The Smashing Pumpkins Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

Billy Corgan: I dont think we're the type of band people look at and say, "I want to grow up to be just like that". Were like a train wreck.

Billy Corgan: You can't be greater than Elvis, change things as much as the Beatles, or be as original as Led Zeppelin. All you can do is rip them off.

Trivia

EP: Peel Sessions Release Date: June 1992 Label: Hut Records Tracks: "Siva" – 4:53 "Girl Named Sandoz" – 3:38 "Smiley" – 3:31

Album: Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music Release Date: September 5, 2000 Label: Constantinople Records Tracks: "Slow Dawn" – 3:14 "Vanity" – 4:08 "Saturnine" – 4:11 "Glass' Theme (Spacey)" – 2:55 "Soul Power" – 3:02 "Cash Car Star (Version 1)" – 3:41 "Lucky 13" – 3:05 "Speed Kills But Beauty Lives Forever (Alternate Take)" – 4:51 "If There Is a God (Piano and Voice)" – 2:34 "Try, Try, Try (Version 1 Alternate Text)" – 4:23 "Heavy Metal Machine (Version 1 Alternate Mix)" – 6:47 "Glass' Theme" – 1:54 "Cash Car Star" – 3:18 "Dross" – 3:26 "Real Love" – 4:16 "Go" – 3:47 "Let Me Give the World to You" – 4:10 "Innosense" – 2:33 "Home" – 4:29 "Blue Skies Bring Tears (Version Electrique)" – 3:18 "White Spyder" – 3:37 "In My Body" – 6:50 "If There Is a God (Full Band)" – 2:08 "Le Deux Machina" – 1:54 "Here's to the Atom Bomb (New Wave Version)" – 3:51

Album: Adore Release Date: June 2, 1998 Label: Virgin Records Tracks: "To Sheila" – 4:40 "Ava Adore" – 4:20 "Perfect" – 3:23 "Daphne Descends" – 4:38 "Once Upon a Time" – 4:06 "Tear" – 5:52 "Crestfallen" – 4:09 "Appels + Oranjes" – 3:34 "Pug" – 4:46 "The Tale of Dusty and Pistol Pete" – 4:33 "Annie-Dog" – 3:36 "Shame" – 6:37 "Behold! The Night Mare" – 5:12 "For Martha" – 8:17 "Blank Page" – 4:51 "17" – 0:17

Album: Siamese Dream Release Date: July 27, 1993 Label: Virgin Records Tracks: "Cherub Rock" – 4:58 "Quiet" – 3:41 "Today" – 3:19 "Hummer" – 6:57 "Rocket" – 4:06 "Disarm" – 3:17 "Soma" – 6:39 "Geek U.S.A." – 5:13 "Mayonaise" – 5:48 "Spaceboy" – 4:28 "Silverfuck" – 8:43 "Sweet Sweet" – 1:38 "Luna" – 3:20

The Smashing Pumpkins appeared on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock chart at #49.

Billy Corgan released a solo album, TheFutureEmbrace, in June 2005.

Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness debuted at #1 on the 'Billboard 200' chart in October 1995. It also earned seven Grammy nominations in 1996.

The band added the "The" to their name prior to their 1995 album release, resulting in the understanding that the "Smashing" in their name was, in fact, an adjective instead of a verb.