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5 unusual facts about The Smashing Pumpkins


Kamar Gelap

The Smashing Pumpkins, R.E.M. and The Smiths are cited by the band as influences in the making of Kamar Gelap.

KNRK

In the years following its debut, the station's format consisted almost entirely of alternative rock music by bands including The Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam and Nirvana.

Linda Linda Linda

The original instrumental tracks were composed by James Iha of The Smashing Pumpkins.

Sharon Osbourne Management

Though mostly music acts, it has guided the careers of husband Ozzy Osbourne, children Kelly Osbourne and Jack Osbourne, as well as The Smashing Pumpkins, Coal Chamber, Queen, Gary Moore, Motörhead, Lita Ford, and ELO.

The Return of Courtney Love

As well as this, Perry and Love's friend Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins state that the reason for the album's critical and commercial failure was Love's public image, which at the time was plagued by constant court appearances and an infamous appearance on Pamela Anderson's Comedy Roast.


Ahnabith Gish

It should also be noted that the name has no intended connection to; the silver screen actress' Lillian Gish, Annabeth Gish of the X-Files or the debut studio album by The Smashing Pumpkins.

Blinking with Fists

Blinking with Fists is the debut book of poetry by The Smashing Pumpkins and former Zwan frontman, Billy Corgan.

Bon Harris

Since Nitzer Ebb's last album in 1995, Harris has become an in-demand collaborator working with Depeche Mode, The Smashing Pumpkins, Evanescence, AFI, Avril Lavigne, Bush, and Billy Corgan, who asked Bon to co-produce his solo album, TheFutureEmbrace.

Daniel Victor

He later followed that with the second single "The World is Darker" featuring Melissa Auf der Maur (of The Smashing Pumpkins, Hole and Auf der Maur), and then the driving rock song "Where We Are" featuring Rob Dickinson of the UK band, The Catherine Wheel.

Emmy the Great

Interested in music from a young age, she used to go by train to her nearest Tower Records shop so that she could buy the only non-Chinese music they had and, as a result, she developed a liking for bands such as Weezer, The Smashing Pumpkins, and The Lemonheads.

Fondly

The album’s acclaim earned Fondly a recording contract with local label Scratchie Records which was founded by James Iha and D'arcy Wretzky (ex-The Smashing Pumpkins) and Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne, Ivy).

Ivyrise

Since then, Ivyrise has worked with alternative rock producer Alan Moulder, famed for his work with The Killers, Nine Inch Nails and Billy Corgan from The Smashing Pumpkins, A lead singer Jason Perry, as well as French producers Yves Jaget and Mickael Laguierri.

Jimmy Eat World

The band decided to self-produce the album, enlisting Chris Testa (Dixie Chicks) and John Fields (Switchfoot, Mandy Moore) as co-producers and Butch Vig (Nirvana, Garbage, The Smashing Pumpkins, Green Day) as executive producer.

Mass of the Fermenting Dregs

The English version of the band’s website also claims western alternative rock bands Sugar, The Wedding Present, and The Smashing Pumpkins as influences on their songwriting.

Morning Parade

On December 10, 2012 Morning Parade played a make-up show with The Smashing Pumpkins at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn New York, USA.

Naïve New Beaters

On 24 and 25 June 2013, the band were the support-act for The Smashing Pumpkins in Paris and Nantes.

Resistance Pro

Resistance Pro is a professional wrestling promotion company created by The Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan and brothers Jacques and Gabe Baron.

Sunshine Building

The Sunshine Theater has hosted a number of notable acts such as The Strokes, Snoop Dogg, Stone Temple Pilots, The Smashing Pumpkins, Queens of the Stone Age, The Dead Weather, Arctic Monkeys, Modest Mouse, Rancid, Coheed and Cambria, Social Distortion, Deftones, and Deadmau5 among others.

Teisco

Also, James Iha of The Smashing Pumpkins played a K-2L, which can seen in the music video for Rocket (The Smashing Pumpkins song) as well as the inside of the Pisces Iscariot cd jewel case.

The Beautiful Bodies

Beautiful Bodies have shared the stage with various alternative and punk bands, including The Smashing Pumpkins, My Chemical Romance, Jane's Addiction, Paramore, and The Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

The Lassie Foundation

As of May 2007, Jeff Schroeder is the guitarist for The Smashing Pumpkins, although he is featured on the new Lassie Foundation album.

Tiago Iorc

Chase—who had previously worked with groups such as The Smashing Pumpkins, Tahiti 80, and The Divine Comedy—pre-produced Tiago's album over the internet before actually meeting with him in Rio de Janeiro for recording sessions.

Vanessa and the O's

Vanessa and the O's formed in 2003/2004 when Parisian Vanessa Contenay-Quinones (Allez Pop) got together with Swedish musical collaborators Andreas Mattsson (Popsicle) and Niclas Frisk (Atomic Swing) later joining up with James Iha (former guitarist and co-founding member of The Smashing Pumpkins) in New York.

War Tapes

The band has played shows and toured across the US and in the UK with The Smashing Pumpkins, Tiger Army, Shiny Toy Guns, Moving Units, The Bravery, Longwave, VNV Nation, She Wants Revenge, Mark Burgess of the Chameleons, Elefant, Jonathan Richman, and The Unseen.


see also

Butterfly wings

Bullet with Butterfly Wings, a popular song by The Smashing Pumpkins and the lead single from their album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

Electro-Harmonix

The pedal sold well and was used by Carlos Santana, Pink Floyd's David Gilmour, Alex Lifeson of Rush and, later, Metallica's bassist Cliff Burton, The Jesus and Mary Chain, and in the 90s KoRn's rhythm guitarist Munky, Jack White of The White Stripes, J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr., The Edge of U2, and Billy Corgan (on The Smashing Pumpkins landmark album, Siamese Dream).