#SMASHING PUMPKINS 1996

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THE DIGITAL AGE BEGINS TO PERVADE THE '90s MUSIC POSTER DESIGN SCENE.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on a Photoshop concert poster design for SMASHING PUMPKINS with special guest, GARBAGE, performing live at the American West Arena in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, on December 7, 1996. Artwork by the late, great Frank Kozik.

"I didn’t really like the band. This was one of my first Photoshop posters ever, though. I just started doing computer stuff around '95, '96. I had a Mac system. I remember thinking, "Oh, let's use every filter." You know, as we all did once? At the time, I was really obsessed with Rudi Gernreich, who was a '60s photographer-fashion guy, like Peggy Moffit. I was collecting really weird late '60s, early '70s photography annuals. I was really getting into it, visually. And so, the only connection the poster has with the Smashing Pumpkins is the orange. I hated the band, didn’t really know much about them; so this was just me tripping on myself again."

-- FRANK KOZIK (1962-2023), to "NYLON" magazine, "THE STORY BEHIND SOME OF THE ’90S COOLEST BAND POSTERS," by Hayden Manders, July 21, 2016

Source: www.nylon.com/articles/frank-kozik-posters-nirvana.

[fuckyeahcourtneylove]

billy, courtney + james hetfield in september 1996. at the mtv vmas.

[billsloomis1996]

THE KILLER IN ME IS THE KILLER IN YOU,

MY LOVE 💉

[anticipatingsaturday]

Scenes from The Smashing Pumpkins' "1979" video, directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. Won MTV Video Music Award for Best Alternative Video in 1996.

[prettyboysnuffilm]

Billy Loomis core.

[digitalpetprincess]

The Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight (1996)

[blondebrainpowered]

The Smashing Pumpkins - 1979, 1996

[dearestlyla]

d’arcy wretzky at the wembley arena | may 14, 1996 - london, england

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[freshlyblaked]

the smashing pumpkins guest star in the simpsons, may 1996

[memorableconcerts]

The Smashing Pumpkins - "Porcelina Of The Vast Oceans" - 1996

Billy Corgan - lead vocals,guitars,bass,keyboards

D'arcy Wretzky - bass, backing and occasional lead vocals

James Iha - guitars, bass, backing and occasional lead vocals

Jimmy Chamberlin - drums, percussion

The Smashing Pumpkins

[chamberatics]

Hey! Do you know where to find that MTV interview where Jimmy talks about drugs BEFORE the overdose? Tabitha Soren interviews Jimmy and Billy in Indiana, 06.27.1996 . Thank you so much. Love Jimmy and love this Tumblr.

Howdy! I'm having a tough time finding this interview, at present I do not think that it is available. Sorry that it's taken me a while to get to this! If it is out there and / or if anyone has it, please reply to this post. Thank you for your support of this blog and of Jimmy! <3 I desperately need to update it a bit.

[my-chaos-radio]

Release: January 23, 1996

Lyrics:

Shakedown, 1979

Cool kids never have the time

On a live wire right up off the street

You and I should meet

June bug skipping like a stone

With the headlights pointed at the dawn

We were sure we'd never see an end to it all

And I don't even care to shake these zipper blues

And we don't know just where our bones will rest

To dust, I guess forgotten and absorbed to the Earth below

Double-cross the vacant and the bored

They're not sure just what we have in store

Morphine city slippin' dues down to see

That we don't even care as restless as we are

We feel the pull in the land of a thousand guilts

And poured cement

Lamented and assured

To the lights and towns below

Faster than the speed of sound

Faster than we thought we'd go

Beneath the sound of hope

Justine never knew the rules

Hung down with the freaks and the ghouls

No apologies ever need be made

I know you better than you fake it to see

That we don't even care to shake these zipper blues

And we don't know just where our bones will rest

To dust, I guess forgotten and absorbed to the Earth below

Songwriter: William Patrick Corgan

The street heats the urgency of now

As you see there's no one around

SongFacts:

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Homepage:

The Smashing Pumpkins

[juhnkit]

Motivational Music in the Morning ... #SmashingPumpkins, #1979 ... from the album #MellonCollieAndTheInfinateSadness [Official Audio Track] (1996) #MMitM1

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Smashing Pumpkins - Zero 1996

"Zero" is a song by American alternative rockband the Smashing Pumpkins, released as the third single from their third studio album and first double album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995). Written by Billy Corgan, it was the first song recorded for the album and features six rhythm guitars with two line-in 12-string acoustic guitars. The cover artwork and music video were created by Ukrainian photographer and Corgan's then-girlfriend Yelena Yemchuk. "Zero" is widely considered one of the band's best songs, ranking in first place on both the Louder Sound and Kerrang! lists of their greatest songs.

Released on April 23, 1996, "Zero" reached number 9 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart, number 15 on the US Mainstream Rock chart, number 1 on Canada's Alternative 30, number 1 in Spain, and number 3 in New Zealand. The song was also released as an EP in the US and charted at number 46 on the Billboard 200 instead of the Hot 100 due to the EP containing more than four songs, which was Billboard's limit for single releases. Similarly, in the UK, "Zero" reached number 19 on the Scottish Albums Chart as a budget album.

Propelled by the lead single "Bullet with Butterfly Wings", the album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 246,500 units. It earned the band seven Grammy Award nominations in 1997, including Album of the Year, as well as nine MTV Music Video Awards nominations.

"Zero" received a total of 63,3% yes votes!