This video is an on-set interview with the Smashing Pumpkins during the making of the "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" music video.
The music video for the song, directed by Samuel Bayer, is a performance video with heavy conceptual elements. The visual look of the video was inspired by the work of Brazilian photographer Sebasti�o Salgado on diamond mining. The band used the video to debut their new glam rock look. The band advertised on the radio that they were accepting extras for the video and over 2000 fans showed up to the set. In the end, 1000 extras were allowed to get muddy in the 100-ft deep man-made hole.
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The Official "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" Video
"Bullet with Butterfly Wings" was the lead single from the band's 1995 double album "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness". The song won the 1997 Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance. This song was the band's first Top 40 U.S. hit and peaked at number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" was named the 91st best hard rock song of all time by VH1. The song was ranked number 70 on the list of "The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time" of Rolling Stone.