12 Smashing Pumpkins Riffs

Here are 12 Smashing Pumpkins songs and riffs. I did this one before a few years ago and it was one of the first videos I did that really blew up and got over 100k views. It kinda sucked but hopefully this one sucks a little bit less!
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TRACKS
0:01 Mouths Of Babes
0:31 Drown
0:58 Siva
1:24 Where Boys Fear To Tread
1:49 Dross
2:09 X.Y.U
2:44 Zero
3:11 Heavy Metal Machine
3:34 1979
4:04 Quiet
4:25 Jellybelly
4:58 The Aeroplane Flies High
GEAR
Vintage V100
Fender Cyclone
Boss Katana 50 Mk 2

[@samharradence5689]

What I love about the Smashing Pumpkins is that you can literally hear all of Billy Corgan's influences, from The Cure to MBV to Melvins. Amazing stuff.

[@HunterSTommygun]

Mouth of babes has the same 4 chords as when you sleep by mbv I think

[@lionheart4299]

I hear that stuff, I def also hear Eddie Van Halen, Black Sabbath and the cult even to a degree.

[@RavnFM]

The aeroplane flies high, turns left, looks right

[@MothElectric]

Was playing Pumpkins riffs all day while testing and here you are. Bravo.

[@bloxsy_]

Thanks man.

[@megadragoony7712]

Nice! Some of my favorite SP riffs are Cherub Rock and Rocket.

[@bloxsy_]

Also great riffs.

[@dan00dle]

Aeroplane flies high is such a good jam track.

[@SergeantZaf03]

So glad you included Dross. One of my faves most fans don’t even know about

[@prettyboylivingonthewestside]

Man I really love the tones in this! Good job man!

[@bloxsy_]

Thanks!

[@Hikarmeme]

Man your clean tones are something else!

[@raphaelfp]

Very happy to see Heavy Metal Machine and Quiet here. Awesome job

[@bloxsy_]

Thank you!

[@sans6956]

Yessss! Been looking forward to this one ! Zero is one of my all time faves. Also love the left field choices esp ‘where boys fear to tread’. Superb X Y U too. Well done matey 👍

[@bloxsy_]

Thanks man.

[@Owen_plays_music1049]

Man please do an episode 2 with Cherub Rock, Bullet With Buterfly Wings, Bury Me etc...

[@user-ku8xi2jn4h]

yesssss old smashing pumpkins' riffs are just awesome. I love that big muff style sound

[@ryanm4689]

Pumpkins have some great riffs, the 90’s were so awesome.

[@hoovie1417]

Another really underrated one is Marquis in spades… my favorite by far

[@evhenchernyshov4090]

unexpectable choice of songs but perfect. thanx for aeroplane flies high and heavy metal machine. nicely done dude

[@dixonqwerty]

Well played!! Drown is my favourite riff. The harmonies are amazing.

[@bloxsy_]

Thank you!

[@LoKoSFermincho]

The Block never dissappoints babyyyy 🤘

[@BenjiH23]

I personally would have loved to have seen Cherub Rock and Lucky 13 on here. But a great video none the less. Nice going!

[@carpoman]

To paraphrase Will Ferrell in Anchorman. "Bloxsy, you cut right to the heart of me."

[@cnrsfilms]

Yes! Got the Les Paul and Fender dynamic going.

[@Silkeborg1705]

Finally someone doing riffs witout backing track! Wait for that a long time

[@LuisOsorio13-w2c]

1:49 perturbador

[@cuchufiliptm3277]

XDDD

[@user-uc4bl7qf9u]

Es la meca de la irreverencia

[@Reearl]

spot on as always. Good job!!

[@bloxsy_]

Thanks!

[@kevh9497]

Excellent playing, great riffs!

[@PiotrBuczek]

When I'm pissed off I always start with Quiet... and end with 1979 to calm down ;)

[@90sArchive]

So glad you ended with The Aeroplane Flies High. Easily my favourite SP song

[@LeveyHere]

Awesome! Smashing Pumpkins are one of my all time favorites, Geek USA is probably my favorite.

[@archwebskis]

all your stuff is really impressive man, inspired me to try to start my own nirvana cover channel (with my shitty squier and 10g amp)

[@bloxsy_]

Thanks dude. Glad it inspired you! Keep it up!

[@joshg2188]

Wonderful choices. Mouths of Babes in particular. Drown was one of the first songs I learned when I started playing guitar

[@danielcastillo5525]

Awesome as always man

[@bloxsy_]

Thanks man

[@rjw203]

Love the song selection!!

[@ryeguy9079]

Those fingers!!!

[@kkrsnn5632]

Yes! Just the Pastichio Medley fro the Zero EP would do, but... 😉

[@innate4994]

aweseome harmonic on Zero

[@bloxsy_]

Thanks

[@millerfamilymayhem389]

they were so great live

[@user-ru5nr3wr4z]

Came across your channel a few years ago and didn’t get a chance to subscribe. Glad I found it again the other day. Nice to see you playing that cyclone too. They are very underrated imo. I have the squier version that’s h/s. My only complaint is that it is horribly heavy compared to the other guitars I have.

[@bloxsy_]

Thanks. Glad you found it again. Yeah they are heavy, I recently put a coil split in mine for the humbucker so I can get some more single coil tones

[@chrisribar9687]

jellybelly is such a banger

[@u2be4mike]

brilliant!

[@craigsandry6737]

Awesome 😎👌🎸

[@prith7900]

great vid! you should do a queens of the stone age once!

[@durhamviking1809]

I like your style

[@futariTV]

Where Boys Fear To Tread

[@landonbaker4075]

Ah another good band 👍❤

[@sango1976]

Great

[@andresav1073]

XYU is power !!!!!!

[@Someone-mi4vt]

I so wish that your videos had tabs! I love your videos sm but I can’t learn from youuuuuu

[@bloxsy_]

I’ve started doing some tutorial videos with tabs now for individual songs. There will be more of these coming up.

[@Someone-mi4vt]

@@bloxsy_ ah thats so great! Thank you!

[@ahchv]

Nice

[@SignificanceOfThePassageOfTime]

Jelly Belly is a great song. Mellon Collie was the last great Pumpkins album. Imho.

[@MsValdenor]

Riffs excelentes

[@vmrazek]

Dross!! 🤤

[@allantucker4972]

Bloxsy my. Man my favourite youtuber. A question.. have you ever got into The Celibate Rifles... Kent Steedman is one of my favourite guitarist and the were such a sonic powerhouse live .

[@bloxsy_]

I can’t say I’ve heard of them to be honest. But I’ll check them out

[@Vinicius-rw9ug]

Niceee

[@luca16messa]

do pavement riffs

[@geordiedog1749]

You have a great wee pinky finger, if you don’t mind me saying so!

[@mattgilbert7347]

Great stuff! I like to play Pumpkins' riffs when testing out Fuzz pedals. Do you have any faves for Billy's and/or James' tones? You certainly nailed some of them in this video, bravo! "Tristessa" is my favourite to play, with "Cherub Rock", "1979", and "The Chimera" from "Oceania" close runners-up. Oceania is a really underrated album. I ended up using a Green Carrot "Pumpkin Pi" which is a 2-in-1 Muff pedal. You get the IC (or "Op-Amp" - same thing, just different terms) '78 circuit famously used by Billy on Siamese Dream and, quite probably, songs on the later albums, as well as the "Green Russian" muff circuit based on the old EHX Sovtek era Big Muffs. I think J. Mascis used one for a while, along with his famous Rams Head. For other Pumpkins tones I find the Keeley Son of Fuzz Head works well, and it covers most Fuzzface type tones as well.

[@bloxsy_]

You certainly know your fuzz pedals! To be honest, I used a Boss Katana and mixed some of the built in fuzz with a bit of distortion as I struggle to get a good fuzz tone. I'll check out the Pumpkin Pi pedal though as that sounds good.

[@mattgilbert7347]

@@bloxsy_ oh, it's like an addiction for me lol! I quit drinking and other things that aren't good for a body, and instead of blowing all my money and time on that nonsense, I spend both on cool guitar gear that I can always sell if I'm in need of funds - or trade for more cool stuff! I'm legit impressed with the sounds you coaxed from your Katana! I never really played one for long enough to pass judgement, I'm perhaps a bit old-fashioned in my love of valve amps and pedals. I do have an amp modeler+IR loader for "silent" stage or home use. Green Carrot are super legit, mate. They only build to order and accept no money up front, you only pay when your order is ready. Handwired, excellent workmanship, highly recommended. You have to email them directly, the main guy is named Andy. Lovely bloke to deal with. And the pedals aren't crazy expensive for such high quality! I think I paid $280AUS for my Pumpkin Pie. They also do a rad dual called the "Comfortably Plum". It's a Ram's Head muff+Coloursound Power Booster dual. No prizes for guessing who that one is named after Lol! Happy playing, all the best from Sydney, Australia.

[@bloxsy_]

To be fair, I'm looking to upgrade on the Katana, I may just be getting bored of it. But pedals are not a bad investment, you never know what these things might be worth when they go out of production. And yeah alcohol is money down the drain quite literally! All the best man

[@mattgilbert7347]

@@bloxsy_ thanks mate. Really appreciate your kind words, and good luck with the upgrade. If you ever want any tips on a great sounding, affordable, tech-friendly valve amp+pedals (+guitar ofc!) Rig, please feel free to reach out. I have approximately 10 years experience in my own Indie band in the 90s, back then used two SG copies by VOX, Japanese made, a Fender Solid State 75w, a loaned Marshall JCM800 and a New Zealand made beast called a "Gerard 75". All valve, enough to take yr head off. VOX/Marshall hybrid times. No pedals just an analog reverb/delay mini-rack unit. Nowadays, with another 12 years experience with valve amps and pedals, I swear by modified Blues Junior Mk. IV with a speaker swap, VOX AC15C1 all-stock, and my two Laneys: UK Made VC30 2x10" with stock Jensens, and my Cub12R with a Vintage 30 instead of the crappy stock HH. I also have two heads..a Jet City JCA20H and HiWatt T20/10. I have a 112 Fender cab loaded with a Celestion V-Type. If you can find a Jet City JCA20H, JCA22H, JCA50H, or even the JC100H I *highly recommended them* Soldano designed, very well made, easy to mod, and were basically the blueprint for the SLO. I found my JCA20H for $280AUS *with a full set of spare valves* on KZbin. With the right cab, speaker, you can't do much better for the price. 20-22watts is a good amount of headroom for pedals. They do need a slight bit of modification but basically you'd end up with a Soldano SLO for a fraction of the cost. Laney VC30s are a great amp if you can find me used. Better built than their descendants, the Lionheart series, they have a kind of AC30-meets-Blackface thing going on. If you're in the UK they are easy to find, not bad in USA and Australia, elsewhere is tough. See Jack Fossett's video on the VC30 and why he thinks it's "the better AC30" (title of his vid). Check out Psionic Audio for a tech's perspectives on valve amps under $500USD and then another upload on best amps under $1000USD. Hope that helps a bit.. Good luck!!!!

[@mattgilbert7347]

@@bloxsy_ Pedals Keeley C4 or Wampler Ego (if you like compressors, I do because I play at low volume a lot) Wampler Tumnus or some sort of clean boost eg: Mooer Pure Boost (exact clone of Xotic RC Booster) MXR Phase 95 Boss BD-2 Big Muff Mooer Ensemble King Delay, Tremolo, Reverb to taste. Personally, I like Boss DD-5 & DD-7 for simple digital delays, and a Maxon AD-9 Pro for analog delay magic. Tremolo is a Keeley Dynatrem because it has regular Bias/Opto + Harmonic Tremolo and has built-in Reverb

[@caospasajeroable]

It sounds perfect. To record, do you mic your amplifier or use an emulator?

[@bloxsy_]

I use a USB lead directly from my amp to record into GarageBand.

[@caospasajeroable]

@@bloxsy_ great!

[@lemat7603]

sound like kyuss

[@haroldlipschitz9301]

The 1979 riff is lovely but really hard to play for me....I prefer power chord riffs lol

[@liam_loveless]

XYU sounds kinda like early qotsa🤯

[@Faks.09]

Before qotsa lol

[@liam_loveless]

i just said it sounds like them i know that this was released 4-5 years earlier@@Faks.09

[@WillSilva-yk5rs]

Top 10 skin yard songs GRUNGE

[@matrix99-ll6mx]

No cherub rock?

[@sikw]

hey bloxsy! I was thinking about buying a vintage v65, is it worth it?

[@bloxsy_]

Hi. It’s a decent guitar and I like it but if you’re planning on modding it the specs are a bit different to squier and fenders so it’s a bit harder to swap parts. I’m actually considering at this moment whether to stick with it or try a squier.

[@kieranng1172]

Were these Iha's or Billy's rifts? I guess its both😊

[@bloxsy_]

Yes. Kind of both really.

[@bassrocks4419]

What kinda distortion are you running?

[@Mitchelskater]

Geek U.S.A

[@thepedalcreators]

Amazing riffs man! Would you be interest in working together doing some pedal demos? Just wrote you on Ig just in case ;) Cheers and keep it up with the good music!