The Smashing Pumpkins 1993-03-15

March 15, 1993 – Atlanta, GA, US
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Artist	The Smashing Pumpkins
Date	March 15, 1993
Venue	Center Stage
Coordinates	33°47′31″N 84°23′17″W
Location	Atlanta, GA, US
Venue type	Club
Capacity	2,000
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Jimmy Chamberlin
Order of bands	Drop Nineteens, Sheperds of Hot Pavement, The Smashing Pumpkins
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March 15, 1993 was a benefit show for Project Open Hand. It was rescheduled from March 13 due to a blizzard.

Full performance

Setlist

1. "Bury Me" 
2. "Quiet" 
3. "Cherub Rock" 
4. "Rhinoceros" 
5. "Hello Kitty Kat" 
6. "Spaceboy" 
7. "I Am One" 
8. "Geek U.S.A." 
9. "Soma" 
10. "Disarm" 
11. "Siva" [6:02] 
12. "The End" [The Doors] (tease) 
13. "Drown" [6:27] 
14. "Frail and Bedazzled" 
15. "Hummer" 

Encore

16. "I Feel You" [Depeche Mode] (tease) 
17. "Tristessa" 
18. "Silverfuck" 

Banter

BC: Bonjour. Okay, wait. (bad French accent) My name is Billy.
Iha: (high pitched) [unintelligible].
BC: (normal voice) So how are you? Is everyone gonna stay for the party afterwards? It will be very fun. So what do you wanna hear?
Bury Me
> Quiet
BC: That's one of them there new songs.
Iha: Nice.
BC: Hey, man, what? Heh heh, naw, it's nice to be here. Hey, okay, okay...I have a request for people who--please be more peaceful, so...heh heh. Well, don't hurt anybody, that's all. This is called Cherub Rock.
Cherub Rock
BC: We'd like to play an oldie but a goodie.
Rhinoceros
Iha: Thank you.
BC: Is everyone having fun? This doesn’t–-is this at least somewhat different from your normal rock show?
Iha: No.
BC: Maybe not, I don't know. We're sick of playing normal rock shows, so we’re trying to figure out something else. So, like, like we wanna abolish like the one guy who always yells “Freebird”, we wanna get rid of him, that's part of it. I mean, I know you're proud of your Skynyrd traditions, but..it's been a while, you know? So here's a song called Howdy Kitty Kat.
Iha: Yes.
Hello Kitty Kat
Iha: Well, I'm much too tired now, goodnight.
BC: Don't worry, we'll play all those songs. We just have to go in a certain kind of metaphysical order.
D’arcy: All of the songs, whether you like it or not.
Spaceboy
> I Am One
BC: Hey, let's play that Geek song. Play you another new song. We gotta put on the special guitar. ... So who's the pussy who just hit me? Come on, be a man, who hit me? Who's got a problem? Come on, raise your hand. Well, what the fuck was it? See, you and have a good time, someone's gotta hit you in the head. Well, this song is dedicated to assholes just like you, I hope you fuckin' die.
Geek U.S.A.
BC: Wow, I’m so fuckin’ pissed off. Fuckin’ [unintelligible word] either. Well, just know that that--whatever you hit me in the face with, that's being donated to charity too. Heh. Heh.
Iha: Come on, kids, let's rock 'n' roll.
Soma
Iha: Oh yeah, we're rockin' now in Atlanta. Heh heh. Say something cheerful, people.
Disarm
BC: Thank you for being so [unintelligible word].
Iha: Alright, we're gonna do an upbeat number now for you people out there.
Siva
Iha: And now, we're gonna try moving downtune for you. In my years of stage presence, I've learned to downtune without a tuner.
The End (tease)
BC: (singing) This is the end...(speaking) friends.
Iha: Then he walked on down that hall.
BC: And he walked into the gallery of Rose and he said “Mother....”
Iha: ...“I've got two spatulas.”
BC: And then he walked down the hall and he said “Father....”
Iha: ...“Have you got a dime to spare?”
Drown
BC: This, um--another one of them grunge songs. Let me downtune.
Frail and Bedazzled
BC: Thank you, it's nice to hear. This song will be on our new album called Siamese Dream and it's called Hummer. (Jimmy starts the song) I hope you can groove on that.
Hummer
BC: Bye.
[encore break]
Iha: You know, I'd like to say something about snow. You know, back in Chicago, we would walk through seven times as much snow as here. So you people disgust me--stormwatch!
BC: James used to walk like three miles in the snow barefoot to school, so....
I Feel You (tease - Billy and Jimmy play, Iha sings)
BC: Give it up for the mighty James Iha. He taught the guy from Depeche Mode that dance and he's kinda upset.
Iha: I'm obsessed with Dave Gahan.
BC: Of course, it happened--he taught him the dance when they were having an affair and [unintelligible].
Iha: Let's not talk about that, alright. We certainly can’t bring it up on stage.
Tristessa
BC: This song's gonna be on our next album too. This is called Silverfuck. Now, last time I gave someone a bottle, I got pop in a [unintelligible]. Uh, I just said last time. Does anybody even wanna hear another song? (crowd cheers) Are you sure? I know your–-I know your life is already boring and you're already disappointed and jaded and I just don't wanna add to that.
Iha: They want our souls, Billy, so that's what they want.
BC: That's why they're taking your picture.
Iha: Oh yeah, right.
Silverfuck

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