Now this goes as far back as when I was very young. Much of my older cousins were one of those kids who grew up in the 90’s as teenagers. A couple of them are fans of The Smashing Pumpkins. The name pretty much fascinated me for a very long time. I didn’t get into their music until I was 15. I bought the double album “Mellon Collie & the Infinite Sadness”. Ever since that time, Jeff Soles (one of my older cousins and devoted SP fan who met Billy Corgan at their 2000 show) Would clue me in on how to catch on to their other material. I’ve followed up on all of their music since becoming a full-fledged SP fan. I’ve always considered “Mellon Collie” to be not only the best album I have ever heard, but also the holy grail of 90’s alternative rock albums; and I still think that to be true to this day.