Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness took me from enthusiastic Smashing Pumpkins fan to utterly obsessed Smashing Pumpkins fan. No other music connects with my soul as strongly, and the journey over the last 25 years since MCIS’s release has been incredible.  When I married my husband of 10 years, I walked down the aisle to Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.