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SD earned the band two Grammy noms including Best Alternative Album. "Disarm" earned two VMA noms, and the Rock Invasion tour was Pollstar's 1994 Club Tour of the Year winner. The SD deluxe edition scores 96/100 on review aggregate site Metacritic, indicating "universal acclaim".

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Siamese Dream released July 27, 1993! It fused diverse influences such as shoegazing, dream pop and heavy metal. Despite recording sessions fraught with difficulties and tension, it was a massive hit, debuting at #10 in the US and selling 4+ million copies https://t.co/hHsObSVX12

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SD peaked at #4 in the UK and in the top 10 in several other countries. It has continued to occasionally re-enter national charts, such as 2000 in Norway and 2002 in Ireland. It is certified Platinum in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and US, and Gold in Netherlands, Sweden and UK

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The setlist is believed to have included the only performance of "Lock Me Up", along with the debuts of "Bleed" and "Screaming". A live version of "Bleed" was included on the 2012 deluxe reissue of Gish.

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On the night of July 9, 1988, The Smashing Pumpkins played their very first show! It included only Corgan on bass, Iha on guitar, and a drum machine. Corgan also played bass for the opening band, Stil Life. https://t.co/LULt5Jcltg

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Arrangements on the album followed an unusual process: Corgan wrote the basic structure for each song and the melody was split into four sections based on the pitch. The production team then programmed synth melodies in each voicing, combining them into a multitrack recording.

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Billy Corgan's TheFutureEmbrace released June 21, 2005! Markedly different from most of his earlier work, it used electronic sounds punctuated with heavily distorted guitar parts reminiscent of shoegazing. It peaked #31 in the US and at #89 in the UK. https://t.co/iHsyabD3Dt

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Oceania debuted at #4 in the US as the band's seventh top 10 album. It also peaked in the top 10 in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and in the top 50 in at least a dozen other countries. https://t.co/IA949tdL4T

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Oceania released June 19, 2012! It is SP's 8th studio album. Produced by Billy Corgan and Bjorn Thorsrud, it was part of the larger Teargarden by Kaleidyscope project. The album debuted at #4 on the Billboard 200 and at #1 on the Independent chart. https://t.co/yBv4x7mOd4

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The Chicago Sun-Times gave Oceania 4/5 stars, saying "this album within an album revives Corgan's gutter-epic vision with a clarity and ferocity not seen since 1995's Mellon Collie." AllMusic also gave 4/5, declaring it their best work since Siamese Dream.

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"Tonight, Tonight" released June 11, 1996! Critically acclaimed and commercially well-received, it reached #1 in Iceland, #2 in New Zealand, #7 in the UK and at #36 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Rolling Stone praised it as "the Pumpkins at their finest." https://t.co/C7TVzX7Bst

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Happy birthday to drummer god Jimmy Chamberlin! Originally trained in jazz, he in general is one of the few hard rock drummers to combine a driving backbeat with jazz-like flourishes. In 2008, Gigwise named Chamberlin the 5th best drummer of all time. https://t.co/LqHaGobxbN

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The music video features the band in Batman-like costumes floating in front of Batman imagery. It is one of two to have a different drummer than Chamberlin and is the only video with Walker on drums before his departure. The video was nominated for Best Direction at the MTV VMAs.

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"The End Is the Beginning Is the End" released June 2, 1997! It was the first release with @mwBATTERY. It saw international success, winning the Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance and peaking at #1 in Canada and the UK. It is certified Gold in Australia https://t.co/ZtcKwWSuM8

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Billy Corgan said of the song: "For me, it was a great kind of artistic thing to do because it was very freeing. I wasn't talking about myself or trying to represent [SP]. I was trying to represent Batman." He also said the lyrics were meant to represent the "darker" 1940s Batman

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Rolling Stone regarded Adore as the band's "most intimate album … and also the prettiest." Pitchfork described the album as "the Pumpkins' best offering since Siamese Dream", praising the lyrics, especially on "To Sheila".

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Adore released in the US on June 2, 1998! Considered "one of the most anticipated albums of 1998," it debuted in the US at #2 went platinum 5 weeks later, and platinum in 4 other countries. It hit #1 in 5 countries, and in the top 10 in at least 15 others. https://t.co/bRCIfWDKbP

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Corgan said much of Adore was "an attempt to go back to what's important at a musical core and build it outward." It was the third straight SP album to be nominated for a Grammy, and over the years it has gained an immense cult following.