I love this fucking album
Leon vilajcher Modi’in, IL
I listened to this album for the first time on a long car ride 3 months ago and I am still playing it on repeat and got the cd as well as Siamese dream and adore. I love every second of it. Every note every lyric everything. It’s the best. Thank you!
Childhood
Дарья Belarus, vitebsk , BY
I was listening to the smashing pumpkins since my childhood , my dad is a huge fan, so every ride in a car was accompanied by melancholy and infinite sadness album. Lucky me this year we went on a SP show in Bahrain , which was wonderful. I’ve met a lot of amazing people there and genuinely happy to hear Billy’s voice live. I want to say a huge thank you for the band, cause you guys are awesome.🙌🏻
My dad and I and the pumpkins
Haylee Las Vegas, NV, US
My dad raised me on the pumpkins. showing me the mv to bullet with butterfly wings, showing me the snl performance and explaining how shocking it was to see billy bald lol. we finally got to see the pumpkins together on the saviors tour in san diego and it was the best show ever ! year and years of being fans led up to it!
Natalie Athens, GR, GR
My dad went to a university in England for a year. He tells me stories from there. And I love it. He gave me the cd of mellon collie that he used to listen to when he was alone at his room, studying or chilling. I love his stories and at winter nights we listen to the cd and he tells me stories from there and I love him 🫶🏻
The love of my life, Smashing Pumpkins and an expensive vinyl
Jessica Hartlepool, GB
My love, Alfie, has always (Ava) adored this band, and I must admit I didn’t know much about you guys, but I listened with him, watched the music videos and looked at him with such admiration when he lights up when you are mentioned. This band is everything to him, and this year we made his dream come true, on first seeing yous live with his girlfriend, but something even more beautiful, the Mellion Collie vinyl. This we agreed would eventually be a wedding gift, but no, when we went on our fortnightly trip to the local record store we saw it on the self, Alfie described it instantly as a ray of sunshine, and he lit up the way he does! We had to buy it, it’s was too good to be true! Now the vinyl lives on the shelf above our bed, looking over the both of us. It’s an absolutely beautiful and stunning album and art, the steampunk vibe is absolutely perfect, I cannot wait for our home to emulate this!
This is an ode to my love, the man who introduced me to this band, the man I’ll spent the rest of my life with! Here’s to listening to smashing pumpkins till the end!
My leg tattoo
Leon Wollongong, AU
I first found Mellon Collie watching the Simpson’s as a little kid. Since then have followed everything Billy and the band have done.
Life
Nick Leamington Spa, GB
The first time I heard Tonight Tonight was on a video chart show at the age of 13, the video blew my mind and changed my life forever. I can pinpoint that moment as the one that got me to where I am today.
This album changed my life
Samuele Porto Valtravaglia, IT
I was in the car with my mom and I bought the cassette of the album. I didn’t know them, I was 13, but I was curious after reading a review of “The Wild Bunch.” As soon as Mellon Collie’s piano part started, I fell in love. I immediately bought the CD too, and last year the vinyl.
angelito that protects me
Eladio D Amecameca , MX
Ever since I first heard the album, something that fascinated me was the cover art. It took me years to decide which tattoo to get, but I finally settled on the angel in the hot air balloon. For me, it represents the people who have passed away from the earthly world but watch over me from afar.
The band changed everything
Sam williams Bury, GB
My very first tattoo was that of the birds in the plane and so many others of the little diagrams after that the bird reading a book the hourglass from the vinyl insert. after that Christmas 2023 my friend bought me the deluxe Melon Collie vinyl and I cried tears of joy in front of all my friends
Mellon Collie tattoo
Caz Belfast, NI, GB
Hi! I’m Caz, I’m 19, and growing up my Mum always loved SP, I still vividly remember the day she told me to listen to 1979 and from then, I’ve loved them too.
A few months ago, I got this tattoo as a reminder that time really never is time at all. Everything in life happens so quickly and this song reminds me to cherish every moment I have with her.
When the Stars Wept with Me
Myranda Stein Sun City Center, FL, US
My boyfriend and I have grown up listening to this album together since we were 12 years old (we are 23 now). Innocent days of just listening to the double feature and hanging out to road trips for new beginnings. We traveled by train when we lived in MI to see them perform at Riot Fest then years later was able to see them for our anniversary front and center. The Smashing Pumpkins will always be my all time favorite band and remind me of the growth of us, as we continue to grow listening and relating more and more in life.
We only come out at night- Art
Amanda Bath, Maine, US
I’ve always struggled with depression but had the beginning of the hardest stages in 1995- when I was 15. I was completely overwhelmed by sadness but found Mellon Collie and the infinite sadness which perfectly matched my feelings in life. Billy Corgan healed my heart with those songs and I’m forever grateful for his existence. I’m 45 now and feel exactly the same.
Here’s a recent painting I did inspired by “We only come out a night” perfect for October.
A Gift from a Friend
Cohen Macomb, IL, US
My best friend (and also girlfriend 😅) drew this for me the first day I met her!!! I’ve cherished it ever since. (The chair it’s on is from Pumpkinland)
The Album I Bought Twice
Edu Porto Alegre, BR, BR
When Mellon Collie was released, I rushed to buy an imported copy since international albums took long to arrive in Brazil. Years later, I lent it to a friend who never returned it, so I bought it again. Thirty years on, my love for the album keeps growing.