Watch-Party: July 26, 1993- "Siamese Dream" album release set at Tower Records (Acoustic)- 30ys ago

Smashing Pumpkins - July 26, 1993 - "Siamese Dream" album release acoustic show at Tower Records (~Midnight prior to release) - Chicago.
00:00 Intro
00:22 Rocket
05:57 Cherub Rock
10:20 Today
15:27 Disarm
18:43 Siva
25:58 Mayonaise
31:46 Hummer
38:33 (I Am One)
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This album was pretty special to me as I'm sure others who pass by can relate. A bunch of us watched this on the 30th anniversary (Re: Watch Party) in celebration of the 30 year anniversary of the release of Smashing Pumpkins' 2nd album "Siamese Dream". sVHS/QTGMC/NeatVideo/Audio-Patching+Sync(TS)
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[@danelsen1278]

I have owned multiple different audio bootlegs of this show since 95 and have listened to it probably 100 times. Never did I think an video source would ever surface. Thank you SO SO MUCH !! It’s unreal to finally see the video of this as I know every nuance of this performance like the back of my hand. And to release it on the 30th anniversary of SD is a top notch move. Thanks again!

[@milandejong]

Exactly this!

[@antiochiaadtaurum3786]

Christ, that must feel fascinating to see. I used to buy bootleg cassettes back in the mid-90's, never even thought of them being videoed

[@chrisdragan713]

10000% agree. I had the “Drown” bootleg which contained some, but not all, of these songs. I’m awestruck right now.

[@pattycakes456]

Yep, the Drown bootleg was a staple in my car for years. We used to laugh right when Mayonnaise started when James goes "yeah, heh heh".

[@wrp6822]

Exactly my first thought as soon as I pressed play. From the "Are you ready to rock" to the "Check, Check" I have heard this at least 500 times. Already added this to my KZbin rotation. One of my all time favorite live performances.

[@richardpalumbo6368]

The only thing that sucks about this video is the fact 30 years have gone by extremely fast!!

[@BEEE-F]

Right?! We've gotten old(er) 😭

[@martyr4806]

DUDE....I know.....brutal

[@joeblow502]

We are old my friend

[@michaelbrown1627]

A slice of Gen X

[@-M3phisto-]

Indeed. Damn!

[@Zazzaro703]

Early to mid 90s was just a brilliant time to be alive with the art that was being produced.

[@RobbiePfunder]

agreed

[@leesadleridge]

God you couldn’t be more correct 🙌🏼

[@babayaga4355]

Yep, 90’s music was amazing! Real artists, not auto tune and samples.

[@LannieLord]

Check out a band that never caught on: The Loud Family . Brilliant stuff !

[@johnd3124]

people actually felt something back then, lack of accessibility & tech made people more in touch with reality... life feels different in this smartphone age, coming from someone who was 10 in 95

[@dedricthere]

Billy’s voice is so good here. Exactly like on the record. Perfection

[@jennypenny8159]

Lollapalooza not so much 😬🙃

[@lesterbronson2385]

@@jennypenny8159What have you to go to show? Ssshh.

[@Justinhomii]

Bro Disarm hit different

[@singletonjw11]

They played in Toronto a month ago and I went and they sounded identical their albums. I got there just as they were getting on stage and you could head them from parking lot and it was crisp and clean sounding

[@mond000]

Well, except for 30:26. Lol!

[@Douglas3.2Carrera]

Siamese Dream is one of those incredibly rare rock albums that sounds equally amazing when performed acoustically…a true masterpiece.

[@theramplocal]

Dude I didn't think a few of these wld worn acoustic, I was wrong. Too sick

[@LeeAdrian777]

Kinda like stp

[@shady1kenobi]

Fact: If a song does not sound good (arranged) acoustically, it is a shit song. prove me wrong. Your statement about SD is 100% accurate, btw... but i don't think those albums are as rare as you think. :)

[@baxtershomie9483]

Im almost certain I remember hearing an interview with Billy where he says he writes almost everything on acoustic then goes from there.

[@shady1kenobi]

@@baxtershomie9483 I believe you are correct. I think it was in that residency documentary film thing

[@jacoamusic]

The kids in that store had no idea just how much they were going to love those new songs 🤯

[@futureshock7425]

That place was packed

[@theoretisch4416]

But today they know. They´re all in their 50´s now.

[@millyonair9225]

@@theoretisch4416 46

[@ac-00]

..was thinking the same thing. Some of them are hearing their favorite album of all time and they don't even know it

[@babyanimals7271]

I couldn't have even comprehended it if you told me at age 25 that I'd still be listening to SD at 55. When it came to age, I didn't know one could live past 30 :) Most importantly, I respect that the 2023 Pumpkins aren't trying to just coast or crank out generic grunge music to recapture past glory days. Evolving is the sign of great artists.

[@BullseyePistol]

Man, Mayonnaise really is a phenomenal song. Billy with hair and D’Arcy vibing as she plays bass. God, I miss the early 90s.

[@Justinhomii]

Mayonaise

[@heyheyhey33351]

I think it's my favorite Smashing Pumpkins song. It never fails to make me feel like I've fallen in love and had my heart broken at the exact same time.

[@TX_OCHO]

Same...

[@pttthhh]

I can't imagine being there and hearing it there for the first time. Is there anything better than hearing a great song for the first time? I'm always searching...

[@Kevin-do8bq]

I always loved the vocal harmonies between D'Arcy and Billy. And her simple playing gives the band a working class vibes and them being from the Midwest Chitown.

[@MTheory333]

It’s a shame the world will never be like this again. Congrats to all of us that were alive to experience it. The 90’s - the greatest decade ever

[@MaryShelleysNib]

the world is like it for people going through a similar experience for the first time, discovering themselves, the excitement of a big wide world to explore, opportunities of life opening up and presenting themselves .... we'll never have that euphoria in the same way again but other ppl are having it right now. lucky them!

[@Brennan_Dale3169]

I turned 21 in 91' . In that time I we had seminal albums from janes addiction, nirvana, aic , sugar, pearl jam, rhcp, and then in July 93 this came out! Who said the youth is wasted on the young

[@adamtedder1012]

​@shoeaddict666 nah. It's different. The music scene of the 90's was akin to the music scene in the 60's and 70's. It really wasn't like that after 2000. Not to say good music hasn't been made but not consistently and not really art. Music is produced today but it's just produced music. A product. Largely digital creations. This was the last heyday of Rock music being a dominant phenomenon within American culture. After 2000 it's faded into the background with corporate pop taking center stage. Not art just tunes.

[@mschickie007]

You guys are skipping the 80’s hardcore was something you know ?

[@BarekHalfhand]

It was every bit as good as implied.

[@yungtrunks1194]

It's crazy to think that 30 years before this was 1963, no color tv, everyone wearing suits, now this was 30 years ago

[@gabrielatwood8360]

yes these are my thoughts. As a kid in '93 I would've thought of '63 as almost another world. We were just so happy to be out of the 80s haha. Wonder if kids now feel such a distance between now and '93?

[@frankrenstein]

@@gabrielatwood8360as a 15 yr old in today’s world, I can assure you, we miss the 90s despite never witnessing them 🥲 I’m grateful for the positive changes we’ve made in society but everything seems so much easier & genuine back then.

[@Zimbokasa]

​@@gabrielatwood8360 Oh, I really do! It's jarring to see a time that doesn't look particularly too far away from today actually having been thirty years ago. Cars are flashier, the internet got such an iron clad grip on cultural shaping in a little over a decade - it's like, what the fuck happened? Then, again, I'm young, so I wouldn't get it like you guys do lmao

[@bbeaup]

@@TopDawg77that’s exactly what they said about your music though

[@l.e.phillips]

@@TopDawg77Man, what a classic “get off my lawn” comment. 🤣 Every generation talks shit about the one that comes after it. Your grandparents probably gave your parents all kind of shit for artists like Elvis, just like your parents probably talked shit about The Who.

[@kristopherguilbault5428]

That audience is about to buy siamese dream for the first time and then hear the beginning drums to Cherub Rock and have their minds BLOWN..

[@davidcjupp]

Thank you internet stranger. This proper made me smile. Just imagine it.

[@kristopherguilbault5428]

@@davidcjupp My pleasure ;) hope you're having a good day thus far :)

[@mr2_mike]

Whoa, Spoiler alert.

[@tenillefritsche2281]

🥹

[@brendanoshea1472]

Yeah, but- to be honest, the opening to “I Am One” is better

[@jcwordslinger]

Holy cow I was there! I'm so grateful this video exists! I was sitting on the floor in the back. This is amazing!!

[@JeremyDawesJezweb]

Epic memory unlock ftw enjoy

[@johnytwotimes4072]

I found a video of my first real concert not one I went to with my parents. Deftones at The Milk Bar circa 1996 and I still get goosebumps watching. I hope you get a similar experience when viewing this A+ performance by Smashing Pumpkins ❤

[@robertchase7950]

Question: Did you think at the time that this band would blow up as they did?

[@guillaumeboyer5473]

Blessed

[@DUBZEE420]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@explodingorder]

You almost take his voice for granted until you SEE him sing. Just absolute raw talent

[@aboutagirlnamedjessie]

Billy is one of the most interesting singers to listen to. So vulnerable and soft one minute and screeching angry the next Oh to be 20 again in the 90's, what an amazing era. This is beautiful. Love them.

[@stonytina5177]

To be 20 again in the 90s also means being born in the dreadful 70s and being a teen in the even more dreadful 80s.

[@aboutagirlnamedjessie]

@@stonytina5177 I wouldn't trade growing up in the 70's and 80's for anything. I've always said I born in the best era ever. Me and my older brother roaming the streets on our bikes, going to the mall and to the record store by ourselves, hanging out in the arcade, reading rock magazines and comics at the book store, staying out til the street lights came on, no parents- no problem. It was awesome.

[@sneakthieve]

@@aboutagirlnamedjessieso effortless too. Corgan is a legendary front man.

[@Kravis63]

@@aboutagirlnamedjessieblah blah, everyone says that about the era of their youth and we’re of the same era. Unless you had a bad childhood of course you’ll romanticize that time period as you age. Everyone does that. It doesn’t mean it’s fundamentally true.

[@professorplums722]

​@@Kravis63The Op made a statement reminiscing about the 90's listening to this group.....I too was born in the 70s, grew up in the 80's which were my teen years and listened to this group in the 90's. Those were the best times....no Internet trolls in those days....

[@themaverickswon]

KZbin is the closest thing we have to a time Machine. Amazing, inspiring, epic. Never heard this acoustic session. Incredible. Thank you so much for sharing this gem with us

[@witchywoman3657]

Seriously it's fuckin frightening!!!! I knew life was fast but this is ridiculous! Jesus

[@molin1]

Stuff like this is the true greatness of KZbin as a platform.

[@rubenvela437]

This is the best I’ve ever heard billy sound. Sounds almost identical to the studio recording

[@Fauss]

I bet Butch is there setting up the sound. Butch made Billys voice the best it ever has been.

[@johncubberley1943]

Its incredible❤

[@francepo]

Imagine being there, 30 years ago, hearing these new songs for the first time ever and not really feeling what historical moment you were witnessing.

[@Jason21012]

Billy corgan was a still a douche even then

[@MyBeautifulHealth]

Imagine being there and knowing the gravity..🥰

[@stephenhardy4158]

I think we did feel the importance, however inarticulate we were about it. That's part of why the changing music of the early 90s was so exciting!

[@br1081]

I was one of those that didn't give much importance to this album when it came out, I thought Gish was better.... but now, I think both are superb... they were ahead of their time definitely. Maybe they (SP) even didnt know that this album was going to be their best.... I think the media didnt like it either at the time.

[@michaellyonsca]

What a year for music!

[@mankind2112]

Look at how close the crowd was up on them, the 90's were so sweet!

[@camdenroad44]

imagine

[@jasonwonkawich5275]

Rite? The world was a different place. Not quite innocent, but not bat$hit-crazy like these days... *sigh*

[@garnetnard4284]

This is before they were huge huge.

[@empathogen75]

Saw them at the 9:30 club on the Mellon collie tour and they did a similar set that night to open for themselves. All acoustic.

[@smithraymond09029]

It's amazing to see a crowd of young people totally fixated by and enjoying the music. Not a single one of them looking at the show through their phone screen while the band is only 10 feet away from them. These were my college years :-)

[@Handlingitjustfine]

It's all fake! Generated by a computer

[@MADMIKE74]

Graduated high school in 92. I was one of those kids

[@WatanabeDarko]

Of course, as phones were not existing back then.

[@deline8ed619]

@WatanbeDarko Thanks for that clarification. The observation was worthy of the point being made. Shushess.

[@WatanabeDarko]

ahaahahaha@@deline8ed619

[@DrewTubeDrew]

Such a flawless fucking album. Start to finish Siamese Dream is just absolute ear candy.

[@stevechura8448]

Siamese dream, one of the few albums that I can listen to entirely from front to back and it just delivers perfectly.

[@adambeck6040]

Lots of rock albums I think its even more impressive in the 90s

[@jamesmahaffey4206]

Amen!

[@jamesmahaffey4206]

Incredible guitar playing even on acoustic! Loving every minute!

[@paulltyler]

Siamese Dream is on my Mt Rushmore of Grunge Albums, and yet I wouldn't put Smashing Pumpkins on my Grunge Bands Mt Rushmore. If that can make sense. This was a flawless album tho... Albums man, those were dope. I fuckin hate algorithm based playlists nowadays.

[@wolfnaujoks3480]

Yes and crooked Rain crooked Rain lol

[@dynjarren8355]

I like hearing and seeing Darcy sing and how she softly compliments Billy’s singing. I miss her presence in SP. Here she shines.

[@carlodave9]

She looks a little too drugged for her own good.

[@phatos_says]

We all miss her, but apparently her and Billy have so much unresolved shit. It sucks. 🙁

[@dynjarren8355]

@@phatos_says Yes, that’s one aspect of it and the other is that the rock n roll lifestyle is a trigger for her to use drugs. So it’s a choice between fame and money and one’s health. She chose health. And Corgan probably plays too many mind games. So she is staying away from the spotlight.

[@phatos_says]

@@dynjarren8355 I didn't know she was struggling with drugs, but that definitely makes sense. Such a shame.

[@dynjarren8355]

@@phatos_says Her and Kim Deal. She had to quit or die. It’s kind of strange that having too much money can be deadly if you party too much. But we’re talking Heroin, not just Cocaine. And now this deadly Fentanyl they are adding to everything. I wouldn’t touch any hard drugs now. Jimmy had a serious problem too for a while but he recovered.

[@qIdlbIp]

This band is gonna be huge!

[@MADMIKE74]

Duh😂

[@nickwaldschmidt5479]

Still waiting huh?

[@moejuggler6033]

You'd be surprised.... Melancholy and then poof, like a trick, vanished from the mainstream.

[@Grandizer8989]

This album hit me like a ton of bricks. More than anything that was coming out of Seattle. That Cherub Rock riff ended the 80s for me, and ushered in an avalanche of great early 90s music for us Gen Xers. I was visiting some friends who had the cassette, and instead of going out with them, I stayed behind and listened to the album a few times.

[@7R4dicalized]

There are only a handful of albums so sentinel in my life that I remember exactly where I was, when and w/ my gf who had just got home with it. Had 3 roomies 1 of whom is a best friend to this day, & we had the album repeat until 3am or so.

[@30AndHatingIt]

Alice In Chains DIRT album did nothing for you?

[@jimhim585]

​@@7R4dicalizedseminal?

[@MaryShelleysNib]

i love AIC but totally diff vibe to CR, can't compare like that. one's pleasure is another's poison ... @@30AndHatingIt

[@sdriza]

Absolutely right

[@KhalDrogo76]

I was lucky enough to be in H/School from 90-94 and I didnt realize it then, but the music we had was as good as any that had ever been before and since

[@Goatchild90]

I'm glad that Rocket sounds just as great acosutic as it does electric. Siamese Dream is a certified classic, even 30 years later

[@aheartwork]

Billy's voice was increible. This is unreal!

[@chriskeiser5809]

Absolutely the peak of their powers as a band.

[@succman6486]

"Well, you"re in the wrong place"

[@gabrielatwood8360]

This is the Pumpkins Unplugged concert we always wanted and it is somehow better than it should be. Thank you for uploading!

[@whereisAyAyRon]

"10' and "VS" were great. Obviously, "Nevermind' was an earthquake. But, to me, THIS album was the masterpiece that I most connected with. I still get goosebumps 30 years later!

[@MistressGlowWorm]

The rendition of Cherub Rock melted my face and the face melt didn’t stop at all. Good God this is gold.

[@kimlarso]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@dragonlotion1789]

Billy laughing when his voice cracks at Mayonnaise, was great, but man what a voice on that dude. It really holds up live.

[@TheFuc]

I’m so glad I was in my twenties in the 90’s. I first heard this on a bootleg like back in 94’. My good friend gave it too me and I probably wore out the tape listening to it. This is the first time seeing actual footage almost 30 years later. My friend passed away 2 years ago and the things that he added to my experience only make me smile when they cross my path again. Really grateful this was shared. Thank you so much. 🖤🤟

[@babyanimals7271]

Did you ever play a cassette so many times that all the ink smeared off?

[@empathogen75]

I had this as a bootleg cassette, too, then later had it on a CD that had this and a bunch of other stuff on it.

[@wiggelzz11]

I wore my Siamese Dream cassette out too

[@jgfunk]

My freshman year in college the following albums were released: Blood Sugar Sex Magic Nevermind Ten Badmotorfinger Achtung Baby Just to name a few... Siamese Dream came out between my freshman and sophomore year.... Damn, I miss rock!

[@Vendettaavenger]

not to mention Superunknown!!!

[@7R4dicalized]

I was 19 when this album came out. I’ll never forget the time, the friends, the girl, the apartment we were trippin balls in.. You know you’re getting old when you catch yourself ensuring yourself that it feels just like yesterday. *I heard it when I was that young man- it’s not that I didn’t understand but that I Couldn’t. Only when it’s gone or about to be will you truly grasp the most practical simple truth: You’ll Never get those years back! So create the fondest of memories with the fondest of people. Snap happy peeps nowadays will be grateful they have the visual memories 30 years later. Beware that you Always have a camera on you, ffs it could even be 30yrs later on some ultra-rarity you never knew existed. So now that your guys’ whole lives are on blast, Enjoy it, LIVE it, dig it, get down and get it because you can always retake a class, get a new job, etc but you can Never relive a party! Peace out

[@MurarichSiberian]

Well man I feel like you do. But Buddhists tell us, that Memory is Suffering. Memory is Pain, isn't it? Nice memories - suffering : ) Bad memories - suffering also.

[@termikes174]

Yeah, nostalgia can hurt

[@jonohlde4972]

Well said!

[@7R4dicalized]

@@MurarichSiberian And how brightly that golden wisdom shines: the sweetest of memories can often be painful in that nostalgic sense, but I am now realizing such can also be the actual source of much related interpersonal ^romantic^ and chemically-induced difficulties.

[@ADAMKANE510]

so true...I find myself thinking of my most favourite memories when daydreaming....such simple things like walking home alone at 3am to my parents ( long gone) after partying nearby. kicking rocks and feeling free...nothing to do tomorrow and nowhere I have to be..

[@monroaby]

Im on a smashing pumpkins bend! Been listening since the 90's. Im now 39 in 2023 and absolutely love that you uploaded this gem! Thank you!

[@jona.scholt4362]

Fellow 1984 child here. Glad I grew up in the 90s!

[@jimh3665]

I was learning “Today” on guitar around 1995, aged 11. I was much cooler back then for sure.

[@salviativids9052]

Me too! Same age! We probably would have been best friends 😅 I remember having a pen pal in 1995; we wrote letters pretty much only about SP and sometimes, horses

[@l.e.phillips]

Same age here too. I didn’t find SP until late 95, and always think I wish I was just a few years older in the 90s so I could have seen shows like this.

[@caretakergrady3319]

Same here, babe

[@f0ul0u]

time flies, looking at the people that are now around their 40s, 50s, and maybe 60s.

[@gothfather8741]

In the crowd ? Those of them appear to be 15 - 22 so they could be 45-53. The SPs themselves are 59 - JC, 57 - BC, 56 - JI and 56 - DW (at the time of this comment).

[@MSG685]

Did anybody else realize the most replayed part of the video is at the start of Mayonnaise? That song could have been written by Wild Stallions because it is capable of bringing eternal peace to the world. Absolute masterpiece. The whole album is a masterpiece. I remember screaming all of these song driving to school. I grew up at the perfect time.

[@KarlRock]

15:27 Man, what a performance.

[@ksspook]

Love u Karl!!

[@estranged12]

James and Darcy fell asleep at the backup vocals.

[@mskcrc]

I love that egomaniac trying to get a crowd to be quiet, hahahaha

[@mark.manalo23]

Karl is an SP fan. I love it.

[@JustMe-fo4ev]

@@mskcrc Nope.

[@Alex-Defatte]

This was Billy's greatest guitar and song writing. You can't get any closer to the soul than this. Cherub Rock and Mayonnaise are so touching. So much love!

[@enoche1974]

For those who lived through this music in our late teens, we were the lucky ones. This album spoke to us on so many levels and so many emotions. I m so grateful for the explosion of alternative and grunge of the 90s. What a time to be alive.

[@Ickabodxx]

The people in this crowd had no idea they were there for the release of one of the best rock albums.

[@LarsRyeJeppesen]

Most of them had already listened to it. They knew

[@gonz420247]

Absolute chills….God I miss this time of my life. Siamese Dream will always have a special place in my heart.

[@br1081]

Hall of fame moment there in this acoustic release party. Dont think Corgan imagined they were creating their most iconic album right there. he probably thought better albums were coming, but none can eclipse Siamese IMO. And that is saying a lot since they have released great material since.

[@jcbarker1]

This was them at their zenith for sure.

[@theamazingchannel470]

He had so much dimension in his singing back then, and precision. You don't hear it anymore.

[@monstrousnards]

Wow, I’ve seen them four times between 93 and 97 and Billy’s voice was never this clean and in tune. Thank you for posting this! Hummer is the highlight for me.

[@MSG685]

I saw them last week in south florida and he sounded surprisingly good.

[@briankaplan3588]

Hummer here is just ridiculously on point. Epic.

[@jolemite2639]

Hummer was fucking flawless! The end of that song has 2 mins of the best stuff ever written imho.

[@bilbowaggins3036]

​@@MSG685I think he took singing lessons later on in his career

[@wiggelzz11]

@@jolemite2639 How he can just improvise solos .. so good

[@crystinamarie1]

Such a power house singer. Billy's voice is just so iconic. The Smashing Pumpkins were so unique and cool. This foursome are so great. I wish Darcy would come back.

[@DizzyDez613]

If that performance of “Disarm” doesn’t give you goosebumps, I really don’t know what to tell you. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@wheninroamful]

admittedly not ever been a Corgan/SP fan till the last few years (mainly Nirvana superfan) but DAMN Corgan is so incredibly gifted melody writer/song writer/ dare i say: crooner! This is amazing, the dawn of a career, his confidence, his gift he needed to share.!.

[@WRA82]

D’arcy my lady forever. Kurt made me want to be something, but seeing D’arcy was made me go I want to be THAT, & I bought a pawn shop bass the next day & practiced to Siamese Dream on headphones for days & days. 🌸 i know these songs very intimately & well, & they are just on another level of beauty here, which as much as I love this band, this is one of their top performances.

[@tntnationwide]

My high school yrs were 1992-1995. What an amazing time to experience music.

[@chrisg7340]

Drove around my car playing this cd on repeat for a long, long time. Beautiful

[@JohnMacRae23]

Life was good, great music was in the charts (like the Pumpkins), no cell phones, or really internet at this point... and the future was for the taking... now i'm almost 50 and wish I could go back.

[@riccaonweb]

my god the quality of this video is unreal

[@Moondancin]

It’s amazing how someone’s voice can take you so far back in time. This is my time machine.

[@protestthisyouloser1093]

Hummer will forever be my all time song. This album was and is still so special to me

[@Moondancin]

@@protestthisyouloser1093 Absolutely! Hummer is so special. ❤️

[@termikes174]

Same here!

[@brockshriver1546]

Audio is crazy for this old of a show. Good job.

[@darrenheffner4329]

Mayonnaise hits me right in the feel spot

[@gregandrade3796]

Is like hearing the soundtrack of my life…. So much love and melancholy on these tunes

[@babyanimals7271]

What a great way to put it!

[@iamthefirsttosecond]

Wow! Didn’t know this existed. This album changed my life. Became a musician because I saw the video for rocket. Never had I ever heard guitar tones like that… nostalgia and gratitude. Billie’s voice is so good here. They’re all young and healthy, beautiful! Just wow

[@rideronthestorm_]

That 2nd guitarist deserves a lot more credit damn. He fills in the spaces to heavily flow w the vocals and rhythm

[@lastnightsregret1]

James Iha is a guitar mastermind. hes also in a perfect circle

[@aerodaan]

Man, what were they pumped! Such a great acoustic performance. Billy's voice is epic!

[@jasonorvin1042]

One of the best albums of all time.

[@handsformaps3973]

This is my favorite Tiny Desk yet

[@TheColourflies]

You have made my year.

[@andrewwagner4762]

This version of 'Hummer' is just gorgeous. Thank you for sharing!

[@brendanirl]

You can tell the crowd recognised the genius of Hummer even listening to it for the first time. The reaction at the end is huge

[@beatrixxxkiddo]

Their best album by a mile and this recording sounds really cool

[@gabewalks185]

Amazing performance from start to finish. The 90s were a different time, man.

[@bilbobaggins4462]

The weirdest thing about this concert is the audience all watching the performance and not filming with their cell phones. The good old days.😊

[@PEIslandedition]

And also having no idea who they were really watching. Smashing Pumpkins was popular back then, but their influence on a generation wasn’t known at this point. Incredible music. Glad we have them.

[@peanuthowe]

not really that weird as cell phones didn't exist - IMHO it would be more weird if they did have cell phones!

[@chillaxbot1823]

Ppl brought recording devices. Early internet days wed trade bootleg concert recording cassettes thru the mail from old fan yahoo groups and web rings 😂

[@djtomoy]

Except the guy who brought a camcorder to film the video you just watched 😂

[@vincepugliese911]

I remember hearing Cherub Rock for the first time on the radio, back when CFNY was -the- station to tune into what was new and fresh, and pulling over to fully experience the purely sonic journey that Billy, James, Darcy, and Jimmy were taking me on.

[@AlaskaB83]

I had just turned 10 when this was recorded. A couple years later I got into alternative and Mellon Collie was my obsession. I looked to these guys and they seemed so much older. Now, as a 40-year-old, they look so damn young it's hard to believe they had the wisdom to write this kind of music.

[@l.e.phillips]

Right? Watching this and realizing Billy was only about 26 here?! They were little baby pumpkins.

[@Natsole]

I was 13 :) ... and now young people look same in this 90s style

[@Linknmx]

Jimmy rockin an Einstürzende Neubauten shirt has to be the best thing ever

[@user-gt8tl9vg5e]

Lol, just noticed it :D

[@arbellfriday6613]

This is so fucking brilliant. Pure talent on show here. Not just the ability to write many amazing songs, but to perform them too. That's the real talent.

[@rockyhollinhead]

Honestly I didn't want it to end

[@ColinJ88]

Cherish time, because it flies away.

[@copheart]

The mix and recording are both excellent here. The band, coming off the grueling sessions for Siamese Dream and all the ego induced drama that sprung from that time apparently made for incredible performances because the whole band is on fire! Billy isn't over singing, and D'arcy has those great backing vocals which can be heard here so much better than any live bootleg I have ever heard. Iha seems about ready to claw the eyes out of Billy, and yet he keeps it together and nails all those leads, which on acoustic isn't the easiest task. They were at their peak here. Thank you for this!

[@pbabiesinspace6112]

Really? The vocals are complete completely uncompressed and sound really muddy. Even when Billy is talking to the crowd. The entire thing sounds muddy in general and constantly distorts to the sound of the guitars strumming. Lots of instances where the entire recording distorts. The bass guitar is totally inaudible. Guy on the sound board must be the same guy who mixed And Justice For All. lolz. Speaking off bass, the overall bass on the mix is turned all the way down. The bass drum sounds like he's just slapping a piece of wood. You can't hear the cymbals at all. Why you ask? Because the sound is being recorded from the microphone of an amateur camcorder from 1993. Geeze, it distorts to the point you can't make out anything at the end of Cherub Rock. Performance is great and this is a spectacle to behold. Just can't understand why you would say this is a good mix? If I played a show that sounded like this I would immediately fire the soundboard guy. I'm sure it sounded amazing to the crowd and the video is great for what it is.

[@debaser77]

@@pbabiesinspace6112 I think it just has captured the vibe really well, of the band and of the era in general. "Perfect" sound is overrated.

[@drbryant23]

@@pbabiesinspace6112 What are you listening on? This sounds crystal clear to me. I can hear Darcy’s bass and vocals nicely. Listen to her bass on “Hummer”.

[@jondaniels3774]

@@pbabiesinspace6112I’m a mix engineer and am impressed with the quality of this LIVE recording…IN A RECORD STORE.

[@SeanOSullivan-dz5sn]

@@drbryant23 That's what I was wondering. It sounds good on my phone.

[@Not_Andrew_Huberman]

How does someone find a voice within themselves so unique

[@juniorxranger]

We all have one

[@thewokksy6715]

@@juniorxrangeronly a very few of us can sell multi platinum records

[@ManskisTreeHouse]

​@juniorxranger we all have unique voices. Question is if it's interesting.

[@zerosoma33]

Even fewer get the chance to try

[@carlos66965]

@@ManskisTreeHouse Interesting is subjective. Everyone also has an interesting voice.

[@AceGuillenOfficial]

Okay, so I use to have a copy of this performance and a few years back, we got robbed. It was one of the many bootleg and Japanese imports that I had. Can't/couldn't find these anywhere online and I was devastated... But I want you to know, that seeing this right now instantly gave me back a piece of that crushed soul I lost and I sincerely THANK YOU for posting this! This is so awesome, you rock, thanks!

[@termikes174]

Sucks you got robbed. Thanks for sharing.

[@g2enterprises43]

There are people out there to support what you have

[@brandonpoole1670]

“Free Bird!” 😧🤣 Siamese Dream was the soundtrack to my adolescence. Thanks for uploading this.

[@wentzr]

Oh wow. I remember taping this off xrt in 1993. Disarm cut out then six minutes of dead air (on live radio!) later, the signal returned only to catch the final minute of siva. Im not the only one to say it here but it is so incredible to have known a recording so intimately for thirty years only for an actual video to surface. It almost felt like time traveling to watch the video for the first time knowing the audio as well as i do.

[@ellipsec01]

This is an incredible live performance. Brings back memories of my youth gone by.

[@brandonwelch2729]

vocals are just amazing here live

[@antlou123]

I recorded this on my cassette player when it was first aired on the radio. The '90s were such an awesome era for rock, alternative, grunge, and metal.

[@saltystoatmedia4623]

Siamese Dream, 93.1 XRT, and this specific performance… these all came from my elementary school days spent with much older siblings. All kinds of dormant feelings are hitting me right now. I appreciate you.

[@lukehill3368]

Fantastic! Thanks for this. Geez 90s kids were a rowdy bunch 😂

[@danopticon]

😈

[@thefeelcompany]

No phones, mahn! I was there!

[@spikeybug1]

No social media to post how we were feeling that day. Instead we sought out external activities to let out our energy.

[@gabegriffin20]

Took my daughter to see them in 2019. I saw an old guy dancing and commented to my daughter about how old he looked and realized I went to high school with him. Years go by fast.

[@weedaviec]

Never saw them live. Siamese Dream is a great album. I'm surprised at how powerful Billy's voice is here and how tight they were as a band. They all seem very competent musicians- contrary to what he has said in interviews since.

[@TheMattmatic]

There had obviously been so much bitterness between them by then, and Billy was a notorious perfectionist in the studio. But yeah, this is just a great live band. It’s not like D’Arcy or Iha aren’t pulling their weight. Of course everyone can’t be a master of their instrument like Jimmy Chamberlain…

[@empathogen75]

I think mostly it’s that Jimmy and Billy were on another level.

[@billsjapanlife8387]

30 years! Man, where did they go?... Was a fan then and still now. Billy is such an amazing song writer. At 61, I am still jamming to the Pumpkins!

[@aperturius]

Been listening to this set on the Drown bootleg for nearly 30 years. Wild to finally see video of this.

[@stjon1333]

I wouldn't give up living through the 90's in my 20's for anything, what a great time. I feel so sorry for the youth today

[@deepsix1827]

This is so damn good. I was 22 when this came out, and loved it immediately. I saw them on the tour. Can't believe it's been over 30 years now.

[@travistravinyle4207]

Pumpkins Holy grail footage.

[@rebeccaanne8546]

This fucking album dude

[@kukkakukukka]

Exactly

[@cave.dweller.mediocrates]

I know, it might be the best music ever got. Like stab me in the heart good

[@wiggelzz11]

Kid thrashing during Siva will live on forever in infamy

[@House2.0]

I had a bootleg copy of a copy of a copy of this for years on tape! That's long gone and I thought I would never hear this amazing set again. Now a video! Thanks internet stranger and KZbin algo for bringing this back to me 30 years later.

[@rukiddingmewiththis]

I love you D’arcy. Thanks Copperpot. Killer stuff as usual.

[@calixa]

oh my god, CHERUB sounds incredible. what a treasure, thank you!

[@carlossimpson]

I still have all the Smashing Pumpkins CDs. The ones I bought when they used to cost the price of gold. Thank you for sharing this wonderful performance (classic).

[@user-bo1bw7jw4o]

This was my coming of age album, so magical! I was 12 when it released and was blown away by the sound.

[@TheClownfight]

I had a cassette of this, and it was my holy grail for years. This performance is so clean and intimate that I listened to it more than my siamese dream. What a masterpiece. Saw them 3 times on this tour