Mellon Collie

Victor Bautista CDMX , MX

This year started a bit rough but listen to MCIS has inspired me to play the guitar (I’ve learned 3 songs from the album) and start drawing again so I wanted to draw my take on the iconic album artwork

Cool kids never have the time

Angela Montoya SAN DIEGO, CA, US

Once a pumpkin head, always a pumpkin head! Since 1995 till forever

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 🖤

Thru The Arms Of Ruby

Samuel Robert Lorio Columbus, OH, US

Thru The Eyes Of Ruby is my favorite song from MCIS, and after hundreds of listens has taught me quite a lot. See things for what they are, and what they are not. Take off the rose colored glasses; experience the world as it is.

Drawing

Maxine Lewis San Francisco, CA, US

This is a drawing I drew when I was listening to my newly bought Rotten Apples vinyl

Martin Manila, PH

I remember watching MTV with my older brother who introduced me to Smashing Pumpkins when I was around 9 or 10 years old when Mellon Collie came out. I was enchanted by the Tonight Tonight’s music video that resembled a silent movie. I’ve never seen like it. Back then, I didn’t care about the lyrics too much. It’s only when I got a little older when I understood the lyrics when I started to pick up the guitar and learned how to play it. I was lucky to hear it live when SP played here in Manila earlier this month.

Thanks, Billy for stopping by.

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.

City by the Lake

Sheridan James Lunt Bristol, GB

Smashing Pumpkins really has been one of the great creative influences of my life. Ever since ’95 and MCIS, I wanted to emulate them and become the kind of artist who could express every mood in every voice, using every medium in every style. This is my drawing of the lyrics in Tonight Tonight. The song, and album will always be magical to me.

Dreams of Glass

Fernando Ramires Dublin, IE

This image was born from an instant identification with the persona of Zero from the masterpiece, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. The figure of the person who doesn’t recognise their own reflection always resonated as a powerful evocation for a lonely, introspective youth. I translated this feeling of depersonalisation and melancholy. More than just an illustration for “Zero,” the work is an amalgamation of concepts orbiting his tragic history-the fragility of Glass, and the images of a Whyte Spyder, with references to I of the Mourning.

The visual inspiration came directly from the lucid surrealism of René Magritte. The negation of the familiar image, the juxtaposition of the mundane with the dreamlike, and that sense of unease which invites introspection. The final result is not merely a tribute, but an interior self-portrait; a place where infinite sadness tries to find its own, strange beauty.

Drawing inspiration

Lady love Cdmx , MX

I always wanted to recreate this star , now as a professional I draw it whenever I can I say this double cd is a master piece of the new classical music

MCIS Inspired Cake

Penny Elliott West Point, MS, US

My youngest daughter wanted a SP MCIS themed cake for her 13th birthday.

My life anthem… 1979

Matt Wales, GB

1979 was my teenage angst song. I played it before exams, on break ups and at happy times too. I still play it whenever I’m reflecting or at a milestone. I’ll always treasure it as my favourite song. I’m currently gold gilding a large canvas painting of the anniversary artwork.

Philly singing competition

Brody W-Z Mesa, AZ, US

So, over the summer I had to compete nationally in this competition called nats in Philly. I had made it up to that point in the CM category with an original piece titled “I wanna be a rockstar”, Buddy Holly by Weezer, and of course the beloved “1979”. I went to tons of record stores looking for some more stuff to add to my collection, and at this punk store I grabbed my zero shirt. So radical. I had made my way through semi-finals and it was finally that time to sing for finals. However they cut my track because of Billy’s “today” synth. This was due to it being considered a “background vocal” so I instead opted to back myself up with the guitar. I goofed up at the chorus the first time but I quickly got back into it. I got third place, but I had a blast.

Painted MCIS

Addy Wright Russellville, KY, US

As an artist, being able to take the things I love and the appreciation I have for other artists and turn it into something unique and beautiful is sooo amazing. This album means so much to me and I feel so grateful that i’m able to express my love for it through my own talents! It’s also so fun to wear my jacket and meet others who love SP just as much as me!

Sun

Ferril Yozha Bengkulu, ID

I made this when i was listening to mellon collie 24/7, it’s an old style big dress with the sun as a head, and when i did this piece, mellon collie’s cover and musical colour was all that was in my head.

My First SP Concert!

Geraldine Frankfort, US

I had to go all out for my first Smashing Pumpkins show after loving the band for so long, and I recreated the Mellon Collie girl costume for the Spirits on Fire tour! It was such a magical night 💜

Infinite Sadness

Sara G US

Hi! I made this sculpture in my Universities 3d design class. It’s made of cardboard and i titled her “Infinite Sadness”

Karen Stuttgart, DE

Hi,

i started listening to you when I was 18. I went to Rock am Riem in Germany, I think that was 1993, saw you in Brisbane 1997, in Cologne, Munich, Düsseldorf, had tickets for Atlanta when you had to cancel it. You helped me to go through my late teenager years, my 20ties. I had the feeling you had written each song for me, to cry out my anger, my sorrow my love. On august 3rd I will be in Ludwigsburg with my best friend, when I was 19…. A gift to my 50th birthday. Thank you so much for all the songs. You had a huge impact on my life, karen

To Pat B

Milorada Ontario, CA

I never would’ve thought that I’d be writing a memory about the Smashing Pumpkins when someone introduced me to the band back in high school. I’d only heard that one song from the The Watchmen trailer (which was great). Funny how that goes in life.

Patrick, it was nice running into you a few years ago! You looked just exactly like I remembered. Turns out I really adore this whole album and listening to it when I’m studying. Be well and I’ll talk to you if there’s a next time. 🙂

Happy Birthday Billy!

Adam Alberico Fernandina Beach, FL, US

Thank you for all of the great music over the years. I remember driving from NIU to spend the night at the United Center to score tickets to the Farewell Shows in 2000 in my teens. And soon I will be flying from Florida to Chicago to go celebrate Mellon Collie at the Lyric Opera this November in my forties.  I am proud to say that my first born son Luke shares a March 17th birthday with you. Happy birthday Billy!

Amazing

Kim Ft. Myers, US

Great concert…so much energy and love! Danced and sang the entire concert!

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

Jan Lehner Baden, CH

30 years a fan of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.

Thank you for all the music and memories.

Football (Soccer?) bragging rights

Matt Collis Belper, GB

It was September 11th 1992 at Nottingham Trent university, England. I was 17 and so excited to see my then (and now) favourite band! As usual the pre gig pint broke the seal and off I trotted to the toilets which you had to pass through a gymnasium to get to.  To my astonished little 17yr old brain I struggled to process that the Pumpkins were having a pre show kickabout and I had to walk through them to go pee!  To this day my favourite claim to fame is that Billy kicked the ball in my direction (intentionally right Billy? That’s how my story goes anyway) and I passed it back, star struck and totally stoked! So there you go. I made a pass at Billy!  What a night that was. A raw intimate full on rock blast of a gig. I Can’t wait to introduce my daughter to SP in London tomorrow night. Rock on guys. You are the very definition of rock to me. Matt.

Thank You!!!!

Brad Anderson Toronto, On, CA

Dear Smashing Pumpkins,

Thank you for being an escape to the crazy world and saying all the things I feel but cant find words to. Im 24 and been listening to pumpkins for more than 15 years since i was in 6th grade and many more years and shows to come!!

Thank you from bottom of my heart for the music, (ps I was only one jumping up and down at the solo tour show in Toronto near the front in my 2024 tour shirt from seeing the band in October!!!)

Brad Anderson

Family joining in 30 years of being a fan

Carlos London, GB

This time I brought my family with me! Had a blast!