My 90’s alt-rock phase entered my life in 8th grade. As a confused, angsty kid, a lot of it really touched me, but no band did more than the Smashing Pumpkins. They’re my favorite band still, and I dived into Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie and made it the soundtrack of my 8th grade year, and helped me so damn much to cope with my hormones and complex feelings. 8th grade was spent with me being harassed by assholes, having not great friends, and of course, bad and futile attempts to impress/attract girls- and the Pumpkins, and especially Mellon Collie, made it way more bearable. 1979 takes me right back to 8th grade- school sucked, but I still felt young and alive, and the Smashing Pumpkins made the worst of it so much more bearable.