Smashing Pumpkins: Machina/Machines of God (Hut) *
Tom Cox, Guardian, The, 18 February 2000
FOR THE DIZZY hippy posing as disaffected slacker, Smashing Pumpkins were the perfect band to help you dream your way through the grunge era.
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