The scorched land. The story of The Smashing PumpKins

The Smashing PumpKins escaped from obscurity due to the damp and inharmonious sound, which expressed discontent and disappointment of young people in the late eighties. Contemporaries of Nirvana and Pearl Jam, with whom they were compared, they quickly outgrown the framework of the grunge. The constantly changing appearance of the group and the experiments of Billy Corgan in the field of writing texts and music allowed her, despite internal problems, to remain successful and active on an unstable alternative scene for a decade.
Independent musical journalist Amy Hanson tried to present a detailed biography of one of the most creative American groups, from its lightning rushing to sudden dissolution