Bullet With Butterfly Wings

The Smashing Pumpkins channeled raw angst in this 1995 alt-rock hit. Kicking off with the infamous line “The world is a vampire,” “Bullet With Butterfly Wings” erupts into churning guitars and Billy Corgan’s visceral screams of “rat in a cage” frustration. The song’s fury and gloom struck a nerve, earning the band a Grammy and becoming an anthem of ’90s alienation — a raging, cathartic outlet wrapped in a roaring wall of sound.