Photo by Gie Knaeps/Getty Images The Smashing Pumpkins released their debut studio album, Gish, on May 28, 1991. Gish was produced by Butch Vig and B... read more
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This English electronic band took their slick name from a French fashion magazine and had their first UK Top-10 hit with the synthpop number "Just Can't Get Enough" in 1981.
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David Gray explains the significance of the word "Babylon," and talks about how songs are a form of active imagination, with lyrics that reveal what's inside us.
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This song starts in Boston with a tea party and takes us to the other end of the American Revolution.
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Did the corduroy jacket come from the Gap? Is their biggest hit a cover song? Take this Fact or Fiction to find out.
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