THE SMASHING PUMPKINS

Any loyal Filipino “Pumpkinhead” will tell you that THIS is the show Manila has been waiting for, and in true rock n’ roll fashion, might not happen again.

The band’s sound was like no other: driving rhythms, thickly layered guitar riffs that were juxtaposed between being beautifully melodic and densely dreary, the interplay of Corgan’s space-child vocals and angst-ridden screams – all brought together by his painfully honest lyricism – was hard to limit to the confines of traditional alternative, grunge, hard rock, new wave or even heavy metal and electronica. As evident with the progression of each album in the band’s extensive catalogue, the band undoubtedly remained a step ahead of their peers and always had the pulse of modern music within their arsenal, which is why they continue to release groundbreaking music to this day.