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UNBOXING AND REVIEW: Smashing Pumpkins – “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness’ Box Set

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Hang out with GhostCultKeefy666 as he deep dives into the world of Smashing Pumpkins! First up: he reviews the nineties classic Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness (Virgin Records) album and discusses its original reception and place in the scene. Not only was this a touchstone release for the post-Grunge and Alternative Rock heyday, but it is also a monumental concept record in the vein of the best ever created. It also has some of the Pumpkins’ heaviest songs, as well as moments of sublime chill.

Then Keefy takes you through a full unboxing of every element of this deluxe 6 LP vinyl boxed set (there is also a 4 CD version)!

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CLASSIC ALBUMS REVISITED: Nine Inch Nails Released The Fragile 20 Years Ago

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Even geniuses get beat up by the press and fans sometimes. There were very few albums as big, pervasive in music culture and brilliant as Nine Inch Nails career highlight The Downward Spiral (Nothing/Interscope) was in 1994. The problem is, how do you follow it up, especially when the entire world jumped on the bandwagon and copied your style? Well, you don’t do a belly flop into stasis, you work harder than ever to expand, change drastically and do all the things. The Fragile (Nothing/Interscope) is Trent Reznor doing all the things, really well. Continue reading →


Twenty-Five Years Ago Marilyn Manson Released “Portrait of an American Family”

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…And popular music was never the same again. That’s how this story began for anyone following the career of Marilyn Manson, though few can claim to have seen it coming except for the star himself. Surely if you asked him, he visualized, created, dreamed and willed his ugly, beautiful, heavy baby into existence with Portrait of an American Family (Nothing/Interscope). His real-life nightmare/snuff film/acid trip/Satanist/Nietzche manifesto on the psyche of the modern world gave birth to a legion of fans and imitators the same way his heroes Bowie, KISS, Alice Cooper, Black Sabbath, Arthur Brown, The Doors, Iggy and the Stooges, and more did. Continue reading →