Has listening to the Pumpkins changed your life?

[Ram27]

alt title == smashing pumpkins appreciation thread

I dunno, I don't know where I'd be right now if I hadn't downloaded Rotten Apples 6 years ago.

Despite the protestations of noonoo, Jimmy Chamberlin has been an incredible influence on me. When I first started playing drums, I was listening to mostly Nirvana, trying to copy Dave Grohl, and broke a ton of sticks and a few crash cymbals. Then I started to listen to the Pumpkins, and realize what a genius Jimmy C is.....I only ever started to give a shit about rudiments cause of that double stroke roll in the middle section of Quiet. It was only when I started to listen to Jimmy and the Pumpkins I started to learn how to play my instrument dynamically and gracefully, how to play offbeat snare hits, how to be a musician.

The first guitar I bought was a black Les Paul cause that's kinda what Iha was playing on the Mellon Collie tour.

The Pumpkins were an incredible band, and really started to get me into proper music and just made my life better in innumerable ways.

maybe that's why I have like 4 thousand posts on here. jesus.