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We currently have 4,472 articles, detailing 1,337 songs across 153 albums, 98 studio sessions and 2,221 live shows.
Album of the week
TheFutureEmbrace is the debut solo album by Billy Corgan. With shoegaze and electronic elements, it deviated from most of his previous work with The Smashing Pumpkins. Arrangements followed an unusual process of splitting melodies based on their pitch and programming synths around them. The album featured guests Emilie Autumn, drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, and Robert Smith of The Cure who sang on the Bee Gees cover "ToLoveSomebody". The album garnered positive critical attention, with the Alternative Press calling it "some of the most engaging music of his career".
Song of the day
At nearly 10 minutes duration, "Glass and the Ghost Children" is the longest track on The Smashing Pumpkins' fifth studio album, Machina/The Machines of God. The middle section features various clips from Machina II's "Le Deux Machina". Machina served as a concept album about rock star named Zero (based on the public persona of Billy Corgan) hearing the voice of God, renaming himself Glass, and renaming his band The Machines of God. Fans of the band were referred to as the "Ghost Children".
Did you know...
- ...that the original cover for Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness was supposed to picture a Victorian-style set with the full band in costume, but the artist demanded too much money?
- ...that the cost of recording Siamese Dream was $250,000 over budget? Virgin Records grew impatient with the costs and being behind schedule, but the band refused to cut corners if it meant they had to compromise the sound.
- ...that the girls on the cover of the "Today" single are D'arcy Wretzky's sister and a family friend?
- ...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."
- ...that "The Crying Tree of Mercury" had an online interactive music video directed by Billy Corgan that was released by MTV?
Today in history June 22
Releases
- 1992: Peel Sessions was released in the UK (12", CD)
Live shows
- 1991: (The Smashing Pumpkins) Metro; Chicago, IL, US – release show for Gish; live debut of "Rocket"
- 1991: (The Smashing Pumpkins) Reckless Records; Chicago, IL, US
- 1993: (The Smashing Pumpkins) MTV Studios (London, UK); London, UK
- 2005: (Billy Corgan) Earthlink Live; Atlanta, GA, US
- 2012: (Billy Corgan) KROQ Studio R; Los Angeles, CA, US
- 2015: (The Smashing Pumpkins) Midland Theater; Kansas City, MO, US
- 2019: (Billy Corgan) Gruenspan; Hamburg, DE
- 2024: (The Smashing Pumpkins) Parkbühne Wuhlheide; Berlin, DE
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.