Over the Christmas holiday, I was pleased to learn that my younger cousin Sam is learning to play the guitar. He informed me that he loves Nirvana and Led Zeppelin and it got me thinking about the great "guitar" bands that I loved when I first started playing. This same cousin got a subscription to Spin Magazine for Christmas and as I was reading through it, I saw stuff about CYHSY, Wolf Parade, Tom Vek, and Voxtrot (maybe more). I guess I don't get out enough. I didn't realize that this was mainstream stuff.
Anyhow, one of those bands was (for me) Smashing Pumpkins. For a number of years before I discovered punk rock, they were the band I listened to. I saved my money and bought all the import singles I could find and collected every song I could. I bought Gish after reading about them in Guitar World magazine and then a few months later Siamese Dream was released. I was immediately floored and it is still one of my all time favorites. I even remember standing outside of Tower records in downtown Chicago at midnight waiting to buy Melon Collie (much to my parent's dismay). I did (however) stop listening to them after that record came out. The immediacy of punk rock had snared me and the Pumpkins just no longer seemed relevant to me.
Now Hello Gina recently posted some Pumpkins tracks, and in light of the recent James Iha stellastarr* remix and Billy Corgan's solo record, I thought I'd share some of my favorites.
MP3 | Smashing Pumpkins - Drown Singles OST
MP3 | Smashing Pumpkins - Slunk Lull EP
MP3 | Smashing Pumpkins - Siva Peel Sessions
MP3 | Smashing Pumpkins - Plume I Am One UK Single
MP3 | Smashing Pumpkins - Glynis No Alternative
MP3 | Smashing Pumpkins - Cherub Rock Siamese Dream
MP3 | Smashing Pumpkins - Marquis In Spades Zero UK Single
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I used to love the Pumpkins...until my dad started listening to them and "rocked out" to them in the car. They were kind of over for me at that very moment.
I still love the Pumpkins. They were one of the first bands that I listened to that used odd-shaped chords in addition to traditional open and power chords.
Nice post. I was browsing some pumpkins stuff at the local record store the other day when I should have been Christmas shopping, and marveling over how much I *used* to like them and had neglected them lately. So we are both thinking right along the same lines. :)
nice dad
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