Album of my life
Luna CA, US
I have so much memories not only of this album but of all the Smashing Pumpkins music. They are literally my life songs. Been listening and a fan since forever!
I had an iPod with just STP songs on it.
One memory I had was in 2012, they went on a concert in the Philippines but there was a typhoon. I was about 8 months pregnant but at that time, with a delicate pregnancy and could not come. I was devastated because I wished for that day to come. I thought I would not see them play live.
When I came to the US, my dream to watch them in the flesh came true in 2019! Yay!
I have so much photos with different stories to share, but this is the one that I wanted to share because this is forever etched in me.
Xoxo
Mon adolescence
Pasquali Luc Linguizzetta, Corsica, FR
J’ai 18 ans, j’écoute de tout, du rock ou de la musique électro, nous sommes en 1995 et l’écoute de Tonight Tonight ou 1979 à la radio va bouleverser mon existence, et celle de mon meilleur ami. Les morceaux de l’album rythmeront nos étés, nos hivers, nos mois et nos années… Puis nos vies. Jusqu’à aujourd’hui, et pour longtemps encore. Merci.
Carlos Lima, US
Blowing my mind at 11
Steph Paradise, NL, CA
I remember seeing the video for Bullet and LOVING the song. Then when Tonight, Tonight came on much music my little 12 year old brain exploded!
I wore a SP shirt basically every day of high school. Everyone knew me as “the pumpkins girl” 😆
MCIS was my intro to the band, and have been obsessed since!
In The Arms Of Sleep
Svetlana and Jona Balch Springs Texas , US
This hearth was created in Ukraine, where our memories first came to life. It was a gift from my beloved — a symbol of our friendship and the quiet love that grew between us. “In the Arms of Sleep” has always been our song, a melody that wrapped us in warmth and longing. I once dedicated it to her, and ever since, its notes have carried a piece of my heart back to her.
Art cover of my album ”To Make Home, Be Home” inspired by MCIS cover art !
Ricardo Iwersen Maranhao Curitiba, BR
I was 11 years old when my Dad showed me Mellon Collie and I fell in love with it, it’s been almost 30 years and is one of my all time favorite albums, it’s part of my journey as a person and musician, and I became the songwriter I am today because of SP !
My second album ”To Make Home, Be Home” art cover shows a night sky with purple tones and stars and planets, I wanted to make a Homage to MCIS !
Inspired artwork
Alex Helsinki FIN, FI
My fav SP song is Mayonaise and I have a series of inspired paintings featuring my favourite lyrics. I also planned to get the lyrics tattooed in the near future!
Bored in class
Alex Helsinki FIN, FI
Recent doodle I’m proud of
Keira Nevada City, US
Ceramic Mellon collie!
The Logo that inspires me through everyday
Isaac Quezon City, PH
When SP visited the Philippines back in over a decade, my heart fluttered with excitement and joy. After their wonderful performance, I had to embed how memorable SP was so I tattooed their logo onto my arm which will serve as a lifetime memory of their commitment to music and their work. Keep rocking on for Rock Invasion 2025!!
Cupid de Locke pop up book
Diana miller VA, US
This is one page of a pop up book I made for my boyfriend, Cupid de Locke is my favorite song,
Rock Is Dead / Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Riccardo Fissore Torino, IT, IT
A tribute to a unique, unrepeatable album that has haunted you for thirty years like a ghost (a good one), always with those who listen to it. Mellon Collie’s rock is “dead” because it belongs to the era in which it was created, but it will remain forever in our memories.
A collection of memories
Danielle Brown Buffalo, New York, US
My dad was who introduced me to the Smashing Pumpkins. When he was younger he would play songs like tonight, tonight or zero on his drum set ( big fan of Jimmy). He gave me lots of his cd, recordings of concerts (he actually got his siamese dream tattoo at one of the concerts) and his zero shirt. U guys really inspire me and my art! I wish my dad could be celebrating the anniversary but he is currently in the hospital due 2 a work injury. (He has been making a speedy recovery) thank u 4 all of the memories and awesome music!
Finally in concerts 😻🥳
Nicole Jagenburg Hückeswagen, DE
Hey Billy, last year it was finally time I was allowed to see you twice, first in London with my daughter and then in Mönchengladbach with the whole family! That was the best and long-awaited concert I have experienced.
Your music has been with me for so long and moves me!
And now I’m overjoyed that I could finally see you live and that directly twice in a row I hope we see each other again very often in my life!
Thank you for this great music!
Yours, Nicole 🖤
Drawing
Maxine Lewis San Francisco, CA, US
This is a drawing I drew when I was listening to my newly bought Rotten Apples vinyl
A fusion of my two favorite bands
Ana Zaragoza, ES
Some time ago, I created a mobile wallpaper combining my two favorite bands: Smashing Pumpkins and My Chemical Romance.
Inspired by the cover art of Smashing Pumpkins’ Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness vinyl and referencing the song You Know What They Do to Guys Like Us in Prison by My Chemical Romance, I designed the wallpaper attached here.
I’ve been using this wallpaper for months, and I never get tired of it!
Infinite Sadness
Jonathan Ramirez Balch Springs Texas, US
Infinite Sadness
This painting is titled Infinite Sadness, inspired by the ethereal intro to one of the most beautiful albums I’ve ever heard. As an artist, I began creating a body of work shaped by the emotions and atmosphere that flow through the entire record—but this particular song has left a mark on my soul.
Sometimes, my loved one plays it for me on the piano, and in those moments, the music binds us together—through hope, through love, through the quiet power to dream again.
Infinite Sadness is my reflection on that feeling: a place where melancholy and beauty intertwine, where sorrow becomes a bridge to light.