Smashing Pumpkins →

The Smashing Pumpkins are quickly rising as one of my new favorite bands. Their mix of grunge and alternative rock mixed with a touch of pyschedelia on top of Billy Corgan’s genius lyrics makes them easily one of the best bands of the 90’s, in my opinion…

I got an amazon.com gift card for Christmas so I bought the Siamese Dream deluxe edition package. The box includes: Siamese Dream album (remastered), a bonus disc with 17 unreleased studio cuts and demos, a full length concert DVD from their show at the Metro in Chicago in August 1993, as well as a song booklet with commentary from the band and a bunch of postcards and pictures. Best part, the entire package was only $24!

Just watched the DVD last night and these guys rocked back in the day! Hard. I was seriously blown away by almost every song. Their music has just the right mix of anger and depression paired with euphoria and optimism. They go from balls-to-the-wall rocking riffs one minute to quiet, ambient grooves the next. I never really saw the appeal in the Pumpkins until recently, but after watching this DVD I am sold.

Here is a clip from the Metro concert on Youtube. The quality on the DVD is much, much better. “Cherub Rock,” a song which Umphreys covers, by the way… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mA-RmNkiAM

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