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We currently have 4,445 articles, detailing 1,336 songs across 152 albums, 93 studio sessions and 2,204 live shows.
Album of the week
Earphoria is a live album by The Smashing Pumpkins that is the soundtrack of the band's Vieuphoria video. The CD was initially released as a limited number (under 1000) of promo copies in 1994, and was subsequently heavily bootlegged. It was not until 2002 that Earphoria finally earned a commercial release. The album was well-received by critics and fans. Amy Hanson of AllMusic opined "With such heavy-hitting material to proffer, it's no wonder that the Smashing Pumpkins transcended every genre and pigeonhole they were shown, cruising past their peers with reinvention and pluck and forever leading where others could only dream of following."
Song of the day
"X.Y.U." is one of the heaviest songs from The Smashing Pumpkins' third studio album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. The song was recorded in one take, live for the record with drum and vocal overdubs added later. The title means "Ex, Why You?", but is also a play on the spelling of Russian obscene word "хуй" (pronounced "hu:i") that is translated as "penis". Other versions of the song exists, such as "X.Y.U. (Take II)", and the extended "X.Y.U. Medley" performed on October 31, 1998 which bundled in teasers of "The Ethers Tragic", "Where Boys Fear to Tread" and "Never Say Never" (by Romeo Void).
Did you know...
- ...that the compact disc version of the Pisces Iscariot cover depicts a blurry Polaroid photo of Billy Corgan's ex-wife, Chris Fabian?
- ...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 Sharon Osbourne briefly managed The Smashing Pumpkins in late 1999?
- ...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 a music video was recorded for "I Am One" in 1992, but because the band was unhappy with the results, it wasn't released until 2001 on the Greatest Hits Video Collection?
Today in history January 17
Charts
- 1999: "Celebrity Skin" peaked at #24 on the Australia (ARIA) Top 50 chart
- 2002: Siamese Dream peaked at #50 on the Irish Albums (IRMA) chart
Live shows
- 1992: (The Smashing Pumpkins) Vooruit; Ghent, BE
- 1996: (Pink Floyd featuring Billy Corgan) Waldorf Astoria; New York City, NY, US – Billy Corgan inducts Pink Floyd into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- 1997: (The Smashing Pumpkins) Five Seasons Center; Cedar Rapids, IA, US
- 2000: (The Smashing Pumpkins) Canal+; Paris, FR – "Nulle part ailleurs" French TV program
- 2005: (Jimmy Chamberlin Complex) WFLD; Chicago, IL, US
- 2017: (Billy Corgan) (unknown venue) Gainesville, FL, 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.