Article by Shaharaine P. Abdullah From the visually arresting images of “Tonight, Tonight” to the avant-garde “Stand Inside Your Love,” songs by The Smashing Pumpkins have always been accompanied by groundbreaking music videos, demonstrating the band’s propensity for weaving stunning imagery and sound together for an enduring cinematic experience. Not surprisingly, the visceral music of The Smashing Pumpkins translates well into the big screen – after all, the band’s penchant for compelling lyrics and innate arcane appeal make great ingredients for cinematic scoring. From the obscure to the mainstream, the following are a range of diverse films that The Smashing […]
Review by Jeff Becker from The Way That He Sings Other Smashing Pumpkins reviews: The Smashing Pumpkins – live in St. Louis – October 18, 2012 The Smashing Pumpkins – live in Milwaukee – Sept 30, 2012 Oceania album The Smashing Pumpkins -live in Milwaukee in 2011 Article on the brief Machina 2 sale last year on eBay Please Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheWayThatHeSings Billy Corgan’s magnum opus. “Faster than the speed of sound. Faster than we thought we’d go. Beneath the sound of hope.” from ‘1979’ The overall release of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness is scored a 9.5/10 CD1 […]
Review by Jeff Becker from The Way That He Sings The hidden gem of the Pumpkins official catalog. Lost in the dream-world trifecta of Gish, Siamese Dream and Mellon collie and the Infinite Sadness is Pisces Iscariot. So where does it stand among the real Pumpkins’ albums? Just a mix tape from Billy, or so much more? Other Smashing Pumpkins reviews: The Smashing Pumpkins – live in St. Louis – October 18, 2012 The Smashing Pumpkins – live in Milwaukee – Sept 30, 2012 Oceania album The Smashing Pumpkins -live in Milwaukee in 2011 Article on the brief Machina 2 […]
Review by Jeff Becker from The Way That He Sings Other Smashing Pumpkins reviews: The Smashing Pumpkins – live in St. Louis – October 18, 2012 The Smashing Pumpkins – live in Milwaukee – Sept 30, 2012 Oceania album The Smashing Pumpkins -live in Milwaukee in 2011 Article on the brief Machina 2 sale last year on eBay Please Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheWayThatHeSings The overall release of Siamese Dream Deluxe is scored a 10/10 CD1 – the original album By 2013 it’s hard to find new words when discussing one landmark album that’s in a very tiny handful […]
Review by Jeff Becker from The Way That He Sings “Faster than the speed of sound. Faster than we thought we’d go. Beneath the sound of hope.“ Billy Corgan From today onwards, SPfreaks will team up with Jeff Becker. Jeff is a very talented writer who works for The Way That He Sings, a non-profit website fully dedicated to the support of independent rock and pop. We will cooperate on a multi-level scale with Jeff; not only Smashing Pumpkins related articles from his hands will be partly or fully shared, also exclusive material about our favorite band might find its way to SPfreaks […]
Article by Derek Miller In 1996, after the highly awarded and critically acclaimed release of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, the Smashing Pumpkins released a companion box set titled The Aeroplane Flies High. The box set contains each of the five singles released from Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness to include all the b-sides that accompany them. One disc in particular contains exclusive cover songs made available only within the box set. The purpose of this article is to give some clarity to the numerous pressings, release dates, promo versions, and even bootleg versions associated with the release. […]
Article by Arthur van Pelt Additional research by Geo Folkers Always wondered who are the girls on the infamous Smashing Pumpkins’ Today single? And couldn’t find their names in the liner notes of the release? We wondered too, and we didn’t find their names in the liner notes either, so we tried to find out. And please read on, because we did find out, and we had a little interview with one of them. It all started with this autographed promo cd for Today. The relevance of the song Today is clear to any follower of the band Smashing Pumpkins. […]
Article by Arthur van Pelt Hosting by Alberto “Somewhere in the not so distant future, we may find a world of not so subtle torments…”(1) Glass and the Machines of God is a (presumably unfinished) Smashing Pumpkins/Billy Corgan project that dates back to the year 2000. Right now, Smashing Pumpkins official eBay account (officialspmemorabilia) is auctioning a rare and previously unreleased poster related to the project. Due to the typical limited duration of eBay auctions (30 days in this case), there is a somewhat urgent need to inform the potential buyer(s) what they are considering purchasing. With respect, SPfreaks would like to give […]
Article by Derek Miller Very few Grecian Smashing Pumpkins items have ever been officially released by Virgin. However, Virgin Greece (the Virgin Records label in Greece) has been producing its own releases since at least the 1990s. We only know this because of a few rare Grecian vinyls that have been acquired by collectors throughout the years. Virgin Greece ceases to exist today, because in 2001 EMI Minos (EMI’s own Grecian record label), consolidated Virgin Greece and discontinued the use of the Virgin brand name. So what Smashing Pumpkins releases came out of Greece during Virgin’s tenure? As stated previously, […]
Update by Arthur van Pelt The very first EP of Smashing Pumpkins’ epic new album Teargarden By Kaleidyscope (epic: 44 free songs, 11 CD EPs, combined with 7″ vinyl releases with 2 extra songs each and topped off with a goodie) can be pre-ordered online for delivery around April 20, as most of the hardcore fans already found out. But the prices differ a lot here and there. From rather cheap to quite expensive: 01. CD Universe (US$ 23.98) 02. Amazon US (US$ 23.99) 03. InSound.com (US$ 29.99) 04. bol.com (€ 29.99 = US$ 40.51) 05. Amazon UK (£ 27.49 […]
