Tip: you can earn +3 reward points when you refer a friend to Oversome!

The Smashing Pumpkins ' recent reunion tour sucked real bad and nobody wants to hear their new music (be honest), but their marketing game is as strong as it's ever been. First they placed an old song in the Watchmen trailer that everybody lost their shit over last year. Then they debuted a new jam in "Guitar Hero: World Tour" and turned the video for another into a promo for, uh, TNA Wrestling's "Bound for Glory" pay-per-view. (Look, say what you will, but Kurt Angle in 30s gangster gear looks absolutely badass.) So the Pumpkins themselves might not be even remotely relevant, but whoever's in charge of getting their songs out there sure is. And now the dessicated alt-rock vets have scored possibly their biggest-ever cross-platform coup: Placing a song in a Super Bowl commercial. The Pumpkins' "FOL" will soundtrack the commercial for the Hyundai Genesis Coupe, which will air immediately before kickoff on Sunday. Because, you know, when you think of the mid-90s modern-rock-radio glory days, you think of Hyundai. According to a press release, the commercial will focus on the car's "fluid design and track-worthy performance." Fellow rank opportunist Yo-Yo Ma will also soundtrack a Genesis Coupe ad, though that one won't air during the Super Bowl. But that's OK, because the game will totally suck because the Ravens aren't in it. (Via Stereogum.)
Related Articles
Last Friday, Jane’s Addiction were forced to cancel their opening set for Smashing Pumpkins in Philadelphia due to “personal injury.” Now, Jane’s Addiction have announced that they’re cancel more four more shows on the Spirits On Fire tour, including dates in Pittsburgh, Toronto, Montreal, and Qu...
Madison Square Garden, October 19: The joint 'Spirits On Fire' arena tour proves rock's staying power in NYCThe post Jane’s Addiction and Smashing Pumpkins live in New York City: ’90s legends stage a hit-filled fiery rock show appeared first on NME.
Madison Square Garden, October 19: The joint 'Spirits On Fire' arena tour proves rock's staying power in NYCThe post Jane’s Addiction and Smashing Pumpkins live in New York City: ’90s legends stage a hit filled fiery rock show appeared first on NME.
The track appears on forthcoming triple "rock opera" album 'ATUM'The post Watch Smashing Pumpkins bring ‘Beguiled’ to ‘Fallon’ appeared first on NME.
Last week, the Smashing Pumpkins announced that they had a new album on the way called ATUM: A Rock Opera In Three Acts coming in April 2023. ATUM comprises 33 songs and is the long-teased sequel to previous long-form efforts Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness (1995) and Machina/The Machines Of God (2000). Along with the new album news, Bill...


Popular News this week
Wilco: are selling their us...
0 votes - 37 clicks - 0 comments
Foo Fighters: Watch Black S...
0 votes - 33 clicks - 0 comments
Avril Lavigne: Appointed To...
0 votes - 27 clicks - 0 comments
Eagles: extend their Sphere...
0 votes - 25 clicks - 0 comments
Amy Winehouse: Glastonbury ...
0 votes - 25 clicks - 0 comments
Avril Lavigne: live at Glas...
0 votes - 24 clicks - 0 comments
Coldplay: talk nearly missi...
0 votes - 23 clicks - 0 comments
Foo Fighters: Watch Geezer ...
0 votes - 22 clicks - 0 comments
Neil Young: Stream Neil You...
0 votes - 22 clicks - 0 comments
Beck: Watch Beck Perform Or...
0 votes - 21 clicks - 0 comments
Random Statistic
With 2246 articles, Metallica is the artist with the most news stories
New People on Oversome!