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In search of my Rock Time 12 – Smashing Pumpkins

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In search of my Rock Time 12 – Smashing Pumpkins

「終夜，我的神思未嘗獲得解脫，它是如此遲緩地蠕動著，似在抵禦那未然的、潛伏而即將蔓延的憂思入侵……關於那漸行漸遠的憂傷，我竟是這般地眷戀。畢竟快樂是片刻而短暫的，僅僅供人膜拜、奢求與緬懷。憂傷才是永恆，令人久久無法釋懷，深深烙印於心。聆聽 Smashing Pumpkins 的 Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness，令人沉溺在舒馳優雅的絃樂聲中，隨之而來的低調、深沉、嘈雜、狂飆的樂音，在每個思緒的隙縫中流竄，我們的憂傷不禁傾瀉如無法抑留的時光。」-- 1996.9.30軍中生活劄記

我是從 Smashing Pumpkins (非凡人物合唱團) 的第二張專輯 1993 年發行的《Siamese Dream》(暹邏之夢) 開始接觸這個樂團，維基百科提到了他們的風格：
have a diverse, densely layered, and guitar-heavy sound, containing elements of gothic rock, heavy metal, psychedelic rock, arena rock, shoegazer-style production and, in later recordings, electronica.

確實他們的音樂風格繁複多變，一首歌當中總有許多層次，情緒在憤怒與憂傷交替的旋律中前進，在聲嘶力竭的聲線裡翻滾，之後隨之沸騰像火花般四處飛濺...

再多聽一點 Smashing Pumpkins 以及他們帶來的震撼吧！

參考資料
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smashing_Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins is an American alternative rock band that formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1988. Formed by Billy Corgan (vocals, guitar) and James Iha (guitar, backing vocals), the band has included D'arcy Wretzky (bass guitar, backing vocals), Jimmy Chamberlin (drums, percussion), and Melissa Auf der Maur (bass guitar) amongst its membership.

Disavowing the punk rock roots shared by many of their alt-rock contemporaries, the Pumpkins have a diverse, densely layered, and guitar-heavy sound, containing elements of gothic rock, heavy metal, psychedelic rock, arena rock, shoegazer-style production and, in later recordings, electronica. Frontman Billy Corgan is the group's primary songwriter—his grand musical ambitions and cathartic lyrics have shaped the band's albums and songs, which have been described as "anguished, bruised reports from Billy Corgan's nightmare-land".

The Smashing Pumpkins broke into the musical mainstream with their second album, Siamese Dream (1993). The group built its audience with extensive touring and their follow-up, the double album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995), debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 album chart. With approximately 18.75 million albums sold in the United States alone, The Smashing Pumpkins were one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed bands of the 1990s. However, internal fighting, drug use, and diminishing record sales hampered the band and led to a 2000 break-up.

In 2006, Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin reconvened to record a new Smashing Pumpkins album, Zeitgeist. The band toured with a lineup of between five and nine musicians through much of 2007 and 2008. Chamberlin left the band in 2009 and was replaced by Mike Byrne. Corgan, Byrne, and a rotating lineup of other musicians are currently recording the 44-song Teargarden by Kaleidyscope, which has been released, a song at a time, since late 2009.

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http://www.smashingpumpkins.com/

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