Smashing Pumpkins - Early 90s Collection DVD
English | DVD | MPEG2 | 720x480 | 8286 kb/s | 29.97 fps | PCM, 1536 kb/s | 3.6 GB
Genre: Music Video

Disavowing the punk rock roots of many of their alt-rock contemporaries, the Pumpkins have a diverse, densely layered and guitar-heavy sound, containing elements of gothic rock, grunge, heavy metal, dream pop, psychedelic rock, progressive rock, shoegazer-style production and, in later recordings, electronica. Frontman Billy Corgan is the group's primary songwriter—his grand musical ambitions and cathartic lyrics have shaped the band's albums and songs, which have been described as "anguished, bruised reports from Billy Corgan's nightmare-land".

The Smashing Pumpkins broke into the musical mainstream with their second album, Siamese Dream (1993). The group built its audience with extensive touring and their follow-up, the double album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995), debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 album chart. With 18.75 million albums sold in the United States alone, The Smashing Pumpkins were one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed bands of the 1990s. However, internal fighting, drug use, and diminishing record sales led to a 2000 break-up.

In 2006, Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin reconvened to record a new Smashing Pumpkins album, Zeitgeist. The band toured with a rotating lineup of between five and nine musicians through much of 2007 and 2008 before Chamberlin left the band in early 2009. New drummer Mike Byrne and bassist/vocalist Nicole Fiorentino solidified a new lineup with Corgan and Schroeder, toured through much of 2010, and are currently recording the albums Teargarden by Kaleidyscope and Oceania.

1991-08-17: Blue, Smiley

1992-08-29: Bury Me, Siva

1993-08-14: Quiet, Today, Disarm, Spaceboy, Drown, Cherub Rock, Siva, Mayonaise

1993-10-30: Cherub Rock, Today

1995-11-11: Bullet With Butterfly Wings, Zero

'Comedy' Extras: Muzzle - Conan O'Brien, Billy Corgan Age 8