The Smashing Pumpkins: 1979 (1996)
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.
Videos
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Billy Corgan
as Man in Backseat of Car
as Man in Backseat of Car
Jimmy Chamberlin
as Police Officer #1
as Police Officer #1
James Iha
as Convenience Store Clerk
as Convenience Store Clerk
D'arcy Wretzky
as Irate Neighbor
as Irate Neighbor
Giuseppe Andrews
as Teen
as Teen
Tim Gooch Lougee
as Police Officer #2
as Police Officer #2
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Crew arrow_drop_down
Jonathan Dayton
Director
Director
Valerie Faris
Director
Director
Bart Lipton
Producer
Producer
Billy Corgan
Music
Music
Billy Corgan
Music Producer
Music Producer
Tim Talbott
Production Assistant
Production Assistant
Alan Moulder
Music Producer
Music Producer
D'arcy Wretzky
Music
Music
Billy Corgan
Writer
Writer
James Iha
Music
Music
Jimmy Chamberlin
Music
Music
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