I always thought that the name "
Smashing Pumpkins" referred to nice boobs. Or as
Sideshow Bob would say, "
Capital Knockers".
An explanation of the name, The Smashing Pumpkins, comes from Billy Corgan himself
Billy claims that back around 1986, during Halloween, Billy overheard a friend say that he was going out and would be "smashing pumpkins".
Later on when the band started to grow in popularity, Billy realized people were using the word "smashing" as a verb, so he added the word "The" to the band name in an attempt to clarify that smashing was to be used as an adjective.
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