Billy Corgan is not a subtle man. He fronts one of his generation’s loudest and most bombastic bands, whose masterpiece is a double album called Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. Smashing Pumpkins’ third album is their creative and commercial peak, and it represents the apex of the ’90s alt-rock that defined Generation X. Make […]
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