Over six million albums sold of Siamese Dream was the turning point for The Smashing Pumpkins. I've never been a huge Pumpkin fan but, it goes over because the diversity of the material. It's also known vocalist Billy Corgan was suicidal and very depressed at the time. I've heard it may have had something to do with his weight gain and he had become such a nervous wreck about his relationships, the image of how he thought of himself led him to go see a therapist. The album was produced by Butch Vig who had just done Nirvana's Nevermind. It's interesting that sometimes when bands don't get along at all they could still make something special. From the alternative rock scene you could say that they were one of the most original bands at the time. I'm not a huge fan of Corgan's singing, later on his singing is more whiny but, he's a great lyricist. Siamese Dream had hit big, they were nominated twice at the Grammy Awards for the album in 1993 or 1994. I would rate it second to Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, there next album. Songs to check out "Cherub Rock", "Today" and "Disarm".
1. "Cherub Rock" – 4:58
2. "Quiet" – 3:41
3. "Today" – 3:19
4. "Hummer" – 6:57
5. "Rocket" – 4:06
6. "Disarm" – 3:17
7. "Soma" – 6:39
8. "Geek U.S.A." – 5:13
9. "Mayonaise" – 5:49
10. "Spaceboy" – 4:28
11. "Silverfuck" – 8:43
12. "Sweet Sweet" – 1:38
13. "Luna" – 3:20
Good One! I saw they were gonna play in Petaluma this month. I didn't know they were touring and dont know who the members are now, besides Billy. Doubt its the original members or they'd play a bigger venue?
ReplyDeleteThe show in Petaluma sold out really quick. Sometimes bands like intimate shows before playing bigger venues maybe that's the case??..i'm sure it's just a test run for them. Yeah the touring lineup is not the original members at all, like the drummer is like twenty year old. No Iha/Chamberlin/Darcy...pretty much the Billy Corgan solo band again.
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