Tsp1993-08-07

The Smashing Pumpkins
Date	1993-08-07
Venue	Phoenix Plaza Amphitheater
Location	Pontiac, MI, US
Venue Type	Amphitheater
Capacity	~6000
Lineup	Corgan, Iha, Wretzky, Chamberlin
Order of Bands	Red Red Meat, The Smashing Pumpkins
Surfaced Recordings
AUD #1
Source	AUD
Format	ANA
Equipment	Unknown
Length	83m
Complete?	Yes
Lowest Circulating Generation	ANA-M > DDC-2 > CDR
Live Music Archive	16-bit download
Notes	ANA-? > FLAC transfer also circulates.
AMT #1a
Source	AUD
Format	VID
Equipment	Unknown
Length	8m
Complete?	No
Lowest Circulating Generation	VHS-3 > DVD
Notes	Today and Spaceboy only, as seen in Fruit Bat Salad Volume 2. Center shot, a bit far back (possibly from the soundboard).
Unsurfaced Recordings
AMT #1
Source	AUD
Format	VID
Equipment	Unknown
Length	~85m
Complete?	Yes
Notes	Center shot, a bit far back (possibly from the soundboard). Today and Spaceboy from this source appear in the Fruit Bat Salad Volume 2 video.

Setlist

Set:

• Geek U.S.A.
• Quiet
• Today
• I Am One
• Spaceboy
• Rocket
• Cherub Rock
• Starla [8:19]
• Disarm
• Drown [5:58]
• Silverfuck [10:19]
  • Over the Rainbow [Harburg/Arlen] (tease)

Encore:

• Mayonaise
• Always on the Run [Kravitz] (tease)
• Siva [7:42]
  • When You Wish Upon a Star [Washington/Harline] (tease)
  • Always on the Run [Kravitz] (tease)
  • Are You Gonna Go My Way? [Kravitz] (tease)

Notes

• Show features the band playing "Geek USA" in standard tuning, as opposed to the Eb tuning of the album version. When the band had debuted the song in 1992 as "Suicide Kiss", the song was played in standard tuning. When they premiered the song in its new format in 1993, they played it the same way that they had recorded it on the new album, in Eb. Yet starting with this show in Pontiac, for whatever reason, they played the song in standard tuning. They would continue to play the song in standard tuning all the way through to the end of the Metro shows, as well as at the first dates of the Europe tour later in the month. Starting with the Lowlands Festival show on 8/27, they'd return to playing the song in Eb.

Banter

Iha: Sorry you had be subjected to Wagner there for uh, six hours.
Corgan: Uh. Hi. Uh. HI! Hi. So you ready?
Geek U.S.A.
Corgan: Thank you
Quiet
Iha: Hello
Wretzky: You're all so far away. We're not used to playing shows in these big halls, it's weird
Today
Iha: Thank you. This being the big rock festival that it is, we hope we can rock you... like no other band knows
I Am One
Iha: This is the first [unintelligible] sell out tour and we're really slow so.. just keep moshing about and rockin' out there while we tune. I don't know if, you probably can't understand a word of what I'm saying but I was talking about the grand recluse spider
Spaceboy
Rocket
Corgan: So thank you all for coming, it's a beautiful night, no rain. Glad you're all here. Detroit fuckin' rocks! This is an awesome place to play
Iha: Paul Stanley wishes he could play here
Corgan: Who?
Iha: Paul Stanley of Kiss
Corgan: Paul Stanley? Isn't he dead?
Iha: No man, he's right out there with you. Paul Stanley's out there with you tonight people
Corgan: You mean Paul Stanley from Kiss is out there is the audience?
Iha: That's right, Paul Stanley from fuckin' Kiss is out there tonight
Corgan: Look around, where is he? Raise your hand Paul... there he is, no, no...
Iha: Fuckin' Paul's out there, I can feel it
Cherub Rock
Corgan: Is everyone having a good time? We wouldn't wanna bum your trip. I know all of you took a bunch of LSD and mushrooms before the show
Iha: ...to heighten your experience
Corgan: We wouldn't wanna bum you out, you know
Iha: These kids are cyber kids, man, they don't need drugs, they're cyber kids
Corgan: Oh they're into computers?
Iha: Yeah
[over intro] And now I will do an interpretative dance to his guitar
Starla
Disarm
Corgan: Why do you wanna hear old songs?.. but I don't wanna play old songs. We're not the fuckin' Beach Boys you know. OK, 'California Girls' and 'Fun Fun Fun', and I know... I know, fuck the Beach Boys. So what do you wanna hear?
Iha: They wanna hear the old songs, man
Corgan: Altogether now
Iha: Alright, let's have one shout of one song - 1,2,3
[random shouts]
Iha: Yeah we know that one, we ain't playin' that one
Drown
Iha: Man these goggles are really fuckin' cool
Corgan: Is this a good concert? huh huh? Are we rocking you with our sounds?
Wretzky: This is so ridiculous, you guys are gonna throw shoes, throw PAIRS of shoes. We have four shoes up here, none of them match
Corgan: Just what I want, throw more shoes, thanks, thanks a lot, that's really what I want
No, I don't need change, thank you
Iha: Alright
Corgan: Hey by the way, somebody threw their keys on stage so I hope you can get home without your car. No I don't want your shoes, it's obvious you have something wrong with your feet... I know shut up and play, we always get that. But it's such a beautiful night I'm in no fucking hurry
Iha: It's a beautiful night, the people are all really beautiful and dreamy and starry
Corgan: Everyone looks so beautiful
Iha: I just wanna commit sodomy with all of you
Corgan: He just wants to make love to every single one of you, all of you. He's got a lot of stamina, trust me. Call me Piston.. James 'Piston' Iha
Iha: No it's James Roder Router
Corgan: So here's a little love song for all of you all
Silverfuck
Somewhere Over the Rainbow (tease)
[encore break]
Corgan: So who has the new record? That's it? There should be more... ha, just kidding. That's alright you don't have to buy it just.. no, I won't say that
Iha: You guys are a bunch of corporate sellouts. we'd like to play you our power ballad
Corgan: This is 'Mayonaise'
Mayonaise
Corgan: So once again thank you for coming, thanks for sharing this beautiful night. We'll come back soon and fuck you again
Always on the Run (tease)
Corgan: That was a dumb joke
Siva
When You Wish Upon a Star (tease)
Always on the Run (tease)
Are You Gonna Go My Way? (tease)
Corgan: Bye, bye, bye, bye... goodbye, see ya, hope you liked the show, bye, bye, bye
Ready?
Iha: Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

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