The Smashing Pumpkins: 1979

Overview

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.

Cast

Billy Corgan

Man in Backseat of Car

Jimmy Chamberlin

Police Officer #1

James Iha

Convenience Store Clerk

D'arcy Wretzky

Irate Neighbor

Giuseppe Andrews

Teen

N/A

Tim Gooch Lougee

Police Officer #2