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Set The Ray To Jerry

"Set The Ray To Jerry" is a song from the The Smashing Pumpkins' box set, The Aeroplane Flies High. Over the years it has become a widespread fan favorite despite little promotion, and has "always been a band favorite" dating back to the early 90s. The song was first released on the January 1996 single for "1979", but was written back during the Gish era.
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Shame

"Shame" is a song from The Smashing Pumpkins' fourth studio album, Adore. The recording features a drum machine but it was actually recorded live.
== Background and recording ==
Billy Corgan wrote the entire song in roughly 20 minutes on one morning, and the final take was recorded later that day in the studio. Given by now Jimmy Chamberlin had left the band and a drum machine was instead used on the song, Corgan considers "Shame" as one of the final recordings of the "original band", referring to the time when they used a drum machine prior to Chamberlin joining. Just as they recorded in those early days, Corgan, James Iha and D'arcy Wretzky sat in a semi-circle to record the song. Corgan considers the song a "way of saying goodbye" to that version of the band.
While the song came to him quickly, Corgan believes the energy he was feeling was accurately captured in the recording. The song was not written from a place of pain, as it may seem lyrically, but rather a state of contemplation following his mother's recent death, the death of Jonathan Melvoin and Chamberlin's depature, as well as the pressure following the massive success of Mellon Collie. Corgan had also just went through a divorce, followed by a rough breakup of a short-lived relationship with nearly the same dynamic he had with his ex-wife. Thus, he experienced "shame" in that he found himself humiliated to be back in the same toxic situation he tried so hard to escape before. The lyric "don't let them get to you" may refer to the pressure he felt from the public to produce a quality album despite these hardships.
The song was also in part inspired by the passing of INXS frontman Michael Hutchence, whom Corgan had befriended some years prior. Corgan said of the song's lyrics, "I think it was one of those things like I kind of came out of a dream I was meditating on— that sense of like, what would you say to somebody if you could speak to them 10 minutes before they take that walk? That there’s always another day? I don’t know".Parker, Lyndsey. De-mystified: The stories behind 6 Michael Hutchence-inspired songs. Yahoo! Entertainment. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
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Shells

"Shells" 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 background vocals by Wretzky, and acoustic guitar and a guitar solo by Iha.
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Shiloh

"Shiloh" is a song off of Billy Corgan's second studio album, Ogilala. Corgan has said the song pays tribute to Glen Campbell.Joe Bosso, "Billy Corgan Breaks Out the Acoustics for His New Album, 'Ogilala'", Guitar World, November 1, 2017 Along with "Antietam", it shares the name with a major American Civil War battle, however Corgan has clarified "Shiloh" in particular is not about the war.
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Shiny and Oh So Bright tour

The Shiny and Oh So Bright tour was a large-scale arena tour and the first with James Iha in the lineup since the The Sacred and Profane tour in 2000. Linda Strawberry was the creative director, with her company Coloma Productions and another company called Nimblist handling general production and lighting, while TAIT Towers was responsible for the stage hardware.https://www.reddit.com/r/SmashingPumpkins/comments/92y659/who_did_the_stage_production_for_the_shiny_and_oh/
Prior to the tour, there were some notable exchanges from frontman Billy Corgan and founding bassist D'arcy Wretzky over her absence from the reunited band. The tour was noted also for having a three-hour setlist with material solely from the band's first five albums, except for four covers and the 2018 single "Solara".
The tour also included select dates billed as the 30th Anniversary Series, and are organized separately here. The most notable show was August 2, 2018 in New Jersey which occurred during the middle of the other Shiny shows. Other shows in November and December were later booked with the "30th Anniversary Series" moniker, all offering varying setlists.
== Background ==
For many years after the band’s initial breakup, they had toured with a litany of members, including Chamberlin himself when the band first reformed in 2006, although he quickly departed by early 2009. In 2015 he made a return to the band as a touring member for The End Times tour with Marilyn Manson and 2016’s In Plainsong tour, which was "acoustic-electro" and saw the band reach into their catalog of rarities alongside some hits. James Iha made a few surprise returns on this tour as well, marking the first time he had shared a stage with Corgan since December 2, 2000. On February 15, 2018 the band announced both Chamberlin and Iha would return on a full-member basis, alongside now longtime member Jeff Schroeder, making the band's first ever lineup with three permanent guitarists.
This tour would be the band's first arena trek since the Oceania tour, which itself was a mixture of arenas and theaters. Before the tour kicked off its arena stops across the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Italy, two warmup shows were played at The Troubadour in Los Angeles on June 27, 2018, which saw AFI's Davey Havok make a guest appearance to perform the Joy Division song "Transmission", and a small backyard house show where the band had filmed the "1979" music video years earlier.
== Reception ==
Reviews of the tour most often were positive. Many praised the tour for how much ground the setlist covered throughout the performance. Others pointed out the tour's focus on fans' nostalgia, and that the tour performed every hit song along with several rarities and cover songs. The band's performance of Led Zeppelin's renowned song "Stairway to Heaven" also garnered lots of attention for being authentic to the original.
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Siamese Dream (Fruit Bats cover)

Siamese Dream is a tribute album by fellow Chicago band Fruit Bats of The Smashing Pumpkins' sophomore studio album, Siamese Dream. Most songs offer a slower, more gentle indie-rock rendition of the original, while some such as "Disarm" and "Mayonaise" have subtle electronic elements to them. Fruit Bats' Eric D. Johnson played all the instruments on the record.
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Siamese Dream (promo)

The Siamese Dream promo release, often referred to as the Siamese Sampler, is a promotional release by The Smashing Pumpkins for their 1993 studio album, Siamese Dream. The song "Spaceboy" is missing the dialogue at the end of the track and is spelled as "Space Boy" on the CD. The French release came with a four-page booklet containing a picture of the band, the Siamese Dream and "Cherub Rock" cover artwork, along with liner notes written in French.
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Siddhartha

Siddhartha is a five LP box set by Billy Corgan documenting his eight-hour ambient musical interpretation of Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha on February 28, 2014 at Madame ZuZu's. The performance was an improvisation using a Roland System-100M 182 analog modular synthesizer, with some guitar contributions from Jeff Schroeder. The recording was sold exclusively through Madame ZuZu's website at $375 each. Only 500 hand-numbered copies were made, the first 250 signed by Corgan. The set also came with a custom art print by Linda Strawberry, a personal Stylophone synthesizer, and a black WPC hat.
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Sierra Swan

Sierra Swan (born April 5, 1978) is an American musician. She first joined Billy Corgan on stage at the final Spirits in the Sky show on October 31, 2009, when she sang vocals on "Willingly". On February 25, 2014, Swan's released her album Good Soldier, which was produced by Corgan. In 2016, she sang and provided keyboards for The Smashing Pumpkins during the 2016 leg of the In Plainsong tour. Most recently, she has provided backing vocals on The Smashing Pumpkins' CYR and ATUM albums.
== Background ==
Swan is the daughter of of 1970s country and pop musician Billy Swan. Her career started with her band Dollshead, and later she was a member of Black Eyed Peas. She has also toured and collaborated with Dave Stewart, Ringo Starr, and Frank Black.
Swan met Corgan not long after she released her debut solo album, Ladyland in 2006. She was doing live work at Linda Perry's studio (producer of LadyLand), who was at the time working with Courtney Love, when Corgan came over to listen to her sing. Swan and Corgan became good friends and briefly dated each other.Sierra Swan, The Smashing Pumpkast, November 10, 2020
== Solo discography ==
* 2005: Selections From 'Ladyland'
* 2006: Ladyland
* 2007: Coward EP 
* 2008: Queen of the Valley
* 2009: Girl Who Cried Wolf
* 2011: The Sun Sessions 
* 2014: Good Soldier
* 2015: "You Don't Own Me" 
* 2021: Tangerines 
* 2023: System Breaker 
== W/Child ==
W/Child is a duo Swan formed with Chad Weber in Minneapolis in 2018. In July 2022 they released a slower, more atmospheric cover of "To Sheila".https://wchild.bandcamp.com/track/to-sheila
* 2019: W/Child
* 2022: "To Sheila" 
== Other studio appearances ==
*2015: Tigermixes (Carina Round feat. Billy Corgan) – performer, remixer
*2020: CYR (The Smashing Pumpkins) – backing vocals
*2022: ATUM (The Smashing Pumpkins) – backing vocals
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Sighommi

"Sighommi" is the first single by The Smashing Pumpkins from their 2024 album, Aghori Mhori Mei. It was released on August 2, 2024.
Written and produced by Billy Corgan, musically "Sighommi" is characterized by an up-tempo rock production. Upon release of the album, critics considered the song a strong single due to its radio friendly sound amongst the album's heavier tracks.
As the first single from Aghori Mhori Mei, "Sighommi" was released by Martha's Music to United States alternative and rock format radio stations on August 2, 2024. It was the number one most-added track to these formats in its first week of release. Commercially the single peaked at number five on the Hot Hard Rock Songs chart.
== Background and release ==
The Smashing Pumpkins started work on Aghori Mhori Mei in late 2022, after production on the bands twelfth studio album Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts (2022–2023) was completed. The album was billed as a "rock and roll guitar record" by Corgan in 2024.
The album had no singles prior to release of the album. On August 2, 2024, "Sighommi" was announced as the first single from the album to be released. Released through Martha's music to alternative and rock format radio stations in the United States, "Sighommi" was the number one most-added track to these formats in its first week of release.
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Beats Per Minute gave the song a positive review in its review of the parent album. In their review they considered the track to be "pure euphoria" and suggested the song was "chromatic in its Deftones-like power". Kerrang! praised the song as "excitable and invigorated" in their review of the album. Sputnikmusic called the track a "rollicking radio-friendly banger" and praised Katie Cole's backing vocals.
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Signal to Noise

"Signal to Noise" is a song by The Smashing Pumpkins that was an outtake of Zeitgeist. A rough demo of the song reportedly exists and is in Matt Walker's possession. Walker and his band, The Most Dangerous Race, covered it for the MySpace cover album project. This cover also appears on a compilation tribute CD to the band by the German magazine Visions. A version by The Smashing Pumpkins has yet to be revealed.
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Silent Night

"Silent Night" is popular Christmas carol, composed in 1818 by Franz Xaver Gruber to lyrics by Joseph Mohr. It was declared an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO in 2011. The song has been recorded by many singers across many music genres. The version sung by Bing Crosby in 1935 has sold 10million copies as a single.
Billy Corgan covered it during this Christmas shows at Madame ZuZu's in December 2021, the final show of which was recorded and streamed live from Corgan's Instragram, with a possible future archival release in the future.
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Silver Bells

"Silver Bells" is a popular Christmas song composed by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans and first recorded by Bing Crosby and Carol Richards in 1950. Billy Corgan notably covered it at Cyndi Lauper's annual Home for the Holidays benefit show on December 3, 2016, and again for the December 18, 2021 Madame ZuZu's Christmas Show. He has said it is probably his favorite Christmas song.Billy Corgan. Banter from December 22, 2021 performance In 2023, The Smashing Pumpkins performed a full-band rendition for the The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration.
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Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts)

"Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts)" is the second single from The Smashing Pumpkins' tenth studio album, Shiny and Oh So Bright - Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun. It was announced on the band's Twitter account on September 13, 2018 and released the following day. It was recorded with Rick Rubin in early 2018 and is the second track from the reforming three-quarters of the band's original lineup.
==Background and recording==
The single was released on September 14, 2018 and is the follow up to the band's first single "Solara", in its partially reformed incarnation. The song was produced by record producer Rick Rubin, who the band had previously worked with band in the mid-'90s. It was recorded at the Shangri La recording studio, Malibu, California in early 2018.
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On September 13, 2018, Corgan announced on his personal Instagram account that production had wrapped on the music video for the song. The video was directed by Corgan himself and produced by long-time Smashing Pumpkins collaborator Linda Strawberry. Fans of the band were recruited as extras for the video. The music video features Mark McGrath of the rock band Sugar Ray playing the role of DJ Jackie Cherry, who has recruited the band to promote a Halloween haunted house charity event. The band must survive the night at the house to win the money for charity. Each member is visited by apparent ghosts and demonic creatures, including members of Drab Majesty, before it is revealed that Corgan is in control of all the preceding events that unfolded.
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Rolling Stone was positive about the track, describing it as having "bright melodies" and that it was reminiscent of the band's hit single "1979". Uproxx said the song "finds the band recapturing some of their past glory" and that Corgan's delivery is "melodic and accessible".
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Simmatar

"Simmatar" is a song by The Smashing Pumpkins that debuted live at the Together and Together Again benefit show on July 27, 2022. The studio recording was first debuted on the final episode of the Thirty-Three podcast on April 25, 2023. It was released with the deluxe ATUM vinyl box set as a part of the 10 songs that comprised the scrapped album Shiny and Oh So Bright Vol. 3, known as Zodeon At Crystal Hall.
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Singles

Singles is the original soundtrack album to the film Singles, primarily focused on the ascendant Seattle grunge scene of the early 1990s. The final track is the extended version of "Drown" by The Smashing Pumpkins, which helped the song become the band's first to gain traction at national radio stations. Other featured artists include Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, Chris Cornell, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and The Jimi Hendrix Experience, among others. The soundtrack is certified double-platinum (2 million sales) by the RIAA.https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=SOUNDTRACK&ti=Singles#search_section
The soundtrack was reissued in a 2×CD and 2×LP edition on May 19, 2017, coincidentally one day after the death of Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell, whose music is featured prominently on the soundtrack and who has a cameo in the film, although the release date had been announced in January.
== Overview ==
The soundtrack is considered to have helped open the door to the explosive popularity of Seattle grunge in the early 1990s. According to Steve Huey of AllMusic, "Singles helped crystallize the idea of the 'Seattle scene' in the mainstream public's mind, and it was also one of the first big-selling '90s movie soundtracks (it went platinum and reached the Top Ten) to feature largely new work from contemporary artists...it's a milestone in the breakthrough of alternative rock into mainstream popular culture, neatly and effectively packaging the Seattle phenomenon for the wider national consciousness."
In April 2019, the album was ranked No. 19 on Rolling Stone's "50 Greatest Grunge Albums" list.
== The Smashing Pumpkins involvement ==
In a VIP Q&A session in Atlanta, Billy Corgan explained that while the band was grateful to be a part of the soundtrack, the record label held back the potential that "Drown" could have had:
Corgan further explained he has nothing against Alice in Chains. "I can't complain, because I love Alice in Chains and I'm friends with Jerry [Cantrell], and it's all good, but what I'm saying is that's the kind of stuff nobody ever hears about -- where actually, in the old record business, and they still do it, you'll kill something where it makes no sense. Why would you kill something that it is working and working with the public? So that song actually didn't become as big as it would have become because the record company that held the copyright killed it."
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Situation

"Situation" is a song by Ric Ocasek from his album Troublizing. It was co-produced by Billy Corgan, who also contributed guitar, keyboards and backing vocals. Melissa Auf der Maur plays bass with backup vocals, and Matt Walker plays drums.
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Siva

"Siva" is the first single from The Smashing Pumpkins' debut album Gish, and was written by Billy Corgan. "Siva" was also the first music video filmed by the band.
During live shows in the early 90s, the band would typically preface "Siva" by saying it's a song about killing your parents and taking drugs.
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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 Ovation acoustic guitar while working at a record store in Chicago sometime in 1991 – the same guitar used to write "Disarm".Corgan, Billy. "Guitar Geek U.S.A." Guitar World, August 1995. The main riff came to him uncontrolled, including the noted microtonality, or what the band calls "string pulling". Corgan has also said the aggressive string-pulling of the song has caused damage to his fretting hand over the years.
Corgan considered "Siva" the band's first true rock song that defined their sound, and led him to believe that The Smashing Pumpkins "are going to work". In that regard he believes it to be the most important song in the band's early catalog. He debated making it the first track on Gish, but felt "I Am One" was the more powerful opener."Siva" Gish deep dive, June 2020 Lyrically, Corgan considered "Siva" as one of the first songs that served as a personal manifesto.
Corgan originally titled the song "Shiva", referring to the Tantric concepts of Shiva – the inhaler and destroyer of worlds – and Shakti as opposing masculine and feminine forces.Smashing Pumpkins band commentary, "Siva." Greatest Hits Video Collection. A book Corgan was reading had it spelled "Siva", hence he went with that spelling, but the band nonetheless still pronounces the song "Shiva".
Historically, "Siva" is a jam song with varying arrangements. In the studio, producer Butch Vig helped the band trim down the song into a more pop composition. The guitar solo features the band's first use of the Big Muff pedal that was famously used on Siamese Dream.
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The song was only released as a single in the UK and Australia, as well as appearing on the Peel Sessions EP. On January 29, 2008, it was also made available as a downloadable track for the video game Rock Band.
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Skyman

Skyman is a 2019 science fiction-found footage horror film written and directed by Daniel Myrick. The soundtrack features two original songs co-written by Billy Corgan.
Miggs and Corgan wrote five songs together for the film at Migg's studio in Los Angeles. The roughly two and a half hour session yielded four recordings, two of which made the film. "Time Will Melt Us" was released separately as a single and features vocals by Corgan, while the fourth track remains unreleased.
Miggs wrote of working with Corgan:
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Skysaw

Skysaw was an American alternative rock band featuring former The Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin along with multi-instrumentalist/vocalist/songwriter Mike Reina and guitarist Anthony Pirog.
== History ==
Skysaw formed in 2009 under the name This. It featured Jimmy Chamberlin along with Mike Reina and Anthony Pirog. Reina and Pirog fronted a Washington DC-based psych-pop ensemble called The Jackfields. Reina was introduced first to Chamberlin through a mutual acquaintance, and through him, Pirog.
The band released its debut full-length album, Great Civilizations, in November 2010 as This. It was released as a digital download only, on both Amazon and iTunes. No official release announcement was made even on the band's official website. Downloads were removed after there was confusion over the band's name. As a result they rebranded as Skysaw and re-released the album in June 2011 under Dangerbird Records.
The band performed live in 2011 with additional touring members, multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Boris Skalsky and guitarist Paul Wood, both of Dead Heart Bloom.
On August 23, 2012 Jimmy Chamberlin revealed the dissolution of Skysaw.
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* Great Civilizations (2011)
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Slow Dawn

"Slow Dawn" is a song by The Smashing Pumpkins that was released on their sixth studio album, Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music. It was first recorded onto an ADAT during the November 1998-September 1999 – Pumpkinland sessions and later transferred to analog tape for additional vocals and overdubs.Billy Corgan. November 24, 2020 Instagram Q&A
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