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Drummer Jimmy Chamberlain lays down an impressive kinetic beat, Billy Corgan sings some grinding vocals, guitarist James Iha plays catchy melodies, and D'arcy surges forward her bass. I Am One - 'I Am One' sets the tone for the rest of the album. Producer Butch Vig (Garbage) helms the boards for Gish,resulting in the toughest,most traditonally 'Rock' sounding album of SP's repatiore.īilly Corgan (songwriter, guitar, vocals)ġ. With bassist D'arcy, guitarist James, and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, they embarked on an instant buzz-generating series of gigs that included the opening slots for acts like Jane's Addiction, The Buzzcocks, and Caterqaul. It was shallow, everything the Pumpkins are not.'Ĭorgan came to his senses and returned to the Windy City, forming Smashing Pumpkins in 1988. 'The whole sex, drugs, and rock and roll thing. 'Being in that band taught me everything I had gotten into music for was total garbage,' he declares.

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The son of a professional funk/jazz guitarist, weaned on the lessons of Bowie, Zeppelin, and The Stooges, Corgan began his musical career in the mid-80's, relocating from his native Chicago down to Florida with a group called The Marked.

'It's got a lot to do with me exorcising old demons, getting my act together, overcoming a lot of my shortcomings. 'Not in a God way, but in a personal way,' asserts singer/guitarist Billy Corgan. Gish was a sublimely spiritual body of work.