Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo i-Smashing Pumpkins yaqala ngengoma entsha, 'Ukuba Beige', umsebenzi oye wakhokelela ekucingeni ukuba into entsha yebhendi yaseChicago (USA) iya kubuyela kwisandi semisebenzi yabo yokuqala. Le ngoma intsha iyinxalenye yecwecwe lakhe elilandelayo, 'Monuments To An Elegy', icwecwe eliza kukhutshwa nge-9 kaDisemba.
'Amatye ezikhumbuzo ku-Elegy' Iya kuba yi-albhamu yesibhozo yesitudiyo yi-Smashing Pumpkins, umsebenzi okhutshwe kwiminyaka emibini emva kwecwecwe labo lokugqibela, 'Oceanía' (2012). Icwecwe larekhodwa ngokupheleleyo eChicago kunye nomdlali wesiginkci uJeff Schroeder (kwiqela ukusukela ngo-2007) kunye nomdlali wedrama kaMötley Crüe, uTommy Lee. Iveliswe nguHoward Willing, owaziwa ngokuba waqala ukusebenza neqela kwiiseshoni ze-'Adore', kwaye uCorgan kunye noSchroeder ngokwakhe baye basebenzisana kwimveliso.
I'Monuments To An Elegy' ixutywe nguDavid Bottrill kwaye yafundiswa nguHowie Weinberg, owathi wasebenzisana ngokusebenza kwezinye zezona classics zikhumbulekayo. Smashing Pumpkins ukusukela ngoo-XNUMX. Eli cwecwe litsha liya kuba lelokuqala kwezimbini eziye zacwangciswa yibhendi kwiinyanga ezizayo, kuba uCorgan wayefuna ukukhupha icwecwe eliphindwe kabini, kodwa ekugqibeleni wakhetha ukwenza iintlelo ezimbini ezahlukeneyo.