The Smashing Pumpkins
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
(Difference between revisions)
| Revision as of 19:20, 15 March 2010 Jahsonic (Talk | contribs) ← Previous diff |
Revision as of 19:27, 15 March 2010 Jahsonic (Talk | contribs) Next diff → |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| {{Template}} | {{Template}} | ||
| - | :''[[Sandoz]]'' | ||
| - | "[[When I Was Young]]" by [[Eric Burdon]] & [[The Animals]]. | + | '''The Smashing Pumpkins''' are an American [[alternative rock]] band that formed in [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]], Illinois in 1988. |
| - | + | Disavowing the [[punk rock]] roots shared by many of their alt-rock contemporaries, the Pumpkins have a diverse, densely layered, and guitar-heavy sound, containing elements of [[gothic rock]], [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]], [[psychedelic rock]], [[arena rock]], [[shoegazing|shoegazer]]-style production and, in later recordings, [[electronica]]. | |
| - | The [[B-Side]] "'''[[A Girl Named Sandoz]]'''" is named after the [[drug company]] that invented [[LSD]]. This song was covered by [[The Smashing Pumpkins]], appearing on 1994's collection of B-Sides, [[Pisces Iscariot]]. | + | |
| {{GFDL}} | {{GFDL}} | ||
Revision as of 19:27, 15 March 2010
|
Related e |
|
Featured: |
The Smashing Pumpkins are an American alternative rock band that formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1988. Disavowing the punk rock roots shared by many of their alt-rock contemporaries, the Pumpkins have a diverse, densely layered, and guitar-heavy sound, containing elements of gothic rock, heavy metal, psychedelic rock, arena rock, shoegazer-style production and, in later recordings, electronica.
Unless indicated otherwise, the text in this article is either based on Wikipedia article "The Smashing Pumpkins" or another language Wikipedia page thereof used under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License; or on research by Jahsonic and friends. See Art and Popular Culture's copyright notice.
