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The Smashing Pumpkins (or Smashing Pumpkins) are an American alternative rock band from Chicago, Illinois. Formed in 1988 by frontman Billy Corgan (lead vocals, guitar), D'arcy Wretzky (bass), James Iha (guitar), and Jimmy Chamberlin (drums), the band has undergone many line-up changes. The current lineup features Corgan, Chamberlin, Iha and guitarist Jeff Schroeder.

The Smashing Pumpkins is ranked number 34 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 80,269. Members who like this artist also like: Radiohead, Nirvana and Pixies. THE SMASHING PUMPKINS - SHINY AND OH SO BRIGHT, VOL. 1 - CD - NEW Condition: Brand New. Time left: 3h 59m 42s. Ships to: Worldwide  . Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness 2CD 28 tracks Condition: Very Good. Time left: 5h 17m 37s.

Oceania (The Smashing Pumpkins album). Oceania is the eighth studio album by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins, released on June 19, 2012 through EMI, Reprise Records and Martha's Music. Produced by Billy Corgan and Bjorn Thorsrud, the album is part of the band's abandoned 44-song project album, Teargarden by Kaleidyscope. As of September 2012, Oceania has sold over 102,000 copies in the US.

Smashing Pumpkins promoted the album heavily well into 2008, but at the end of the year, Corgan announced that the group would no longer record albums, and would instead only issue singles. It wasn't the only change in the band. Corgan announced the departure of Chamberlin in March 2009, making him the last remaining original member of the band that by then consisted of guitarist Jeff Schroeder, bassist Nicole Fiorentino, and drummer Mike Byrne. Ostensibly Smashing Pumpkins' eighth studio album, Oceania is also part of the 44-track Teargarden concept.

The Smashing Pumpkins released their debut album on May 28, 1991 under the indie label, Caroline Records, about three months before Nirvana released their iconic album, Nevermind. Although Gish only peaked at 195 on the Billboard 200, it became a cult classic that impacted the music industry in a huge way and paved a path for the alternative rock scene in the 1990s. The album is about pain and spiritual ascension. People ask if it’s a political album. It’s not a political album, it’s a personal album. In a weird kind of way, Gish is almost like an instrumental album-it just happens to have singing on it, but the music overpowers the band in a lot of places. I was trying to say a lot of things I couldn’t really say in kind of intangible, unspeakable ways, so I was capable of doing that with the music, but I don’t think I was capable of doing it with words.

What separates the Pumpkins from most of their contemporaries, however, is their mired past. Controversy, chaos, conflict, and corruption strangled the band’s foundation for years: from the hellish recording sessions behind 1993’s Siamese Dream, to the bitter spats with an indie Rolodex of Pavement, Steve Albini, and Bob Mould, and eventually to the tragedies surrounding Chamberlin’s dark, druggy days amidst 1998’s Adore.

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The Smashing Pumpkins's profile including the latest music, albums, songs, music videos and more updates. The new album OCEANIA and reissues of Pisces Iscariot, Siamese Dream and Gish out now. ON TOUR.