Tag: “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness”

The Smashing Pumpkins are back – with spectacular intensity

Jae-Ha Kim

You’d think that after performing for almost 2 1/2 hours and giving the audience three sets of encores, the Smashing Pumpkins would have run off the stage after their sold-out concert Friday night at the Rosemont Horizon. But when the house lights came on, there was a strange sight on stage. Singer Billy Corgan was still there, acknowledging the adulation of his cheering fans and obviously relishing the band’s triumphant homecoming.

Smashing Pumpkins return unbowed

Jae-Ha Kim

When the album “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard album chart last fall, the Smashing Pumpkins seemed destined for a stunning future.  Their previous works “Gish” and “Siamese Dream” had made them superstars, but no one in the band imagined that “Mellon Collie,” which  has sold more than 7 million copies in the  United States, would become the most successful double CD ever.