The Smashing Pumpkins

The Smashing Pumpkins are an American alternative rock band that was formed by frontman Billy Corgan and James Iha. The band has included Jimmy Chamberlin, Melissa Auf der Mau, D'arcy Wretzky, and currently includes Mike Byrne ), Nicole Fiorentino, and Jeff Schroeder among its membership.

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.

The Smashing Pumpkins broke into the musical mainstream with their second album, Siamese Dream, in 1993. The group built its audience with extensive touring and their follow-up, the double album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, in 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 2011, and are currently recording the albums Teargarden by Kaleidyscope and Oceania.

They have released eight studio albums, four live albums, one digital live album series, seven compilation albums, five extended plays, 41 singles, four video albums, 23 music videos and contributions to five soundtrack albums.

The Smashing Pumpkins have been praised for being "responsible for some of the '90s' most striking and memorable video clips" and for having "approached videos from a completely artistic standpoint rather than mere commercials to sell albums".

The band was nominated for several MTV Video Music Awards during the 1990s. In 1996, the group won seven VMAs total for the "1979" and "Tonight, Tonight" videos, including the top award, Video of the Year, for "Tonight, Tonight". The video was also nominated for a Grammy at the 1997 ceremony. Shortly after the band's initial breakup, the Greatest Hits Video Collection was released, collecting the band's music videos from 1991–2000 and including commentary from Corgan, Iha, Chamberlin, and various music video directors with outtakes, live performances, and the "Try Try Try" extended short film. The band has released several music videos since the reunion to YouTube and other online sources.

Music Videos
 * 1979
 * Ava Adore
 * Bullet with Butterfly Wings
 * Cherub Rock
 * Perfect
 * Rocket
 * The End is the Beginning is the End
 * Tonight, Tonight