The Smashing Pumpkins: 1979 backdrop

The Smashing Pumpkins: 1979 1996 Directed by Jonathan Dayton , Valerie Faris

Smashing Pumpkins performs in the music video "1979" from the album "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" recorded for Virgin Records. The music video opens with a group of children rolling another child in a large tire. Billy Corgan sings as he is driven in the backseat of a Dodge Charger. Clips of disaffected suburban teenage life play throughout.

Country USA
Language English
Gnere Music
Release Date 23 January 1996
4 mins
Cast
Billy Corgan Man in Backseat of Car
Jimmy Chamberlin Police Officer #1
James Iha Convenience Store Clerk
D'arcy Wretzky Irate Neighbor
Tim Gooch Lougee Police Officer #2