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We currently have 4,420 articles, detailing 1,337 songs across 152 albums, 85 studio sessions and 2,187 live shows.
Album of the week
Gish is the debut studio album by The Smashing Pumpkins. Frontman Billy Corgan has variously described Gish as a "very spiritual album" and "an album about spiritual ascension". Gish received positive reviews from critics, and was eventually certified platinum (one million copies shipped) by the RIAA. On April 1, 2019 Rolling Stone magazine ranked Gish the 32nd greatest grunge album of all time.
Song of the day
"Perfect" was the second and final commercial single from The Smashing Pumpkins' fourth album, Adore. Musiccritic.com called it "an irresistible slice of candy-coated pop". The music video continued the story of the characters from the "1979" video. The band was able to find and use four out of five original actors. The fifth was in jail. At the end of the video, a tape falls off a car and is crushed, mirroring the fate of the original "1979" video tape. "Perfect" peaked at #3 on the US Alternative Songs chart and at #2 on Canadian Rock chart.
Did you know...
- ...that the Pumpkins' July 17, 1998 performance was a free show that drew upwards of 125,000 fans, and that the mayor declared July 17 "Smashing Pumpkins Day"?
- ...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 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?
- ...that the original concept for the "Tonight, Tonight" video was for a Busby Berkeley theme, with "people diving into champagne glasses", but Red Hot Chili Peppers did a similar video for "Aeroplane", almost identical to what the band wanted to do?
- ...that Billy Corgan briefly worked with basketball superstar and rapper Shaquille O'Neal? Corgan began work on a track loosely inspired by Dr. Dre, but the collaboration fell through. The drumbeats that survived were used in "Eye", which appeared on the Lost Highway soundtrack.
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 September 7
Releases
- 1998: "Perfect" was released in the UK (CD, Cassette, CD) and Europe (CD)
- 1998: Celebrity Skin by Hole was released in the UK & Europe (CD)
Certifications
- 1997: Batman is certified Platinum in United States
Charts
- 1991: Gish peaked at #195 on the US Billboard 200 chart
- 2019: "You'll Never Find Me" peaked at #56 on the Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) chart
Live shows
- 1990: (The Smashing Pumpkins) Metro; Chicago, IL, US
- 1991: (The Smashing Pumpkins) Vooruit; Ghent, BE
- 1992: (The Smashing Pumpkins) Vooruit; Ghent, BE
- 1993: (The Smashing Pumpkins) Le Transbordeur; Villeurbanne, FR
- 1996: (The Smashing Pumpkins) Oncenter War Memorial; Syracuse, NY, US
- 2007: (The Smashing Pumpkins) Théâtre Saint-Denis; Montreal, QC, CA
- 2010: (The Smashing Pumpkins) Knitting Factory; Reno, NV, US
- 2024: (The Smashing Pumpkins) Coors Field; Denver, CO, 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.