I grew up listening to nothing terribly spectacular, basically whatever was fed me by radio and MTV. "Disarm" was my first peek behind the velvet curtain, signaling something more to music than a clever arrangement of tones. There were other songs that I dug before this, but "Disarm" hit like a mind bomb. Those haunting melodies lodged themselves in my pre-teen heart and refused to let go.
Billy Corgan had an eventful weekend. On Friday, he put on his spookiest evening gown and played "G.L.O.W." and "Tarantula" for Jimmy Kimmel. The next day, his Pumpkins headlined a Guitar Hero World Tour launch party in West Hollywood, where they debuted new tune "As Rome Burns" and covered Simon & Garfunkel ("Sounds Of Silence") and Pink Floyd ("Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun"). The...
The Smashing Pumpkins played the annual Bridge School Benefit concert where they performed some wonderful new songs. They also performed "Disarm" with Josh Groban on vocals which I personally find unlistenable, but the rest of the show was A . Download a copy of this show here. The Pumpkins will be playing NYC this coming Thursday and Friday [...]