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In an early interview with Billy Corgan, he admitted that he had thought of the name for the song before he had written it, had labeled dozens of tapes with its name, and even considered naming the band "Siva" instead of "Smashing Pumpkins". Corgan has stated the riff was conceived on an acoustic guitar while working at a record store in ...
"Mayonaise" is a song by American alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins. It was first made available in 1993 on the band's second studio album Siamese Dream as the ninth track. It was subsequently released as the album's fifth single on November 20, 2023 through Capitol Records as part of the Siamese Dream 30th Anniversary celebrations ...
"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.
The Smashing Pumpkins started work on Aghori Mhori Mei in late 2022, after production on the band's twelfth studio album Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts (2022–2023) was completed. [5] The album was billed as a "rock and roll guitar record" by Corgan in 2024. [6] The album had no singles prior to release of the album. [5]
"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]
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.
The video is available on The Smashing Pumpkins – Greatest Hits Video Collection (1991–2000) DVD, released in 2001. The video begins with Corgan reading a comic book dressed in an ice cream man uniform. A clip of the intro to the song is played and stopped repeatedly before the song begins.
The song was featured as a playable track in the video game Guitar Hero 5. [59] It was also used in the launch trailer for Dead Space 2. [60] The song was the TNA Lockdown wrestling pay-per-view theme song for 2009. [61] Parts of the song were used in the exposition of the 2022 film Black Adam. [62]