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Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels
In the UK Oasis achieved a greater level of popularity than any other band in my life time, calling them hyped or over hyped seems weird because (regardless of what you think of their music - I'm not a fan) they were a cultural phenomenon around 95 - 97, and no other band that I can think of has had anything like the level of success here that they did. Smashing Pumpkins on the other hand were just another fairly popular band, and didn't particularly stand out from the crowd of alt/mainstream american rock for any reason, cf Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Dandy Warhols, etc.
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It was kinda the other way around here in the States. But only during the Mellon Collie era. They stretched that album out for what felt like a lifetime, just cranking out single after single.
Before that they were kind of another face in the crowd, as far as I was concerned. Another non-Nirvana band. But after Nirvana split and Pearl Jam started slowing down, the Pumpkins were the biggest band in the country for about 18 months. I admit, there was a bit of a Beatlesque feel to the four-piece band with all the hit singles, but their reign was short lived. By 1998, they were basically done. Anything they've done since then has been more hated than not.
Oasis was big over here but not like they were in the UK.