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On September 5th 2000 the Smashing Pumpkins released Machina II / Friends and Enemies of Modern Music, ten years later the band are in a new form but are releasing all their music online for free under the project of Teargarden by Kaleidyscope.
We wanted to mark this anniversary and remind people that 10 years ago (long before Radiohead or Nine Inch Nails were giving music away for free online) the Smashing Pumpkins were one of the first bands to embrace the free distribution methods the Internet offers.
Ten years has sure flown by quickly and I’m sure we all wished back then the Smashing Pumpkins would still be releasing music 10 years later with new methods like they are now. So speaking of that, keep an eye out in the next few weeks for next song from Teargarden by Kaleidyscope, according to a tweet from Billy - it is one of his favourites.
Smashing Pumpkins Live at Triple J Studios on Smashing Pumpkins Live at JJJ Studios on 13th March 1996
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Angelakos says he was listening to a lot of “softer rock” when he first heard the sweeping Smashing Pumpkins song “Tonight, Tonight,” which was a Top 40 hit for the guitar-driven band in 1996. Main Pumpkin Billy Corgan started his band in the late-’80s in Chicago. By 1991 the group was in the middle of an alternative rock movement based on the buzzing sound and disillusioned spirit of its debut Gish. The band enjoyed further success two years later with Siamese Dream, which then led to its double-album opus Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, which yielded four chart hits. Among them was “Tonight, Tonight,” a song that paired Pumpkins trademarks – Corgan’s high wounded voice, a quiet/loud dynamic – in a dramatic setting replete with stings.
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Song three from Teargarden by Kaleidyscope “A Stitch in Time” is released.
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