Good Vibes Festival ( GVF ) is an annual music festival in Malaysia. Organized by Future Sound Asia, the first edition was held on August 13, 2013, later held over two days from 2016.
121-536: Good Vibes Festival was first organized as a multi-artist concert on 13 August 2013 at the Sepang International Circuit, with a line-up of acts like The Smashing Pumpkins and Modest Mouse . In 2014, the festival was extended as a two-day event, with Ellie Goulding and Empire of the Sun as the main act. The festival did not take place in 2015, and starting in 2016 and the subsequent edition, GVF
242-497: A 17th anniversary box set re-release of the album that would include older bonus material, but this set experienced delays. After finally negotiating the rights, Gish was re-issued in November 2011, being remastered on CD and Vinyl with extra tracks and packaging. All tracks are written by Billy Corgan , except "I Am One", written by Corgan and James Iha All tracks are written by Corgan, except where noted. Those involved in
363-698: A 1993 Chicago Sun-Times article that Corgan's lyrics "too often sound like sophomoric poetry", although he viewed the lyrics of later albums Adore and Machina as an improvement. The band's songs have been described as "anguished, bruised reports from Billy Corgan's nightmare-land" by journalist William Shaw. The Smashing Pumpkins' music has explored alternative rock , grunge , psychedelic rock , heavy metal , shoegaze , synth-pop , art rock , electronic rock , gothic rock , dream pop , psychedelia , college rock , punk rock , and progressive rock . The band's distinctive sound up until Adore involved layering numerous guitar tracks onto
484-582: A 44-track concept album, Teargarden by Kaleidyscope , for free over the Internet one track at a time. The first track, " A Song for a Son ", was released in December 2009 to moderate press acclaim. In March 2010 Ginger Reyes officially left the band, prompting an open call for auditions for a new bassist. In May, Nicole Fiorentino announced she had joined the band as bass player, and would be working on Teargarden by Kaleidyscope . The new lineup went on
605-433: A contract to rejoin the band but Corgan rescinded the offer soon after. Corgan released a statement denying the claims, stating "Ms. Wretzky has repeatedly been invited out to play with the group, participate in demo sessions, or at the very least, meet face-to-face, and in each and every instance she always deferred". Jack Bates (son of Joy Division bassist Peter Hook ) played bass on the tour. Bates previously toured with
726-555: A double album to serve as a sequel to the overarching story of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and Machina: The Machines of God. The album was planned for release in 2021, however it wasn't until September 19, 2022, that the album's title, Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts , was revealed. Each act was released on its own, with the dates in order being November 15, 2022, January 31, 2023, and May 5, 2023. All of
847-402: A friend of Corgan's. Chamberlin knew little of alternative music and immediately changed the sound of the nascent band. As Corgan recalled of the period, "We were completely into the sad-rock, Cure kind of thing. It took about two or three practices before I realized that the power in his playing was something that enabled us to rock harder than we could ever have imagined." On October 5, 1988,
968-608: A functioning band and go back to doing that". Corgan and Chamberlin continued to record as a duo, releasing the four-song EP American Gothic in January 2008 and the singles " Superchrist " and " G.L.O.W. " later that year. That November, the group released the DVD If All Goes Wrong , which chronicled the group's 2007 concert residences in Asheville, North Carolina and San Francisco, California. In late 2008,
1089-512: A guitar tone or tuning the drums or working on harmonies and textural things... I was over the moon to think I had found a comrade-in-arms who wanted to push me, and who really wanted me to push him. The inclusion of a massive production style reminiscent of ELO and Queen was unusual for an independent band at the time. Whereas many albums at the time used drum sampling and processing, Gish used unprocessed drum recordings, and an exacting, unique guitar sound. Corgan also performed nearly all of
1210-600: A label, as well as announcing recording was finished on the album. On February 15, 2018, founding members Iha and Chamberlin rejoined the band. They embarked on the Shiny And Oh So Bright Tour starting in July, with a focus on performing material from their first five studio albums. and sold over 350,000 tickets and sold-out arenas including The Forum, United Center , and Madison Square Garden. Original bassist D'arcy Wretzky claimed she had been offered
1331-406: A mix of live performances and behind-the-scenes footage. During 1995, Corgan wrote about 56 songs, following which the band went into the studio with producers Flood and Alan Moulder to work on what Corgan described as " The Wall for Generation X ", and which became Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness , a double album of twenty-eight songs, lasting over two hours (the vinyl version of
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#17327919798161452-642: A more subdued appearance. Although Adore received favorable reviews and was nominated for Best Alternative Performance at the Grammy Awards, the album had only sold about 830,000 copies in the United States by the end of the year. The album nonetheless debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200 and sold three times as many copies overseas. The band began a seventeen-date, fifteen-city charity North American tour in support of Adore . At each stop on
1573-640: A part of" the reunion. The Smashing Pumpkins performed live for the first time since 2000 on May 22, 2007, in Paris, France. There, the band unveiled new touring members: guitarist Jeff Schroeder , bassist Ginger Reyes , and keyboardist Lisa Harriton . That same month, " Tarantula " was released as the first single from the band's forthcoming album. On July 7, the band performed at the Live Earth concert in New Jersey . The band's new album, Zeitgeist ,
1694-411: A photo of himself, Iha, and Chamberlin together in recording studio. In February 2018 Corgan announced that he was working with music producer Rick Rubin on a future Smashing Pumpkins album, that there were currently 26 songs he was actively working on, and that "the guitar feels once again like the preferred weapon of choice." Soon afterwards, Corgan shared a photo of sound equipment with Iha's name on
1815-419: A result of the incident. The Pumpkins chose to finish the tour, and hired drummer Matt Walker and keyboardist Dennis Flemion . Corgan later said the decision to continue touring was the worst decision the band had ever made, damaging both their music and their reputation. Chamberlin admitted in a 1994 Rolling Stone cover story that in the past he'd "gotten high in every city in this country and probably half
1936-597: A rotating lineup of musicians entitled Teargarden by Kaleidyscope , which encompassed stand-alone singles, EP releases, and two full albums that also fell under the project's scope— Oceania in 2012 and Monuments to an Elegy in 2014. Chamberlin became a touring member in 2015, before officially rejoining with Iha in 2018. The reunited lineup then released the albums Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun. (2018) and Cyr (2020), in addition to Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts across three increments between 2022 and 2023. Schroeder departed from
2057-441: A scathing letter in response to an article praising the band, derisively comparing them to REO Speedwagon ("by, of and for the mainstream") and concluding their ultimate insignificance. Fred Armisen said the band simply "flew past us" in the 90s Chicago music scene after his own band Trenchmouth had produced five albums. The opening track and lead single of Siamese Dream , " Cherub Rock ", directly addresses Corgan's feud with
2178-460: A second track titled "The Colour of Love" from their album Cyr , which was released through their new record label Sumerian Records on November 27, 2020. It serves as the second part of the Shiny and Oh So Bright series. On September 25, 2020, the band released another single from Cyr that included the songs "Confessions of a Dopamine Addict" and "Wrath". On October 9, 2020, the band released
2299-546: A show by the Dan Reed Network where they argued the merits of a band. After finding out that Wretzky played bass guitar, Corgan got her to join the band and the trio played a show at the Avalon Nightclub. After the show, Cabaret Metro owner Joe Shanahan agreed to book the band on the condition that they replace the drum machine with a live drummer. Jazz drummer Jimmy Chamberlin was recommended by
2420-401: A song during the recording process, a tactic that Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness co-producer Flood called the "Pumpkin guitar overdub army." Although there were a lot of overdubbed parts on Gish , Corgan began to really explore the possibilities of overdubbing with Siamese Dream ; Corgan has stated that "Soma" alone contains up to 40 overdubbed guitar parts. While Corgan knew many of
2541-424: A third single for Cyr that featured the tracks "Anno Satana" and "Birch Grove". On October 29, the band released "Ramona" and "Wyttch" as the fourth pair of singles. On November 20, 2020, the songs "Purple Blood" and "Dulcet in E" were released as the fifth and final single for Cyr. The following week, on November 27, 2020, the band released Cyr. In late 2020, Corgan announced that the band had begun work on
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#17327919798162662-593: A world tour through to the end of 2010. One of the first shows with the new lineup was a concert to benefit Matthew Leone , bassist for the rock band Madina Lake , at the Metro on July 27, 2010. In late 2010 all four members contributed to the sessions for the third volume of Teargarden . On April 26, 2011, Corgan announced that the Smashing Pumpkins would be releasing a new album titled Oceania , which he labeled as "an album within an album" in regards to
2783-613: A year, far exceeding the expectations of indie label Caroline Records, a subsidiary of Virgin Records . In the US, the album was certified gold by RIAA on March 14, 1994. Until the release of the Offspring album Smash in 1994, Gish was the highest-selling independently released album of all time. Gish would later be reissued under the Virgin label, and was certified platinum in
2904-620: The Billboard 200 upon its release, Gish received critical acclaim, with particular praise directed at the band's distinctive psychedelic sound. The album was eventually certified platinum (at least one million copies shipped in the US) by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), becoming one of the best-selling independent albums at the time. It has since been ranked by multiple publications as one of
3025-554: The Billboard 200 , peaking at number 195 (later re-peaking at number 146 upon its 2011 re-release); however, the album reached number one on the College Music Journal chart, which tracks airplay and popularity on college radio stations. It also had a six-week run on the New Zealand Albums Chart , peaking at number 40. Despite an inauspicious start, the album sold 100,000 copies in less than
3146-483: The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time . Gish Gish is the debut studio album by the American alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins , released on May 28, 1991, by Caroline Records . The album was produced by Butch Vig and frontman Billy Corgan , with the latter describing Gish as a "very spiritual album" and "an album about spiritual ascension". Despite initially peaking at only number 195 on
3267-503: The Electric Light Orchestra , as well as shoegaze , a British alternative rock style of the late 1980s and early 1990s that relied on swirling layers of guitar noise for effect. Mellon Collie coproducer Alan Moulder was originally hired to mix Siamese Dream because Corgan was a fan of his work producing shoegaze bands such as My Bloody Valentine , Ride , and Slowdive . Like many contemporary alternative bands,
3388-433: The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and received various critical plaudits. After the release of Adore (1998) and a two-part project in 2000— Machina and Machina II —the group disbanded due to internal conflicts, drug use, and diminishing sales by the end of the 1990s. With 30 million albums sold worldwide, the Smashing Pumpkins were among the most critically and commercially successful bands of
3509-500: The Teargarden by Kaleidyscope project, in the fall. As with the previous recording sessions, all four band members contributed to the project. Also, the entire album catalog was to be remastered and reissued with bonus tracks, starting with Gish and Siamese Dream in November 2011. The pre- Gish demos, Pisces Iscariot , and Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness were released in 2012, with The Aeroplane Flies High released
3630-476: The "indie-world". In spite of the backlash, Siamese Dream is often regarded as one of the greatest albums of the alternative rock genre, and one of the best albums of the 1990s. In 1994 Virgin released the B-sides /rarities compilation Pisces Iscariot which charted higher than Siamese Dream by reaching number four on the Billboard 200. Also released was a VHS cassette titled Vieuphoria featuring
3751-418: The 1990s, often cited as a cultural touchstone of Generation X and an important act in the popularization of alternative rock. In 2006, Corgan and Chamberlin reconvened to record the band's seventh album, Zeitgeist . After touring throughout 2007 and 2008 with a lineup including new guitarist Jeff Schroeder , Chamberlin left the band in early 2009. Later that year, Corgan began a new recording series with
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3872-460: The 1993 release of Siamese Dream , when mainstream critics took their first look into the back-catalog of a band whose popularity was exploding. Derek Weiler of the Toronto Star noted that songs on Gish contained "either galloping riffs or trippy feedback hazes" and that the latter were especially effective and entertaining. In 1992, Gish and the Smashing Pumpkins earned recognition at
3993-511: The Banshees saying it was important to point back to bands that influenced them. Psychedelic rock was also referenced often in the band's early recordings; according to Corgan, "In typical Pumpkins fashion, no one at that point really liked loud guitars or psychedelic music so, of course, that's exactly what we had to do." Corgan felt that the band's guitars "are a mixture of heavy metal and 80s alternative rock. I think of Cure and Siouxsie and
4114-622: The Banshees". Corgan acknowledged that a chord he jokingly claimed as "the Pumpkin chord" (a G# octave chord at the eleventh fret of a guitar with the low E string played under it), used as the basis for "Cherub Rock", " Drown ", and other songs, was in fact previously used by Jimi Hendrix . Other early influences cited by Corgan include Cream , the Stooges , and Blue Cheer . Regarding the band's influence upon other groups, Greg Kot wrote in 2001, "Whereas Nirvana spawned countless mini-Nirvanas,
4235-568: The Barclays Center, where they recorded Oceania: Live in NYC , which was released on September 24, 2013. On March 25, 2014, Corgan announced he had signed a new record deal with BMG , for two new albums, titled Monuments to an Elegy and Day for Night , respectively. In June, it was revealed that Mike Byrne was no longer in the band, to be replaced by Tommy Lee of Mötley Crüe on the new album, and Fiorentino would not be recording on
4356-555: The Bear . In July 2009 Billy Corgan formed a new group called Spirits in the Sky, initially as a tribute band to Sky Saxon of the Seeds , who had recently died. The following month Corgan confirmed on the band's website that 19-year-old Spirits in the Sky drummer Mike Byrne had replaced Chamberlin and that the pair was working on new Pumpkins recordings. The group announced plans to release
4477-587: The Billboard 200 and at No. 1 on the Billboard Independent . The album spawned two singles, " The Celestials " and " Panopticon ". The band proceeded to tour in support of the album, including a US tour involving playing the album in its entirety. By September 2012, Corgan stated that the band had already begun work on their next album. However, despite this, the band concentrated on touring, playing at Glastonbury Festival , Dour Festival and
4598-532: The Chicago Musician Awards, for which local music publication Illinois Entertainer polled readers and Chicago music industry figures such as critics, writers, and club owners. In separate polls, readers and industry figures chose Gish as the "best local album". Jimmy Chamberlin and James Iha won individual honors for their performances on the album, and the band as a whole earned the "best hometown national act" award. Gish spent one week on
4719-583: The East . The song "Zero", which reminded Iha of Judas Priest, is an example of what the band dubbed "cybermetal". Other bands Corgan cited as influences are Rainbow , Accept , Mercyful Fate , Dokken , Metallica , Slayer and Myrkur . Post-punk and gothic rock bands like Joy Division / New Order , Bauhaus , the Cure , and Depeche Mode were formative influences on the band, which covered such artists in concert and on record. Corgan also cited Siouxsie and
4840-606: The Pumpkins remain an island unto themselves." Still, some artists and bands have been influenced by the Pumpkins, such as Nelly Furtado , Marilyn Manson , Deftones , Evanescence , Third Eye Blind , Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 , Tegan and Sara , Fall Out Boy , Rivers Cuomo , M83 , Panic! at the Disco , Silversun Pickups , Vision Eternel , My Chemical Romance , and Code Orange . My Chemical Romance vocalist Gerard Way has said that they pattern their career upon
4961-426: The Pumpkins undertook an extended world tour in support of Mellon Collie . Corgan's look during this period—a shaved head, a long-sleeve black shirt with the word "Zero" printed on it, and silver pants—became iconic. That year, the band also made a guest appearance in an episode of The Simpsons , " Homerpalooza ". With considerable video rotation on MTV, major industry awards, and "Zero" shirts selling in many malls,
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5082-651: The Pumpkins were considered one of the most popular bands of the time. In May, the Smashing Pumpkins played a gig at the Point Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. Despite the band's repeated requests for moshing to stop, a seventeen-year-old fan named Bernadette O'Brien was crushed to death. The concert ended early and the following night's performance in Belfast was cancelled out of respect for her. However, while Corgan maintained that moshing's "time [had] come and gone",
5203-512: The Pumpkins', including music videos. The members of fellow Chicago band Kill Hannah are friends with Corgan, and lead singer Mat Devine has compared his group to the Pumpkins. The group has sold over 30 million albums worldwide as of October 2012, and sales in the United States alone reaching 19.75 million. Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness have both appeared in Rolling Stone magazine's list of
5324-483: The Sea , was released in 2003. After cancelling a few festival appearances, Corgan announced the demise of the band in 2003. During 2001 Corgan also toured as part of New Order and provided vocals on their comeback album Get Ready . In October 2004 Corgan released his first book, Blinking with Fists , a collection of poetry. In June 2005, he released a solo album, TheFutureEmbrace , which he described as "(picking) up
5445-689: The Smashing Pumpkins in 16 years. Iha also played at the second of the two Smashing Pumpkins shows at the Ace Hotel the following day, which was Easter Sunday. Iha joined the Pumpkins for a third time at their concert of April 14 at the Civic Opera House in Chicago. In July, Corgan began hinting of the possibility of reuniting the band original lineup, of himself, Iha, Wretzky, and Chamberlin, and in August, he stated he had begun reaching out to
5566-729: The Smashing Pumpkins in 2015. Multi-instrumentalist Katie Cole rejoined the band for the tour as well, singing backup vocals and playing keyboards and guitar. In March 2018, Corgan mentioned the band planned to release two EPs in 2018, with the first tentatively planned for May. On June 8, 2018, the first single from the set of music, " Solara ", was released. On August 2, 2018, the band celebrated their 30th anniversary by performing in Holmdel, New Jersey. with several notable special guests including Courtney Love, Chino Moreno, Davey Havok, Peter Hook, Mark McGrath, and Dave Keuning and Mark Stoermer of The Killers. In September 2018, they announced
5687-435: The Smashing Pumpkins utilized shifts in song dynamics, going from quiet to loud and vice versa. Hüsker Dü's seminal album Zen Arcade demonstrated to the band how they could place gentler material against more aggressive fare, and Corgan made such shifts in dynamics central to the pursuit of his grand musical ambitions. Corgan said he liked the idea of creating his own alternative universe through sound that essentially tells
5808-408: The Smashing Pumpkins. That was never the plan." On February 17, 2004, Corgan posted a message on his personal blog calling Wretzky a "mean-spirited drug addict" and blaming Iha for the breakup of the Smashing Pumpkins. On June 3, 2004, he added that "the depth of my hurt [from Iha] is only matched with the depth of my gratitude". Iha responded to Corgan's claims in 2005, saying, "No, I didn't break up
5929-538: The U.S. alone. Alongside the band's mounting mainstream recognition, the band's reputation as careerists among their former peers in the independent music community was worsened. Indie rock band Pavement's 1994 song "Range Life" directly mocks the band in its lyrics, although Stephen Malkmus , lead singer of Pavement, has stated, "I never dissed their music. I just dissed their status." Former Hüsker Dü frontman Bob Mould called them "the grunge Monkees ", and fellow Chicago musician/producer Steve Albini wrote
6050-415: The US on February 5, 1999. The first mastering of Gish on CD was from Digital Audio Tape and appeared on Caroline Records , a subsidiary of Virgin Records. In 1994, after the success of follow-up Siamese Dream , the album was given a slight remaster and redesign and was reissued on the Virgin label. Both editions credit Howie Weinberg as mastering engineer. In 2008, the Smashing Pumpkins announced
6171-532: The United States and became the best-selling double album of the decade. It also garnered seven 1997 Grammy Award nominations, including Album of the Year. The band won only the Best Hard Rock Performance award, for the album's lead single " Bullet with Butterfly Wings ". The album spawned five singles—"Bullet with Butterfly Wings", " 1979 ", " Zero ", " Tonight, Tonight " which Corgan stated
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#17327919798166292-445: The United States and Canada as a summer tour across amphitheaters, indoor theaters, and one arena. The tour featured support from Stone Temple Pilots , Interpol, and Rival Sons , as well as select appearances by Corgan's National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) wrestlers along with tapings for NWA Powerrr . On October 19, 2023, Green Day played a small club show and handed out physical flyers that revealed in 2024 they would be touring
6413-606: The United States and Canada in stadiums with The Smashing Pumpkins, Rancid , and The Linda Lindas . This tour was officially announced by all four bands on November 2, 2023, as The Saviors Tour . On October 24, 2023, it was announced in a statement posted on the band's social media that longtime guitarist Jeff Schroeder had decided to leave the band "to explore a slightly different path". Following Schroeder's departure, on January 5, 2024, Smashing Pumpkins announced via their social media channels that they were accepting applications via email for an additional guitarist. By January 17,
6534-589: The acts, along with ten extra songs, were compiled into a vinyl box set that was released the same day as the third grouping of songs. On February 22, 2022, the band announced on social media the Rock Invasion 2 Tour, which had previously been set to take place in spring 2020, postponed to fall 2020, and subsequently canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The newly announced incarnation of the tour had entirely new locations spanning eleven US cities accompanying
6655-441: The advent of alternative rock's mainstream breakthrough, their second album Siamese Dream (1993) established the band's popularity. Despite a tumultuous recording process, the album received acclaim and has been lauded as one of the best albums in the genre. Their third album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995), furthered the band's popularity; it debuted atop the Billboard 200 , received diamond certification by
6776-413: The album Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun. , released via Napalm Records on November 16, 2018, which debuted at number 54 on the Billboard 200 chart. After touring through much of 2019, Corgan noted in January 2020 that the band was currently working on 21 songs for a future album release. On August 28, 2020, the band released the single and video for "Cyr", along with
6897-483: The album as "one of the strongest of their career", noted that the stalled sales for Machina in comparison to teen pop ascendant at the time "seems like concrete proof that a new wave of young pop fans has turned a deaf ear toward alternative rock." On May 23, 2000, in a live radio interview on KROQ-FM (Los Angeles), Billy Corgan announced the band's decision to break up at the end of that year following additional touring and recording. The group's final album before
7018-525: The album constituted a "smashing local success story" for the Chicago area. Greg Kot , also of the Tribune , called Gish "perhaps the most audacious and accomplished" of all 1991 albums released by local bands; in an article later that year, Kot listed the album among the best of 1991. Chris Mundy of Rolling Stone called it "awe-inspiring" with "meticulously calculated chaos" and a "swirling energy". Many substantive reviews of Gish emerged only with
7139-479: The album contained three records, two extra songs, and an alternate track listing). The songs were intended to hang together conceptually as a symbol of the cycle of life and death. Praised by Time as "the group's most ambitious and accomplished work yet", Mellon Collie debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 in October 1995. Even more successful than Siamese Dream , it was certified ten times platinum in
7260-545: The album either. Monuments to an Elegy was released on December 5, 2014, to generally positive reviews. The band toured in support of the album starting on November 26, with Rage Against the Machine 's Brad Wilk filling in on drums and the Killers ' Mark Stoermer filling in on bass. The follow-up proposed album Day For Night was cited for delayed late 2015 or early 2016 release. Later in 2015 Corgan announced that
7381-464: The authorities to prematurely end their performance at the festival after he criticised the country's widespread anti-LGBTQ+ laws and kissed bandmate Ross MacDonald. Healy stated that the band's decision to appear in Malaysia had been a "mistake". "When we were booking shows, I wasn't looking into it. [...] So I pulled the show yesterday and we had a conversation, we said 'you know what, we can't let
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#17327919798167502-546: The band achieve a "clearly defined" and "big, bold, punchy" sound for the album. Heim also indicated that the varied styles of the album would be a good addition to the alternative music culture of Chicago at the time—a culture that was sometimes perceived as inaccessible for new bands. Jon Pareles of The New York Times picked up on the eclectic mix of musical style on Gish as well, complementing its "pummeling hard rock", "gentle interludes", and "psychedelic crescendos". In an end-of-year recap of 1991 releases, Heim noted that
7623-492: The band announced that they would be bringing The World Is A Vampire Festival to Australia as a 10-date tour during the month of April. The lineup featured Jane's Addiction, Amyl & The Sniffers, Redhook , and Battlesnake, in addition to the wrestling matches similar to the singular date in Mexico. In between the band's time in Mexico and Australia, they announced on March 28, 2023, that they would bring The World Is A Vampire to
7744-409: The band asked Virgin to offer Machina II as a free download to anyone who bought Machina . When the record label declined, Corgan opted to release the material independently. On December 2, 2000, Smashing Pumpkins played a farewell concert at The Metro, the same Chicago club where their career had effectively started twelve years earlier. The four-and-a-half-hour-long show featured 35 songs spanning
7865-438: The band commenced on a controversy-riddled 20th Anniversary Tour. Around this time, Corgan said the group will make no more full-length records in order to focus exclusively on singles, explaining, "The listening patterns have changed, so why are we killing ourselves to do albums, to create balance, and do the arty track to set up the single? It's done." In March 2009 Corgan announced on the band's website that Chamberlin had left
7986-485: The band formally signed with Virgin Records , which was affiliated with Caroline. The band supported the album with a tour that included opening for bands such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers , Jane's Addiction , and Guns N' Roses . During the tour, Iha and Wretzky went through a messy breakup, Chamberlin became addicted to narcotics and alcohol, and Corgan entered a deep depression, writing some songs for
8107-450: The band had received over 10,000 submissions and employed eight people full-time to review each one. On April 26, the band announced that they had chosen Kiki Wong as their new touring guitarist, with Billy Corgan noting that he was a fan of hers "before she submitted her name to be considered." In June 2024, Corgan stated that the band had been spending the last 2 years working on a guitar-driven new studio album, partially in response to
8228-540: The band has undergone several line-up changes since their reunion in 2006, with Corgan being the primary songwriter and sole constant member since its inception. The current lineup consists of Corgan, Chamberlin, and Iha. The band has a diverse, densely layered sound, which evolved throughout their career and has contained elements of gothic rock , heavy metal , grunge , psychedelic rock , progressive rock , shoegaze , dream pop , and electronica . The band's first album, Gish (1991), became an underground success. In
8349-514: The band in 1999. On January 25, 2000, she was arrested after she allegedly purchased three bags of cocaine , but after successfully completing a court-ordered drug education program, the charges were dropped. Corgan insisted during this period that the band would not reform, although when Zwan broke up he announced, "I think my heart was in Smashing Pumpkins [...] I think it was naive of me to think that I could find something that would mean as much to me." Corgan said in 2005, "I never wanted to leave
8470-419: The band in October 2023. Following Schroeder's departure, the band's remaining members released Aghori Mhori Mei (2024). After the breakup of his gothic rock and metal band The Marked, singer and guitarist Billy Corgan left St. Petersburg, Florida returning to his native city of Chicago, where he took a job in a record store and had the idea to start a band called the Smashing Pumpkins. While working at
8591-489: The band surprised fans by reuniting with a rehabilitated Jimmy Chamberlin for a brief tour dubbed "The Arising", which showcased both new and classic material. The lineup was short-lived, however, as the band announced the departure of Wretzky in September during work on the album Machina/The Machines of God , and the band was subsequently dropped by Sharon Osbourne Management . Former Hole bassist Melissa Auf der Maur
8712-473: The band to break through to widespread popularity, the band relocated to Marietta, Georgia , in late 1992 to begin work on their second album, with Butch Vig returning as producer. The decision to record so far away from their hometown was motivated partly by the band's desire to avoid friends and distractions during the recording, but largely as a desperate attempt to cut Chamberlin off from his known drug connections. The recording environment for Siamese Dream
8833-468: The band would continue to request open-floor concerts throughout the rest of the tour. The band suffered a personal tragedy on the night of July 11, 1996, when touring keyboardist Jonathan Melvoin and Chamberlin overdosed on heroin in a hotel room in New York City. Melvoin died, and Chamberlin was arrested for drug possession. A few days later, the band announced that Chamberlin had been fired as
8954-428: The band would embark on a co-headlining tour of North America with Marilyn Manson , " The End Times Tour ", across July and August 2015. Prior to the co-headlining dates, the band performed a series of acoustic shows with drum machines and tapes for percussion. When the time came for the co-headlining tour, plans for a drummer fell through and Corgan recruited Chamberlin to reunite for the shows. On February 1, 2016, it
9075-482: The band's spring festival appearances, and four performances in Mexico, their first since 2013. In May 2022, the band announced plans for the Spirits on Fire tour with Jane's Addiction . In November 2022, The World is A Vampire Festival was announced for March 2023. The festival's lineup included Interpol , Turnstile , Peter Hook & The Light , Deafheaven , The Warning , and several others. In February 2023,
9196-462: The band, with Wretzky later commenting that she did not know how the band survived it, and Corgan asserting he suffered a nervous breakdown . Regarding the album's thematic content, Corgan would later say, The album is about pain and spiritual ascension. People ask if it's a political album. It's not a political album, it's a personal album. In a weird kind of way, Gish is almost like an instrumental album—it just happens to have singing on it, but
9317-481: The band. The only person who could have done that is Billy." On June 21, 2005, the day of the release of his first solo album TheFutureEmbrace , Corgan took out full-page advertisements in the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times to announce that he planned to reunite the band. "For a year now", Corgan wrote, "I have walked around with a secret, a secret I chose to keep. But now I want you to be among
9438-500: The best rock albums of the 1990s, with Pitchfork deeming "without Gish , there would probably be no Nevermind as we know it." Musically, Gish has been described as featuring alternative rock , hard rock , psychedelic rock , grunge , dream pop , stoner rock , college rock , psychedelia , art rock , and heavy metal . As a writer, Billy Corgan wanted to find the balance between classic rock of bands playing heavy riffs like Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin , and
9559-568: The break-up, Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music , was released in September 2000 in a limited pressing on vinyl with permission and instructions for free redistribution on the Internet by fans. Only twenty-five copies were cut, each of which was hand numbered and given to friends of the band along with band members themselves. The album, released under the Constantinople Records label created by Corgan, consisted of one double LP and three ten-inch EPs. Originally,
9680-452: The cities in Europe." But in recent years, he had reportedly been clean. On July 17, the Pumpkins issued a statement in which they said, "For nine years we have battled with Jimmy's struggles with the insidious disease of drug and alcohol addiction. It has nearly destroyed everything we are and stand for. … We wish [him] the best we have to offer". Meanwhile, the band had given interviews since
9801-748: The complete band took the stage for the first time at the Cabaret Metro. In 1989, the Smashing Pumpkins made their first appearance on record with the compilation album Light Into Dark , which featured several Chicago alternative bands. The group released its first single, " I Am One ", in 1990 on the local Chicago label Limited Potential. The single sold out and they released a follow-up, " Tristessa ", on Sub Pop ; then they signed to Caroline Records . The band recorded their 1991 debut studio album Gish with producer Butch Vig at his Smart Studios in Madison , Wisconsin, for $ 20,000 . In order to gain
9922-468: The consistency he desired, Corgan often played all instruments excluding drums, which created tension in the band. The music fused heavy metal guitars, psychedelia , and dream pop , garnering them comparisons to Jane's Addiction . Gish became a minor success, with the single " Rhinoceros " receiving some airplay on modern rock radio. After releasing the Lull EP in October 1991 on Caroline Records,
10043-533: The criticisms should be most urgently directed: against the homophobia of the Kuala Lumpur regime." He also expressed that Healy is no white saviour for showing solidarity to the community as "queer rights are a universal human right , not a western one". Reactions to the incident from Malaysians on social media were generally critical of Healy. Some members of the LGBT community in Malaysia were frustrated by
10164-426: The death of Corgan's mother and his divorce, 1998's Adore represented a significant change of style from the Pumpkins' previous guitar-based rock, veering into electronica. The record, cut with assistance from drum machines and studio drummers including Matt Walker, was infused with a darker aesthetic than much of the band's earlier work. The group also modified its public image, shedding its alternative rock look for
10285-425: The festival's early edition venue, the Sepang International Circuit, first edition with three-day event, featuring lineup of acts: The 1975 , The Kid Laroi and The Strokes , alongside other artists. The also gained attention due to the increase in ticket prices to become the most expensive in the history of the organization. The 1975's frontman as well as the rest of the band was banned from Malaysia and forced by
10406-442: The film Batman & Robin . With Matt Walker on drums, the song featured a heavy sound similar to "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" while still having strong electronic influences. The song later won the 1998 Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance. Though Corgan announced that the song represented the sound people could expect from the band in the future, the band's next album would feature few guitar-driven songs. Recorded following
10527-471: The first to know that I have made plans to renew and revive the Smashing Pumpkins. I want my band back, and my songs, and my dreams". Corgan and Chamberlin were verified as participants in the reunion, but there was question as to whether other former members of the band would participate. In April 2007 Iha and Auf der Maur separately confirmed that they were not taking part in the reunion. Chamberlin would later state that Iha and Wretzky "didn't want to be
10648-505: The following year. Adore was released in 2014. Machina/The Machines of God and the yet commercially unreleased Machina II/Friends and Enemies of Modern Music were expected to be combined, remixed, and released in the same year but were not released due to label hang-ups. The band did a thirteen-city US tour in October 2011 followed by a European tour in November and December. Oceania was released on June 19, 2012, and received generally positive reviews. The album debuted at No. 4 on
10769-460: The group and would be replaced. Chamberlin subsequently stated that his departure from the band was "a positive move forward for me. I can no longer commit all of my energy into something that I don't fully possess." Chamberlin stressed that the split was amicable, commenting, "I am glad [Corgan] has chosen to continue under the name. It is his right." Chamberlin soon formed the band Skysaw , which has released an album and toured in support of Minus
10890-456: The group's career, and attendees were given a recording of the band's first concert at The Metro, Live at Cabaret Metro 10-5-88 . The single " Untitled " was released commercially to coincide with the farewell show. In 2001 the compilation Rotten Apples was released. The double-disc version of the album, released as a limited edition, included a collection of B-sides and rarities called Judas O . The Greatest Hits Video Collection DVD
11011-579: The group's reunion, "Everyone knows Billy doesn't need too many people to make a Pumpkins record, other than Jimmy [Chamberlin]—who he has on board." In a 2015 interview Corgan himself referred to the current iteration of the band "as sort of an open source collective" noting that "It's whoever feels right at the time." Many of Corgan's lyrics for the Pumpkins are cathartic expressions of emotion, full of personal musings and strong indictments of himself and those close to him. Music critics were not often fans of Corgan's angst-filled lyrics. Jim DeRogatis wrote in
11132-399: The guitar and bass parts on the record, which was confirmed by Vig in a later interview. The album's sessions, lasting 30 working days, were brisk by Pumpkins' standards, largely because of the group's inexperience. The majority of D'arcy Wretzky 's bass lines and James Iha 's guitar parts were re-recorded by Corgan using their instruments. The recording sessions put an intense strain on
11253-544: The incident and expressed concern it would lead to further reprisals from the religious right . The 2024 edition was cancelled due to the Installation of Yang di-Pertuan Agong XVII . The Smashing Pumpkins The Smashing Pumpkins (also simply known as Smashing Pumpkins ) is an American alternative rock band from Chicago . Formed in 1988 by frontman and guitarist Billy Corgan , guitarist James Iha , bassist D'arcy Wretzky and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin ,
11374-413: The kids down because they're not the problem'". The organisers subsequently cancelled the rest of the three-day festival, on government orders, citing that Healy's "controversial conduct and remarks" are "against the traditions and values of the local culture". Human rights and LGBT activist Peter Tatchell , writing for The Guardian wrote that criticism of Healy and the band "deflect attention from where
11495-541: The listener, "Welcome to Pumpkin Land, this is what it sounds like on Planet Pumpkin." This emphasis on atmosphere carried through to Adore (described as "arcane night music" in prerelease promotion) and the Machina albums (concept records that tell the story of a fictional rock band). The Pumpkins drew inspiration from a variety of other genres, some unfashionable during the 1990s among music critics. Corgan in particular
11616-424: The music overpowers the band in a lot of places. I was trying to say a lot of things I couldn't really say in kind of intangible, unspeakable ways, so I was capable of doing that with the music, but I don't think I was capable of doing it with words. The album was named after silent film icon Lillian Gish . In an interview, Corgan said, "My grandmother used to tell me that one of the biggest things that ever happened
11737-454: The negative reception of the emphasis of synthesizers on the Atum releases. The following month, the band announced their thirteenth album, Aghori Mhori Mei , would be released on August 2. The album would only be released digitally at first, before physical editions follow later. The Smashing Pumpkins have been regarded as a cultural touchstone of Generation X and contributed greatly to
11858-602: The new songs for the upcoming album to be released after the In Plainsong tour. The tour began in Portland, Oregon, on March 22, 2016. On his birthday on March 26, 2016, original guitarist James Iha joined Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin, and Jeff Schroeder on stage unannounced at the Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. He performed a few songs, including "Mayonaise", "Soma" and "Today" marking his first appearance with
11979-420: The original lineup about the feasibility of a reunion, including speaking to Wretzky for the first time in sixteen years. Despite the comments, Corgan would spend much of 2017 working on solo material – recording and releasing the solo album Ogilala and beginning work on another solo album for 2018. In June 2017 Chamberlin also mentioned the possibility of a reunion tour in 2018. In January 2018 Corgan shared
12100-411: The release of Mellon Collie stating that it would be the last conventional Pumpkins record, and that rock was becoming stale. James Iha said at the end of 1996, "The future is in electronic music. It really seems boring just to play rock music." After the release of Mellon Collie , the Pumpkins contributed many songs to various compilations. Released in early 1997, the song " Eye ", which appeared on
12221-646: The rise of the generation's prevalence in Western popular culture . The direction of the band is dominated by lead guitarist, lead vocalist, keyboardist, bassist and primary songwriter Billy Corgan, who has been the band's sole constant member since its inception. Journalist Greg Kot wrote, "The music [of the Smashing Pumpkins] would not be what it is without his ambition and vision, and his famously fractured relationships with his family, friends, and bandmembers." Melissa Auf der Maur commented upon news of
12342-559: The sensuality and grace of alternative bands like the Cure , Siouxsie and the Banshees , and My Bloody Valentine . "For us, it was trying to become this balance point between what felt like dumb riff rock and then the stuff we were really attracted to coming out of the U.K. And then we put those pieces together with the Beatles somewhere in the middle". A song like "Rhinoceros" reflected that balance and what Corgan wanted to achieve: "we could be beautiful, pretty, psychedelic, and then flip
12463-518: The songs would be difficult or impossible to replicate from their recorded versions in concert (in fact, some songs were drastically altered for live performance), he has explained the use of overdubbing by posing the question "When you are faced with making a permanent recorded representation of a song, why not endow it with the grandest possible vision?" This use of multilayered sounds was inspired by Corgan's love of 1970s popular artists and bands such as David Bowie , Cheap Trick , Queen , Boston , and
12584-520: The soundtrack to David Lynch 's Lost Highway , relied almost exclusively on electronic instruments and signaled a drastic shift from the Pumpkins' previous musical styles. At the time, Corgan stated his "idea [was] to reconfigure the focus and get away from the classic guitars-bass-drum rock format." Later that year, the group contributed " The End Is the Beginning Is the End " to the soundtrack for
12705-516: The store he met guitarist James Iha . Adorning themselves with paisley and other psychedelic trappings, the two began writing songs (with the aid of a drum machine ) which were heavily influenced by the Cure and New Order . The duo performed live for the first time on July 9, 1988, at the Polish bar Chicago 21. This performance included only Corgan on bass and Iha on guitar with a drum machine. Shortly thereafter, Corgan met D'arcy Wretzky after
12826-429: The studio. Meanwhile, Chamberlin quickly managed to find new connections and was often absent without any contact for days at a time. In all, it took over four months to complete the record, with the budget exceeding $ 250,000 . Despite all the problems in its recording, Siamese Dream became the band's mainstream breakthrough, peaking at number ten on the Billboard 200 chart and selling over four million copies in
12947-484: The switch and be heavy and play a ripping lead." When composing the songs, Corgan was experimenting taking LSD to get a psychedelic feeling: "LSD gave me the confidence to attempt these things on kind of a weird tightrope wire act". Gish was recorded from December 1990 to March 1991 in Butch Vig 's Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin , with a budget of $ 20,000. Vig and Corgan worked together as co-producers. At
13068-521: The thread of the as-yet-unfinished work of the Smashing Pumpkins". Despite this, it was greeted with generally mixed reviews and lackluster sales. Only one single, "Walking Shade", was released in support of the album. In addition to drumming with Zwan, Jimmy Chamberlin also formed an alternative rock/ jazz fusion project band called Jimmy Chamberlin Complex . The group released an album in 2005 titled Life Begins Again . Corgan provided guest vocals on
13189-466: The time, Vig was still a relatively unknown producer. The longer recording period and larger budget were unprecedented for Vig, who later recalled: (Corgan) wanted to make everything sound amazing and see how far he could take it; really spend time on the production and the performances. For me that was a godsend because I was used to doing records for all the indie labels and we only had budgets for three or four days. Having that luxury to spend hours on
13310-459: The tour, the band donated 100 percent of ticket sales to a local charity organization. The tour's expenses were entirely funded out of the band's own pockets. All told, the band donated over $ 2.8 million to charity as a result of the tour. On October 31, 1998, during Halloween, the band opened for Kiss at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles , dressed in costume as the Beatles . In 1999
13431-481: The track "Lokicat". James Iha served as a guitarist in A Perfect Circle , appearing on their Thirteenth Step club tour and 2004 album, eMOTIVe . He has also been involved with other acts such as Chino Moreno 's Team Sleep and Vanessa and the O's . He continues to work with Scratchie Records , his own record label, as well. D'arcy Wretzky has, aside from one radio interview in 2009, not made any public statements or appearances nor given any interviews since leaving
13552-560: The upcoming album in the parking garage where he lived at the time. With the breakthrough of alternative rock into the American mainstream due to the popularity of grunge bands such as Nirvana and Pearl Jam , the Smashing Pumpkins were poised for major commercial success. At this time, the Smashing Pumpkins were routinely lumped in with the grunge movement, with Corgan protesting, "We've graduated now from 'the next Jane's Addiction' to 'the next Nirvana', now we're 'the next Pearl Jam'." Amid this environment of intense internal pressure for
13673-457: Was also released at the same time. This was a compilation of all of the Pumpkins promo videos from Gish to Machina along with unreleased material. Vieuphoria was released on DVD in 2002, as was the soundtrack album Earphoria , previously released solely to radio stations in 1994. Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin reunited in 2001 as members of Corgan's next project, the short-lived supergroup Zwan . The group's only album, Mary Star of
13794-413: Was announced that the band would continue their In Plainsong acoustic tour with Jimmy Chamberlin on drums and were planning to head "straight to the studio after the dates to record a brand new album inspired by the sounds explored in the new acoustic setting". On February 25, 2016, Corgan posted a video from a Los Angeles studio on the band's Facebook account, giving an update on the writing process for
13915-533: Was held in Genting Highlands . GVF was not held in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic . The festival was return in September 2022, and took place in Sunway Lagoon under the name Good Vibes Weekender, featuring Korean rapper, CL , and Hong Kong singer, Jackson Wang as the main act. The festival's 2023 edition marks the 10th anniversary since the first edition and return to took place at
14036-621: Was inspired by the Cheap Trick song "I'll Be with You Tonight", and " Thirty-Three "—of which the first three were certified gold and all but "Zero" entered the Top 40. Many of the songs that did not make it onto Mellon Collie were released as B-sides to the singles, and were later compiled in The Aeroplane Flies High box set. The set was originally limited to 200,000 copies, but more were produced to meet demand. In 1996
14157-498: Was open about his appreciation of heavy metal, citing Dimebag Darrell of Pantera as his favorite contemporary guitarist. When one interviewer commented to Corgan and Iha that "Smashing Pumpkins is one of the groups that relegitimized heavy metal" and that they "were among the first alternative rockers to mention people like Ozzy and Black Sabbath with anything other than contempt", Corgan went on to rave about Black Sabbath's Master of Reality and Judas Priest 's Unleashed in
14278-416: Was quickly marred by discord within the band. As was the case with Gish , Corgan and Vig decided that Corgan should play nearly all of the guitar and bass parts on the album, contributing to an air of resentment. The contemporary music press began to portray Corgan as a tyrant. Corgan's depression, meanwhile, had deepened to the point where he contemplated suicide, and he compensated by practically living in
14399-467: Was recruited for the "Sacred and Profane" tour in support of the album and appeared in the videos accompanying its release. Released in 2000, Machina was initially promoted as the Pumpkins' return to a more traditional rock sound, after the more gothic, electronic-sounding Adore . The album debuted at number three on the Billboard charts, but quickly disappeared and as of 2007 had only been certified gold. Music journalist Jim DeRogatis , who described
14520-494: Was released that same month on Reprise Records , entering the Billboard charts at number two and selling 145,000 copies in its first week. Zeitgeist received mixed reviews, with much of the criticism targeted at the absence of half of the original lineup. The album divided the Pumpkins' fanbase. Corgan would later admit, "I know a lot of our fans are puzzled by Zeitgeist . I think they wanted this massive, grandiose work, but you don't just roll out of bed after seven years without
14641-438: Was when Lillian Gish rode through town on a train, my grandmother lived in the middle of nowhere, so that was a big deal ..." Later, Corgan joked that the album was originally going to be called "Fish", but was changed to "Gish" to avoid comparisons to jam band Phish . Gish was met with largely enthusiastic reviews. On the month of its release, Chris Heim of the Chicago Tribune credited producer Butch Vig for helping
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