{"id":2917,"date":"2020-09-30T01:00:43","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T06:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/read.streamapse.com\/?p=2917"},"modified":"2020-09-30T01:00:43","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T06:00:43","slug":"its-a-history-of-the-90s-from-one-major-bands-point-of-view-smashing-pumpkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/?p=2917","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s A History Of The &#8217;90s From One Major Band\u2019s Point Of View &#8211; Smashing Pumpkins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Though the Pumpkins were considered an alt-rock band, many of leader Billy Corgan\u2019s moves were influenced by the grand concept rock of Queen, Rush, and Led Zeppelin. It\u2019s Corgan\u2019s insistence at achieving the strongest studio sound possible that distinguishes songs such as \u201cDrown\u201d (here in a truncated version from the Singles soundtrack), \u201cCherub Rock,\u201d \u201cToday,\u201d \u201cDisarm,\u201d \u201cBullet with Butterfly Wings,&#8221; and \u201c1979\u201d from the grungy crowd.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2918\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2918\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2918\" src=\"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Smashing-Pumpkins_Greatest-Hits.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Smashing-Pumpkins_Greatest-Hits.jpeg 600w, http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Smashing-Pumpkins_Greatest-Hits-300x300.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Smashing-Pumpkins_Greatest-Hits-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2918\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/3ieCVWF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">StreamGreatestHitsBySmashingPumpkins<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Covering Fleetwood Mac&#8217;s \u201cLandslide\u201d was a smart move, and the inclusion of \u201cEye\u201d (from the Lost Highway soundtrack) and \u201cUntitled\u201d (said to be the band\u2019s final studio recording with bassist Melissa Auf der Maur and guitarist James Iha) are welcome additions. It\u2019s a history of the &#8217;90s from one major band\u2019s point of view.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though the Pumpkins were considered an alt-rock band, many of leader Billy Corgan\u2019s moves were influenced by the grand concept rock of Queen, Rush, and Led Zeppelin. It\u2019s Corgan\u2019s insistence at achieving the strongest studio sound possible that distinguishes songs such as \u201cDrown\u201d (here in a truncated version from the Singles soundtrack), \u201cCherub Rock,\u201d \u201cToday,\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[285,286,287,288,289],"class_list":["post-2917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","tag-history","tag-major","tag-point","tag-pumpkins","tag-smashing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}