The world is a vampire sent to drain is a lyric that sums up ’90s alt-angst. While the Smashing Pumpkins ascended to alternative rock dominance, the indie crowd called them “careerists,” “fake,” or, as Steve Albini put it, insignificant. Bob Mould called them “the grunge Monkees.” Stephen Malkmus, playing frontman Billy Corgan’s nemesis, mocked the […]
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