The Smashing Pumpkins 1991-07-23

July 23, 1991 – Montreal, QC, CA
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Artist	The Smashing Pumpkins
Date	July 23, 1991
Venue	Les Foufounes Électriques
Coordinates	45°30′39″N 73°33′47″W
Location	Montreal, QC, CA
Venue type	Club
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Jimmy Chamberlin
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The July 23, 1991 performance is notable as being the show during which future Smashing Pumpkins bassist Melissa Auf der Maur first met and befriended Billy Corgan.

During the performance, Auf der Maur's roommate heckled the band between songs and threw a beer bottle onstage while the band was performing, leading to "a strangling fist fight" between him and Corgan. Auf der Maur explained:

“ My friend Bruce [Cawdron], who later became the drummer in Godspeed You! Black Emperor, was there and he whispered, 'God, this guy has attitude. They're acting like they're playing an arena. And he then threw a bottle at Billy and shouted, 'Drop the fucking attitude!' Bill dived off the stage, put his hands around Bruce's neck, and they started fighting. I thought, 'Great. You just ruined the show.' I went up to Billy afterwards and said, 'I'd like to apologise on behalf of Montreal. You are my new favourite band.' ”

The bottle throwing incident was later mentioned during banter of the May 13, 2000 performance.

Setlist

1. "Rocket" 
2. "Tristessa" 
3. "Rhinoceros" 

Notes

• Setlist is out of order and incomplete
• The date of this show may have been the 24th.

Banter

(unknown)