I'm a bit older so I feel lucky that my first exposure to them was the Sub Pop single for The Tristessa. It totally blew me away. This was still months before Gish was to be released so it was the only thing I had from them for awhile. I was fresh out of the Army and had no car and stuck in the suburbs of Cincinnati. When I read they were playing a show a small venue near UC, I begged a friend to drive us down. I ended up being a 'third wheel' to his date. Walking into the venue was surreal. I immediately recognized Greg Dulli, lead singer of the Afghan Whigs at the bar. I felt like I'd snuck my way into a secret rock show. In retrospect it was the best setlist I would ever see them perform:
The Smashing Pumpkins Setlist
at Shorty's Underground, Cincinnati, OH, USA Sept 13, 1990
Setlist:
Tristessa
Play Video
Snail
Play Video
Rhinoceros
Play Video
Bury Me
Play Video
I Am One
Play Video
Window Paine
Play Video
Razor
Play Video
Suffer
Play Video
Worship
Play Video
Over You
Play Video
Siva
Over the ensuing years I saw them a few times after that, but it was never the same. Corgan has since lost much of his appeal but I still revisit and enjoy those early songs often.
That's such a great story. I never saw them at their peak really. I saw them on the Mellon Collie tour at the Gund and then a few years back it was an amazing nostalgia show at Blossom Music Center. Some fellow dads and I ponied up for the good seats and we enjoyed it very much.
I'm a bit older so I feel lucky that my first exposure to them was the Sub Pop single for The Tristessa. It totally blew me away. This was still months before Gish was to be released so it was the only thing I had from them for awhile. I was fresh out of the Army and had no car and stuck in the suburbs of Cincinnati. When I read they were playing a show a small venue near UC, I begged a friend to drive us down. I ended up being a 'third wheel' to his date. Walking into the venue was surreal. I immediately recognized Greg Dulli, lead singer of the Afghan Whigs at the bar. I felt like I'd snuck my way into a secret rock show. In retrospect it was the best setlist I would ever see them perform:
The Smashing Pumpkins Setlist
at Shorty's Underground, Cincinnati, OH, USA Sept 13, 1990
Setlist:
Tristessa
Play Video
Snail
Play Video
Rhinoceros
Play Video
Bury Me
Play Video
I Am One
Play Video
Window Paine
Play Video
Razor
Play Video
Suffer
Play Video
Worship
Play Video
Over You
Play Video
Siva
Over the ensuing years I saw them a few times after that, but it was never the same. Corgan has since lost much of his appeal but I still revisit and enjoy those early songs often.
That's such a great story. I never saw them at their peak really. I saw them on the Mellon Collie tour at the Gund and then a few years back it was an amazing nostalgia show at Blossom Music Center. Some fellow dads and I ponied up for the good seats and we enjoyed it very much.