The Smashing Pumpkins on tour

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Chicago, United States (1988 – 2000, 2007 – present)

The Smashing Pumpkins are an alternative rock band, formed in Chicago, Illinois, USA, in 1988. Billy Corgan and James Iha met in a record store, and began performing in local nightclubs with their bassist, D’Arcy Wretzky , using a drum machine. Playing with a drum machine frustrated both the band and their audience, and so Chicago jazz drummer Jimmy Chamberlin was hired soon afterwards. More…

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alternative rock, rock, alternative, grunge, 90s
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Billy Corgan, Zwan, James Iha, Jimmy Chamberlin Complex, The Cure