Formada en Chicago en 1988, The Smashing Pumpkins surgió como una de las bandas más influyentes del rock alternativo de la década de 1990. Billy Corgan (voz y guitarra), James Iha (guitarra), D'arcy Wretzky (bajo) y Jimmy Chamberlin (batería) fueron los miembros originales, y juntos crearon un sonido que mezclaba elementos de rock gótico, heavy metal y dream pop.
En 1991, lanzaron su álbum debut, Gish. Aunque no fue un éxito inmediato, estableció a la banda como una fuerza emergente en el rock alternativo. Pero fue su segundo álbum, Siamese Dream (1993), el que los catapultó a la fama. Canciones como "Today" y "Disarm" se convirtieron en éxitos masivos, ayudando a que el álbum vendiera más de cuatro millones de copias en los Estados Unidos.
El lanzamiento en 1995 de Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, un álbum doble, consolidó la reputación de la banda como innovadores musicales. Este trabajo incluyó éxitos como "1979", "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" y "Tonight, Tonight". Ganó múltiples premios y vendió más de diez millones de copias en todo el mundo.
Letra X. Y. U. - The Smashing Pumpkins
She didn?t wanna be, she didn?t wanna know
She couldn?t run away cause she was crazy
She gave it all away, she saw her baby break
And in the air it hung that she was dull razors
And i said, i wanna fill you up, i wanna break you, i wanna give you up
From one another, another one should come to one another
No one should come between us
Still i was lonely, and she was by my side, my one and only
Knows that she could never hide
I couldn?t feel her, and it was just a game,
Cause i was lonely and she was crazy
Rat-tat-tat, ka boom boom, now take that, and just a bit of this
Cause i?m a watcher, and i?m a doer of none
Come to save you, cause you?re all mine
I hurt where i can?t feel, i feel where i can?t hurt
I know where i can?t know, i bleed for me and mine
Ka-boom, a rat-tat-tat, and some good ole bliss
Cause i?m a sister, and i?m a motherfuck
I am made of shamrocks, i am made of stern stuff
I am never enough, i am the forgotten child
And i said i wanna fill you up, i wanna break you, i wanna give you up
From one another, no one should ever come
In between us, between us and our love
Mary had a little lamb, her face was white as snow
And everywhere that mary went i was sure to go
Now mary?s got a problem, and mary?s not a stupid girl
Mary?s got some deep shit, and mary does not forget
And this is how mary?s garden grows, and this is how mary has her ghosts
And into the eyes of the jackyl i say ka-boom
Now we begin descent, to where we?ve never been
There is no going back, this wasn?t meant to last
This is a hell on earth, we are meant to serve
And she will never learn [she will never learn]
Bye bye, baby goodbye [bye bye]