The Smashing Pumpkins: 1979

Name: The Smashing Pumpkins: 1979
Director: Jonathan Dayton
Genre: Music
Released: 1996-01-23
Duration: 4 min
Rating: 10
Cast: Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Giuseppe Andrews

1996

Music

Director: Jonathan Dayton

Writer: Billy Corgan

Overview

Smashing Pumpkins performs in the music video "1979" from the album "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" recorded for Virgin Records. The music video opens with a group of children rolling another child in a large tire. Billy Corgan sings as he is driven in the backseat of a Dodge Charger. Clips of disaffected suburban teenage life play throughout.