and Machina II. Following this 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 among the most critically and commercially successful bands of the 1990s, often cited as a cultural touchstone of Generation X and an important act in the popularisation of alternative rock.
In 2006, Corgan and Chamberlin reconvened to record the band's seventh 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 scope Oceania in 2012 and Monuments to an Elegy in 2014.
Chamberlin became a touring member in 2015, before officially rejoining with Iha in 2018. The reunited lineup then released the albums Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun. in 2018 & Cyr in 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. Following Schroeder's departure, the band's remaining members released their latest album Aghori Mhori Mei at the beginning of this month. This being the groups 13th studio record.
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