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Album of the week
Oceania is the eighth studio album from The Smashing Pumpkins, released in June 2012. Produced by Billy Corgan and Bjorn Thorsrud, the album forms part of the band's 34-track project album, Teargarden by Kaleidyscope. Corgan said the album is partly about "people struggling to find a social identity in today's fast-paced, technology-rich culture", adding "I think alienation seems to be the key theme – alienation in love and alienation in culture". The album peaked at #4 on the Billboard 200 and #1 on the Independent Albums chart. A live performance of the album, Oceania: Live in NYC, was released in September, 2013.
Song of the day
"Zero" is the third single from The Smashing Pumpkins's 1995 studio album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. It was the first song written for the album. It charted at #1 in two countries, and in the top 50 in seven countries.
| “ | We like to call this style of our music 'Cybermetal.' 'Zero' has six rhythm guitars, with two line-in 12-string acoustics, plus those wacky Iha leads. Tracked live with overdubs added later, this is a true mover as well as the first song that was recorded for Mellon Collie, James has always said this reminds him of Judas Priest. | ” |
| — Billy Corgan, Guitar World, January 1997 | ||
Did you know...
- ...the drowning Statue of Liberty on the Zeitgeist cover was meant to portray global warming and the eminent demise of many founding United States ideals? There are six editions of the album in different colors and with varying bonus tracks.
- ...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?
- ...that the cover song "Never Let Me Down Again" was recorded in 1993 at BBC Radio One by request of bassist D'arcy Wretzky?
- ...that until the release of The Offspring album Smash in 1994, Gish was the best-selling independently released album of all time?
- ...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."
In the news
September 21, 2023
- The second HUF × Smashing Pumpkins collaboration goes live, offering iconic SP visuals on specially designed apparel. Some items sell out within minutes.
September 19, 2023
- Violent J of Insane Clown Posse reveals ICP is working on a song with Billy Corgan.
September 17, 2023
- At the Siamese Dream 30th Anniversary shows, Billy Corgan announces pre-order has begun for an upcoming release of a 12-inch maxi single of "Mayonaise". It quickly sells out.
September 16, 2023
- Billy Corgan marries Chloe Mendel Corgan.
September 7, 2023
- Jeff Schroeder appears on The Musicians Guild podcast.
Today in history October 4
Releases
- 1994: Earphoria was released in the US (CD)
- 1994: Gish was released in the US (Cassette, CD, 2LP (remastered))
- 1994: Pisces Iscariot was released in the US (LP, 7", CD, Cassette) and Europe (CD)
- 1994: Vieuphoria was released in the US (VHS)
Charts
- 1998: Celebrity Skin peaked at #15 on the New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) chart
Live shows
- 1991: (The Smashing Pumpkins) State Theater; Kalamazoo, MI, US
- 1993: (The Smashing Pumpkins) R&R Station; Madison, WI, US
- 1996: (The Smashing Pumpkins) Rosemont Horizon; Rosemont, IL, US
- 2000: (The Smashing Pumpkins) Estádio do Restelo; Lisbon, PT
- 2007: (The Smashing Pumpkins) Braden Auditorium; Normal, IL, US
- 2012: (James Iha) Church; Boston, MA, US
- 2012: (The Smashing Pumpkins) Saddledome; Calgary, AB, CA
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.
- SPLRA (Smashing Pumpkins Live Recording Association) – A wiki dedicated to documenting live performances.
- The Smashing Pumpkast – A bi-weekly Smashing Pumpkins podcast hosted by Frank Garcia-Hejl and Pat O'Brien.
- SPFam – Facebook-based mental health and wellness peer support group.
- Landslide Omnipedia – Unique encyclopedic content and host for Act IV.
- Netphoria – A very active discussion forum for all things Smashing Pumpkins.