The Smashing Pumpkins

The Smashing Pumpkins Is An American Alternative Rock Band From Chicago. The Band Was Formed In 1988 By Billy Corgan And James Iha With Bassist D'arcy Wretzky And Drummer Jimmy Chamberlin Joining Shortly After. Despite Going Through Many Lineup Changes The Current Lineup Is Identical To The Original With The Exception Of Wretzky Who Would End Up Leaving The Band Just Before Their Initial Breakup In 2000. Disavowing The Punk Rock Roots Of Many Of Their Alt-Rock Contemporaries They Have A Diverse Densely Layered And Guitar-Heavy Sound Containing Elements Of Gothic Rock Heavy Metal Dream Pop Psychedelic Rock Progressive Rock Shoegazing And In Later Recordings Electronica. Corgan Is The Group's Primary Songwriter His Musical Ambitions And Cathartic Lyrics Have Shaped The Band's Albums And Songs Which Have Been Described As "anguished Bruised Reports From Billy Corgan's Nightmare-Land". The Smashing Pumpkins Broke Into The Musical Mainstream With Their Second Album 1993's Siamese Dream. The Group Built Its Audience With Extensive Touring And Their 1995 Follow-Up The Double Album Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness Debuted At Number One On The Billboard 200 Album Chart. 1998's Adore Would Just Barely Miss Out Peaking At Number Two. With 30 Million Albums Sold Worldwide The Smashing Pumpkins Were One Of The Most Commercially Successful And Critically Acclaimed Bands Of The 1990s. However Internal Fighting Drug Use And Diminishing Record Sales Led To A 2000 Break-Up. In 2006 Corgan And Chamberlin Reconvened To Record A New Smashing Pumpkins 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 The Release Of Stand-Alone Singles Compilation 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 And Iha Officially Rejoined The Band In February 2018. The Reunited Lineup Has Released Three Albums So Far—Shiny And Oh So Bright Vol. 1 / LP No Past. No Future. No Sun. In November 2018 Cyr In November 2020 And ATUM In 2023. read less

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Billy Corgan

"Drown" is a song by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins from the soundtrack to the 1992 Cameron Crowe film "Singles". The song debuted during the Gish tour and was written not long after that record was released. The first take of the song was recorded at Waterfront Studios, which belongs to Lenny Kravitz, who was also signed to Virgin Records. The song was also released on the band's official greatest hits compilation Rotten Apples in 2001, though the length of the song was reduced from 8:17 to 4:30, cutting off the extended feedback and E-Bow solo at the end. "Drown" was considered for Pisces Iscariot, but Corgan decided against it. The song became a moderate radio hit in mid-1992 and gave the band significant exposure just before work commenced on "Siamese Dream". "Drown" was to be released as a commercial single, but, as Billy Corgan explained: "We wanted it to be a single, we were pushing for it. I was even willing to make it a video. Radio stations were playing it. And when it came time for the third single, they said, 'Screaming Trees.' And I was like, 'Screaming Trees??' But what label is Alice in Chains on and what label are the Screaming Trees on? Epic, which is the label that put out the soundtrack. And that's what killed the song." Nonetheless, the song was given a promotional single, and became their highest-charting single at the time, peaking at number 24 on the U.S. Alternative Songs chart. The song has also been released publicly as an early demo through SPRC, which is 8:58 in length. The complete version of "Drown" was included with an alternate guitar solo on the bonus CD in the 2011 reissue of" Gish". Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.