My first time hearing Smashing Pumpkins was in 8th grade, 1995, when my crush at the time had a band called Emerald City. They covered Today. He would play it for me over the phone after school on his guitar. I was mesmerized… I fell in love with the song (and the guy) and to this day it’s my favorite song ever. The summer of ’96 I got my first job and had money in my pocket. I went to the local Wal-Mart and purchased Mellon Collie, took it home and listened to it all the way through while flipping through the beautiful artwork that came with the cd. I don’t have a favorite song, I love them all. That summer I became a huge SP fan, smoked weed for the first time, made friends that I would ramble around with throughout high school getting into trouble (but rarely getting caught haha) and in general becoming a heathen, with SP being the soundtrack. Best memories ever.