The Smashing Pumpkins 1993-08-12

August 12, 1993 – Chicago, IL, US
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Rock Invasion tour
Date	August 12, 1993
Venue	Metro
Coordinates	41°56′59″N 87°39′40″W
Location	Chicago, IL, US
Venue type	Club
Capacity	1,100
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Jimmy Chamberlin
Order of bands	Red Red Meat, The Smashing Pumpkins
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Setlist

1. "Rocket" 
2. "Quiet" 
3. "Today" 
4. "Soma" 
5. "I Am One" 
6. "Disarm" 
7. "Geek U.S.A." 
8. "Rhinoceros" 
9. "Cherub Rock" 
10. "Starla" [8:41] 
11. "Not Worth Asking" (tease) 
12. "Hummer" 
13. "Siva" [5:52] 

Encore

14. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" [Nirvana] (tease) 
15. "Drown" [5:41] 
16. "Silverfuck" [9:52] 
    1. "Over the Rainbow" [Harold Arlen / Yip Harburg] (tease) 
    2. "The Star-Spangled Banner" [Francis Scott Key] (tease) 

Banter

MC: [cuts in] The first time I heard this band live was a broadcast on 93 XRT. That day--that day the band had some bad things to say about what had been written about them in the Sun-Times. Let me just tell you what was written in the Sun-Times today: “Chicago's Smashing Pumpkins debuted on Billboard's Top 200 albums charts last week at number 10 with a bullet, making it the most successful rock release from Chicago since the days of Survivor.”
Iha: “Since the days of Survivor.”
MC: “Chicago, Illinois, soon to be known internationally as the rock and roll capital of the world and it's because of Metro and it's because of Smashing Pumpkins!”
BC: Whoooo!
Rocket
BC: Helloooo! We're so glad you could come.
Quiet
Today
D’arcy: Hi.
Soma
> I Am One
BC: Hi. Strutter, Deuce, Cold Gin....
Iha: What do all these songs have in common, people? Fuckin' Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons! We co-wrote this fucker with those guys.
Disarm
Geek U.S.A.
BC: Shhhhh. Don't you want to hear the pretty song? Shhh, heh, hey, sorry. We don't play punk rock, I'm sorry.
Rhinoceros
BC: (European accent) We are going to play what we want to play, I'm sorry.
Cherub Rock
D’arcy: [cuts in] I don't know what to say, we've been on tour for two weeks and we've used up all our jokes already, so...sorry!
Starla
(Guy in crowd during quiet middle: Freebird!
BC: Yeah, you can go suck my dick.)
Not Worth Asking (tease - abandoned after second line)
(D’arcy before lyrics begin: Thank you.)
(BC after second line: Yeah, whatever that chord is.)
Iha: Yes. We've reached that low point in the set where we re--need to rejuvenate, tell a bad joke, rock you harder than we possibly can.
BC: Anybody wanna hear Hummer, Hummer? Hummer, Hummer? Wanna hear Hummer? Hummer, Hummer?
Iha: Don’t force them to say it [unintelligible word].
BC: Alright.
Hummer
BC: What do you wanna hear? What? I can't hear you. ...
Iha: Yeah. [3 unintelligible words as Billy starts Siva].
Siva
[encore break]
BC: Yeah! Yeah!
Iha: Yeah. This, uh, next song is, uh...Matt’s Theme. ... Alright, I'll play Teen Spirit.
Smells Like Teen Spirit (tease - 2 times through the riff (poorly))
Iha: There you go.
BC: Hello, hello? I got no monitors, but....
Iha: I know, I know, we're not as good as Pearl Jam. The greatest band of all.
BC: Hello, hello?
Iha: So uh, way back when....
BC: Hello? Can you hear me? You can hear me? Hi. ... As far as I'm concerned, fuck Seattle. (crowd cheers) Let's hear it for the un-unified Chicago music scene! (crowd cheers louder) Nobody sounds alike but it's great! We all sound like we do different drugs, which is kinda cool, I think.
Drown
BC: It's a crystal, it brings you magic powers.
Iha: Wow, it’s--I can fe-fe-feel it, it's really weird.
BC: Yeah, the crystal, it brings you magic powers.
Iha: Really? What happens?
BC: You’ll get more cable channels.
Iha: Wow
BC: This is our dedication to the former Soviet Union and all Satanic cults and whatever else is wrong with the world. Wait, shhh, be quiet for a second. I have a song to begin.
Silverfuck / Over the Rainbow / Star Spangled Banner