Premature Evaluation: The Smashing Pumpkins Monuments To An Elegy
The Smashing Pumpkins defy easy narratives, but it seems safe to say the band’s “classic era” ended as soon as its “classic lineup” fractured. The Pumpkins’ immortal first three albums — 1991′s Gish, ’93′s Siamese Dream, and ’95′s Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness — were at least superficially created by the quartet of Billy [...]
Stereogum — The Smashing Pumpkins defy easy narratives, but it seems safe to say the band’s “classic era” ended as soon as its “classic lineup” fractured. The Pumpkins’ i... more info