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*Alternative rock<ref>{{cite web | url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,996280,00.html | title=Music: Machina/The Machines of God - The Smashing Pumpkins | work=[[w:Time (magazine)|Time]] | date=March 6, 2000 | accessdate=July 26, 2015 | author=Farley, CHristopher John}}</ref> | *Alternative rock<ref>{{cite web | url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,996280,00.html | title=Music: Machina/The Machines of God - The Smashing Pumpkins | work=[[w:Time (magazine)|Time]] | date=March 6, 2000 | accessdate=July 26, 2015 | author=Farley, CHristopher John}}</ref> | ||
*alternative metal<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/sendme.tin?page=/mtv/music/reviews/archive/blather/smashing_pumpkins_00.html |title=The Smashing Pumpkins - Machina/The Machines of God |publisher=[[MTV|MTV Online]] |accessdate=July 26, 2015 |author=Ferguson, Jason |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010725043901/http://www.mtv.com/sendme.tin?page=%2Fmtv%2Fmusic%2Freviews%2Farchive%2Fblather%2Fsmashing_pumpkins_00.html |archivedate=July 25, 2001 }}</ref> | *alternative metal<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/sendme.tin?page=/mtv/music/reviews/archive/blather/smashing_pumpkins_00.html |title=The Smashing Pumpkins - Machina/The Machines of God |publisher=[[w:MTV|MTV Online]] |accessdate=July 26, 2015 |author=Ferguson, Jason |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010725043901/http://www.mtv.com/sendme.tin?page=%2Fmtv%2Fmusic%2Freviews%2Farchive%2Fblather%2Fsmashing_pumpkins_00.html |archivedate=July 25, 2001 }}</ref> | ||
*gothic rock | *gothic rock | ||
*dream pop | *dream pop | ||
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'''''Machina/The Machines of God''''' is the fifth studio album by [[The Smashing Pumpkins]], released on February 29, 2000, by [[W:Virgin Records|Virgin Records]]. A [[:Category:Concept albums|concept album]],<ref name="kroq">Interview with Billy Corgan, May 24, 2000, [[KROQ-FM]]</ref> it marked the return of drummer [[Jimmy Chamberlin]] and was intended to be the band's final official LP release prior to their first break up in 2000. A sequel album—''[[Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music]]''—was later released independently via the Internet, and limited quantities for the physical version. | '''''Machina/The Machines of God''''' is the fifth studio album by [[The Smashing Pumpkins]], released on February 29, 2000, by [[W:Virgin Records|Virgin Records]]. A [[:Category:Concept albums|concept album]],<ref name="kroq">Interview with Billy Corgan, May 24, 2000, [[w:KROQ-FM|KROQ-FM]]</ref> it marked the return of drummer [[Jimmy Chamberlin]] and was intended to be the band's final official LP release prior to their first break up in 2000. A sequel album—''[[Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music]]''—was later released independently via the Internet, and limited quantities for the physical version. | ||
As with its predecessor, ''[[Adore (The Smashing Pumpkins album)|Adore]]'', ''Machina'' represented a drastic image and sound change for the band. After the relatively brief ''Adore'' tour, the new line-up with Chamberlin and the former [[W:Hole (band)|Hole]] bass guitarist [[W:Melissa Auf der Maur|Melissa Auf der Maur]] mounted longer international tours that returned the live incarnation of the band to a guitar-driven [[W:Hard rock|hard rock]] style.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.livedaily.com/archive/2000/2k02/wk1/ReviewSmashingPumpkinsPla.html |title=Review: Smashing Pumpkins Play Visceral Show in Northern California (02/7/2000) |last=Reiley |first=Laura |date=February 7, 2000 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000229191724/http://www.livedaily.com/archive/2000/2k02/wk1/ReviewSmashingPumpkinsPla.html |archivedate=February 29, 2000 |accessdate=October 9, 2012}}</ref> | As with its predecessor, ''[[Adore (The Smashing Pumpkins album)|Adore]]'', ''Machina'' represented a drastic image and sound change for the band. After the relatively brief ''Adore'' tour, the new line-up with Chamberlin and the former [[W:Hole (band)|Hole]] bass guitarist [[W:Melissa Auf der Maur|Melissa Auf der Maur]] mounted longer international tours that returned the live incarnation of the band to a guitar-driven [[W:Hard rock|hard rock]] style.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.livedaily.com/archive/2000/2k02/wk1/ReviewSmashingPumpkinsPla.html |title=Review: Smashing Pumpkins Play Visceral Show in Northern California (02/7/2000) |last=Reiley |first=Laura |date=February 7, 2000 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000229191724/http://www.livedaily.com/archive/2000/2k02/wk1/ReviewSmashingPumpkinsPla.html |archivedate=February 29, 2000 |accessdate=October 9, 2012}}</ref> | ||
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Corgan described the new recording process for ''Machina'', now focused more on the song development than on the concept: | Corgan described the new recording process for ''Machina'', now focused more on the song development than on the concept: | ||
{{cquote|We spent most of the time trying to take the songs as far as they could be taken down a particular avenue. So if it was gonna be proto-cyber metal, we tried to make it very proto and very cyber. If it was acoustic, then we tried to not fall into the typical [[w:rock ballad|ballad-y]] kind of aspects. That's where we spent most of our time. The songs were probably written in about a day.<ref name="mtv2000">{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1434163/20000302/smashing_pumpkins.jhtml |title=Billy Corgan Discusses Painless "''Machina''" Sessions |last=Basham |first=David |date=March 2, 2000 |work=[[MTV|mtv.com]] |accessdate=October 9, 2012}}</ref>}} | {{cquote|We spent most of the time trying to take the songs as far as they could be taken down a particular avenue. So if it was gonna be proto-cyber metal, we tried to make it very proto and very cyber. If it was acoustic, then we tried to not fall into the typical [[w:rock ballad|ballad-y]] kind of aspects. That's where we spent most of our time. The songs were probably written in about a day.<ref name="mtv2000">{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1434163/20000302/smashing_pumpkins.jhtml |title=Billy Corgan Discusses Painless "''Machina''" Sessions |last=Basham |first=David |date=March 2, 2000 |work=[[w:MTV|mtv.com]] |accessdate=October 9, 2012}}</ref>}} | ||
In the end, the theatrical qualities of the live performances and appearances were mostly abandoned. Many of the songs on the album refer to the ending of love and relationships (both romantic and otherwise), most of them obvious references to the band themselves. Corgan described "This Time" as "my love song to the band."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/Billy/status/78435594295975936 |title=Twitter / Billy: I Bet You Didn't Know That ... |last=Corgan |first=Billy |authorlink=Billy Corgan |date=June 8, 2011 |work=[[w:Twitter|Twitter]] |accessdate=October 9, 2012}}</ref> According to Corgan, the album was structured so that the first eight tracks would be "more poppy", and the last seven "more arty." Generally, Corgan appraised the sound of the album as "a rock 'n' roll approach with pop sensibility."<ref>{{cite journal |title=[Billy Corgan interview] |journal=INSite}}</ref> After the [[W:Electronica|electronica]]-influenced ''Adore'', ''Machina'' was a return to the distorted guitar sound of previous albums, though synthesizers and acoustic guitars were still heavily used. | In the end, the theatrical qualities of the live performances and appearances were mostly abandoned. Many of the songs on the album refer to the ending of love and relationships (both romantic and otherwise), most of them obvious references to the band themselves. Corgan described "This Time" as "my love song to the band."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/Billy/status/78435594295975936 |title=Twitter / Billy: I Bet You Didn't Know That ... |last=Corgan |first=Billy |authorlink=Billy Corgan |date=June 8, 2011 |work=[[w:Twitter|Twitter]] |accessdate=October 9, 2012}}</ref> According to Corgan, the album was structured so that the first eight tracks would be "more poppy", and the last seven "more arty." Generally, Corgan appraised the sound of the album as "a rock 'n' roll approach with pop sensibility."<ref>{{cite journal |title=[Billy Corgan interview] |journal=INSite}}</ref> After the [[W:Electronica|electronica]]-influenced ''Adore'', ''Machina'' was a return to the distorted guitar sound of previous albums, though synthesizers and acoustic guitars were still heavily used. | ||
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On March 9, the band went on the Thursday edition of ''@MTV Week'' at Broadway Studios in New York City for a half-hour live TV special. During the broadcast they performed "The Everlasting Gaze" as well as "I of the Mourning" after an online and call-in voting competition between three songs from ''Machina''. The special also featured [[W:Carson Daly|Carson Daly]] interviewing the band members and online chats with the band, and an interactive online video for "The Crying Tree of Mercury." | On March 9, the band went on the Thursday edition of ''@MTV Week'' at Broadway Studios in New York City for a half-hour live TV special. During the broadcast they performed "The Everlasting Gaze" as well as "I of the Mourning" after an online and call-in voting competition between three songs from ''Machina''. The special also featured [[W:Carson Daly|Carson Daly]] interviewing the band members and online chats with the band, and an interactive online video for "The Crying Tree of Mercury." | ||
On May 23, Corgan announced on [[W:KROQ-FM|KROQ-FM]] that the band would be breaking up at the end of the year.<ref name="kroq"/> The band reconvened in a studio to finish off the leftover ''Machina'' tracks, but Virgin remained uninterested, so the band released ''[[Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music|Machina II]]'' on their own in September, handing them off to fans to distribute free over the Internet.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spfc.org/band/studio.html?session_id=47 |title=spfc.org : Studio Sessions : Jul 2000 – Chicago Recording Company |work=spfc.org |accessdate=October 9, 2012}}</ref> | On May 23, Corgan announced on [[W:KROQ-FM|KROQ-FM]] that the band would be breaking up at the end of the year.<ref name="kroq"/> The band reconvened in a studio to finish off the leftover ''Machina'' tracks, but Virgin remained uninterested, so the band released ''[[w:Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music|Machina II]]'' on their own in September, handing them off to fans to distribute free over the Internet.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spfc.org/band/studio.html?session_id=47 |title=spfc.org : Studio Sessions : Jul 2000 – Chicago Recording Company |work=spfc.org |accessdate=October 9, 2012}}</ref> | ||
The video for the final single, "[[Try, Try, Try]]", directed by [[W:Jonas Åkerlund|Jonas Åkerlund]], was released on September 11, 2000, but did not receive airplay in the US due to its graphic content.<ref>{{cite video |title=[[The Smashing Pumpkins – Greatest Hits Video Collection (1991–2000)]] |type="Try, Try, Try" video commentary |date=November 20, 2001}}</ref> | The video for the final single, "[[Try, Try, Try]]", directed by [[W:Jonas Åkerlund|Jonas Åkerlund]], was released on September 11, 2000, but did not receive airplay in the US due to its graphic content.<ref>{{cite video |title=[[w:The Smashing Pumpkins – Greatest Hits Video Collection (1991–2000)|The Smashing Pumpkins – Greatest Hits Video Collection (1991–2000)]] |type="Try, Try, Try" video commentary |date=November 20, 2001}}</ref> | ||
=== Glass and The Machines of God === | === Glass and The Machines of God === | ||