I was a freshman at UIC in 1993 and my roommate at the time had turned me on to the Smashing Pumpkins.  Prior to that fall, I had never heard of them.  SD had recently been released and I dove in.  I had asked if TSP had any other music.  Much to my surprise there was not only Gish but a slew of b-sides as well.  I dubbed his Gish CD onto side A of a 90 minute cassette tape and had a the b-sides on side B.  I would listen to that tape on every train ride to and from home on the weekends, staring out the window creating music videos in my head, all the while studying this style of guitar that was foreign to me as a “metal” guy.  Gish is a “desert island” album for me.