Smashing Pumpkins

I don't know about you guys, but i love smashing pumpkins. I wish they hadn't broken up, i haven't really listened to zwan, but I love Mellon Collie and the infinite sadness. It's a masterpiece. Some of my favorite songs of theirs are Zero, Disarm, Bullet with Butterfly wings, Here is no why, landslide, today, and muzzle.

Have you heard Machina II? Some good stuff on there, but you first have to find it! Creative way to "stick it to the man"! I think that Billy Corgan was interested in trying some new stuff that wasn't like SP, so they broke up, though I'm really not sure. I also heard that Zwan broke up.
They do some cool live covers, I have a CD of them doing Once In a Lifetime (pretty screwed up version, didn't even recognize it) and Join Together (great version of a great Who song)

I'm also a big fan of SP and it was a very sad thing that the band broke up. I heard that James formed this band the Virgins with that Mellisa, the gal who filled in for Darcy (or is it Melanie-dont really remember), but i never heard any of the band's song. Visited its website once though!!
Some of my all time favs are Tonite-Tonite, 1979, Perfect, Disarm, This Time, the Imploding Voice, Luna, Tristesa

me too , i'm a big fan of the smashing pumpkins , for me they're #1 , i thought that (The smashing pumpkins = Billy Corgan) , and that Zwan will be as good as the pumpkins , but i got dissapointed , it's soooo different and not as good as the pumpkins
anyway my favorite songs are :
mayonaise
marquis in spades
rhinoceros
soma
the tale of Dusty and pistole pete
blank page
1979
speed kills
...
and so many more.

They were great. My favorite song of theirs was "We Only Come Out At Night" for some reason. Gish is my favorite album of theirs. I was much more into them than any of the grunge stuff back in the day. They had better songs and were shoegazy sounding. I do miss them, Zwan sounded like a light weight version of them. I found that surprising because the former guitarist of Slint was in the band, I truly thought they were gonna be a complete departure from the Smashing Pumpkins and they weren't.

I think my favorite songs would have to be:

Porcelina of the vast oceans
Muzzle
Mayonaise

I went to a Rolling Stones concert several years ago and the Stones had 3 opening bands. Matchbox 20 opened first..after that the Dave Matthews Band played then the Smashing Pumpkins then finally the Stones played. I guess when you are as popular as the Stones you can get 3 bigname bands to open for you as odd of a lineup as it was. It was right around the time Mellan Collie came out and they played almost the whole album straight through minus about 4 or 5 songs...they didn't play a single song of siamese dream so the casual fans were kind of pissed but I thought it was a great show.

Don't forget Cherub Rock!

I have loved the Pumpkins ever since Siamese dream and I will always be a fan of them. Make sure you check out Billy Corgan's solo effort soon.

Yeah I really like SP too. Mellon Collie and the infinite sadness is an awesome album, and I need to get siamese dream too. My favorite songs are Porcelina of the vast oceans, galapagos, disarm, zero, in the arms of sleep, and tonight tonight. I haven't checked out anything billy did solo or zwan though.

Sorry.

But I don´t like that band, I have not heard so much of them, but the few what I have heard does not fit my expectations, even I don't remember any song name from them

If you like them. enjoy them

I like SP alot but i cant seem to find any of their albums or even any songs on the net, i only see music videos from time to time, theyre depriving me of good music i tell you!!!

believe me, you really don't want to.

zwan isn't that goof... it's just overloaded with guitars...
well, Corgan is Christian now, and he also does poems with his acoustic guitars. Seems like he changes style every day, hehe.
He gives his fans really much attention though (like the forums and such), that's important.

...newbie here...those of you that love the Pumpkins but not Zwan...give the title track a chance...I agree the released songs weren't so hot...just give Jesus,I/Mary Star of the Sea another FULL spin...if you loved the Pumpkins, it'll give you chills...oh and visit Billy's site...he's really opened up lately...


...Partake of every tree...Genesis 1:29

Zwan's album is £3 at FOPP. I might buy it.

Anyway, SP, when they were in their prime, were incredible. Machina was terrible though.