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"Cherub Rock" is a song by American alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins. It is the first single from their second album, Siamese Dream (1993) and is the opening track. It was written by lead vocalist and guitarist Billy Corgan. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance.
"Siva" is a song by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. It was the first single released after their debut album Gish , and was written by Billy Corgan . "Siva" was also the first music video filmed by the band.
The Smashing Pumpkins performing in 2019. The Smashing Pumpkins are an American alternative rock band formed in 1988. The band has recorded many songs since their formation, with frontman Billy Corgan being the principle songwriter for most of their songs. The Smashing Pumpkins have also gone through many line-up changes, with Corgan being the ...
"Rhinoceros" is a song by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins from their debut album, Gish. It was written by Billy Corgan and is one of the few songs from Gish that has been performed consistently throughout the band's career. Instead of being released as a CD single, "Rhinoceros" was instead featured as the first track on Lull.
As well, a demo version of "Slunk" exists with Jimmy Chamberlin on vocals with alternate lyrics called "Chump", (the line "Sister above" is changed to "You suck dick like a chump"). "Blue" and "Slunk" were outtakes from the Gish sessions. "Bye June" is a 1989 recording from the Reel Time Studio Sessions, originally released on the Moon demo.
"Tonight, Tonight" is written in the key of G, performed on instruments tuned down a half-step so the actual pitch is G ♭ /F #. In the original recording sessions, "Tonight, Tonight" was initially written in the key of C instead of G. [8] However, since Corgan was unable to sing the song in C, he wrote a version during the Mellon Collie recording sessions to suit his range. [8]
"1979" is a song by American alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins. It was released in 1996 as the second single from their third studio album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. "1979" was written by frontman Billy Corgan, and features loops and samples uncharacteristic of previous Smashing Pumpkins songs. [7]
The song was described by Billy Corgan as "a simple song in a country tuning", and was the first song that he wrote after the Siamese Dream tour. The guitars in the song are tuned to EGBGBE half a step down, and the drum machine track is exactly the same track Corgan recorded when he laid down the demo version of the song, because he was unable to recreate it.