Talk:The Smashing Pumpkins
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"Smashing Pumpkins" vs. "The Smashing Pumpkins"
I believe the name of the band is just "Smashing Pumpkins", not *The* Smashing Pumpkins.
- I think you're right. I'm going to move it. -- Zoe
- There is no clear consensus (among fans or the band itself) on what the "proper" name for the band is. I can say from first-hand experience that in the early days of the band at least one bandmember was adamant that there was no "The" in the name -- that "smashing" was intended as a verb not an adjective. As has been pointed out, at some point they must have relented on this stance as later releases had "The" in the text. I don't think it much matters how the article is titled so long as a proper redirect exists. I may try to add a bit to the article acknowledging the ambiguousness of the name. (I'm posting this to both talk pages, BTW) Jgm 15:45, 1 Apr 2004 (UTC)
It is Smashing Pumpkins... even though tons of people (and magazines) say The Smashing Pumpkins. The band was quoted remarking on this.
- See discussion just above. Whatever the band might have said at one time or another, I don't think we can call it "incorrect" when later releases had The Smashing Pumpkins on the record cover. Jgm 11:20, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- The band was titled Smashing Pumpkins until the 1995 release of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness when they added "The" to the name. All subsequent SP releases have "The Smashing Pumpkins" printed as the artists. I recall Billy Corgan saying he decided to change the name because "too many people were making Pumpkin jokes, and were bringing pumpkins to concerts to smash them". On another note, the original logo for the Pumpkins was the letters SP inside a heart. In 2000, the band released a new logo which was the letters SP between a crucifix so it looked more like TSP.
- MrHate 06:34, Sep 24, 2004 (UTC)
- Actually, the new logo looks more like STP
. –MementoVivere 08:26, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Actually, the new logo looks more like STP
Let's make this a featured article
I just came upon this article, and it seems to have great potential. If anyone has any appropriate/non-copyvio pictures, we'll need 'em. Also, the intro section should be expanded (IMO). For more info on featured article, see Wikipedia:Featured articles and Wikipedia:What is a featured article. Timbo ( t a l k ) 22:14, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- There are some good pictures here (http://www.netphoria.org/images_group.htm). Perhaps someone more knowledgeable in images/copyvios could see if we could use any. Timbo ( t a l k ) 22:43, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)