The Smashing Pumpkins - Live rare 001 - complete

[@static-and-rust]

The way the drums lock in with the guitar in this band is always so impressive, it’s like they’re both the same instrument

[@volta5550]

That’s the guitar that Billie lost for like 20 years. He was recently reunited with it

[@gharieba3428]

The same thought came to my mind

[@le_th_]

Gish guitar

[@garciansmith1460]

I’m sorry but this band is completely underrated. Billy Corgan is one of the best guitar players to have ever been born. He was fucking unstoppable in the early 90s.

[@ceezer.mp4]

Garcian Smith underrated??????? Smashing Pumpkins were one of the biggest bands in the world post-Nirvana, idk how you can call that underrated

[@rurronsio666]

@@ceezer.mp4 underrated cuz they were famous post-nirvana thanks to Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness, their penultimate record before the 2000s (the decade they stopped making commercial successes and actually outside the mainstream)

[@ceezer.mp4]

@@rurronsio666 not even because of mellon collie cuz Siamese Dream was a huge hit in the US

[@ceezer.mp4]

@@theshizzz that wouldn’t mean it’s underrated because another band might be more popular?

[@ceezer.mp4]

@@theshizzz if that was the case the rolling stones are underrated since they weren’t as big as the beatles

[@davebrogan7941]

If I could go back to any point in my life, no doubt it would be to the early 90s - what an amazing time to be alive.

[@CastleHassall]

'84 onwards i would repeat if i could take back anyone i care about

[@R.and.R.]

Golden age

[@thatguystheguy4291]

Early pumpkins was the best pumpkins.

[@davidhumphrey7874]

Define "early pumpkins".

[@billysmith4998]

@@davidhumphrey7874 1988-2018 lol But really 1988-1993

[@davidhumphrey7874]

@@billysmith4998 Sooo Mellon Collie is when they went downhill (1995)?

[@billysmith4998]

@@davidhumphrey7874 Well Idk really I suppose when they broke up in 2000 but Adore isn't bad imo Do u like ther new album?? Lol

[@ItsaVibe22]

Word of god

[@Tumdace]

the smashing pumpkins have the best psychedelic music ever.. get high or drunk and just listen to them for hours on end.. it seems like lifetimes have passed.. its great..

[@Wisegoatface]

Fax, I did shrooms a couple weeks ago and everything went tits up from there. Farewell and goodnight came on and I was crying, it was beautiful.

[@LongListOfErrors]

Facts! Meth & pumpkins is hella ride!

[@le_th_]

All the alcoholics and drug addicts agree with you

[@Blaculo]

So grateful to have seen them 13 times between 1993-1996.

[@ghoste_girll]

So many amazing bands around this decade, wish i could've been a teenager around this time instead to experience them live during their youth years

[@goodoldbooks2909]

Billy's guitar brought me here

[@bosanachi2534]

Oooh yeah

[@TommyRoach]

22 June 1991 at Reckless Records in Chicago

[@whiiitn3yy]

I've been listening to the Pumpkins for almost 3 months now and I already have about 68 of their songs on my ipod! I love them, they are one of my favorite bands and they always will be

[@arabe66]

Are you still listening?

[@jonfriktion07]

I love time capsule commenrs like this

[@AuntAlnico4]

I know, I pod right !?😂​@@jonfriktion07

[@TheBoomtown4]

@@jonfriktion07ipod

[@Wakeywhodat]

I was thinking, who still has an iPod? Oh, 15 years ago 😂 Hello from 2024!

[@BillysEvilCuzan]

this is one of there best songs, or atleast my favorite one.

[@JoshuaGeers-os3hf]

Before Billy went full on uncle Fester

[@plewlonehitknown4812]

I think this was the real deal in terms of musicians come together. There's an honest vibe.

[@waesk1]

The year is 2020 and this is still the best music known to man

[@cdreyes81]

To be a fly on the wall while they were recording around Gish

[@guzzopinc1646]

I was at this concert! It was cool as shit! Reckless Records on Broadway in Chicago. I feel like a bunch of songs they played never made it to any albums...

[@kymberlishea2036]

How have I never seen this??!!!!???????!!!!! ❤️🤘

[@shouryushinku9024]

That's exactly what I'm saying 😂.

[@brikrantz]

Early Pumpkins was some of the best music I have ever heard. GISH is almost as important to me as Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffitti, if you believe it....maybe SOUNDGARDEN Badmotorfinger too?

[@notyrants]

This song still gives me goosebumps.

[@okay_sure_cool]

jesus christ, this is so freaking cool! man, i was born too late, i can see them now, but even chamberlin's left (again), and its just not the same

[@halifuckinfan]

I cant imagine seeing SP in such a small venue....just.....wow

[@krunksoft]

Ahhh this music takes me back to a lovely and high place in my college days! Pumpkins FOREVER!!! Thank you for this music guys (and gal). Thanks for this rare video too. Love it!

[@cricketbuffet1231]

so beautiful, i am a musician from the chicago area too and my love and inspiration will be felt further lets keep it moving folks all love and truth in 2025

[@yinucsd]

these live versions of Drown always have the cool little solo that's slightly different from the recorded studio version. very subtle but very cool.

[@WillCorg]

It’s cool to see this again knowing that now he got that guitar back. I always felt sad watching this knowing that it was stolen possibly weeks after this performance.

[@silentp9933]

The first time I saw them was at the Cattle Club in Sacramento on the Gish tour! Great memories! 🧡

[@le_th_]

So beautiful to see and hear this! Thanks so much for posting this @chicagomylem !! Appreciate you taking the time to do so~

[@loveultraviolet]

Billy, I found your Gish guitar!!

[@cass2303]

Jimmy is the best drummer in the world.

[@Wisegoatface]

Wrong. It’s me

[@jcsolomon6470]

Check out the Footage of Hexum,by The drummers video,in 85!😮By,Joe Malone,I,think!😊For More,Killuh,Billy Riffs,nah!😊

[@lunasea216]

For always forever my love for this band never dies. The newest album is so good!

[@ItsaVibe22]

This look on Billy was my fav. But the present Billy is definitely the most beautiful. S❤️P

[@BehaviorModification]

I can't either. A personal show by SP would leave me on the floor in complete paroxysms from sensory overload. I know they're getting 'audience' response, but based on Billy's guitar and hair, this looks to be around the time they first appeared on SNL. I could be totally wrong, but I 'think' this is a live rehearsal, which close friends/family often attend, not to mention all of the FOH & Stage Monitor Engineers, general technicians, etc. mapping everything out for even a modest 'club' tour.

[@paulbali9998]

so tight and raw, just awesome.

[@justinhiggins2210]

fuck, wow I don't know what else to say. Coming of age in the early 90s this band saw me through some very tough and trying times oh let the nostalgia consume me right now

[@leeble611]

Man D'arcy the thing that is cool about her is not only her driving low but ive never seen a musician with such good taste consistantly it always seems like her axes are out of fender custom shop

[@SPcodefendant]

chicagomylem: where did these videos (rare 001-006) come from? Where were they playing and for whom? These are definitely the best SP videos available on KZbin if you want to know what the SP were like before (and around) Gish. There are a few live from the Metro that are OK. Thanks so much for posting. Gish is simply incredible, and when it came out I listened to it many many many times (usually int he dark). I am 45 now and still listen to Gish daily. Top 10 album of all-time!

[@D.Bychowski]

This performance was shot at Reckless Records on Broadway in Chicago. The band did a short set to promote the Gish album at the time. It was a free show in the late afternoon in front of 20 or so people.

[@sloburnjo]

@@D.Bychowski right on ! i luv how u answered a decade old ask ! ✌

[@guzzopinc1646]

@@D.Bychowski I was at this show. We were pretty psyched about it at the time and we bought a copy of this video from a guy who recorded it... was that you?

[@D.Bychowski]

@@guzzopinc1646 No, I audio recorded it with Billy’s permission but no video. I remember the Metro show that night following the in store. I think it was the first time the band ever sold out the Metro.

[@guzzopinc1646]

@@D.Bychowski Yeah... I didnt have tickets to that show... but definitely remember it was a big deal. The first time I saw the Pumpkins they were an opening band for Eleventh Dream Day at the Metro. No one was there.

[@myautobiographyafanfic1413]

I kinda knew how he looked then, and knew he wanted to be Kevin Shields, but I didn't realize he wanted to look like Kevin Shields.

[@dayuhanspace]

Billy is the GOAT!

[@blindbaby96]

Yeah i agree MarkSP im rly startin to get into SP nd more than jus their mainstream hits their wicked awesome cnt wait to see em in Boston 11/14 nd 11/15 SP ROCKS...

[@nunzain]

So that’s the stolen yellow guitar! Great sound, amazing band

[@whitenoaidi]

i love this. mad about pumpkins especially the early stuff.

[@OgadaNosaFasu]

Really? That's good to know 'cause me and some friends were going to take some 'shrooms and I thought of putting on Gish and watching the Siva, Rhinosceros and Cherub rock videos off my Greatest Hits DVD. I've never taken shrooms before though, so I hope I'm in for a good surprise.

[@40tired]

just ...wow....fuck ..i love them so much

[@Jept]

yea i think about that everytime in the crow, with the picture of him in the car with his bandmates.... Makes me think of the video to 1979 with BC with long hair :0P

[@Muldoonite]

Thank you for posting this!

[@jmrios777]

the first draft of Drown..you can hear the different lyrics but same concept of the song..not bad but I do like the revised..

[@googlehas_your_data337]

fking amazing

[@mjproebstle]

D’ARCY

[@prankmeteors1203]

The feedback dance... I know it well.

[@yrmthr]

I have an older friend who saw them in a tiny club when they toured Gish. He said they were absolutely incredible. And hes not even a fan

[@projecte]

Awesome.. Billy kinda reminds me of Eric Draven from the Crow here.

[@basssuper9]

yes i agree with u i spend til adore era til the end listen only the pumpkins.!!!!!

[@vmrazek]

its strange that you have to find a rare video in order to find a time when they don't rush their songs... awesome though.

[@Darksecretlavy]

Simply amaaazing!!

[@rodrito]

esta cancion sale en el OST " SINGLES"

[@sk8rking1234]

@MarkSPdrums you are a legend.

[@Picasofly]

damn.... I thought this song was post hair.

[@omnipotentnickname8918]

Billy had hair until the release of MCIS.

[@kristopherryanwatson]

Seriously? The song Drown is featured on the soundtrack for the movie "Singles", which came out in '92 I believe. It's a Pumpkins classic that they still play at live shows even to this day.

[@leeble611]

you travel far like a star

[@PantheonLincoln]

At a guess, I'd say 1991.

[@onkel44lekno]

Awesome show! Thanks for posting!

[@g1bsonsg338]

its not possible, the pumpkins are the best

[@AxelleGuitariste]

you get it! so true!

[@NaPalm625]

was this like late 80s? look at their hairstyles haha

[@ryfipassword]

1991

[@saintwolfvision]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@mapache9374]

Me encanta las calabazas

[@Floskeknosk]

Ooooh shit!! Thanx for this one! =)

[@alukuhito]

CYR brought me here.

[@567eight9]

but the pumpkins have changed... there more of a goth rock band now than their own genre they used to be

[@FroylanRuiz1]

@MarkSPdrums OMFG THAT IS SO TRUE!!!!

[@mag4208]

Bro where do i watch this whole live session? There’s a song I’m looking for

[@underscoredan]

*_* amazing!

[@spiritoftime8464]

Drown❤

[@agentpons]

Shrooms and Gish :D

[@agatabassotta]

i think earlier...maybe 89-90....before gish exit...

[@PhatLarkin]

I love them as well, and I'm 19 ;) hahahaha

[@alextryniski8597]

Hey, you've now time travelled to the future, you're in your early 30s, time flies, doesnt it?

[@eshvarshreeprabhu8779]

@@alextryniski8597 hi

[@LarissaGoldberg]

@MarkSPdrums damn straight

[@MegaClank1]

what is this song called? i like it.

[@zer8540]

MegaClank1 its Drown, but this is the "demo" for it I guess

[@PremiummStatee]

The song heaven let your light shine down is a rip of of this song

[@AgentHorizon]

Any idea of what year this was? 1990/1991/1992?

[@567eight9]

he changed the lyrics, and when is this from?

[@tattoofthesun]

@brikrantz and physical grafitti is the best damn zeppelin album too

[@laytons.4035]

I wish I was there

[@caseystrange]

He was one of the triggers to Cobain's suicide. = Food For Thought.

[@davidfletcher1533]

Wishing they were pavement