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We currently have 4,421 articles, detailing 1,336 songs across 152 albums, 85 studio sessions and 2,189 live shows.
Album of the week
Zeitgeist is the seventh studio album from The Smashing Pumpkins and the first following the 2005 reunion. With 12-hour shifts nearly all week, Jimmy Chamberlin described the sessions as a "long laborious process to greatness", and also served as a producer for the first time with the band. It was recorded entirely with analog equipment and media, using the same 24-track tape recorder as on Mellon Collie. It stands as the most overtly political work released by the band or Billy Corgan himself, which Chamberlin attributes to their interest in the music and life of Fela Kuti. It is also among their heavier releases. "People wanted to hear some energy, that they didn't want us rolling over and crying in our milk", wrote Corgan, while Chamberlin observed "the world is ready for something with some balls behind it." The releases came in six colors, each with varying material and packaging. The album peaked at #1 in Canada and New Zealand, at #2 on the Billboard 200, and was ranked on Rolling Stone's list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007.
Song of the day
"Loki Cat" is a song by Jimmy Chamberlin Complex from their debut album, Life Begins Again. It features Billy Corgan on vocals, and Jimmy's older brother, Paul Chamberlin, on additional drums.
Did you know...
- ...that "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" was one of 165 songs strongly recommended to be pulled from radio following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks?
- ...that The Smashing Pumpkins single "Untitled" was chosen to be the end credit song for Shrek, but the offer was withdrawn and given to Smash Mouth instead?
- ...that the cover song "Never Let Me Down Again" was recorded in 1993 at BBC Radio One by request of bassist D'arcy Wretzky?
- ...that former drummer Mike Byrne played in a band called The Mercury Tree, which is the name of an old version of "The Crying Tree of Mercury"?
- ...that the In Ashes animated series was named after Sumerian Records CEO, Ash Avildsen? The joke was that by signing with Sumerian Records, The Smashing Pumpkins and Sumerian are "going to go up in flames … and end up in ashes."
In the news
September 4, 2024
- The Smashing Pumpkins make the digital cover of Revolver magazine with an interview of Billy Corgan on Aghori Mhori Mei.
August 28, 2024
- Billy and Chloe Corgan announce they are expecting their third child in a People exclusive.
August 25, 2024
- Following the long-awaited vinyl release of Rotten Apples, the compilation charts at #12 on the German national chart, and in the US it hits #6 on the Vinyl Albums chart, #11 on Top Albums Sales, and at #16 on the Alternative Albums chart.
August 22, 2024
- Billy Corgan is announced to perform at the Australian Good Things festival with alternative band The Delta Riggs.
August 15, 2024
- The Smashing Pumpkins release a one-minute teaser visualization of "Edin".
Today in history October 15
Releases
- 2018: The music video for "Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts)" was released
Live shows
- 1991: (The Smashing Pumpkins) 40 Watt Club; Athens, GA, US
- 1993: (The Smashing Pumpkins) Oz; Seattle, WA, US
- 2000: (The Smashing Pumpkins) Hallenstadion; Zurich, CH
- 2003: (Billy Corgan) Wrigley Field; Chicago, IL, US – Chicago Cubs playoff game
- 2007: (The Smashing Pumpkins) Orpheum Theatre (Boston); Boston, MA, US
- 2010: (The Smashing Pumpkins) Festival Hall (Melbourne); Melbourne, VIC, AU
- 2011: (The Smashing Pumpkins) The Fillmore Detroit; Detroit, MI, US
- 2017: (Billy Corgan) Murmrr Theatre; Brooklyn, NY, US
More fan sites
- SPFC (Smashing Pumpkins Fan Collaborative) – One of the oldest and most comprehensive databases. Much of the data on SPCodex was imported from SPFC.
- SP Freaks – The de facto official museum for The Smashing Pumpkins.
- SPLRA (Smashing Pumpkins Live Recording Association) – A wiki dedicated to documenting live performances.
- The Smashing Pumpkast – A bi-weekly Smashing Pumpkins podcast hosted by Frank Garcia-Hejl and Pat O'Brien.
- SPFam – Facebook-based mental health and wellness peer support group.
- Landslide Omnipedia – Unique encyclopedic content and host for Act IV.
- Netphoria – A very active discussion forum for all things Smashing Pumpkins.