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Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (song)

"Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" is the opening and title-track for The Smashing Pumpkins' third studio album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. It was nominated for Best Pop Instrumental Performance at the 1997 Grammy Awards.
The "Nighttime version 1" variant as featured on the 2012 Mellon Collie reissue is the same chord progression and melody as the final ~40 seconds or so of "Thru the Eyes of Ruby". An inverted form of the song appears at the end of the album's final track, "Farewell and Goodnight".
== Background ==
The song title, and incidentally the album, was devised as Billy Corgan was walking around Coney Island in 1991.Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness 2012 re-issue liner notes An earlier version of the song, now known as "Infinite Sadness", was an outtake from the Siamese Dream sessions. That version, which is in a different key and features a full band arrangement, was released on the vinyl release of Mellon Collie and later on the 2013 reissue of The Aeroplane Flies High. In 1994, Corgan created the piano arrangement at his Sadlands home.
An alternate arrangement was created by Corgan and performed live during 2018's Shiny and Oh So Bright tour. The band played it behind the giant video screen that showcased an animated montage of various references from the band's career before Corgan emerged to begin the main set with his solo rendition of "Disarm".
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Metro

Metro (formerly the Cabaret Metro) is a concert hall in Chicago, Illinois that first opened in 1982. It has a capacity of 1,100, divided between the main floor and the balcony. For years it was the go-to local venue for The Smashing Pumpkins, who performed both their first show in 1988 and their final show in 2000 before breaking up.
Metro is owned by Joe Shanahan, who also owns Double Door. He was an important influence in the early days of The Smashing Pumpkins. He insisted that they hire a drummer before agreeing to let them play the Metro, indirectly paving the way for the band's success.
In addition to the Pumpkins and related acts, the Metro helped jump start the careers of Liz Phair, Veruca Salt, Material Issue, and Urge Overkill.
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Microwave

"Microwave" is a song by American alternative rock band Fulflej from their 1996 debut album, Wack Ass Tuba Riff. It is featured on Scratchie Records which was owned by James Iha and D'arcy Wretzky. The song features E-bow guitar by Iha.
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Mike Byrne

Michael William Byrne (born February 6, 1990) is a former drummer for The Smashing Pumpkins. When Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan called for rehearsals to replace Jimmy Chamberlin, Byrne auditioned and was chosen out of thousands of applicants. He played drums in Sky Saxon tribute band Spirits in the Sky for six shows in August 2009, along with Corgan, Kerry Brown, Kevin Dippold, Mark Tulin, Linda Strawberry, Ysanne Spevack, Mark Weitz, and Dave Navarro, and also performs drums on the Pumpkins project, Teargarden by Kaleidyscope. As a part of Teargarden, Mike contributed drumming duties on Oceania, the Pumpkins' eighth full-length album. On April 17, 2010, Byrne played his first show under the Smashing Pumpkins moniker in celebration of Record Store Day.
On June 13, 2014, Billy Corgan reported that Byrne had left the band.
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On August 17, 2009, he was officially named as the new drummer for the Smashing Pumpkins. The Pumpkins were already one of his favorite bands, with Jimmy Chamberlin among his most influential drummers. Byrne's YouTube channel, which he created three years prior to joining the band, had been "MarquisinSpadez", a reference to the song "Marquis in Spades", from the Smashing Pumpkins' Zero EP.Mike Byrne's YouTube account. 
In 2011, Byrne won best "Up and Coming" drummer in Modern Drummer's Reader's Poll.
In June 2014, Billy Corgan reported that Byrne had left the band.
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Byrne cites some of his influences as The Cure, Maserati, Maps and Atlases, and Pelican. He enjoys post-rock and math rock.
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*Teargarden by Kaleidyscope (2009–2014)
*Oceania (2012)
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*Smashing Pumpkins’ “Drummer of the Future” May Be 19 Years Old – Rolling Stone
Mike Garson

Michael David Garson (born July 29, 1945) is an American pianist, who in addition to The Smashing Pumpkins, Jimmy Chamberlin Complex and James Iha, has worked with David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails, St. Vincent, and Free Flight. He is known for his improv style, never playing a song the same way twice.
Garson joined The Smashing Pumpkins in 1998 for their Adore tour, playing piano, keyboards and synthesizer. His piano playing was an integral part of the Pumpkins' performance. After the tour, he joined guitarist Billy Corgan on his solo effort—the soundtrack for the 1999 supernatural horror film Stigmata. Additionally Garson played piano on 2000's Machina/The Machines of God on the song "With Every Light", as well as "Le Deux Machina" from Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music, clips of which were used in the song "Glass and the Ghost Children" from Machina I.
In 2005 he appeared on bonus tracks from Jimmy Chamberlin Complex's debut album Life Begins Again, and on "Appetite" from James Iha's 2012 album, Look to the Sky.
In December 2018, Garson returned to perform with The Smashing Pumpkins in Los Angeles-area concerts. During one of these performances, Corgan discussed the 2018 California wildfires, which had recently hit Malibu. The Woolsey Fire specifically leveled both Garson's home and studio to the ground. Fortunately no one was hurt, and friends of Garson started a GoFundMe to help raise money to rebuild his studio.
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* 1999: Stigmata
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* 2000: Machina/The Machines of God
* 2000: Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music
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* 2005: Life Begins Again (bonus tracks)
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* 2012: Look to the Sky (on "Appetite")
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Mike Rubano

Mike "Cuz" Rubano is a technician and close friend of Billy Corgan who accompanied The Smashing Pumpkins and recorded their live shows and rehearsals from 1988 to 1991. He was known to the band as "Cuz". He is reported to have been Corgan's original guitar amplifier technician, and was in charge of inventorying all of the gear.https://forums.netphoria.org/showthread.php?t=185705 Many of the recordings from these early years were released in 2022 as The Rubano Tapes Vol. 1 and The Rubano Tapes Vol. 2.
Rubano was also friends with Kerry Brown, and co-served as guitar and amplifier technician for their debut album, Sorry! (1994), along with Bob English.https://www.discogs.com/release/991036-Catherine-Sorry
== Credits ==
* "I Am One" (1992 single) – live audio recording of "Terrapin"https://www.discogs.com/release/640265-Smashing-Pumpkins-I-Am-One
* Sorry! (1994 album by Catherine) – guitar and amplifier technician, co-credited with Bob English
* Pisces Iscariot (2012 reissue DVD) – live audio recording of "Snap"https://www.discogs.com/release/3773608-The-Smashing-Pumpkins-Pisces-Iscariot
* The Rubano Tapes Vol. 1 (2022) – live audio recording
* The Rubano Tapes Vol. 2 (2022) – live audio recording
* SP on the Radio 1988-89 / Starchildren Live 8.18.90 (2024) – live audio recording of the Starchildren songs "Past Midnight", "Faeding", "Lolly", "Reasons To Shine", and "Blue Light"https://madamezuzus.com/products/xxxx
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Millieu

"Millieu" is a song by The Smashing Pumpkins from the 2013 deluxe reissue of The Aeroplane Flies High. A clip was featured in "Pastichio Medley" at around the 12:57–13:06 mark. On Billy's Gravity Demos I it was called "Pretty Drop A".
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Mina Loy (M.O.H.)

"Mina Loy (M.O.H.)" is a single from Billy Corgan's debut solo studio album, TheFutureEmbrace. Billy and his band performed the song on the Late Show with David Letterman the day before the album's release.Tour history: 2005. Smashing Pumpkins Fan Collaborative. Accessed on 2015-02-03. 
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Money (That's What I Want)

"Money (That's What I Want)" is a cover song by The Smashing Pumpkins of the 1959 hit by Barret Strong. It was recorded live at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles on October 31, 1998. The recording appeared on several bootlegs, including The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music, before its official release on the 2014 deluxe reissue of Adore.
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Moon Demo

Moon Demo was a self-released demo cassette from The Smashing Pumpkins that was sold at early shows for $5. About 500 copies were produced with handwritten labels.
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* Billy Corgan – vocals, guitar, programming, sequencing
* D'arcy Wretzky – bass; vocals on "Daydream"
* James Iha – guitar
* Jimmy Chamberlin – drums, percussion
* Mark Ignoffo – piano and keyboards on "Rhinoceros", organ, production
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Moss

"Moss" is the fourth track from Act II of The Smashing Pumpkins' 2023 rock opera, ATUM. According to Billy Corgan, as a song of propaganda within the story of ATUM, it's intentionally sanded down to be easy to understand.
The song went through a few iterations, first beginning as a "creepy electronic song". Then a more rock-oriented approach was attempted, before the band landed on the final studio version.
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Music For Hangovers

Music For Hangovers is a live album and DVD by the rock band Cheap Trick. The full album is a compilation from the band's four nights at Metro in Chicago, Illinois in 1998. On each of the four nights, Cheap Trick played one of their first four albums in their entirety to open the show, coinciding with the reissues of the albums.
The May 2, 1998 show saw The Smashing Pumpkins as the opening band. The Pumpkins sat in for a few songs during Cheap Trick's set, two of which made the album. "Mandocello" features Billy Corgan on guitar (a mandocello, more specifically), while "If You Want My Love" features backup vocals by D'arcy Wretzky.
Corgan also authored the liner notes for the album.
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Muzzle

"Muzzle" is a promotional single by The Smashing Pumpkins for their third album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. It was one of the last songs written by Billy Corgan for Mellon Collie, with the song's lyrics referring to what Corgan thought the public's perception was of him at the time.Moon, Tom. "Smashing All the "Alt" Expectations", Orange County Register, December 1996 (available online). It was rumored to be the Smashing Pumpkins fifth and final single from this album, as is evidenced by the fact that a promotional single for the song was issued to radio stations worldwide. However, the song "Thirty-Three" was released as the fifth and final single instead. The band went on to perform "Muzzle" for their next television appearance on Late Night with Conan O'Brien with replacement drummer, Matt Walker on February 25, 1997.
There was a rumor that a music video was actually filmed for "Muzzle" with drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, but was never released. Billy Corgan has, however, denied this.
== Composition ==
Originally composed on piano, "Muzzle" was one of the last songs written for Mellon Collie. Corgan has said it took a lot of convincing to get Jimmy Chamberlin to play with such "joyful abandon" on the drum fills, and it was this persistence that opened the door for Chamberlin to express himself emotionally instead of just focusing on technical precision.Billy Corgan. Mellon Collie 2012 reissue liner notes Ultimately Corgan considers the song among the best examples on Mellon Collie of the band coming together to quickly form ideas "from doleful sea shanties into epic rockets."
Lyrically, Corgan has said "Muzzle" was partially written as a proactive attack on critics who he felt were going to hear the repetitive lyrics and tell him to "shut up". The song title has a literal meaning, as Corgan explained: "The idea of a muzzle refers to thinking my life would be far simpler if I just kept my trap shut."
The outro lyrics could be interpreted as spiritual language reminiscent of Hinduism. Corgan wrote that the repeating vocal lines with slight variations may have been a nod to Bob Dylan, but the true musical inspiration is unclear.
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MySpace Smashing Pumpkins Tribute

MySpace Smashing Pumpkins Tribute is a tribute album produced by MySpace Records that was digitally released via streaming on participating bands MySpace pages on between May 18 and June 18, 2007. An unknown quantity of compact discs were produced and released in newsstand editions of Spin's July 2007 issue, on newsstands June 26th, which featured an article discussing the Smashing Pumpkins influence on all the bands participating. Additionally, copies were released in the July 2007 issue of German magazine Visions, which bore the title "All Areas Special - A Tribute to The Smashing Pumpkins". The album features "Signal to Noise", a B-Side from Zeitgeist that Billy Corgan gave to Matt Walker and his band, Most Dangerous Race. 
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For unknown reasons, some of the bands comissioned for this release were ultimately cut from the physical disc despite some of them having shared fully recorded tracks on their MySpace profiles at the time. These include:
Early reports also stated My Chemical Romance would be involved, but MTV later confirmed they wouldn't be contributing a song. Whether they were contacted by MySpace for the project remains unclear.
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My Dahlia

"My Dahlia" is a song by The Smashing Pumpkins that was featured on the 1989 compilation album Light Into Dark, and later on the 2012 reissue of Pisces Iscariot. The pamphlet that came with Light Into Dark lists James Iha as co-writer of the song, but the Pisces Iscariot re-issue lists only Billy Corgan.
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My Love Is Winter

"My Love Is Winter" is a song by The Smashing Pumpkins off of their 2012 studio album, Oceania. The song was originally intended to be a ballad, but the band felt it lacked potential with the ballad sentiment. In a 2012 interview with MusicRadar, Corgan stated the song gives "a few nods" to the progressive rock band Yes.
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My Poor Troubled Heart

"My Poor Troubled Heart" is a Billy Corgan / Smashing Pumpkins song that is a cover of a mix of several traditional English folk songs, including "As Time Draws Near", "The Blackest Crow", "The Lover's Lament", "My Dearest Dear", "Oh, Who Will Shoe Your Pretty Foot?", among others.https://eleanorglewwe.com/tag/the-american-songbag/ The title "My Poor Troubled Heart" was given by Corgan. He debuted the song at his solo show on August 30, 2014, and The Smashing Pumpkins performed it a number of times during the In Plainsong tour in 2015.
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Neath The Darkest Eves

Neath The Darkest Eves is a 58-minute video release and live album by Billy Corgan released in support of his second solo album, Ogilala. It documents a full performance of Ogilala, followed by career-spanning set of songs. The video was produced and directed by long-time collaborator Linda Strawberry, and filmed on location at Swing House studios in Los Angeles, California.
A vinyl edition of the performance entitled 'Neath The Darkest Eves: The Complete Sessions was released on June 13, 2023 as an archival release from Madame ZuZu's.https://www.instagram.com/p/Cs3yYmstPOB/ It includes four previously unreleased tracks from the same recording sessions: "Pale Horse", "Of a Broken Heart", "To Sheila" and "Tonight, Tonight". Following the reissue, the original video was removed from YouTube by the publisher, Warner Chappell Music,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwBETrVSTFU though as of December 2023 it may still be found on The Smashing Pumpkins official Facebook page.https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=843453732500746
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Vinyl limited to 1,300 copies on "bubblegum pink" wax, with 100 autographed by Billy Corgan.https://madamezuzus.com/products/autographed-neath-the-darkest-eves
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Neophyte

"Neophyte" is the third track from Act II of The Smashing Pumpkins' 2023 rock opera, ATUM. On the Thirty-Three podcast, Billy Corgan said the song is among his best work off of ATUM, and that it has the biggest potential of any ATUM song to "endure" as a long-term live favorite.
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Never Let Me Down Again

"Never Let Me Down Again" is a cover song from The Smashing Pumpkins' 1994 box set, Siamese Singles. It was originally released as the B-side for the "Rocket" single. 
The song written by Martin Gore of Depeche Mode. This cover was by request of bassist D'arcy Wretzky who is a long-time Depeche Mode fan. It was recorded at the BBC on September 12, 1993, perhaps in one take."Smashing Pumpkins Unlock Adore to New Sound." Undercover Magazine, June 1998. Retrieved on September 23, 2007. It was featured on the Depeche Mode tribute album For the Masses, as well as the soundtrack for the film Not Another Teen Movie. 
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Never Say Never

"Never Say Never" is a 1982 single and one of the best-known songs by new wave band Romeo Void. The Smashing Pumpkins have occasionally teased the song during live performances of "X.Y.U." The "X.Y.U. Medley" from the Halloween 1998 show, which included one such tease of "Never Say Never", was included on the 2014 reissue of Adore.
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Lyrics vary by performance. Below is adapted from the March 2, 2000 show.
New Waver

"New Waver" is a song from the The Smashing Pumpkins first released on the 2012 deluxe reissue of Mellon Collie, and later on the 2013 deluxe reissue of The Aeroplane Flies High. A clip of the song was featured in "Pastichio Medley" at around the 1:28 – 1:41 mark.
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Nicholas Tremulis

Nicholas Tremulis is a guitarist, singer/songwriter and bandleader who formed the Nicholas Tremulis Orchestra in 1982. He is a Chicago native known for his mix of rock, R&B and eclectic live performances. In the late 90s and early 2000s his band led the The Waltz benefit concerts, which featured Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin and William Corgan Sr. on occasion.
Niclas Frisk

Niclas Patrik Frisk (born 14 February 1969, Mora, Dalarna, Sweden) is a Swedish musician and the founder of the pop group Atomic Swing. In Pumpkinland, he is best known as a member of Vanessa and the O's, whom James Iha toured with in 2005 and 2006. Frisk also contributed songwriting and guitar to Iha's second solo album, Look to the Sky.
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* 2012: Look to the Sky (James Iha) – guitars and co-writing credits on "Till Next Tuesday" and "Speed of Love"
Nicole Fiorentino

Nicole Margaret Fiorentino (born April 7, 1979) was a former bassist for The Smashing Pumpkins (replacing Ginger Pooley and her temporary replacement Mark Tulin)."The Smashing Pumpkins Announce New Member, Bassist Nicole Fiorentino ". Press release. SmashingPumpkins.com. May 10, 2010.Goodman, William. "Smashing Pumpkins Reveal New Band Member". Spin Magazine Online. May 11, 2010. She became an official member in 2010. She performs on the band's third Teargarden by Kaleidyscope EP (2011) and subsequent album Oceania (2012). Fiorentino departed the band in 2014.
==Biography==
Prior to joining the Smashing Pumpkins, she was a member of Radio Vago, Chicago alternative act Veruca Salt, Spinnerette, Twilight Sleep, and Light FM, the last of which opened for Billy Corgan's one-off band Backwards Clock Society in November 2009.
Within a February 17, 2011 post on The Smashing Pumpkins' Facebook page, Fiorentino claimed she was one of the girls on the cover of the Pumpkins' 1993 album Siamese Dream. Although it was received by many fans to have been in jest, several news sources and a portion of the fan community believed this to be a genuine claim.Various Authors."Bassist Nicole Was on Cover of Siamese Dream – Netphoria Message Board". Thread on fansite forum. Netphoria.com. 2011-18-02.Gomez, Ricardo; Mapes, Jillian; Peoples, Glen; Rutherford, Kevin."Billboard Bits: Paramore Eyes Summertime for New Music, Pete Wentz ?Couldn?t Trust? Ashlee Simpson | Billboard.com". Online. Billboard.com. 2011-18-02. Rolling Stone suggested that Corgan had "decided to pull a Twitter prank".Greene, Andy."Is the New Smashing Pumpkins Bassist on the Cover Of 'Siamese Dream'? | Rolling Stone Music". Online. Rolling Stone.com. 2011-18-02. Former SmashingPumpkins.com webmaster, Paul Friemel, later claimed that both cover models had been located in 2007 and that neither was Fiorentino.
In September 2014, Corgan stated in an interview with Alternative Nation that both Fiorentino and bandmate Mike Byrne were no longer members of The Smashing Pumpkins, citing different levels of commitment to the Smashing Pumpkins. However, Fiorentino and Corgan remain on amicable terms.
Bass Magazine wrote of her: "Fiorentino's magnetic stage presence and staggering tone made her stand out and become a favorite among fans … When we had a chance to discuss her playing with Billy Corgan, [Corgan] likened her style to that of Chris Squire of Yes, an incisive comparison given Fiorentino's strong rhythmic propulsion and her cutting midrange sound."
==Discography==
With The Smashing Pumpkins
*Teargarden by Kaleidyscope (2011)
*Oceania (2012)
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Night Dreamer

Night Dreamer is an alternative rock and dream pop duo consisting of The Smashing Pumpkins guitarist Jeff Schroeder, and Wam Dingis member Mindy Song. The group released their debut EP, Treasure, on October 19, 2019. They performed a handful of shows across several countries from late 2019 through early 2020.
In June 2020, the duo collaborated with Jamie Goh to release a 5-track album of hypnosis messages called Inner Oceans.https://nightdreamermusic.bandcamp.com/releases
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Jeff Schroeder met Mindy Song through a mutual friend in 2015. They decided to convene in a Chicago studio to "see where things might go". The session was a success, and the duo relocated to their hometown of Los Angeles to record Treasure with producer Josiah Mazzasch. Mazzasch is also a member of the band Light FM, as was former Smashing Pumpkins bassist Nicole Fiorentino.
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Night Waves

"Night Waves" is the fifth track from Act II of The Smashing Pumpkins' 2023 rock opera, ATUM.
The song originally had sounded similar to The Cars, with Billy Corgan comparing his writing to something Rick Nielsen would write. Engineer Howard Willing and Corgan ultimately decided that version wasn't going to work, and aimed for a more Brian Eno-esque production, with elements of marching bands. Corgan said the final recording is a "shadow of what it was" originally.
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