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We currently have 4,435 articles, detailing 1,336 songs across 152 albums, 93 studio sessions and 2,194 live shows.
Help us build the world's largest knowledge base for The Smashing Pumpkins and related acts!
Album of the week
The Aeroplane Flies High is a five-disc box set released in 1996, containing expanded versions of all five Mellon Collie singles. Rolling Stone wrote "There is no filler here. These supposedly second-string tracks [to Mellon Collie] are keepers" and that "the ballads are as gorgeous as anything Corgan has ever written". The 2013 reissue delivered an astounding 90 additional tracks and a bonus DVD. The box reached number 42 on the Billboard charts, and sold 300,000 units (1.5 million discs), generating a platinum status.
Song of the day
"Zero" is the third single from The Smashing Pumpkins's 1995 studio album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. It was the first song written for the album. It charted at #1 in two countries, and in the top 50 in seven countries.
| “ | We like to call this style of our music 'Cybermetal.' 'Zero' has six rhythm guitars, with two line-in 12-string acoustics, plus those wacky Iha leads. Tracked live with overdubs added later, this is a true mover as well as the first song that was recorded for Mellon Collie, James has always said this reminds him of Judas Priest. | ” |
| — Billy Corgan, Guitar World, January 1997 | ||
Did you know...
- ...that Billy Corgan was the original bassist for The Smashing Pumpkins? Their very first show included Corgan on bass, Iha on guitar, and a drum machine.
- ...that Zeitgeist was the first Smashing Pumpkins album Jimmy Chamberlin helped produce? Regarding the aggressive drumming, he said "the world is ready for something with some balls behind it."
- ...that Gish was named after silent film icon Lillian Gish? In an interview, Corgan said his grandmother told him "one of the biggest things that ever happened was when Lillian Gish rode through town on a train".
- ...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 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"?
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 December 11
Releases
- 2023: London By Day was released in the US (2×LP)
Charts
- 1993: "Today" peaked at #4 on the US Alternative Airplay (Billboard) chart
- 2014: Monuments to an Elegy peaked at #83 on the Irish Albums (IRMA) chart
- 2020: CYR peaked at #65 on the Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) chart
Live shows
- 1991: (The Smashing Pumpkins) Bronco Bowl; Dallas, TX, US
- 1992: (The Smashing Pumpkins) Buckhead Theatre; Atlanta, GA, US
- 1993: (The Smashing Pumpkins) Bogart's; Cincinnati, OH, US
- 1995: (The Smashing Pumpkins) Canal+; Paris, FR
- 1996: (The Smashing Pumpkins) Pechanga Arena; San Diego, CA, US
- 2002: (Zwan) Orpheum Theatre (Boston); Boston, MA, US [WBCN X-Mas Rave]
- 2010: (The Smashing Pumpkins) Universal Amphitheatre; Universal City, CA, US
- 2014: (The Smashing Pumpkins) The Warfield; San Francisco, CA, US
- 2018: (The Smashing Pumpkins) El Capitan Entertainment Centre; Los Angeles, CA, US – Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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.