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...that a live recording of the first show as a full band was given away for free at the last show (pre-2007), both at the same venue?
...that the Siamese Dream booklet was supposed to be by an outsider artist, but after disagreements with the label, Corgan was forced to step in at the last minute? On the day after their wedding, he and his wife scrambled to put something together, using photos of strangers and Corgan's family with lyrics handwritten on top.
...that Gish was named after silent film icon Lillian Gish? In an interview, Corgan said his grandmother told him "one of the biggest things that ever happened was when Lillian Gish rode through town on a train".
...that the In Ashes animated series was named after Sumerian Records CEO, Ash Avildsen? The joke was that by signing with Sumerian Records, The Smashing Pumpkins and Sumerian are "going to go up in flames … and end up in ashes."
...that former drummer Mike Byrne played in a band called The Mercury Tree, which is the name of an old version of "The Crying Tree of Mercury"?
...that "The Crying Tree of Mercury" had an online interactive music video directed by Billy Corgan that was released by MTV?
...that briefly there was belief that one of the girls on the cover of Siamese Dream was actually former bassist Nicole Fiorentino? The actual girls were later found and reunited in 2018.
...that The Smashing Pumpkins single "Untitled" was chosen to be the end credit song for Shrek, but the offer was withdrawn and given to Smash Mouth instead?
...that Matt Sweeney's (of Zwan) former band Skunk helped inspire the composition that became "Frail and Bedazzled"?
...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?

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 |* ...that the original idea for the "'''[[Cherub Rock]]'''" music video was for the band to play for "metal kids", with angels swinging from ropes, and [[Billy Corgan]] dressed as [[w:Jason Voorhees|Jason Voorhees]] from ''[[w:Friday the 13th (franchise)|Friday the 13th]]''?
 |* ...that [[Billy Corgan]] was the original bassist for [[The Smashing Pumpkins]]? Their '''[[The Smashing Pumpkins 1988-07-09|very first show]]''' included Corgan on bass, Iha on guitar, and a drum machine.
-|* ...that [[Matt Sweeney]]'s (of [[Zwan]]) former band Skunk helped inspire the composition that became "[[Frail and Bedazzled]]"?
+|* ...that [[Matt Sweeney]]'s (of [[Zwan]]) former band Skunk helped inspire the composition that became "'''[[Frail and Bedazzled]]'''"?
 |* ...that former touring [[Smashing Pumpkins]] guitarist '''[[Mark Stoermer]]''' was an additional executive producer on the live action music video for "'''[[Wyttch]]'''"?
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