Smashing Pumpkins: reissue coming for "Gish", the debut album turning 35

Smashing Pumpkins are celebrating the 35th anniversary of "Gish" with two new vinyl editions, available from May 29, 2026. The Chicago band's debut thus returns in a double format designed for collectors and fans alike: a limited-edition 180-gram grey vinyl with pink and purple splatter, housed in the original 1991 packaging; and a standard 180-gram black vinyl, also housed in the original 1991 packaging.

The album was recorded at Smart Studios in Madison with producer Butch Vig, a key figure in shaping the alternative sound of the early Nineties. "Gish" brings together rock, metal, psychedelia, pop and shoegaze touches, fused into a compact yet ambitious synthesis. Released on May 28, 1991, the ten-track album went Platinum, propelled by songs like "I Am One", "Siva" and "Rhinoceros".

More than three decades on, the impact of "Gish" hasn't faded. In 2016, Billboard highlighted the band's early sound for its "cryptic poetry, abrupt dynamic shifts, towering riffs and moments of surprising beauty", elements that would go on to become the group's trademark. Rolling Stone also included the album among the "50 Greatest Grunge Albums", pointing to the density and richness of the arrangements, from the intensity of "Siva" to the single "Rhinoceros", proof of a musical ambition that was already fully formed.

"Gish" tracklist:

Side A

I Am One

Siva

Rhinoceros

Bury Me

Crush

Side B

6. Suffer

7. Snail

8. Tristessa

9. Window Paine

10. Daydream

Alongside this celebratory reissue, Billy Corgan recently teamed up with Yungblud for a new version of "Zombie", marking Smashing Pumpkins' first-ever official appearance on a recording credited to another artist.

Corgan's wide-ranging influence is also evident on the podcast The Magnificent Others, which recently marked its first anniversary and has hosted conversations with musicians and prominent figures such as Yungblud, Gene Simmons, Sharon Osbourne and Tom Morello.

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