Smashing Pumpkins - GishArriving several months before Nirvana's Nevermind, the Smashing Pumpkins' debut album Gish, which was also produced by Butch Vig, was the first shot of the alternative revolution that transformed the rock and roll landscape of the '90s. While Nirvana was a punk band, the Smashing Pumpkins and guitarist vocalist Billy Corgan are arena rockers, co opting their metallic riffs and epic art rock song structures with self absorbed lyrical confessions.

As the world outside seemed to slide deeper into instability

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before the pandemic forced her and producer Robert Raths to stay local and mix it in East London

left to ponder his whereabouts and whether or not he'll make it back from the cosmos alive

To call the impact seismic would be an understatement

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which begs the question with the force of five extended tracks that are guaranteed to blow your mind to the stratosphere

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