The Smashing Pumpkins - Today (Live MTV Studios 1993) (HD)

[RandySF]

[underpants]

1. I have a "Gish" CD in my car.

Those first two albums were incredible. As I read up, Corgan played much of the instruments on Gosh but not all of it as I had understood. Butch Vig produced then went on to Nevermind - at least it was released 4 months later.


Siamese Dream, as a sophomore effort, is in the top 10 I’d think.
I love that song. I thought Corgan was a complete nut (he had a messed up childhood) but at least seems to have tried to clean up that image.

[AZJonnie]

3. By 'all the instruments' I assume you mean all except the drums, yeah?

No way that was not Jimmy Chamberlain on the kit for Gish

[underpants]

4. I'd always understood it was basically him on the first album

Ala Hendrix and Dave Grohl (neither actually had a band at the time). That’s just what I heard or remembered.

Yes everything but drums. Apparently he did play or re-recorded a lot of Iha’s guitar and Wretzky’s bass. I just read last night that added a lot of tension as you’d imagine.

[AZJonnie]

2. Saw them on this tour, at the Warfield in your neck of the woods, in fact

Freaking amazing