The Smashing Pumpkins 1993-10-23

October 23, 1993 – Santa Barbara, CA, US
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Rock Invasion tour
Date	October 23, 1993
Venue	UCSB Robertson Gym
Coordinates	34°24′58″N 119°50′57″W
Location	Santa Barbara, CA, US
Venue type	Gym
Capacity	4,000
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Jimmy Chamberlin
Order of bands	Shudder to Think, The Smashing Pumpkins
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Setlist

1. "King of the Road" [Roger Miller] (prerecorded) (final performance)
2. "Bury Me" 
3. "Rocket" 
4. "Today" 
5. "Disarm" 
6. "Quiet" 
7. "Snail" (abandoned) 
8. "Snail" 
9. "I Am One" (with rant) [5:25] 
10. "Drown" [4:47] 
11. "Hummer" [5:52] 
12. "Geek U.S.A." 
13. "Soma" 
14. (blues jam)
15. "Siva" [5:58] 

Encore

16. "Silverfuck" 
1. "Over the Rainbow" [Harold Arlen / Yip Harburg] (tease) 
2. "The Star-Spangled Banner" [Francis Scott Key] (tease) 

Notes

• First known instance of Billy Corgan altering the last line of "Geek U.S.A.", which he will do at all remaining shows of the tour

Banter

King of the Road Intro
BC: Hello...buddah.
Iha: Barbara Santa, are you ready? (screaming) Are you ready?!
Bury Me
> Rocket
Iha: Santa Barbara!! You’re, you’re, you have too much energy, you’re just killing me.
BC: Hey, um, all you peoples up there, hey. Sorry you can't come down here...(laughing) like these people. You're not having a good time anyway, right? Alright, yes, they're not having any fun anyway. So um, it's nice to be here, wherever we are, Santa Barbara. Heh heh. Just the very mention of Santa Barbara causes dissension. Boo.
Iha: (surfer voice) That's right, dude.
BC: (laughing) That's right, dude.
Today
Disarm
Quiet
BC: Thank you.
Snail (abandoned shortly after drums kick in)
Iha: Woo! Woo, dance party, come on, everybody.
Snail
BC: So what do you wanna hear? (crowd shouting) Nope.
I Am One
(BC midsong: And all I ever wanted to do was leave the suburbs. And all I ever wanted to do was leave town. And all I ever wanted to do was go somewhere where there was nobody, yeah. And all I ever wanted was everything. And all I ever got back was nothing. Woo, woo. Well, what you want is what you'll get, what you want is what you'll get, what you want is what you'll get, what you want is what you'll get. Of this negative attitude, I am positive! So cry me a river. Cry me a fountain of dreams. Cry me a river, yeah. And nothing can be taken from me that hasn't already been taken, nothing can be taken from me that hasn't already been taken, nothing can be taken from me that hasn't already been taken! Yeah. Ah, such a long story. And there's nothing in this world, nothing in this world, nothing in this world, nothing in this world and there's nothing! Nothing! Nothing! Nothing!)
BC: (off mic) What, (on mic) what?
Iha: If you're asking about my space helmet, it's my magic power.
Drown
> Hummer
Geek U.S.A.
(BC alt last line: I fuckin’ hate the U.S.A.!)
BC: Thanks. Thanks, dudes and girls.
Soma
brief 12-bar blues jam (Billy & Iha)
> Siva
[encore break]
Iha: Ttttthank you. Hey, you guys were real jerks to Shudder to Think, you should listen next time. Do you even know what I'm talking about, the supporting band, Shudder to Think? You should listen to them next time, they're really good. And now we give you, not a rose, but...uh...
BC: Peppers.
Iha: ...a red –- red pepper rose. Just like Morrissey '84.
(Silverfuck intro begins)
BC: We don't take requests.
Silverfuck / Over the Rainbow / Star Spangled Banner