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Spring 2009 – Coldwater Studios

The Spring 2009 Coldwater Studios sessions saw demo recordings of new Billy Corgan compositions, recorded at Kerry Brown's Los Angeles studio. 54 songs were demoed in total, backed by Mark Tulin on bass and Kerry Brown on drums. While the songs would initially be performed with the short-lived Spirits in the Sky and Backwards Clock Society projects that summer, the best 44 of these 54 songs would form the basis of the Teargarden by Kaleidyscope project, including additional material written after this initial demo session.
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None of the recordings from these sessions specifically are known to have been released, though several have either been re-recorded or have been performed live.
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== A Message from Billy ==
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Spun

Spun is a 2002 black comedy crime drama film directed by Jonas Åkerlund. The original music for the film was written by Billy Corgan, performed by Djali Zwan – the acoustic incarnation of Zwan. Corgan also made a brief appearance in the film, acting as a doctor.
A standalone soundtrack was never been released, though some bootlegs have been made. Corgan has indicated that he owns the rights to the songs and intends to release a properly mixed version of the material in 2022 or beyond.Billy Corgan. Response to a July 22, 2021 SPCodex post on Instagram
Directory Jonas Åkerlund has also worked with The Smashing Pumpkins as director of the music videos for "The Everlasting Gaze" and "Try, Try, Try". The latter explores dark themes similar to Spun, and was adapted from Åkerlund's short film, Try.
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== Tracks of interest ==
As there is no official release, the listing here refers only to songs by Djali Zwan, and in no particular order.
== Release history ==
There is no official release on the soundtrack, and only limited data on bootlegs. The release here is for the film itself.
== Personnel ==
* Billy Corgan – vocals, guitar
* David Pajo – guitar
* Jimmy Chamberlin – drums, percussion
* Matt Sweeney – vocals, guitar
* Paz Lenchantin – vocals, bass
* Linda Strawberry – vocals on "Love to Love"
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Stained Glass Window

"Stained Glass Window" is an early demo song by Billy Corgan's old band, The Marked, with vocals by Dale Meiners. An amateur music video by Jonathan Morrill was reportedly made for the song that depicted Corgan as a grave digger, Roesing as an escaped lunatic, and Meiners as a priest.
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Starchildren

Starchildren was a side project of The Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan. From 1990 to 1994 the band played a few scattered live shows, each usually featuring a different lineup of band members with only Corgan having constant involvement. The band officially released two songs, "Delusions of Candor", an original composition by Corgan, and a cover of "Isolation" by Joy Division.
In 2024, a recording of the August 18, 1990 live performance was released as part of SP on the Radio 1988-89 / Starchildren Live 8.18.90. This release included four songs written by Corgan that were previously unknown to fans: "Past Midnight", "Faeding", "Lolly" and "Reasons To Shine".https://madamezuzus.com/products/xxxx The final Starchildren track, "Blue Light", was previously performed live by The Smashing Pumpkins on March 30, 1990.
==History==
First appearing in 1990 (then billed as Star Children), Corgan gave the motto of the band as "Be repetitive for nuisance's sake.""Smashing Pumpkins." Chicago Tribune, 1990/09/07. Little is known about the early incarnation of the band, other than they played at least two shows at the Cabaret Metro with varying members including Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin, Neil Jendon, Cliff Fox, and Kerry Brown (the latter three members of the band Catherine).
In 1994, the band emerged with a more visible presence playing a June 18 show that received coverage as an incognito Smashing Pumpkins show, despite it being a traditional Starchildren performance. The performance that night featured several songs that would later make their way onto Smashing Pumpkins' releases. Songs performed included The Cure cover "A Night Like This" and the James Iha penned "The Boy" which were later released in The Aeroplane Flies High box set, as well as an early version of "Here Is No Why" from Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.
Although Starchildren was already closely associated with the band Catherine due to the groups' frequently overlapping members, this association was taken to another level by the 1994 release of the split 7" vinyl record "Songs about Girls" / "Delusions of Candor". One side of the record featured the Catherine song "Songs about Girls" while the reverse featured the Starchildren tune "Delusions of Candor". "Delusions of Candor" featured then-Smashing Pumpkins tour manager and guitar technician Bob English on bass, and Chamberlin on drums. This is the only original Starchildren composition released to date. 
In 1995, the band's cover of Joy Division's "Isolation" appeared on the tribute album A Means to an End: The Music of Joy Division.
In January 2010, Corgan and Kerry Brown announced plans to start a new record label, which was to include releases of new material from Starchildren. The label dissolved before any songs were released.
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* "Delusions of Candor" (1994)
* "Isolation" on A Means to an End: The Music of Joy Division (1995)
* SP on the Radio 1988-89 / Starchildren Live 8.18.90 (2024)
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* Starchildren tour history
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* Corgan on guitar, Jimmy Chamberlin on bass, playing to a drum machine.
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* Only recorded Starchildren show
* "I Only Play 4 Money" and "Lord Grunge" performed by Billy Corgan guesting with The Frogs
* "Cars" with Jimmy Chamberlin on bass and Mark Rew on drums
* "Junkie See" with Annette on vocals
* "Give Peace a Chance" with Jimmy Flemion on vocals
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Starjob

Starjob is an EP by The Frogs that was recorded in 1994, and finally released in 1997. Billy Corgan produced the record under the alias "Johnny Goat". The song "Raped" features additional guitar from Corgan and bongos from Jimmy Chamberlin. The album was released through Scratchie Records – a record company formed by James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky and others.
The songs on Starjob deal with celebrity and fame, although the songs "Raped" and "Weird on the Avenue" continue the perverse themes of previous albums. "I Only Play 4 Money" may be the most well known song by the band, which contains the lyrics "I don't give a fuck about the fans" and "if you send me fanmail/I won't write back". Corgan can be heard laughing at the end of the track. "Lord Grunge" meanwhile is an homage to Kurt Cobain, and references The Who, Black Sabbath, Black Flag and The Beatles as the forefathers of grunge. 
This release is considerably better-produced than most of the Frogs' previous material, which can sound like home recordings.
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* Jimmy Flemion – guitars, bass, lead vocals
* Dennis Flemion – drums, keyboards, backing vocals
* Billy Corgan – additional guitar and bass on "Raped", backing vocals
* Jimmy Chamberlin – additional percussion on "Raped"
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Starla

"Starla" is a song from The Smashing Pumpkins' 1994 compilation album, Pisces Iscariot, and originally released on the "I Am One" single in 1992. At just over 11 minutes, it is the longest song on Pisces and one of the longest in the band's studio catalogue. In a 1998 interview, Billy Corgan said it was the most emotionally important song on the album, too.
== Background ==
Corgan got the inspiration for the song title when a fan at one of the Pumpkins' concerts told them her name was Starla, a name that Corgan admired. Subsequently to writing the song, Corgan discovered that her name was actually Darla.Corgan, Billy. Pisces Iscariot Liner Notes. 1994.
While there was likely someone named Starla prior to The Smashing Pumpkins song, there are many children today who were born with namesake owing to the song.
== Recording ==
The full recording as heard on Pisces occurred in a single all-night session to meet a hard deadline.Billy Corgan, Pisces Iscariot remaster liner notes, July 2012 At the beginning of the session, Billy Corgan only had the intro guitar riff written. The rest including the lyrics were written on-the-fly.
In a column he wrote for Guitar World, Corgan explained how the song got its arrangement and the interesting effect used at the beginning of the song:
An epic, mesmerizing track built up around extended solos, "Starla" was produced by Kerry Brown and recorded through a Soundcraft TS12 board onto a TASCAM MS16 one-inch tape machine. Brown used a Yamaha SPX90 for the reverb effect on Corgan's voice, and an Eventide H3000 Ultra-Harmonizer is responsible for the backwards effect that runs through the first third of the song. "I remember that overdub guitar solo," says Brown. "Just him, the headphones, and the cabinet. You don’t hear that much anymore. You can’t simulate what you can do with a cabinet in front of you. I mean, Billy was bending notes on a mic stand!"Richard Thomas, "Signal To Noise: The Sonic Diary Of The Smashing Pumpkins", Electronic Musician, October 1st, 2008 AllMusic wrote that "Starla" "proves that Corgan was one of the finest (and most underrated) rock guitarists of the '90s".
At around the 5:26 mark in the song, you can hear an ambulance siren that was from when Corgan was recording the acoustic section with a window open.
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Stay (Faraway, So Close!)

"Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" is a cover song by The Smashing Pumpkins of U2's 1993 single. The Pumpkins performed it live in late 1999. An acoustic studio rehearsal version exists from the November 1998-September 1999 – Pumpkinland sessions but has not been released.
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Stay Away (From Me)

"Stay Away (From Me)" is a song by Coat of Eyes. It was on the Coat of Eyes demo cassette. Songwriting credit is unknown but presumed to be Billy Corgan and/or Greg Bates due to its appearance on the Billy and Greg's Home Demos: Vol. 1 demo.
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* Greg Bates – lead vocals, keyboard, Dr. RhythmAccording to a Volume 1 track listing and info shared on Netphoria in June, 2011
* Billy Corgan – guitar, vocals, Dr. Rhythm 
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Stephen Hodges

Stephen Hodges (born February 12, 1952) is an American percussionist and composer. He was one of two touring percussionists during The Smashing Pumpkins' Adore tour that accompanied drummer Kenny Aronoff.
In addition to The Smashing Pumpkins, Hodges has worked with Mavis Staples, Tom Waits, Mike Watt, T Bone Burnett, Rick Holmstrom, and film director David Lynch.
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Stigmata

Stigmata is a 1999 horror film for which Billy Corgan co-wrote the original score with pianist Mike Garson. All songs are instrumental except for "Identify", which is sung by Natalie Imbruglia. A Flood-produced demo of "Identify" with Corgan singing exists and is slated to be on the Machina reissue.Billy Corgan. October 17, 2020 Instagram Q&A
In total, Corgan and Garson wrote and recorded more than 40 minutes of music for the film. Engineer Chris Steinmetz stated the material most closely resembled Adore-era Smashing Pumpkins, and described it as powerful and evocative. "[The score is] very atmospheric, but it has a lot of energy and power. It had a lot of cool drum loops and aggressive, original sounds."
Other artist featured on the soundtrack include David Bowie, Chumbawamba and Massive Attack. AllMusic praised the latter half of the album that was devoted to Corgan and Garson, writing "this is mood music of the highest order, seamlessly flowing between orchestral moments, electronic soundscapes, dissonance, and light."
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Still Becoming Apart

Still Becoming Apart is a promotional EP by The Smashing Pumpkins. It was bundled with advanced purchases of Machina/The Machines of God at participating stores. It contained a previously unreleased acoustic version of "Mayonaise", and surfaced the track "Hope" which apparently dates backed to the mid-late 80s when Billy Corgan was with The Marked.https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/alt.music.smash-pumpkins/WgbtssgGLhw/yqj0kKtI08cJ
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Strand Ballroom & Theatre

The Strand Ballroom & Theatre, known as Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel prior to September 2017, is a music club located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. The original Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel (as it was called when The Smashing Pumpkins first performed there) was at a different location and accommodated around 850 people. The venue moved in December 2003 to its current location which has a capacity of 1580 people. An additional sister club in the same building called Roxy has a capacity of an additional 400.
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Strength in Numbers

"Strength in Numbers" is a song by The Smashing Pumpkins from the Zeitgeist era.https://www.reddit.com/r/SmashingPumpkins/comments/9rwa56/bc_confirms_that_strength_in_numbers_is_a/ It was leaked on the internet in 2014 along with a number of Machina outtakes.
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Summer

"Summer" is a song by The Smashing Pumpkins written by James Iha. It was released as a B-side on the "Perfect" single in 1998, and as a US promotional cassette in December of that same year. It later appeared on Rarities and B-Sides, and an instrumental version was released on the 2014 reissue of Adore.
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Summer 1989 – Reel Time Studios

The Summer 1989 Reel Time Studios sessions were more recording sessions with Mark Ignoffo, intended to constitute the first Smashing Pumpkins album. Fortunately for the future of the band, these sessions did not produce an album as anticipated but the second demo tape Moon Demo. Billy Corgan also compiled a promotional tape from these sessions that is known as the Gish Basement Tape, used for bookings and label solicitation in 1989 and 1990. Corgan also made a number of homemade mix tapes for friends and fans that featured different configurations of material from these sessions. While about half of the sessions have appeared on various releases, the remaining half can be found on bootlegs, the highest quality as unmastered final mixes compiled on a DAT tape that had belonged to Mike Potential.
According to Corgan, the album originally came from The Smashing Pumpkins' early vow of poverty. "The roots of Gish are the fact that the band had a policy then that nobody made any money from the shows, so we could save up to record," he explains. "It was amazing that everyone agreed to it because none of us had any money back then. So by 1989 we had collected a couple grand from playing club gigs. A guy named Mark Ignoffo, who lived in the neighborhood near where I worked at the used record store, had just graduated studio-engineering school. It turned out he had set up a studio in his parents' basement, so in 1989 we took that saved money and made an album — even though we had no one to make an album for. There was absolutely nobody interested in our band. So we just made an album-plus worth of material hoping somebody would become interested. And if you listen to that material, it sounds very much like Gish turned out."Billy Corgan, Gish Remaster liner notes, November 2011
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Summer 1989 – Reel Time Studios (acoustic)

The Summer 1989 acoustic Reel Time Studios sessions was booked to record live-only favorites such as "Razor" and "I Am My End". Unfortunately drummer Jimmy Chamberlin didn't show up and, since the studio time was prepaid, it morphed into an acoustic session. This was noted as a sloppy session with many false starts. D'Arcy Wretzky was present but did not perform. While "Vanilla" appeared on the Pisces Iscariot 2012 Remaster, the rest of the session leaked as a bootleg sourced from a DAT of unmastered final mixes that belonged to Mike Potential.
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Summer 1996 – Soundworks

The Summer 1996 Soundworks sessions in Chicago were the sessions for the Lost Highway soundtrack. Billy Corgan actually recorded two songs for the film. The first was an early version of "Tear", which was rejected. Overdubs to the March Charing Cross sessions in Australia were probably also done around this time.
"Eye" as we hear it today was recorded in a single day and solely by Corgan, as all other band members were on vacation at the time. Engineer Tommy Lipnick was the only other person in the room during this recording. Corgan has playfully blamed the electronic direction of the song, subsequent Adore album, and 2020's CYR on Lipnick.
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Summer 1997 - Bugg Studios

The Summer 1997 Bugg Studios sessions were for James Iha's first solo album, Let It Come Down.
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Iha used a wide range of guitars on Let It Come Down, including 12-string acoustics, clean electric guitars, cellos, violin and an organ. The acoustic guitars included a Gibson J-100 Hummingbird and a "really good" Martin.Gil Kaufman, "Smashing Pumpkin James Iha's Solo Trip", Addicted To Noise, February 1998 Iha's Danelectro guitar was used for a lot of overdubs, and as the slide guitar on "Lover, Lover".James Iha, "Free Byrd", Guitar World, March 1998 The amplifiers were either Fender or Vox.
Producer Jim Scott used a small Neve boaard and a Studer 24-track. Bugg Studios (Iha's home studio) had two drum kits: a 60's kit that Scott and Iha had, and a Yamaha kit.
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Sun

"Sun" is a song by The Smashing Pumpkins that was featured on the 1989 self-release The Smashing Pumpkins, and later on the 2012 reissue of Pisces Iscariot. A different version of the song was known as "Death of a Mind" when it was played with The Marked and at early Pumpkins shows.
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Sunset Marquis

"Sunset Marquis" is a song by Hole (sometimes credited as solely Courtney Love) that was co-written by Billy Corgan and Linda Perry. Corgan also performed keyboards in the studio recording. The recording appeared on the 2007 compilation release, Visionaire No. 53: Sound.
== Background ==
The studio recording originates from The Rehab Tapes that later were reworked into Hole's 2010 album, Nobody's Daughter. "Sunset Marquis" did not make the album. The song first surfaced at Courtney Love and Linda Perry's April 29, 2006 surprise benefit show for the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center, which saw guest guitar by Corgan. The studio version with a backing Hole band was released on December 1, 2007 on the Visionaire No. 53: Sound compilation.
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Sunset Sound

Sunset Sound (also known as Sunset Sound Recorders) is a recording studio in Hollywood, California. Apart from The Smashing Pumpkins, other artists that have recorded here include Prince (Purple Rain), The Rolling Stones (Exile on Main Street), The Beach Boys (Pet Sounds), among many others.
James Iha also performed here live on February 9, 1998 for the Rockline radio program.
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Superchrist

"Superchrist" is a 2008 song by The Smashing Pumpkins.
== History ==
The song originated during the sessions for Zeitgeist, but Billy Corgan opted against recording the track for the album, stating that he "didn't understand the song, and thought playing it on tour would help us sort it out."Cohen, Jonathan. "Exclusive: New Pumpkins Song On Guitar Center CD". Billboard. 2008-02-14. "Superchrist" received its live debut on July 24, 2007 during their residency at The Fillmore, and would go on to become a staple at the bands' live shows. It was finally recorded in January 2008 at Sunset Sound,Guitar Center Interviews Billy Corgan co-produced by Kerry Brown of the band Catherine (and also the ex-husband of former Smashing Pumpkins bassist, D'arcy Wretzky)."Superchrist lives! ". SmashingPumpkins.com 2008-01-09.
Although not a single, the song was highly publicized by the band, including a music video that debuted on MySpace on February 27, 2008; it was also notable for being the band's first release without a record label."Artist Interviews: Billy Corgan ". Guitarcenter.com 2008-02-28. The song was initially available in a limited capacity on the compilation Fresh Cuts: Volume 2. Available solely in Guitar Center outlets, the album otherwise featured songs performed by Guitar Center employees. A more general release was later given to the track digitally on the iTunes Store on November 4, 2008, packaged with "G.L.O.W." as a 'digital 45".'G.L.O.W. + Superchrist available in the US iTunes store ". SmashingPumpkins.com. 2008-11-04.
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The song, with a time signature of 6/8, is fairly heavy and has been described by the band as "psychedelic", which Corgan partly attributes to co-producer Kerry Brown. Corgan declared that "Superchrist" is an indication of the band being "back in free territory".Serpick, Evan. "Corgan's Fury: Exclusive Q&A". Rolling Stone. 2008-03-26.
== Music video ==
The official music video debuted on MySpace on February 27, 2008, directed and edited by Justin Coloma. The video features Corgan and Chamberlin performing the song with Gary Stern and Sky Saxon from The Seeds on bass guitar and tambourine, respectively. Corgan collaborator Linda Strawberry, photographer Kristin Burns, Hanna Beth, and Audrey Kitching appear in nurse costumes before photographing and injecting Sky Saxon, violinist Ysanne Spevack appears playing metal violin, and porn star Sasha Grey appears as a dancer. It was the first Pumpkins video since the reunion to not feature touring members Jeff Schroeder, Ginger Pooley, and Lisa Harriton.
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Suspiria

"Suspiria" is a song by the Italian band Goblin that was played at Smashing Pumpkins live performances in 2007 while the band came onstage. The song appeared on the soundtrack to the 1977 film Suspiria, for which Goblin composed the score. The song was used at nearly every show for the first two months of the Zeitgeist tour, after which it began to share time with "High School Cadets". While the song is six minutes long, only the first 2:35 minutes was used.
Sweet Relief II: Gravity of the Situation

Sweet Relief II: Gravity of the Situation is a various artists compilation album that featured "Sad Peter Pan", performed by The Smashing Pumpkins and Red Red Meat. The album is the second installment of the Sweet Relief series, which raises money for artists with expensive medical bills and no insurance. This installment was dedicated to Athens, Georgia musician Vic Chesnutt, who was partially paralyzed and had limited use of his hands following a 1983 car accident. All artists covered his songs. Other bands featured on the album include Garbage, R.E.M., Live and Soul Asylum.
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Chart (1996)	Peak
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