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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
"Geek U.S.A." is eighth track off of The Smashing Pumpkins' sophomore studio album Siamese Dream. It reworked from an earlier song by called "Suicide Kiss". Beloved for its high-energy and guitar and percussion virtuoso, it ranked at #13 in the 2012 Rolling Stone reader's poll of the best Smashing Pumpkins songs and at #54 in Guitar World's list of the 100 greatest guitar solos of all time, while Jimmy Chamberlin's drum performance ranked among the greatest of all time by Stylus magazine. A live performance of the song also appears on the band's official Greatest Hits Video Collection.
Did you know...
- ...that the girls on the cover of the "Today" single are D'arcy Wretzky's sister and a family friend?
- ...that a live recording of the first show as a full band was given away for free at the last show (pre-2007), both at the same venue?
- ...that the original concept for the "Tonight, Tonight" video was for a Busby Berkeley theme, with "people diving into champagne glasses", but Red Hot Chili Peppers did a similar video for "Aeroplane", almost identical to what the band wanted to do?
- ...that the Mellon Collie sessions were The Smashing Pumpkins' first to use computer technology. Pro Tools was ran on a Macintosh 8100, which has less computing power than mobile phones have today.
- ...that the renowned Gish guitar (stolen in 1991 and returned to Corgan 27 years later), was sold to Corgan by Jimmy Chamberlin, even though it wasn't his to sell?
In the news
April 17, 2024
- Jeff Schroeder announces his new project Glass Bow with Vice Cooler, Andrea Wasse and Emily Retsas. They open up for Blushing on July 6.
April 12, 2024
- Ginger Pooley is announced as touring bassist for Garbage.
April 1, 2024
- The Smashing Pumpkins adds new headlining North American shows to the 2024 The World Is A Vampire tour with Pvris and The Glorious Sons.
March 29, 2024
- It is announced that Billy Corgan will have his own podcast on Bill Maher's Club Random network.
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.
- Netphoria – A very active discussion forum for all things Smashing Pumpkins.
- Landslide Omnipedia – Unique encyclopedic content and host for Act IV.
- SPLRA (Smashing Pumpkins Live Recording Association) – A wiki dedicated to documenting live performances.