Pumpkinland

Pumpkinland
	Rehearsals at Pumpkinland, 1996
Recording studio
Coordinates	41°56′33″N 87°42′11″W
Address	3364 North Elston Ave; Chicago, IL, US

Pumpkinland was the famed personal rehearsal space and recording studio of The Smashing Pumpkins during the mid-to-late 1990s. It was a large brick-walled studio, roughly 6,000 square feet (560 m²),^[1] and reportedly located in a Chicago neighborhood known for gang activity.^[2]

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"That over there is probably the most important piece of equipment," says the drummer. He is pointing to a heater.

”

— Michael Goldberg, during a tour of Pumpkinland^[2]

Albums[edit | edit source]

Artist	Album	Year
The Smashing Pumpkins	Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness	1995
The Smashing Pumpkins	666	1996
The Smashing Pumpkins	The Aeroplane Flies High	1996
The Smashing Pumpkins	Machina/The Machines of God	2000
The Smashing Pumpkins	MCIS Demos II	2000
The Smashing Pumpkins	Billy's Gravity Demos I	2000
Billy Corgan	TheFutureEmbrace	2005

Sessions[edit | edit source]

Session	Artist	Album(s)	Producer(s)	Engineer(s)
March 15-16 1994 – Gravity Studios	The Smashing Pumpkins	Billy's Gravity Demos I • The Aeroplane Flies High	Flood • Alan Moulder • Billy Corgan	Doug McBride
Fall 1994 – Pumpkinland	The Smashing Pumpkins	MCIS Demos II
March-August 1995 – Pumpkinland and Chicago Recording Company	The Smashing Pumpkins	Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness	Flood • Alan Moulder • Billy Corgan
March 2-3, 1995 – Pumpkinland	The Smashing Pumpkins	666	Flood • Alan Moulder • Billy Corgan
Fall 1995 – Pumpkinland and Soundworks	The Smashing Pumpkins	The Aeroplane Flies High	Billy Corgan • Jeff Moleski
November 1998-September 1999 – Pumpkinland	The Smashing Pumpkins	Machina/The Machines of God	Flood • Billy Corgan	Howard Willing
October 2004-March 2005 – Pumpkinland	Billy Corgan	TheFutureEmbrace	Billy Corgan • Bjorn Thorsrud	Bjorn Thorsrud • Bon Harris • Matt Walker • Brian Liesegang

Videos[edit | edit source]

Week in Rock (1996), with footage of the band in Pumpkinland

Infinite Sadness tour rehearsals at Pumpkinland

References[edit | edit source]

↑ Corgan, Billy. "Good in Goodbye (with Jimmy Chamberlin)". iHeartPodcasts. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Goldberg, Michael. "The End Of The Smashing Pumpkins As We Know Them". starla.org. Retrieved July 10, 2020.

[:0-1] Corgan, Billy. "Good in Goodbye (with Jimmy Chamberlin)". iHeartPodcasts. Retrieved October 4, 2022.

[goldberg-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Goldberg, Michael. "The End Of The Smashing Pumpkins As We Know Them". starla.org. Retrieved July 10, 2020.

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