Billy Corgan Reflects on the 30th Anniversary of ‘Gish’ and Looks Ahead Andy Greene
Dirt, there was
Gish. And while it may be a stretch to say that Smashing Pumpkins’ 1991 debut LP was the first album of the alternative rock revolution (Jane’s Addiction, Pixies, Nirvana, and Mudhoney might have something to say about that), it was an enormous landmark nonetheless. At a time when most indie albums failed to reach many fans outside of an act’s small cult,
Gish entered the
Perhaps because the MTV crowd didn’t become aware of the Pumpkins until
Siamese Dream hit in 1993, long after Nirvana and Pearl Jam broke out on the cable channel,
Rolling Stone Menu Billy Corgan Reflects on the 30th Anniversary of ‘Gish’ and Looks Ahead
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Gish shows who we were as people before the real pressure came in,” says Corgan, who is celebrating the anniversary with a two-hour livestream with Jimmy Chamberlin
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Dirt, there was
Gish. And while it may be a stretch to say that Smashing Pumpkins’ 1991 debut LP was the first album of the alternative rock revolution (Jane’s Addiction, Pixies, Nirvana, and Mudhoney might have something to say about that), it was an enormous landmark nonetheless. At a time when most indie albums failed to reach many fans outside of an act’s small cult,
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Smashing Pumpkins Announce Gish 30th Anniversary Livestream iheart.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from iheart.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.