The Smashing Pumpkins: 1979 Poster

The Smashing Pumpkins: 1979

100.00% | January 23, 1996 | Music

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.

Featured Crew

Jonathan Dayton
Director
Valerie Faris
Director
Bart Lipton
Producer

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
D'arcy Wretzky
Irate Neighbor

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