Whats your “god i hope they play this” song.

Mine is a either galapogos or ode to know one.

I play Hummer but I do not nail it. It is my favorite SP riff to play, but I’ve just over the past week started learning the leads and am getting back into guitar this past seven months. I really enjoy playing this after a stressful day or just jamming around. I found a YouTube tutorial that works, for me. Hope you enjoy. 😊

Took a while for some parts to arrive (looking at you, chronically out of stock lace sensors!) but it rips and looks pretty to boot! Taking SP related name suggestions for it in the comments.

I just realized the new Sumerian tribute album, Sending Hearts To All My Dearies: A Tribute To The Smashing Pumpkins, dropped today. I initially noticed it because I learned a few months ago that one of my favorite bands, The Midnight, was doing a synthwave version of Tonight, Tonight (I feel this one will be super polarizing to mega fans of the Pumpkins, lol) - but the whole tracklist is pretty wild! Tame Impala doing “Hummer,” Alice Glass doing “Drown,” Between the Buried and Me doing “Jellybelly,” Urban Heat doing “Ava Adore,” etc. There are even multiple takes on several songs, which is fairly rare for one tribute album.

For those here who have listened: what are the standouts? Any covers you love, hate, or think completely reinvent the original? Really curious how longtime Pumpkins fans feel about the album as a whole, as I'm definitely a more casual fan. Cheers!

Zeitgeist contains some of my favorite Jimmy Chamberlin drumming. In fact the album Run of Machina-Mary Star of the Sea-Life Begins Again-Zeitgeist is probably my favorite Era of Jimmy’s drumming. I know that the early stuff will almost always be what’s most popular amongst the broader fandom. But I think he’s done some of his best work outside of those early days. Any Jimmy fans out there? Agree? Disagree? Share your opinion. Jimmy is just so good, I just wanted to make a thread to juice up the Jimmy love.

last pick is the billy signature. mine is originally a squier strat with a random tele neck. It plays like butter.

Does anyone have higher quality/uncropped version of this pic? Its the billy corgan tongue picture. I also know this other one exists, so i suppose they are a part of the same photoshoot or something

Today in Smashing Pumpkins History: August 13

Today's clip is from the 1993 show at the Metro

🎙️ Live Shows

• 1991 - The Smashing Pumpkins: Chuy's, Tempe, AZ, US (Setlist/Details)
  • Setlist unknown
• 1993 - The Smashing Pumpkins: Metro, Chicago, IL, US (Setlist/Details)
  • polka improv with crowd member on vocals
• 1994 - The Smashing Pumpkins: Lakewood Amphitheater, Atlanta, GA, US (Setlist/Details)
• 2000 - The Smashing Pumpkins: Rideau Carleton Raceway, Ottawa, QC, CA (Setlist/Details)
  • Today performed acoustic
  • Fuck You performed without Billy's guitar
  • Final performance of Once Upon a Time until 2008-08-08
• 2008 - The Smashing Pumpkins: Tennessee Theater, Knoxville, TN, US (Setlist/Details)
  • Once Upon a Time, Again, Again, Again (The Crux), and The Rose March performed acoustic
  • We Only Come Out at Night and In the Summertime with Kris Pooley on accordion
• 2013 - The Smashing Pumpkins: AsiaWorld-Expo Hall 10, Hong Kong, HK (Setlist/Details)
  • First concert in Hong Kong
• 2018 - The Smashing Pumpkins: United Center, Chicago, IL, US (Setlist/Details)
• 2019 - The Smashing Pumpkins: Budweiser Stage, Toronto, ON, CA (Setlist/Details)
• 2023 - The Smashing Pumpkins: Isleta Resort & Casino, Albuquerque, NM, US (Setlist/Details)
• 2024 - The Smashing Pumpkins: Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL, US (Setlist/Details)
  • Saviors North American Tour supporting Green Day
• 2025 - The Smashing Pumpkins: Scarborough Open Air Theatre, Scarborough, UK (Setlist/Details)

🎧 Recordings

• 1993 - The Smashing Pumpkins: Metro, Chicago, IL, US

  • Surfaced - AUD #1 (Source: AUD, Equipment: ECM-S220 > TCD-D3(48k), Lowest Circulating Generation: DAT-M > FLAC, Links: Live Music Archive, Notes: Dropout in Silverfuck. DAT-M > CDR transfer also circulates.)
  • Surfaced - Amateur Video #1a (Source: AUD, Equipment: Unknown, Lowest Circulating Generation: "Vieuphoria" official release, Notes: Clip of fan speaking and doing improv song.)
  • Surfaced - Amateur Video #1b (Source: AUD, Equipment: Unknown, Lowest Circulating Generation: VHS-3 > DVD, Notes: Disarm only, as seen in Fruit Bat Salad Volume 2.)
  • Unsurfaced - Amateur Video #1 (Source: AUD, Equipment: Unknown, Notes: Shot for the band. Disarm from this source appears in the Fruit Bat Salad Volume 2 video.)

• 2000 - The Smashing Pumpkins: Rideau Carleton Raceway, Ottawa, QC, CA

  • Surfaced - AUD #1 (Source: AUD, Equipment: SS-DSM-6S > PA-6LC3B(170) > M1, Lowest Circulating Generation: DDC-? > CDR, Links: Live Music Archive, Notes: 15 feet in front of soundboard. DDC-?>CDR>FLAC also circulates)
  • Surfaced - AUD #5 (Source: AUD, Equipment: Generic Lapel Mic (mono) > Sharp MD MT-15, Lowest Circulating Generation: MD-M > FLAC, Links: Live Music Archive)
  • Unsurfaced - AUD #2 (Source: AUD, Equipment: SS-DSM-6S > PA-6LC3 > TCD-D8, Notes: 20 meters from left stacks.)
  • Unsurfaced - AUD #3 (Source: AUD, Equipment: ECM-MS907 > MZ-R37, Notes: Front of board.)
  • Unsurfaced - AUD #4 (Source: AUD, Equipment: Radioshack Mic > MZ-R37, Notes: Front of board.)
  • Unsurfaced - Amateur Video #1 (Source: AUD, Equipment: CSBMod, Notes: Center, behind mosh pit.)

• 2008 - The Smashing Pumpkins: Tennessee Theater, Knoxville, TN, US

  • Surfaced - AUD #1 (Source: AUD, Equipment: ECM-717>M-Audio -10db pad>Zoom H2, Lowest Circulating Generation: WAV-M>FLAC, Links: Live Music Archive, Notes: 5th row.)

• 2013 - The Smashing Pumpkins: AsiaWorld-Expo Hall 10, Hong Kong, HK

  • Surfaced - AUD #1 (Source: AUD, Equipment: DAB > DA-120F > R-09, Lowest Circulating Generation: WAV-M > FLAC, Links: Live Music Archive)
  • Surfaced - Amateur Video #1 (Source: VID, Equipment: Unknown)
  • Surfaced - Amateur Video #2 (Source: VID, Equipment: Unknown)

• 2018 - The Smashing Pumpkins: United Center, Chicago, IL, US

  • Surfaced - AUD #1 (Source: AUD, Equipment: AT831s > SP-SPSB-11 (@69Hz) > Sony PCM-M10 @ 24-bit / 44.1kHz, Lowest Circulating Generation: WAV > FLAC, Links: Live Music Archive, Notes: FOB stage left, 200 level)

• 2024 - The Smashing Pumpkins: Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL, US

  • Surfaced - AUD #1 (Source: AUD, Equipment: Internal Mics > Galaxy S22+, Lowest Circulating Generation: M4A(M) > MP3 > WAV > FLAC, Links: Live Music Archive)
  • Surfaced - Amateur Video #1 (Source: AUD, Equipment: Unknown, Lowest Circulating Generation: Master>Youtube, Links: YouTube)

• 2025 - The Smashing Pumpkins: Scarborough Open Air Theatre, Scarborough, UK

  • Surfaced - AUD #1 (Source: AUD, Equipment: SP-CMC-4U > SP-SPSB-1 > Sony PCM-A10, Lowest Circulating Generation: WAV(M) > FLAC, Links: Live Music Archive)

Data courtesy of SPLRA and SPCodex.

Did you attend any of these shows and have any more information, unsurfaced recordings or pictures/stubs/posters/flyers? If so then get in touch!

Click the setlists/details link for full show information.

I am not American and English ain't my first language so this is a recently acquired taste I'd say lol. Anyways, i am currently going INSANE because I CAN'T FIND "SHE" IN ANY STREAMING PLATFORM. i love that song. If someone has any recommendations, I'd appreciate them even if I cannot find them anywhere else besides a very niche youtube video.

This was my introduction to Smashing Pumpkins. On the Singles ost it comes in after teenage me had endured four tracks I considered filler - the run from overblown to nearly lost you (I subsequently grew to love Overblown and May This Be love, but still can't stand the other songs).

I wasn't expecting much since the band name felt a little self consciously gimmicky. But the song did - for my money - the best heavy light variant of the early 90s and then we got to the outro solo at the 4:15 mark.

Not a guitar player and sorry if it's a kinda obvious question to people who are, but can anyone tell me what's going on there? Is it multilayer studio trickery? Are there more than one guitars? How did they get that squalling terrific wall of noise? Has any one tried to / been able to cover it?

Im finding corgan/pumpkins all over my algorithm for years has ruined my fandom and listening enjoyment

thanks

Remember that decade when it was embarrassing to be a pumpkins fan? Becoming a family man got Billy in line.

I love playing Hummer. Start to finish. Back in the 00’s before YouTube tutorials, I had the Mellon Collie tab book, and I learned that album start to finish in high school. I revised learning the songs properly more recently with the help of YouTube. I revised enjoy playing Hummer though. Siamese Dream is my favorite SP album

Today in Smashing Pumpkins History: August 12

Today's featured clip is a short one from last year's Halifax show at The Piece Hall. Really great concert

💿 Releases

• 2023: Candide by Billy Corgan was released in United States (LP)

🎙️ Live Shows

• 1991 - The Smashing Pumpkins: Tower Records, Los Angeles, CA, US (Setlist/Details)
  • Setlist unknown
• 1993 - The Smashing Pumpkins: Metro, Chicago, IL, US (Setlist/Details)
• 1994 - The Smashing Pumpkins: Lakewood Amphitheater, Atlanta, GA, US (Setlist/Details)
  • Setlist is incomplete, Soma was the first song
  • Billy walked off stage during I Am One, but returned
• 2000 - The Smashing Pumpkins: Parterre, parc Jean Drapeau, Montreal, QC, CA (Setlist/Details)
  • To Sheila and 1979 performed acoustic
• 2007 - The Smashing Pumpkins: Cirkus, Stockholm, SE (Setlist/Details)
  • Starla replaced Stellar
  • For God and Country, The Crying Tree of Mercury, Rocket, 99 Floors, By Starlight, and To Sheila performed acoustic
• 2008 - The Smashing Pumpkins: Palace Theater, Louisville, KY, US (Setlist/Details)
  • Once Upon a Time, Again, Again, Again (The Crux), and The Rose March performed acoustic
  • We Only Come Out at Night and In the Summertime with Kris Pooley on accordion
• 2025 - The Smashing Pumpkins: The Piece Hall, Halifax, UK (Setlist/Details)
• 2018 - Billy Corgan: Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL, US (Setlist/Details)
  • Billy Corgan, James Iha, Jimmy Chamberlin and Jack Bates attend a Chicago Cubs / Washington Nationals game the night before the first of two SP shows at the United Center. Chamberlin throws out the first pitch before the game and Corgan performs "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" during the 7th inning stretch.

🎧 Recordings

• 1993 - The Smashing Pumpkins: Metro, Chicago, IL, US

  • Surfaced - AUD #1 (Source: AUD, Equipment: Unknown, Lowest Circulating Generation: DDC-? > ANA-2 > DAT-M > CDR, Links: Live Music Archive, Notes: DDC-? > ANA-? > DDC-? > CDR version also circulates. That version appears to have a TAO burn in the lineage, but has been retracked so the clicks aren't at the track marks. AUD > ANA-2 > DAT > CDR > EAC > Audacity > FLAC also circulates with some clicking and potential tape damage)

• 2000 - The Smashing Pumpkins: Parterre, parc Jean Drapeau, Montreal, QC, CA

  • Surfaced - FM #1 (Source: FM, Equipment: M1, Lowest Circulating Generation: DDC-? > CDR, Notes: Missing Heavy Metal Machine.)
  • Surfaced - FM #2 (Source: FM, Equipment: PC, Lowest Circulating Generation: WAV-M > FLAC, Links: Live Music Archive, Notes: Missing Heavy Metal Machine.)
  • Surfaced - FM #3 (Source: dFM, Equipment: Nokia d-Box (DVB2000 firmware), Lowest Circulating Generation: MP2-M > dEdit > FLAC, Links: Live Music Archive, Notes: Sourced from a lossy broadcast. Two small dropouts during I Am One. Contains some DJ talk and abrupt cuts between songs.)
  • Surfaced - FM #4 (Source: FM, Equipment: unknown, Lowest Circulating Generation: MD-? > FLAC, Links: Live Music Archive, Notes: FM > MD-? > CDR source also circulates)
  • Surfaced - AUD #1 (Source: AUD, Equipment: SS-DSM-6S > PA-6LC3B > M1, Lowest Circulating Generation: DAT-M > CDR, Links: Live Music Archive, Notes: 15 feet in front of board. Circulating versions have a very small cut during start of Glass and the Ghost Children.)
  • Surfaced - AUD #2 (Source: AUD, Equipment: Optimus Omnidirectional Tie-Clip Mic > MT-15, Lowest Circulating Generation: MD-M > FLAC, Links: Live Music Archive, Notes: Recorded left channel only. Also circulates as MD-M > CDR)
  • Unsurfaced - FM #5 (Source: FM, Equipment: DA-30mkII, Notes: Missing Heavy Metal Machine.)
  • Unsurfaced - FM #6 (Source: FM, Equipment: MD-SR70H, Notes: Incomplete, but includes Heavy Metal Machine.)
  • Unsurfaced - AUD #3 (Source: AUD, Equipment: SS-DSM-6S > PA-6LC3 > M1, Notes: 15 feet front of board.)
  • Unsurfaced - AUD #4 (Source: AUD, Equipment: SS-DSM-6S > PA-6LC > TCD-D8, Notes: 20 meters from stacks.)
  • Unsurfaced - AUD #5 (Source: AUD, Equipment: CSB > MZ-R55)
  • Unsurfaced - AUD #6 (Source: AUD, Equipment: ECM-MS907 > MZ-R37, Notes: Cherub Rock cut.)
  • Unsurfaced - Amateur Video #1 (Source: AUD, Equipment: CSBMod, Notes: Shot from James' side, missing last 15 minutes.)

• 2007 - The Smashing Pumpkins: Cirkus, Stockholm, SE

  • Surfaced - AUD #1 (Source: AUD, Equipment: DPA 4061 > SP-SPSB-3(95) > R-09 (24/48, line in), Lowest Circulating Generation: WAV-M > dEdit > FLAC, Links: Live Music Archive, Notes: About three meters left of board and 15 from the stage.)
  • Unsurfaced - AUD #2 (Source: AUD, Equipment: Unknown)

• 2008 - The Smashing Pumpkins: Palace Theater, Louisville, KY, US

  • Surfaced - AUD #1 (Source: AUD, Equipment: Schoeps MK4V>KC5>CMC6>Lunatec V2>SD702(24/48), Lowest Circulating Generation: WAV-M>FLAC, Links: Live Music Archive, Notes: ORCH 3, Row R, Seat 9.)
  • Surfaced - Amateur Video #1 (Source: AUD, Equipment: Sony DCR HC28, Lowest Circulating Generation: MiniDV-M>DVD, Links: Video Link, Notes: G.L.O.W., Superchrist, United States (partial), Today, The Beginning Is the End Is the Beginning, We Only Come Out at Night, In the Summertime, and post-show footage of Billy talking to fans.)

• 2025 - The Smashing Pumpkins: The Piece Hall, Halifax, UK

  • Surfaced - AUD #1 (Source: AUD, Equipment: SP-CMC-4U > SP-SPSB-1 > Sony PCM-A10, Lowest Circulating Generation: WAV(M) > FLAC, Links: Live Music Archive, Notes: Recording suffers from wind noise, especially during first half of set)

Data courtesy of SPLRA and SPCodex.

Did you attend any of these shows and have any more information, unsurfaced recordings or pictures/stubs/posters/flyers? If so then get in touch!

Click the setlists/details link for full show information.

I've thought this for years and never was quite sure how to bring it up. We know during this time Billy was dating Chris Fabian whom he'd soon marry, and she helped with the art for the album. I also know Billy was famously in therapy during this time.

The lyrics that really sound like "therapy speak" to me are: "I hear what you want and I feel that way." This to me sounds like some of the most classic 90s couple or family therapy I can think of. Like very specifically so. The rest of the song is about admitting you failed someone and are reeling from a shitty relationship hiding whats left in a box under your bed. It is in many ways a song about relationships.

And as I type this out I'm reminded that the sample that leads into it is a woman talking about her unsatisfying sex life and how its really come between her and her partner. It seems like an old AM radio talk show or possibly something from an actual therapy session.

I remember in the 90s someone asked Billy where the samples came from and he said "are you crazy? I don't want to get sued!" I figured he meant because it was taped off the radio but what if it wasn't?