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The Smashing Pumpkins

American alternative rock band
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Summary

The Smashing Pumpkins is a rock band[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of rock band entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (62,942 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance[3], MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year[4], MTV Video Music Award for Best Visual Effects[5]
  • Influenced by: Pink Floyd[6]
  • Genre: alternative rock[7]
  • Record label: Caroline Records[8], Virgin Records[9]
  • Discography: The Smashing Pumpkins discography[10]
  • Commons category: The Smashing Pumpkins[11]
  • Country of origin: United States[12]
  • Has part(s): Jeff Schroeder[13], Billy Corgan[14], Kiki Wong[15]
  • Inception: 1988[16]
  • Location of formation: Chicago[17]
  • Official website: http://www.smashingpumpkins.com[18]
  • Topic's main category: Category:The Smashing Pumpkins[19]
  • Topic has template: Template:The Smashing Pumpkins[20]
  • Start of work period: 1988[21], 2006[22]
  • End of work period: 2000[23]
  • Has list: list of band members of The Smashing Pumpkins[24]
  • Name: The Smashing Pumpkins[25]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

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  • Type: Group[26]

  • Country: US[27]

  • Began / founded: 1988[28]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, dream pop, grunge, neo-psychedelia, progressive rock, rock, shoegaze, symphonic rock, synth-pop[29]

  • Community tags: alternative rock, dream pop, grunge, neo-psychedelia, progressive rock, rock, shoegaze, spacegrunge, symphonic rock, synth-pop[30]

  • MusicBrainz ID: ba0d6274-db14-4ef5-b28d-657ebde1a396[31]

Why It Matters

The Smashing Pumpkins has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

It has been cited as an influence by Evanescence[34], a rock band[35], founded in 1994[36]; 3 Doors Down[37], a musical group[38], founded in 1996[39]; Simple Plan[40], a musical group[41], founded in 1999[42]; Lifehouse[43], a rock band[44], founded in 1999[45]; and Bala[46], a rock band[47], in Spain[48], founded in 2014[49].

FAQs

What awards did The Smashing Pumpkins receive?

Honors received include Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance[3], MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year[4], and MTV Video Music Award for Best Visual Effects[5].

Who did The Smashing Pumpkins influence?

The Smashing Pumpkins has been cited as an influence by Evanescence[34], 3 Doors Down[37], Simple Plan[40], and Lifehouse[43].

Related Entities

3 Doors Down Billy Corgan Simple Plan United States Virgin Records

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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  1. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
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  3. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [42] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [47] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [48] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [49] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Trivialist · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 23w ago · Sanremofilo · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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