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Sometime in August 1991, "Siva" was released as the first single from Gish. Billy Corgan thought of the name for the song before he had written it, had labeled dozens of tapes with its name, and even considered naming the band "Siva". The riff was conceived on an Ovation acoustic while working at a record store – the same guitar used to write "Disarm". The main riff came to him uncontrolled, including the noted microtonality, or what the band calls "string pulling". Corgan has also said the aggressive string-pulling of the song has caused damage to his fretting hand over the years.

Corgan considered "Siva" the SP's first true rock song that defined their sound and captured their live energy. Lyrically, he considered it as one of the first songs that served as a personal manifesto. He originally titled it "Shiva", referring to the Tantric concepts of Shiva and Shakti as opposing masculine and feminine forces. A book Corgan was reading had it spelled "Siva", so he went with that spelling, but the band still pronounces the song "Shiva".

Historically, "Siva" is a jam song with varying arrangements. For Gish, Butch Vig helped trim it into a more pop composition. The guitar solo features the band's first use of the Big Muff pedal famously used on Siamese Dream.

The song was only released as a single in the UK and Australia. In 2008, it was a downloadable track for the video game Rock Band. The music video, directed by Angela Conway, was the band's first.

"Siva" has been performed live ~384 times in full. Our records date the live debut to September 13, 1990 in Cincinnati. In the early 90s, the band would typically preface the song by saying it's about killing your parents and taking drugs. The final full performance was July 13, 2019 in Portugal. While the studio recording is 4:20 in length, the longest live performance by our records occurred on January 26, 1997 in Rochester, NY, at ~12:02 duration.

AllMusic praised "Siva", noting the "Hendrix-inspired solos amidst the steady, forceful central riffs", and Chamberlin's "smart fusion of arena rock pound with slyer points". It spent two weeks at #45 on New Zealand's singles chart in 1993.

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Sometime in August 1991, "Siva" was released as the first single from Gish. Billy Corgan thought of the name for the song before he had written it, had labeled dozens of tapes with its name, and even considered naming the band "Siva". The riff was conceived on an Ovation acoustic while working at a record store – the same guitar used to write "Disarm". The main riff came to him uncontrolled, including the noted microtonality, or what the band calls "string pulling". Corgan has also said the aggressive string-pulling of the song has caused damage to his fretting hand over the years.

Corgan considered "Siva" the SP's first true rock song that defined their sound and captured their live energy. Lyrically, he considered it as one of the first songs that served as a personal manifesto. He originally titled it "Shiva", referring to the Tantric concepts of Shiva and Shakti as opposing masculine and feminine forces. A book Corgan was reading had it spelled "Siva", so he went with that spelling, but the band still pronounces the song "Shiva".

Historically, "Siva" is a jam song with varying arrangements. For Gish, Butch Vig helped trim it into a more pop composition. The guitar solo features the band's first use of the Big Muff pedal famously used on Siamese Dream.

The song was only released as a single in the UK and Australia. In 2008, it was a downloadable track for the video game Rock Band. The music video, directed by Angela Conway, was the band's first.

"Siva" has been performed live ~384 times in full. Our records date the live debut to September 13, 1990 in Cincinnati. In the early 90s, the band would typically preface the song by saying it's about killing your parents and taking drugs. The final full performance was July 13, 2019 in Portugal. While the studio recording is 4:20 in length, the longest live performance by our records occurred on January 26, 1997 in Rochester, NY, at ~12:02 duration.

AllMusic praised "Siva", noting the "Hendrix-inspired solos amidst the steady, forceful central riffs", and Chamberlin's "smart fusion of arena rock pound with slyer points". It spent two weeks at #45 on New Zealand's singles chart in 1993.

https://spcodex.wiki/Siva

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"Siva" released 33 years ago this month! It was Gish's lead single. Corgan considers it SP's first true rock song and lyrically his first personal manifesto. The guitar solo features the SP's first use of the Big Muff pedal famously used on Siamese Dream. https://spcodex.wiki/Siva

Corgan originally titled the song "Shiva" from Asian/Indian folklore, and came up with the name long before it was written. He even considered naming the band Siva instead of Smashing Pumpkins. A book spelled it "Siva" which he settled on, but the band still pronounces it "Shiva"

Historically, "Siva" is a jam song with varying arrangements. For Gish, producer Butch Vig helped trim it into a more pop composition. In the early 90s, the band would typically preface the song by saying it's about killing your parents and taking drugs. https://spcodex.wiki/Kill_Your_Parents

"Siva" has been performed live ~384 times in full, first on September 13, 1990 in Cincinnati, and most recently on July 13, 2019 in Portugal. The longest performance by our records was January 26, 1997 at in Rochester, New York, at ~12:02. https://spcodex.wiki/Siva#Tour_stats