The Smashing Pumpkins: 1979

The Smashing Pumpkins: 1979

Director: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris

Writer: Billy Corgan

Producer: Bart Lipton

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.

4 min Rating: 10/10 Released

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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

Movie Info

Director: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris

Writer: Billy Corgan

Producer: Bart Lipton

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