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'''''Machina/The Machines of God''''' is the fifth studio album by [[The Smashing Pumpkins]], released on February 29, 2000, by [[:Category:Virgin Records singles|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. | '''''Machina/The Machines of God''''' is the fifth studio album by [[The Smashing Pumpkins]], released on February 29, 2000, by [[:Category:Virgin Records singles|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 [[Melissa Auf der Maur]] mounted longer international tours that returned the live incarnation of the band to a guitar-driven 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|''Adore'' tour]], the new line-up with Chamberlin and the former [[W:Hole (band)|Hole]] bass guitarist [[Melissa Auf der Maur]] mounted longer international tours that returned the live incarnation of the band to a guitar-driven 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> | ||
== Background and concept == | == Background and concept == | ||