Playing Zero on the Drums

Victoria Kerr Buenos Aires, AR

Ive played drums since i was 12 years old. This is me at 16 (im now 20 😂) playing zero in front of an audience full of friends and family. Needless to say I kind of scared my grandma but she got into it. I Love you tsp

The Cherry on the top of the cake

Hélder Porto, PT, PT

I was 16. Terribly in love. Bought the 1979 single and found this Cherry at the top of the cake. Thank you, SP. You’re really Smashing. 

Time is never time at all

Calina Marysville, OH, US

I was born on October 12th, 2005. On the drive home from the hospital, my parents played MCIS and Tonight, Tonight for me. They were the first songs I ever listened to. 17 years later, I got to hear Tonight, Tonight live with my dad in Cincinnati. 8 months after that, I drove myself to my graduation in my own car, listening to those same songs. SP’s music has been with me throughout my entire life and in every moment, no matter how significant. 

The Beginning of the End…

Mike Salinas Houston, Texas, US

A friend gifted me ‘Siamese Dream’ and it changed my life!  Went out the first day MC&TIS came out and bought it on CD.  Made a cassette copy for a girl I really liked but was dragging my feet with. ( I was very shy and insecure ).  Anyways, a few days later she said we could no longer be anything… Was it the music?

Double delight

Adam Burton Dorchester, GB

A friend’s mum worked at the local radio station and sold me the promo cd copy they had. It had a sticker on it saying it was a promo and I slowly scratched it off, which I really regret doing.

I remember thinking I’m never going to be familiar with all 28 songs, but I was in no time and the sharp switch between heavy and mellow really gripped me.

We used to turn it up in my mates car for Billy’s solo vocal bits, like “the world is a vampire” and in zero “emptiness is…” 

Best belated birthday gift ever!!

Jen Chesterbrook, PA, US

Hands down my favorite album! My friend gave it to me for my 15th birthday. It was late bc my bday is on Oct 15th. So worth the wait! I am actually wearing my TSP shirt today!! 

Tonight, Tonight

NAOKI TAKASAWA TOKYO, JP

The time I saw you guys at the Nippon Budokan before is still my best live experience.

Embodiment of Love

Claire Columbus, OH, US

I fell in love with this album at 13 while I was in a toxic relationship. With my new amazing boyfriend, I received the MCIS CD from him. He loves and knows me so well, and I associate this album with the love I have to give.

Homecoming Night

Jesse Little Rock, Ar, US

I remember I had just gotten into SP a few months before my high school homecoming senior year. I had told all my friends I wouldn’t go if I didn’t have a date. That night, while everyone was at homecoming, I was out in the woods, looking at the stars, and listening to this album in its entirety. I have never had anything be so relatable as that album was that evening. 

Billy / Austin

Daniel G Brooklyn,Ny, US

I saw BC at Tower records in Austin day of their show. He was looking thru records. I said hello and thank you for Siamese Dream. He was quiet but sweet ❤️

just like my dad

Greta Busca, IT, IT

This album is really important to me because it’s literally the soundtrack of my teenage years and I discovered it thanks to my dad that listened to it when he was my age. This summer me and my dad finally went to a sp’s concert for the first time and I decided to take a tattoo of mcis, our favourite album.

So, note all ye lovers in love with the sound

Mydiana Atlanta, GA, US

 I was in 8th grade I was going through a tough time with my friends. One night I ended up talking to one of my close guy friends, Finny, who was on an overnight field trip at the time. We listened to spotify together and texted the entire night. He put the song “Cupid de locke” in the queue and it changed my life. It was so ethereal and what I needed to know that everything was gonna be okay. I even played the song at my quinceañera (Along with Tonight, Tonight) when I danced with my mother for the first time. Thank you.

University days

Margherita Trieste, IT

It was at my dad’s house, when I came over for the week end from the town I was attending university at. And it was like crossing a space gap through different galaxies. SP were always with me. Wherever I should go. Even saw them at their tour in Milan. 

Blowing my mind

Jorge Asuncion, PY

I was at a friend’s house. While he was waiting for his dinner to finish, I was in his room listening to his stereo. We were 15 years old in 1996. I knew the Siamese Dream album very well and the cuts that were shown on MTV from the Mellon Collie album. But I was tempted to play the record that my friend had. He had bought headphones that were great. I put them on. Press play. I closed my eyes while the instrumental track 01 played. And like a fist bump began JellyBelly, which is the next track. It was those guitars that sounded in stereo, the bass hit my body, the drums moved my limbs, William P. Corgan’s voice floated in those waves of aggressive sounds. It was a magical moment. 

Mellon Collie Era

Meg Washington, D.C., US

Representing SP in the 90s.

Adore

Meg Silver Spring, US

My poster from my room in the 90s after Adore came out. 

And I give all back to you…

Meg Silver Spring, MD, US

NYC before 2001 obviously since the twin towers are in the photo. I was on top of the Empire State Building representing SP.

Disarm you with a smile…

Meg Silver Spring, MD, US

Time Square, NYC in the 90s. 

Mellon Collie Tour

Meg Silver Spring, MD, US

My first rock concert was SP & Garbage in 1996. It was the last show for Jonathan Melvoin who died before the next show in NYC after an overdose on heroin. Fans were devastated and that was goodbye to Jimmy for awhile. 

Blurco and the infinite sadness

Hugo Sanchez Maracaibo, VE

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Night before release!

Shawn St. Paul, MN, US

The night before this album came out, the band was on a radio show and I cannot remember which one. Anyway they were playing and like 2-3 songs in the venue had a blackout during the live performance. I stayed up really late on a school night and listened to the whole thing. I even recorded it on 2 cassette tapes, that I actually still have in a box at my parents! Hearing that performance that night changed it all for me and they have been my #1 since. 

90s masterpiece. MCIS changed my life.

Caroline Cardoso Campo Grande, MS, BR

This album changed my music perspective forever – it’s now inked on my skin.

Mural

Mattie Denver, CO , US

I was 9 and heard 1979 on the radio. I remember hearing Billy’s voice and thinking “wow, what a weird sound, I love it! I was gifted MCIS for my 10th birthday and Smashing Pumpkins became the soundtrack to my life obsessively. I painted the inner lyric book picture as a giant mural on my bedroom wall. 

Inspiración

Daniela Jimenez Ciudad de México, MX

Comencé a escuchar The Smashing Pumpkins cuando tenía cerca de 11 años. Cuando ví el vídeo de Tonight Tonight por primera vez supe que serían mi inspiración toda la vida. Cuando conocí el arte del MC&TS hizo que quisiera ser ilustradora y estudiará diseño para yo lograr hacer lo mismo. Son mi influencia número 1 en toda la vida.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness has encompassed my whole life

Katey Glenwood, IA, US

I was 14 years old in 1996. I fell in love with the pumpkins in the SD era but MCIS cemented my life long obsession with them. The best day of my life up to that point was going to the MCIS tour. I now have a 21 and 17 year old and I have passed my love on to them. My son has all of their vinyls and my daughter says MCIS is her favorite album and 1979 is the best song of all time. They have been with me for 2 more SP concerts. Thank you for the music! 

First Listen

Mikey Worcester Massachusetts , US

Born in 85′ I grew up listening to the Classic Rock of my parents liking (Beatles, Doors, Hendrix, Jethro Tull, Fleetwood, Floyd etc…) and my older brothers music as well. I can remember being alone in my basement where my brothers 6 cd changer radio was. I saw the new double disk cd in fresh packaging sitting there unopened. I opened it knowing my brother was going to be pissed. Listened to it front to back in one sitting at 10 years old and i was wonderstruck. It opened my eyes and ears to the lyrical and artistic side of music. For the first time I heard music that painted imagery and emotions in my imagination. To this day, one of the best albums ever imo