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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.

Help us build the world's largest knowledge base for The Smashing Pumpkins and related acts!

4,421 articles: 1,336 songs • 152 albums • 85 studio sessions • 2,189 live shows

Album of the week

Oceania is the eighth studio album from The Smashing Pumpkins, released in June 2012. Produced by Billy Corgan and Bjorn Thorsrud, the album forms part of the band's 34-track project album, Teargarden by Kaleidyscope. Corgan said the album is partly about "people struggling to find a social identity in today's fast-paced, technology-rich culture", adding "I think alienation seems to be the key theme – alienation in love and alienation in culture". The album peaked at #4 on the Billboard 200 and #1 on the Independent Albums chart. A live performance of the album, Oceania: Live in NYC, was released in September, 2013.

Song of the day

"Now (And Then)" is a song from Billy Corgan's debut solo studio album, TheFutureEmbrace.

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Then Bon [producer] said he really loved the song, and thought it was the best thing we'd worked on. He said, "Mind if I fuck it up for you?" So then I went away, came back and thought what Bon had done was really beautiful. Then the whole song clicked for me.

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— Billy Corgan, SheKnows Media interview, August 2005

Did you know...

...that Corgan originally intended for "Jellybelly" to be the first single from Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness?
...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 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"?
...the drowning Statue of Liberty on the Zeitgeist cover was meant to portray global warming and the eminent demise of many founding United States ideals? There are six editions of the album in different colors and with varying bonus tracks.
...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.

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 4

Releases

1994: Earphoria was released in the US (CD)
1994: Gish was released in the US (Cassette, CD, 2LP (remastered))
1994: Pisces Iscariot was released in the US (LP, 7", CD, Cassette) and Europe (CD)
1994: Vieuphoria was released in the US (VHS)

Charts

1998: Celebrity Skin peaked at #15 on the New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) chart

Live shows

1991: (The Smashing Pumpkins) State Theater; Kalamazoo, MI, US
1993: (The Smashing Pumpkins) R&R Station; Madison, WI, US
1996: (The Smashing Pumpkins) Rosemont Horizon; Rosemont, IL, US
2000: (The Smashing Pumpkins) Estádio do Restelo; Lisbon, PT
2007: (The Smashing Pumpkins) Braden Auditorium; Normal, IL, US
2012: (The Smashing Pumpkins) Saddledome; Calgary, AB, CA
2012: (James Iha) Church; Boston, MA, US

Discography

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.