Mellon Collie on my Thirty-Three
Satrio Rizki Dharma ID
I was celebrating my 33rd birthday that day. My ex-boyfriend bought me a horror-themed cake, and I wore a t-shirt with the cover of the greatest band in the world on it. Of course, that was intentional; I wanted to look my best on my birthday. And Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness certainly deserved that.
Banned from MCIS
Carly Brisbane Queensland, AU
I wasn’t allowed MCIS because of the song with the swear word title. I got the Presidents of the USA album instead. Imagine my disappointment when I opened the CD shaped gift. Turns out the PUSA album has exactly the same number of swear words in it and when I presented my argument to my mother she agreed to let me buy MCIS. Of course my friend had taped the CD for me anyway ….
Tattoo
Bill Dallas, TX, US
Mellon Collie tattoo!
Memories of the Lost
Marie Ellis Gilbert, Arizona, US
I was 11 when this album came out, my now late best friend introduced me to the music and I was instantly hooked. I begged my mom to buy me tickets for my 12th birthday to the tour. We didn’t have a lot of money, certainly not for things like this, but she scraped and saved and bought three tickets.
One for me, her, and the best friend I mentioned. The opening to this concert, with the piano, then slowly fading out, and Tonight Tonight starting like a shockwave of sound and lights. It still makes me emotional to this day, for the music, for the sadness of loss, for gratitude… It’s one of my favorite memories with both of them.
Tyler Toledo, ES
Tonight Tonight was the last song I played for my childhood dog before she passed away at 17, love you forever Creepy <3
The embers never fade
Paulett Dubott Concepción, CL
I drew this vampire Billy Corgan last year, a month before seeing The Smashing Pumpkins live for the very first time in Chile.
There are not enough words to express how much that concert meant to me, and how their music has shaped not only my aesthetic as an artist, but also helped but also helped through an understanding of my own self. And on that note —the first tear rolled down during Tonight, Tonight.
Happy thirty years to Mellon Collie! The sadness is still infinite, yes, but sometimes I feel like we are in this together. The embers never fade.
My best friend art
Mariana Pellicer VE
Hello, I recommended my friend to do this drawing of the album cover, and she actually did it! She’s really talented and I hope yall like her art and this specific drawing.
Loreana Dublin, IE
Here I am in my bedroom as a teenager with my ‘Tonight Tonight’ CD single release poster! It was originally hanging up on the wall in Borderline Records in Temple Bar, Dublin to promote the release and stayed up for long afterwards. I nagged the owner for about 3 years to sell it to me, every weekend and some days after school! This poster stayed pride of place above my bed until I left home! I still have it to this day but I got it professionally framed and it’s hanging in my hallway now. Mellon Collie changed my life from the moment I heard it and I will love this album forever. I grew up to become a music photographer and got to cover a few Pumpkins gigs over the years too! Thank you 💙
Poster & me
Laszlofalvi Miskolc, Hungary, HU
29 years ago I was an au-pair in London, and went to the gig to Wembley Arena by myself. Social media didn’t exist at that time, and I arrived only a few month earlier. One of my first Cd’s were the double one, and one of my first tickets. I had to go.♥️
Hollywood Palladium
Jennifer Shope Victorville CA , US
My 7th grade English teacher, who use to be a roadie, took 4 of us students to see Silverchair at the Hollywood Palladium as a reward. We got to the concert early so we were walking around and passed by the Palace. There was a sign outside saying “The Smashing Pumpkins playing here tonight”. Melancholy and the Infinite Sadness had just been released a few weeks earlier and that teacher had introduced us to the Smashing Pumpkins and Silverchair at the same time so we were so excited to pass by and hear the music coming from the front door. Then our teacher saw an old roadie friend carrying in equipment. After they reconnected he asked if we wanted to come in and watch the show! We headed into the side entrance and straight to the front of the stage. I was mesmerized. Billy looked me dead in the eyes and started singing “The world is a Vampire” and then played the unforgettable riff that follows. My entire world was changed. The next year I was facing a lot of depression. The lyrics “today is the greatest day” help me live to see another. I plastered my walls and ceiling with Smashing Pumpkins posters and pictures. I spent my lunch money making copies of every magazine article they appeared in. My collage was such a beautiful work of art and reminded me that I could make every day the greatest day as long as that’s what I choose…and f*ck everything else. The Smashing Pumpkins are my angels that saved me from myself.
Big inspiration
Jonathan VeraKat Olympia, WA, US
Billy Corgan has been a huge inspiration to me as a creative writer. I’m 40 now and SP was the soundtrack throughout my teen years. I listened to Mellon Collie on loop, and studied the lyrics. The picture is from a song I wrote called Supplication. It features the lyric: “I might just unleash seas of madness, the wrong type of wrath kid to lock me down in melancholy, rat behind a cage prolly, left for dead with infinite sadness.” Thanks for blessing the world with your talent and inspiring others Billy.
Billy through the years
James Staten Island, US
It is an illustration I created for a contest held by the pumpkins. I’m a huge fan and even have a Mellon collie tattoo that I drew myself. I thought this artwork was the more poignant to share though. I remember listening to all the albums while making this and it was honestly a very emotional experience. With each Billy I drew I listened to the coinciding album. It was so fun to create!
Rehearsing and playing Bullet w/ Butterfly Wings
Axel Richebourg, FR
In June, i performed Bullet With Butterfly Wings with my friends at our high school concert.
Big part of my life
Leilani maxwell Highland Park il, US
I always loved the smashing pumpkins and it’s all I wear today o be honest I have the huf jacket and all the shirts people always knew that about me it’s just a part of me basically. From going to madame zuzu’s for concerts or for tea or even seeing Billy come out during my chemical romance to seeing him open for greenday I love this band sooo much and it’s helped me get through hard times and good times and meeting and takeing a picture with
jimmy chamberlin was a honor