The Smashing Pumpkins 1991-08-17 (I-Beam)

August 17, 1991 – San Francisco, CA, US
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Artist	The Smashing Pumpkins
Date	August 17, 1991
Venue	I-Beam
Coordinates	37°46′10″N 122°27′4″W
Location	San Francisco, CA, US
Venue type	Club
Capacity	650
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Jimmy Chamberlin
Order of bands	The Smashing Pumpkins
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Setlist

Set

1. "Rocket" 
2. "Tristessa" 
3. "Window Paine" 
4. "Bury Me" 
5. "Kill Your Parents" 
   1. "Siva" [7:32] 
6. "Snail" 
7. "STP" 
8. "I Am One" [3:52] 
9. "Suffer" 
10. "Silverfuck" [7:59] 

Encore

11. "Out of Focus" [Blue Cheer] (final performance)
12. "Terrapin" [Syd Barrett] 

Notes

• Source for "Out of Focus" commercial bootleg

Banter

(feedback intro to Rocket begins)
BC: Yeaaah, yeah, yeah.
Rocket
> Tristessa
Window Paine
Iha: Bob English, report to the stage, Bob English. I don’t care how you do it, Bob English, just get to this goddamn stage.
Bury Me
BC: Danke.
Iha: Mr. Bob English, we want you to report to the stage, please. I’m begging you, Bob English, come up to the stage, thank you. Thank you very much, it's very nice to be here. Very good to be in Toronto again.
BC: No way man, San Francisco kicks fucking ass.
D’arcy: He says that to all the girls.
BC: But you should hear what I tell the boys.
(pre-KYP intro to Siva begins)
Iha: Mr. Bob English, get to the stage, hit the stage at any point in time, Bobby.
Kill Your Parents
> Siva
BC: I don't –- I don’t mind you stage diving, but if you bump into me again, I'm going to kick your motherfuckin’ ass. Beyond that, we're a peaceful bunch. We love you.
Snail (abandoned after first couple of chords when Iha talks)
Iha: Guys, get Bob down here, Bob!
BC: You know, our fuckin’ German retard that we track around and pay.
Iha: String broken, need repair.
Snail
STP
I Am One
Iha: [2 unintelligible words]. ... There’s gonna be no bad rock soloing tonight.
BC: Hey, can you tune, turn down this, these lights please, it’s so distracting. Thank you. And on that, put on the groovy ball.
Guy in crowd: Shoot heroin!
BC: No, she’s -- she doesn't do heroin, she is a heroine.
Suffer
> Silverfuck
BC: Bye.
[encore break]
BC: [3 unintelligible words, sounds like “Man, you’re shippin’.”]. Well, I'm sure we don't do this fuckin' song justice, but this is a Blue Cheer song.
Out of Focus
BC: Thank you. Heh. If any um, any members of Blue Cheer are here, (laughing) we're sorry.
Terrapin
Iha: I thank you very much.
BC: Goodbye, San Francisco.