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The Smashing Pumpkins: 1979

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The Smashing Pumpkins: 1979

10.0

0h 4m

1996

Synopsis

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.

Director

Jonathan Dayton

Valerie Faris

Music

Cast & Crew

Billy Corgan

Billy Corgan

as Man in Backseat of Car

Jimmy Chamberlin

Jimmy Chamberlin

as Police Officer #1

James Iha

James Iha

as Convenience Store Clerk

D'arcy Wretzky

D'arcy Wretzky

as Irate Neighbor

Giuseppe Andrews

Giuseppe Andrews

as Teen

Tim Gooch Lougee

as Police Officer #2

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