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The Smashing Pumpkins: American Gothic

Ben Edmonds, MOJO, December 1996

The music of the Smashing Pumpkins has brought the dark night of the soul to the wide open spaces of America’s arenas and radio waves. Their story likewise traces a path somewhere between Pink Floyd and Joy Division. Ben Edmonds reports from the brink of the abyss.

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