The Smashing Pumpkins - Live rare 002

[QuarantineThePast]

Haha that tape warp at 0:31 makes it sound like My Bloody Valentine

[tattoofthesun]

not bad sound quality either

thanks for posting this whole show

[calstevelee]

If I were to introduce the band to the "audience," I'd simply say, "You have no idea that you are about to witness sonic immortality." Lucky bastards who got to witness this live, and to us for being able to enjoy this 20 years later.

[aquabat104]

rocket!!!!!

[SPcodefendant]

Simply fantastic!

[sk8rking1234]

They are amazing.

[yinucsd]

wow this version rules

[Ducksel]

Bet we all didn't know how old "Rocket" actually was...

[aquabat104]

@Ducksel yes, billy said on his livejournal he had a really old recording of it

[TheMysticbeat]

Lol, I just f*ckin love this man. This is where it all started. Some dodgy shit hole, playing for 15 friends..

[Mattmt56]

This is the first song I loved

[Chrispypullen]

jimmy: rock the mullet baby!

Nice stuff - thx for sharing it

[tcaine08]

Awesome for the true PUMPKIN Fan!!! but i do have one question....how the fuck did you get these videos????

[billycorgan1967]

Yeah I was right it was actually in chicago in june 1991. Rocket was created right after they ended up recording gish, it was created in april 1991.

[janjongleer]

not gish era, siames dream era

song = rocket

[billycorgan1967]

Actually this is from mid 91 more likely in June.

[Bmwrules]

I'm gonna say mid to late 1992. Looks like this is when the Pumpkins starting experimenting with some songs for the Siamese Dream album like the that's playing, "Rocket".

[Teej212]

they played rocket in 91 which makes me think this is 91 0r early 92 with bills long hair

[Killdult]

ooh!!! cooooooooool!!!!!!!

where did u find it?

anyway, happy new year! its too late sorry :p

[amontgo11]

Wow, amazing footage!

[orangecrushaa]

where did u even find these recordings preety interesting

[yummybacon]

I think the person who uploaded the video is very close to the pumpkins....

[Defender1963]

Yes, it is Gish era and they used to record songs in their apartment.

[amoergosum3]

Amazing footage!

...looks like a rehearsal.

[NiceGuyAC]

Aprox. 1989-1992?

I believe 1993 Billy cut his hair. Looks like this as around the Gish years. D'arcy's hair is almost exact to the picture in the Gish album, from what I can see.

[aaronp01]

it's sometime in 1992. if you watch vieuphoria,billy had his hair shorter (a strange style) later that year when they were beginning to record Siamese Dream. as far as i know,this song has always been called rocket. this one is what is referred to as rocket (alt. lyrics). he has performed this version even after SD was released...well maybe a bit faster.

[roxo33]

roooooooocket!!!!!!!

[Tomdawg89]

ROCKET! Early version nice.

[blazing64]

WoW nice fuckin song

[ryancampbell01]

when is this?

[Watch4]

Rocket!

[asublimefan]

ROOOCKET!

[hampsterman22]

Can't believe how old this song must have been. I'm astounded. Thank you.

And a special thank you to Billy for taking the time to work on this song. This is shit.

Love the guy, but this is shit.

[subby33]

What?

[ravneboi]

maybe you are shit

[MarkSPdrums]

lol

[MarkSPdrums]

lol

[yoshinobuthecat]

I wish I could be there :(

[nunopumpkin]

good thing billy didn't include this on gish and worked on the song, c'mon c'mon is so poor

[totallyxskrewed]

Sooo amazing.

My favorite band, ever.

[Camman2435]

haha i just noticed the ducttape on billy's guitar. :P

[ScarTissuetwo]

best line up! d'arcy is so sexy

[MartiniDarling]

c'mon, c'mon!

[jmNovember]

awesome

more more more dammit to hell

pumpkins forever

[noiseadicted]

so old this song...  ROCKET!

[uglyadoration]

Thanx for this! refreshing to see the older and rare videos from the pumpkins!

[chimoechilo]

amazing...

keep these videos coming!

[onkel44lekno]

Second that request! "Siva" is amazing from this performance.

[chimoechilo]

do you know which concert are these from?

[onkel44lekno]

It's from the 22nd of June in 1991 at Reckless Records in Chicago.

[chimoechilo]

how did you find it out?

:)

[onkel44lekno]

Hehe, I've seen the video footage before and I collect bootlegs and have this audio boot. So it's just as simple as that. :-)

[Wahiro]

love them