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We currently have 4,327 articles, detailing 1,319 songs across 149 albums, 85 studio sessions and 2,178 live shows.
Album of the week
Zeitgeist is the seventh studio album from The Smashing Pumpkins and the first following the 2005 reunion. With 12-hour shifts nearly all week, Jimmy Chamberlin described the sessions as a "long laborious process to greatness", and also served as a producer for the first time with the band. It was recorded entirely with analog equipment and media, using the same 24-track tape recorder as on Mellon Collie. It stands as the most overtly political work released by the band or Billy Corgan himself, which Chamberlin attributes to their interest in the music and life of Fela Kuti. It is also among their heavier releases. "People wanted to hear some energy, that they didn't want us rolling over and crying in our milk", wrote Corgan, while Chamberlin observed "the world is ready for something with some balls behind it." The releases came in six colors, each with varying material and packaging. The album peaked at #1 in Canada and New Zealand, at #2 on the Billboard 200, and was ranked on Rolling Stone's list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007.
Song of the day
"Solara" was the first Smashing Pumpkins song to be released featuring Billy Corgan, James Iha, and Jimmy Chamberlin since their original breakup 18 years prior.
| “ | We didn’t over-intellectualize it and try to write a song that would reintroduce the band. I think that we just played, and I think certain characteristics that are strong points of the band came into play, and so I think that what you hear is very classic Pumpkins, because that’s kind of everybody doing their job and doing it well and it just works." | ” |
| — Jeff Schroeder, Loudwire interview, July 2018 | ||
The song peaked at number 22 on the US Rock Digital chart and at number 47 on the US Hot Rock Songs chart.
Did you know...
- ...that the cost of recording Siamese Dream was $250,000 over budget? Virgin Records grew impatient with the costs and being behind schedule, but the band refused to cut corners if it meant they had to compromise the sound.
- ...that the compact disc version of the Pisces Iscariot cover depicts a blurry Polaroid photo of Billy Corgan's ex-wife, Chris Fabian?
- ...that Gish was named after silent film icon Lillian Gish? In an interview, Corgan said his grandmother told him "one of the biggest things that ever happened was when Lillian Gish rode through town on a train".
- ...that months prior to Zeitgeist's release, two thieves broke into the band's rehearsal space, stole photographs of the album booklet artwork and leaked them online? They were arrested by Chicago Police and charged with felony burglary.
- ...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?
In the news
April 27, 2024
April 26, 2024
- Kiki Wong is confirmed as the new guitarist of The Smashing Pumpkins.
April 24, 2024
- The NWA announces that Billy Corgan's new 8-episode unscripted series, Billy Corgan's Adventures in Carnyland will debut on The CW on May 14.
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.
Today in history April 30
Releases
- 2020: "All Your Love" by Sir Sly was released in Worldwide (Digital)
- 2020: The music video for "All Your Love" was released
- 2021: "I Want All of My Shit Back" by Sierra Swan was released in Worldwide (Digital)
- 2021: The music video for "I Want All of My Shit Back" was released
Live shows
- 1989: (The Smashing Pumpkins) Metro; Chicago, IL, US – Live debut of "Psychodelic", final "Nothing and Everything" as of 2022
- 1996: (The Smashing Pumpkins) Palau dels Esports; Barcelona, ES
- 2005: (Jimmy Chamberlin Complex) Lee's Palace; Toronto, ON, CA
- 2009: (Tinted Windows) Double Door; Chicago, IL, US
- 2022: (The Smashing Pumpkins) Memphis Fairgrounds; Memphis, TN, US [Beale Street Music Festival] – start of Rock Invasion 2 tour; first ever non-VIP full-band performance of "Ugly"
- 2023: (The Smashing Pumpkins) Southport Broadwater Parklands; Gold Coast, QLD, AU [The World Is A Vampire festival]
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.