The Smashing Pumpkins 1989-10-31

October 31, 1989 – Chicago, IL, US
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
ArtistThe Smashing Pumpkins
DateOctober 31, 1989
VenueCabaret Metro
Coordinates41°56′59″N 87°39′40″W
LocationChicago, IL, US
Venue typeClub
Capacity1,100
PersonnelBilly Corgan, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Jimmy Chamberlin

SetlistEdit

Set oneEdit

  1. "I Am My End(live debut)
  2. "Rhinoceros
  3. "Ball and Chain(live debut)
  4. "Bury Me
  5. "Try to Try

Set twoEdit

  1. "Salt(final performance)
  2. "Lie I Lie(only performance)
  3. "Razor(live debut)
  4. "Love" (pre-Gish demo) (final performance)
  5. "C'mon

NotesEdit

  • Setlist is possibly incomplete

BanterEdit

Bob English: Ladies and gentlemen.... Good evening. Ladies and gentlemen, ghosts and goblins, please give a Halloween welcome for the Smashing Pumpkins!
I Am My End
> Rhinoceros
Iha: Thanks a lot.
Guy in crowd: More candy!
BC: (off mic) No.
Ball and Chain
Bury Me
BC: Bass drum problem. ...
Iha: [unintelligible word, sounds like “cron” or “quon”].
Guy in crowd: Candy!
D’arcy: Candy, anybody want candy? Yeah?
Try to Try
[set break]
BC: Yeah, turn it up.
Salt
> Lie I Lie
Guy in crowd: Let’s go, James!
Iha: Yeah, yeah, yeah. (feedback intro to Razor starts) Rrrrazor.
Razor
Love
Iha: Thanks a lot. We'd like to thank Joe Shanahan, Vince, Jam, Fred and everybody else and Mandy Hoffman.
C'mon