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A year later I heard the song Drown and I didn’t know at the time that this was the same band whose song I had taped off the radio so long ago. The unique sound of the guitars always made me smile, but once again, this guitar solo on a song made me think, “What is this?! Who is this?! It rocks!” It wasn’t until ‘94 that I finally knew the name of the band: Smashing Pumpkins. I hadn’t been listening to rock music much as my school friends’ interest in music was mostly hip hop. In ‘94 I had heard some kids that I hardly knew talk about a music video with a guy in an ice cream truck. I had no idea what they were talking about as my family didn’t have cable TV. These kids said that it was the best video “ever” for some song called “Today.” So as an impressionable youth, I started to listen to the alternative rock station again and heard Today and Disarm played back to back on a “block party” weekend where the radio station played 3 songs in a row of the same band. I later taped Today, with its memorable riff and powerful guitar tones, and listened to it over and over again. It wouldn’t be until September of 1995 that I heard these same kids who were talking about the “Today” video mention the amazement of the Smashing Pumpkins recording a double album and how the band misspelled Melancholy. It was at that moment that I knew something special was going to happen when their new album came out. I remember listening to the radio and the excitement around the time of its release with an upcoming live concert broadcast that was going happen. The DJ came on the radio saying that they just got the new Smashing Pumpkins album and they were going play some of it. They played “Tonight, Tonight,” “Jellybelly,” “Zero,” and then “Bullet with Butterfly Wings.” It was so amazing to me at the young age of 14, rocking my air guitar as Bullet was playing. They continued by playing more songs off of Mellon Collie and my mind was made up: I wanted this album! I listened to the now famous broadcast of the ‘95 Riviera show: how they started with the same songs I had rocked out to just a few days earlier and then the sudden power failure during Zero. That night I told my mom that I wanted the new Smashing Pumpkins record for Christmas (even though I knew it was months away).

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一年後、Drownという曲を聞いたのですが、これがずっと前にラジオで録音した曲と同じバンドだとは当時は知りませんでした。ギターの独特の音はいつも笑顔になりましたが、この曲のギターソロは「これは何？！これは誰ですか？！揺れる！」 私がついにtを知ったのは'94年まででした

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A year later, I heard a song called Drown, but I didn't know at the time that it was the same band that I recorded on the radio long ago. The peculiar sound of the guitar always made me smile, but the guitar solo of this song was "What is this ?! Who is this ?! Shaking!" I finally t

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一年後、Drownという曲を聞いたのですが、昔ラジオで録音したのと同じバンドだとは当時は知りませんでした。ギターの独特の音はいつも笑顔になりましたが、この曲のギターソロは「これは何？！これは誰？！揺れる！」でした。 私はついにt

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A year later, I heard a song called Drown, but I didn't know at the time that it was the same band I recorded on the radio a long time ago. The peculiar sound of the guitar always made me smile, but the guitar solo of this song was "What is this ?! Who is this ?! Shaking!". I finally t

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一年後、Drownという曲を聞いたのですが、昔ラジオで録音したのと同じバンドだとは当時は知りませんでした。ギター特有の音がいつも笑顔になりましたが、この曲のギターソロは「なにこれ？！これは誰？！揺れる！」でした。 私はついにt

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A year later, I heard a song called Drown, but I didn't know at the time that it was the same band I recorded on the radio a long time ago. The sound peculiar to the guitar always made me smile, but the guitar solo of this song was "What is this ?! Who is this ?! Shaking!". I finally t

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一年後、Drownという曲を聞いたのですが、昔ラジオで録音したのと同じバンドだとは当時は知りませんでした。ギター特有の音はいつも笑顔になりましたが、この曲のギターソロは「これは何？！これは誰？！揺れる！」でした。 私はついにt

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A year later, I heard a song called Drown, but I didn't know at the time that it was the same band I recorded on the radio a long time ago. The sound peculiar to the guitar always made me smile, but the guitar solo of this song was "What is this ?! Who is this ?! Shaking!". I finally t