September 1996 and I just started high school.  Bought Mellon Collie the previous spring and Siamese Dream that the summer, which inspired me to play guitar.  As I was learning my first chords, my SP obsession was forming and I bought Gish on a hot Sunday afternoon at our local “record store”.  We had to walk, it was about 20 minutes crossing busy streets and parking lots.  Had not heard a song on the album prior to buying,  music was so much more difficult to access back then.  If it wasn’t on the Radio or MTV, and if a friend didn’t own it, you couldn’t hear it.  I knew buying this album blind would not disappoint, and it was time.  I Am One and Snail caught my attention first.  My favorite track on the album, Bury Me, didn’t hook me until 9 years later, when it told the story of a girlfriend who had recently broke my heart.  SP and Billy Corgan remain my all time favorite, the essential piece in my music journey.