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Album of the week
Earphoria is a live album by The Smashing Pumpkins that is the soundtrack of the band's Vieuphoria video. The CD was initially released as a limited number (under 1000) of promo copies in 1994, and was subsequently heavily bootlegged. It was not until 2002 that Earphoria finally earned a commercial release. The album was well-received by critics and fans. Amy Hanson of AllMusic opined "With such heavy-hitting material to proffer, it's no wonder that the Smashing Pumpkins transcended every genre and pigeonhole they were shown, cruising past their peers with reinvention and pluck and forever leading where others could only dream of following."
Song of the day
"Geek U.S.A." is eighth track off of The Smashing Pumpkins' sophomore studio album Siamese Dream. It reworked from an earlier song by called "Suicide Kiss". Beloved for its high-energy and guitar and percussion virtuoso, it ranked at #13 in the 2012 Rolling Stone reader's poll of the best Smashing Pumpkins songs and at #54 in Guitar World's list of the 100 greatest guitar solos of all time, while Jimmy Chamberlin's drum performance ranked among the greatest of all time by Stylus magazine. A live performance of the song also appears on the band's official Greatest Hits Video Collection.
Did you know...
- ...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 Billy Corgan briefly worked with basketball superstar and rapper Shaquille O'Neal? Corgan began work on a track loosely inspired by Dr. Dre, but the collaboration fell through. The drumbeats that survived were used in "Eye", which appeared on the Lost Highway soundtrack.
- ...that Corgan originally intended for "Jellybelly" to be the first single from Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness?
- ...that the guitar solo on "Siva" is the band's first use of the Big Muff pedal that was famously used on Siamese Dream?
- ...that former touring Smashing Pumpkins guitarist Mark Stoermer was an additional executive producer on the live action music video for "Wyttch"?
In the news
September 4, 2024
- The Smashing Pumpkins make the digital cover of Revolver magazine with an interview of Billy Corgan on Aghori Mhori Mei.
August 28, 2024
- Billy and Chloe Corgan announce they are expecting their third child in a People exclusive.
August 25, 2024
- Following the long-awaited vinyl release of Rotten Apples, the compilation charts at #12 on the German national chart, and in the US it hits #6 on the Vinyl Albums chart, #11 on Top Albums Sales, and at #16 on the Alternative Albums chart.
August 22, 2024
- Billy Corgan is announced to perform at the Australian Good Things festival with alternative band The Delta Riggs.
August 15, 2024
- The Smashing Pumpkins release a one-minute teaser visualization of "Edin".
More fan sites
- SPFC (Smashing Pumpkins Fan Collaborative) – One of the oldest and most comprehensive databases. Much of the data on SPCodex was imported from SPFC.
- SP Freaks – The de facto official museum for The Smashing Pumpkins.
- Netphoria – A very active discussion forum for all things Smashing Pumpkins.
- Landslide Omnipedia – Unique encyclopedic content and host for Act IV.
- SPLRA (Smashing Pumpkins Live Recording Association) – A wiki dedicated to documenting live performances.