The Smashing Pumpkins: 1979
The Smashing Pumpkins: 1979

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The Smashing Pumpkins: 1979

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1996
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Music

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.

Cast

Billy Corgan

Billy Corgan

Man in Backseat of Car

Jimmy Chamberlin

Jimmy Chamberlin

Police Officer #1

James Iha

James Iha

Convenience Store Clerk

D'arcy Wretzky

Irate Neighbor

Giuseppe Andrews

Giuseppe Andrews

Teen

Tim Gooch Lougee

Police Officer #2

Written by

Billy Corgan

Billy Corgan

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