I’m sorry but this band is completely underrated. Billy Corgan is one of the best guitar players to have ever been born. He was fucking unstoppable in the early 90s.
@@ceezer.mp4 underrated cuz they were famous post-nirvana thanks to Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness, their penultimate record before the 2000s (the decade they stopped making commercial successes and actually outside the mainstream)
the smashing pumpkins have the best psychedelic music ever.. get high or drunk and just listen to them for hours on end.. it seems like lifetimes have passed.. its great..
I've been listening to the Pumpkins for almost 3 months now and I already have about 68 of their songs on my ipod! I love them, they are one of my favorite bands and they always will be
I was at this concert! It was cool as shit! Reckless Records on Broadway in Chicago. I feel like a bunch of songs they played never made it to any albums...
so beautiful, i am a musician from the chicago area too and my love and inspiration will be felt further lets keep it moving folks all love and truth in 2025
Ahhh this music takes me back to a lovely and high place in my college days! Pumpkins FOREVER!!! Thank you for this music guys (and gal). Thanks for this rare video too. Love it!
Early Pumpkins was some of the best music I have ever heard. GISH is almost as important to me as Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffitti, if you believe it....maybe SOUNDGARDEN Badmotorfinger too?
chicagomylem: where did these videos (rare 001-006) come from? Where were they playing and for whom? These are definitely the best SP videos available on TH-cam if you want to know what the SP were like before (and around) Gish. There are a few live from the Metro that are OK. Thanks so much for posting. Gish is simply incredible, and when it came out I listened to it many many many times (usually int he dark). I am 45 now and still listen to Gish daily. Top 10 album of all-time!
This performance was shot at Reckless Records on Broadway in Chicago. The band did a short set to promote the Gish album at the time. It was a free show in the late afternoon in front of 20 or so people.
@@D.Bychowski I was at this show. We were pretty psyched about it at the time and we bought a copy of this video from a guy who recorded it... was that you?
@@guzzopinc1646 No, I audio recorded it with Billy’s permission but no video. I remember the Metro show that night following the in store. I think it was the first time the band ever sold out the Metro.
@@D.Bychowski Yeah... I didnt have tickets to that show... but definitely remember it was a big deal. The first time I saw the Pumpkins they were an opening band for Eleventh Dream Day at the Metro. No one was there.
I can't either. A personal show by SP would leave me on the floor in complete paroxysms from sensory overload. I know they're getting 'audience' response, but based on Billy's guitar and hair, this looks to be around the time they first appeared on SNL. I could be totally wrong, but I 'think' this is a live rehearsal, which close friends/family often attend, not to mention all of the FOH & Stage Monitor Engineers, general technicians, etc. mapping everything out for even a modest 'club' tour.
It’s cool to see this again knowing that now he got that guitar back. I always felt sad watching this knowing that it was stolen possibly weeks after this performance.
fuck, wow I don't know what else to say. Coming of age in the early 90s this band saw me through some very tough and trying times oh let the nostalgia consume me right now
Yeah i agree MarkSP im rly startin to get into SP nd more than jus their mainstream hits their wicked awesome cnt wait to see em in Boston 11/14 nd 11/15 SP ROCKS...
Man D'arcy the thing that is cool about her is not only her driving low but ive never seen a musician with such good taste consistantly it always seems like her axes are out of fender custom shop
Really? That's good to know 'cause me and some friends were going to take some 'shrooms and I thought of putting on Gish and watching the Siva, Rhinosceros and Cherub rock videos off my Greatest Hits DVD. I've never taken shrooms before though, so I hope I'm in for a good surprise.
yea i think about that everytime in the crow, with the picture of him in the car with his bandmates.... Makes me think of the video to 1979 with BC with long hair :0P
Seriously? The song Drown is featured on the soundtrack for the movie "Singles", which came out in '92 I believe. It's a Pumpkins classic that they still play at live shows even to this day.
If I could go back to any point in my life, no doubt it would be to the early 90s - what an amazing time to be alive.
'84 onwards i would repeat if i could take back anyone i care about
Golden age
So grateful to have seen them 13 times between 1993-1996.
Early pumpkins was the best pumpkins.
Define "early pumpkins".
@@davidhumphrey7874 1988-2018 lol
But really 1988-1993
@@billysmith4998 Sooo Mellon Collie is when they went downhill (1995)?
@@davidhumphrey7874 Well Idk really I suppose when they broke up in 2000 but Adore isn't bad imo
Do u like ther new album?? Lol
Word of god
That’s the guitar that Billie lost for like 20 years. He was recently reunited with it
The same thought came to my mind
Gish guitar
I’m sorry but this band is completely underrated. Billy Corgan is one of the best guitar players to have ever been born. He was fucking unstoppable in the early 90s.
Garcian Smith underrated??????? Smashing Pumpkins were one of the biggest bands in the world post-Nirvana, idk how you can call that underrated
@@ceezer.mp4 underrated cuz they were famous post-nirvana thanks to Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness, their penultimate record before the 2000s (the decade they stopped making commercial successes and actually outside the mainstream)
@@rurronsio666 not even because of mellon collie cuz Siamese Dream was a huge hit in the US
@@theshizzz that wouldn’t mean it’s underrated because another band might be more popular?
@@theshizzz if that was the case the rolling stones are underrated since they weren’t as big as the beatles
Billy's guitar brought me here
Oooh yeah
the smashing pumpkins have the best psychedelic music ever.. get high or drunk and just listen to them for hours on end.. it seems like lifetimes have passed.. its great..
Fax, I did shrooms a couple weeks ago and everything went tits up from there. Farewell and goodnight came on and I was crying, it was beautiful.
Facts! Meth & pumpkins is hella ride!
All the alcoholics and drug addicts agree with you
22 June 1991 at Reckless Records in Chicago
So many amazing bands around this decade, wish i could've been a teenager around this time instead to experience them live during their youth years
this is one of there best songs, or atleast my favorite one.
I've been listening to the Pumpkins for almost 3 months now and I already have about 68 of their songs on my ipod!
I love them, they are one of my favorite bands and they always will be
Are you still listening?
I love time capsule commenrs like this
I know, I pod right !?😂@@jonfriktion07
@@jonfriktion07ipod
I was thinking, who still has an iPod? Oh, 15 years ago 😂 Hello from 2024!
How have I never seen this??!!!!???????!!!!! ❤️🤘
That's exactly what I'm saying 😂.
I think this was the real deal in terms of musicians come together. There's an honest vibe.
To be a fly on the wall while they were recording around Gish
I was at this concert! It was cool as shit! Reckless Records on Broadway in Chicago. I feel like a bunch of songs they played never made it to any albums...
so beautiful, i am a musician from the chicago area too and my love and inspiration will be felt further lets keep it moving folks all love and truth in 2025
I cant imagine seeing SP in such a small venue....just.....wow
Ahhh this music takes me back to a lovely and high place in my college days! Pumpkins FOREVER!!! Thank you for this music guys (and gal). Thanks for this rare video too. Love it!
jesus christ, this is so freaking cool! man, i was born too late, i can see them now, but even chamberlin's left (again), and its just not the same
So beautiful to see and hear this! Thanks so much for posting this @chicagomylem !! Appreciate you taking the time to do so~
The year is 2020 and this is still the best music known to man
The first time I saw them was at the Cattle Club in Sacramento on the Gish tour! Great memories! 🧡
Billy, I found your Gish guitar!!
these live versions of Drown always have the cool little solo that's slightly different from the recorded studio version. very subtle but very cool.
so tight and raw, just awesome.
For always forever my love for this band never dies. The newest album is so good!
Early Pumpkins was some of the best music I have ever heard. GISH is almost as important to me as Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffitti, if you believe it....maybe SOUNDGARDEN Badmotorfinger too?
chicagomylem: where did these videos (rare 001-006) come from? Where were they playing and for whom? These are definitely the best SP videos available on TH-cam if you want to know what the SP were like before (and around) Gish. There are a few live from the Metro that are OK. Thanks so much for posting. Gish is simply incredible, and when it came out I listened to it many many many times (usually int he dark). I am 45 now and still listen to Gish daily. Top 10 album of all-time!
This performance was shot at Reckless Records on Broadway in Chicago. The band did a short set to promote the Gish album at the time. It was a free show in the late afternoon in front of 20 or so people.
@@D.Bychowski right on ! i luv how u answered a decade old ask ! ✌
@@D.Bychowski I was at this show. We were pretty psyched about it at the time and we bought a copy of this video from a guy who recorded it... was that you?
@@guzzopinc1646 No, I audio recorded it with Billy’s permission but no video. I remember the Metro show that night following the in store. I think it was the first time the band ever sold out the Metro.
@@D.Bychowski Yeah... I didnt have tickets to that show... but definitely remember it was a big deal. The first time I saw the Pumpkins they were an opening band for Eleventh Dream Day at the Metro. No one was there.
Thank you for posting this!
I can't either. A personal show by SP would leave me on the floor in complete paroxysms from sensory overload. I know they're getting 'audience' response, but based on Billy's guitar and hair, this looks to be around the time they first appeared on SNL. I could be totally wrong, but I 'think' this is a live rehearsal, which close friends/family often attend, not to mention all of the FOH & Stage Monitor Engineers, general technicians, etc. mapping everything out for even a modest 'club' tour.
It’s cool to see this again knowing that now he got that guitar back. I always felt sad watching this knowing that it was stolen possibly weeks after this performance.
just ...wow....fuck ..i love them so much
This look on Billy was my fav. But the present Billy is definitely the most beautiful. S❤️P
fking amazing
Jimmy is the best drummer in the world.
Wrong. It’s me
fuck, wow I don't know what else to say. Coming of age in the early 90s this band saw me through some very tough and trying times oh let the nostalgia consume me right now
i love this. mad about pumpkins especially the early stuff.
Check out the Footage of Hexum,by The drummers video,in 85!😮By,Joe Malone,I,think!😊For More,Killuh,Billy Riffs,nah!😊
Yeah i agree MarkSP im rly startin to get into SP nd more than jus their mainstream hits their wicked awesome cnt wait to see em in Boston 11/14 nd 11/15 SP ROCKS...
Man D'arcy the thing that is cool about her is not only her driving low but ive never seen a musician with such good taste consistantly it always seems like her axes are out of fender custom shop
Really? That's good to know 'cause me and some friends were going to take some 'shrooms and I thought of putting on Gish and watching the Siva, Rhinosceros and Cherub rock videos off my Greatest Hits DVD. I've never taken shrooms before though, so I hope I'm in for a good surprise.
I kinda knew how he looked then, and knew he wanted to be Kevin Shields, but I didn't realize he wanted to look like Kevin Shields.
Simply amaaazing!!
yes i agree with u i spend til adore era til the end listen only the pumpkins.!!!!!
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
So that’s the stolen yellow guitar! Great sound, amazing band
the first draft of Drown..you can hear the different lyrics but same concept of the song..not bad but I do like the revised..
Awesome.. Billy kinda reminds me of Eric Draven from the Crow here.
Awesome show! Thanks for posting!
Before Billy went full on uncle Fester
yea i think about that everytime in the crow, with the picture of him in the car with his bandmates.... Makes me think of the video to 1979 with BC with long hair :0P
I have an older friend who saw them in a tiny club when they toured Gish. He said they were absolutely incredible. And hes not even a fan
you travel far like a star
@MarkSPdrums you are a legend.
its strange that you have to find a rare video in order to find a time when they don't rush their songs...
awesome though.
you get it! so true!
damn.... I thought this song was post hair.
Billy had hair until the release of MCIS.
Seriously? The song Drown is featured on the soundtrack for the movie "Singles", which came out in '92 I believe. It's a Pumpkins classic that they still play at live shows even to this day.
esta cancion sale en el OST " SINGLES"
Me encanta las calabazas
Ooooh shit!! Thanx for this one! =)
Drown❤
At a guess, I'd say 1991.
its not possible, the pumpkins are the best
was this like late 80s? look at their hairstyles haha
1991
Bro where do i watch this whole live session? There’s a song I’m looking for
Shrooms and Gish :D
but the pumpkins have changed... there more of a goth rock band now than their own genre they used to be
CYR brought me here.
@MarkSPdrums OMFG THAT IS SO TRUE!!!!
*_* amazing!
Any idea of what year this was? 1990/1991/1992?
D’ARCY
The song heaven let your light shine down is a rip of of this song
@MarkSPdrums damn straight
what is this song called? i like it.
MegaClank1 its Drown, but this is the "demo" for it I guess
i think earlier...maybe 89-90....before gish exit...
I love them as well, and I'm 19 ;)
hahahaha
Hey, you've now time travelled to the future, you're in your early 30s, time flies, doesnt it?
@@alextryniski8597 hi
he changed the lyrics, and when is this from?
@brikrantz and physical grafitti is the best damn zeppelin album too
He was one of the triggers to Cobain's suicide. = Food For Thought.
I wish I was there
Wishing they were pavement