As a teenager, I discovered Smashing Pumpkins (specifically Mellon Collie) through an unlikely source Weird Al Yankovic.  As an angsty teen, the lyrics, “Despite all my rage…” hit home and I bought the album right away and became a life long Pumpkins fan.  Mellon Collie, has gotten me through a lot of rough times. The most painful was losing custody of my daughter after a bad break up. I listened to a lot of pumpkins to get me through it. Fast forward to her teenage years and I tried and tried to get her to listen to the Pumpkins to no avail. She did agree to drive 15 hours to go see them live in Toronto with me which shocked me. Something about the road trip, the live music was a bonding process for us. I thought about this and was so thankful for the Pumpkins and their music that I put together a video celebrating our relationship which I showed her on her birthday. Thank you for your music. 

Travis, a fan.