Smashing Pumpkins

It often happens that an artist will overreach in an attempt to diversify their sound. This could have been the case with Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, but Corgan and co. have hit their marks with precision. This double-CD was nominated for six Grammy Awards, proving songs such as "1979" and "Tonight, Tonight" had power enough to charm the mainstream.

When Smashing Pumpkins leader Billy Corgan boasted that he would follow the
triple-platinum Siamese Dream with a sprawling double album that would be The Wall for
Generation X, the assumption was that he would make a concept album like Roger Waters'
rock opera about the lack of communication and love in modern society. But the 28 songs
on Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness aren't linked by a libretto. They're only... More >