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Welcome !      Smashing Pumpkins Cash Car Star Album: Machina II Genres: Alternative Bust out those platforms, beeyatch! "Cash Car Star" is a piece of punk-inspired glam as shiny as Billy Corgan's bald head! Similar Songs Critic's Review Ratings & Reviews Related links   5MB RealAudio      Need a free Player?      Download Help           Only Billy Corgan could give nods to punk, glam and Grand Funk Railroad's "We're an American Band" and do it without a trace of irony. Which is where "Cash Car Star" runs into its first major problem: Corgan's still taking himself too damn seriously. “Cash” sees Corgan leading the Smashing Pumpkins through a stale crunch of whining guitars and dull, thudding drums. Corgan growls out lyrics as angry as ever, causing you to wonder just when that whole "music as catharsis" bit is finally going to kick in. It also makes you wonder if it wasn't this festering rage that ultimately caused the band's split. Now a swan song of sorts for the recently retired Pumpkins, "Cash Car Star" is the sound of a band being eaten away by its pent-up fury.       Nina Pearlman     Nina Pearlman is the former Senior Editor of The Rocket, a Seattle-based publication devoted to covering music in the Pacific Northwest. Now a Seattle-based freelancer, she writes for such print publications as Magnet and AP, as well as web sites like Atomic Pop and CDNow.   Click here for rules!          Average Rating: One Star Two Stars Three Stars Four Stars Five Stars                                   Enter a review to win an iShriek MP3 Player!   With barely audible vocals and the cruncing guitar minus the power or inspiration, its no wonder the Pumpkins have lost their way, and dissolved. Kiran Aditham

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