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We currently have 4,289 articles, detailing 1,318 songs across 149 albums, 85 studio sessions and 2,143 live shows.
Album of the week
TheFutureEmbrace is the debut solo album by Billy Corgan. With shoegaze and electronic elements, it deviated from most of his previous work with The Smashing Pumpkins. Arrangements followed an unusual process of splitting melodies based on their pitch and programming synths around them. The album featured guests Emilie Autumn, drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, and Robert Smith of The Cure who sang on the Bee Gees cover "ToLoveSomebody". The album garnered positive critical attention, with the Alternative Press calling it "some of the most engaging music of his career".
Song of the day
"Landslide" is an acoustic arrangement of the Stevie Nicks song that The Smashing Pumpkins covered on the Pisces Iscariot compilation. It went on to become one of the band's most-beloved tracks and even had the approval of Nicks herself. "There's nothing more pleasing to a songwriter than [someone else] doing one of their songs. ['Landslide'] also led me to being friends with Billy [Corgan] and the possibility that we'll work together," she said of Corgan, though a collaboration never materialized. The song was a hit, peaking at #3 on the US Modern Rock Tracks and at #30 on the US Airplay charts.
Did you know...
- ...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 Billy Corgan briefly worked with basketball superstar and rapper Shaquille O'Neal? Corgan began work on a track loosely inspired by Dr. Dre, but the collaboration fell through. The drumbeats that survived were used in "Eye", which appeared on the Lost Highway soundtrack.
- ...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?
- ...that Matt Sweeney's (of Zwan) former band Skunk helped inspire the composition that became "Frail and Bedazzled"?
- ...that former touring Smashing Pumpkins guitarist Mark Stoermer was an additional executive producer on the live action music video for "Wyttch"?
In the news
February 21, 2024
- Billy Corgan and the NWA announce a streaming deal with The CW which is to include a new unscripted, untitled series about Corgan’s life, family, role as President of NWA, and his 'day job'. The series will premier later this year.
January 27, 2024
- The new Reverend Billy Corgan Signature Drop Z guitar becomes available.
January 24, 2024
- Jimmy Chamberlin Complex announces a US west coast tour for March 2024.
January 19, 2024
- Billy Corgan appears on the Reinvented podcast with Jen Marie Eckhart.
Today in history
Releases
- 1989: The Smashing Pumpkins (album) was released in the US (Cassette)
- 2023: "Spellbinding" was released in Worldwide (Digital)
Certifications
- 2002: Greatest Hits is certified Platinum in Canada
Live shows
- 1992: (Pearl Jam featuring The Smashing Pumpkins) Metro; Chicago, IL, US
- 1994: (The Smashing Pumpkins) University Plaza Convention Center; Springfield, MO, US
- 2003: (Zwan) Hammerstein Ballroom; New York, NY, US
- 2008: (The Smashing Pumpkins) The Metro Theatre; Sydney, NSW, AU – Virgin Festival TV special
- 2023: (The Smashing Pumpkins) SiriusXM Studios; Los Angeles, CA, US – US leg of The World Is A Vampire festival announced
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.