Spring 1988 – Eddy Street

Spring 1988 – Eddy Street
Studio session of The Smashing Pumpkins
Artist	The Smashing Pumpkins
Album	Nothing Ever Changes
From	March 1988
To	June 1988
Location	Eddy Street (Billy's father's home studio)

The Spring 1988 sessions at William Corgan Sr.'s home studio on Eddy Street at least in part produced the demo cassette Nothing Ever Changes. The lineup included: Billy Corgan, James Iha, and Ron Roesing (formerly of The Marked) on drums; this could be viewed as the very first recording that ceased to be The Marked and became The Smashing Pumpkins. "Heart" and "Cross" were originally two separate songs, but were joined together into one. "It Suits Me Well" is actually "The Vigil". Although a tape exists as the below four-song configuration, the original Nothing Ever Changes was about 60 minutes in length and was Corgan's first attempt at a full-length album; it contained a combination of songs, spoken word selections (recalled as "bad poetry"), and instrumentals.

Tracks recorded

• "The Vigil" (It Suites Me Well)
• "Nothing and Everything"
• "Heart" (?)
• "Cross"