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We currently have 4,473 articles, detailing 1,337 songs across 154 albums, 98 studio sessions and 2,221 live shows.

Help us build the world's largest knowledge base for The Smashing Pumpkins and related acts!

4,473 articles: 1,337 songs • 154 albums • 98 studio sessions • 2,221 live shows

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

"Astral Planes" is a song from the Songs for a Sailor volume of the Teargarden by Kaleidyscope project. It was released as an MP3 on April 16, 2010. The following day a limited edition 7" of the song (pictured) with "A Stitch in Time" on side two was released exclusively at Amoeba Vinyl in Los Angeles, limited to 250 copies. Physical copies of the Songs for a Sailor volume as a whole was later released on May 25, 2010. The song was first performed live by Billy Corgan's side project, Spirits in the Sky.

Did you know...

...that the arrangements for TheFutureEmbrace followed an unusual process of splitting melodies into four parts based on their pitch, and the production team would program synths in each voicing and combine them into a multitrack recording?
...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 Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th?
...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 the compact disc version of the Pisces Iscariot cover depicts a blurry Polaroid photo of Billy Corgan's ex-wife, Chris Fabian?
...that Zeitgeist was the first Smashing Pumpkins album Jimmy Chamberlin helped produce? Regarding the aggressive drumming, he said "the world is ready for something with some balls behind it."

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Releases

2005: The Red Room Volume 4 by Various artists was released in the US (CD)

Charts

1996: The Aeroplane Flies High peaked at #160 on the UK Albums (OCC) chart
1997: "The End Is the Beginning Is the End" peaked at #1 on the UK Rock and Metal (OCC) chart
1997: "The End Is the Beginning Is the End" peaked at #41 on the France (SNEP) songs chart
2007: "Tarantula" peaked at #1 on the UK Rock and Metal (OCC) chart
2007: "Tarantula" peaked at #59 on the UK Singles (OCC) chart
2007: Zeitgeist peaked at #5 on the Irish Albums (IRMA) chart
2007: Zeitgeist peaked at #5 on the Italian Albums (FIMI) chart

Live shows

1991: (The Smashing Pumpkins) Babylon A Go-Go; Cleveland, OH, US
1994: (The Smashing Pumpkins) Harriet Island; Saint Paul, MN, US [Lollapalooza 1994]
1998: (The Smashing Pumpkins) Aerial Theater; Houston, TX, US
2005: (Billy Corgan) The Fonda Theatre; Los Angeles, CA, US
2010: (The Smashing Pumpkins) Rams Head Live; Baltimore, MD, US
2018: (The Smashing Pumpkins) Gila River Arena; Glendale, AZ, US
2019: (The Smashing Pumpkins) Valdebebas - IFEMA; Madrid, ES [Mad Cool festival]

Discography

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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.
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