Smashing Pumpkins: the 35th anniversary of "Gish" celebrated with two reissues

Thirty-five years after the release of "Gish", the Smashing Pumpkins are celebrating their debut album with two new vinyl reissues available today. The record, released on May 28, 1991 on Caroline Records, marked the first step of a band destined to become one of the most influential forces in Nineties alternative rock.
Two editions have been created for the occasion: a limited version on 180-gram grey vinyl with a pink-and-purple splatter effect, housed in the original 1991 packaging, and a standard version on 180-gram black vinyl, also faithful to the packaging of the era.

Looking back on that period, drummer Jimmy Chamberlin said: "Gish embodies all of our hopes, our aspirations and our abilities during that extraordinary time, offering listeners a privileged glimpse into the instincts and creative energy that would go on to define the Smashing Pumpkins' artistic identity".
Recorded at Smart Studios in Madison with producer Butch Vig, "Gish" helped redefine the role of independent labels within American alternative music. Though often lumped in with the grunge movement, Billy Corgan's band developed a personal language from the very start, one where rock, metal, psychedelia, pop and shoegaze all coexisted.
Tracks like "I Am One", "Siva" and "Rhinoceros" drove the album's growth all the way to platinum certification, while its influence is still recognized today by critics and fans alike as one of the essential works of early-Nineties independent rock.

The new editions of "Gish" are part of a wider series of initiatives dedicated to the band's historic catalogue. In 2025, a deluxe reissue was released for the thirtieth anniversary of "Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness", featuring previously unreleased live recordings and a special reworking of the repertoire created together with the Lyric Opera Of Chicago. The same period also saw the celebratory reissue of "Machina/The Machines Of God" for its twenty-fifth anniversary.
Smashing Pumpkins have also announced the "Rats In A Cage" North American tour, running between September and November. The tour will be split into two parts: one dedicated to "Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness" and a second retracing nearly forty years of the band's career, from "Gish" all the way to their latest studio album, "Aghori Mhori Mei". Key stops include Boston, Brooklyn, Chicago, Nashville, Austin, Denver, Las Vegas, Seattle and Los Angeles, where the tour will wrap up on November 12 at the Kia Forum.

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