The Smashing Pumpkins: 1979

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Release date: January 23, 1996
Duration: 4 minutes
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Overview

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.

Starring

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Billy Corgan
Man in Backseat of Car
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Jimmy Chamberlin
Police Officer #1
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James Iha
Convenience Store Clerk
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D'arcy Wretzky
Irate Neighbor