Tsp1992-12-11

The Smashing Pumpkins
Date	1992-12-11
Venue	Roxy Theatre
Location	Atlanta, GA, US
Venue Type	Theater
Capacity	1000
Lineup	Corgan, Iha, Wretzky, Chamberlin
Order of Bands	Smashing Pumpkins, Drivin' and Cryin'
Unsurfaced Recordings
AMT #1
Source	AUD
Format	Hi8
Equipment	Unknown
Length	49m
Complete?	Yes
Live Music Archive	16-bit download
Notes	Hi8-M > DDC-? > CDR audio transfer circulates.

Setlist

Set:

• Country Death Song [The Violent Femmes] (tease)
• Today
• Disarm
• Rocket
• Luna
• Quiet
• Spaceboy
• Cherub Rock
• Drown [5:46]
  • Hummer (tease)
• Suffer
• I Am One (tease)
• Communication Breakdown [Led Zeppelin] (tease)
• Sweet Leaf [Black Sabbath] (tease)
• Hello Kitty Kat
  • Over the Rainbow [Harburg/Arlen] (tease)

Notes

• Surprise opening set at "Benefit for the Hopeful" charity show
• the band played on equipment borrowed from Drivin' and Cryin'

' This show was a surprise performance opening for local Atlanta band Drivin' 'N' Cryin', as part of their 6th annual "Benefit for the Hopeful" homeless charity concert, which was held each year on the weekend closest to the December 8th anniversary of John Lennon's death. The Pumpkins had just begun recording Siamese Dream, and this show was a one-off to close out the year. They had previously performed two shows upon arriving in Atlanta, on November 30th and December 1st, at The Point. After this show on December 11th, the next performance the band would give would be at the Center Stage, on March 15th, 1993, after recording had completed.

• At this show, the band were using Drivin' 'N' Cryin's instruments, which is why Billy can be heard saying "We have to make Kevin's guitar work", after the opening acoustic/electric hybrid version of Today. Kevn(sic) Kinney was/is DNC's lead vocalist and guitarist, which means that either Billy or James were using his guitar.

• The band's performance is just under 50 minutes, which makes sense given that it was an opening slot. Given that the Pumpkins' appearance was a surprise, the occasion was a benefit for the homeless, and the venue was most likely filled with fans expecting to hear something along the lines of DNC's style of country/rock, it would explain why songs like Silverfuck and Geek USA were not played, and why mellower songs like Suffer (which hadn't been performed at previous shows in Europe) were included alongside some of the more dramatic songs (Luna, Spaceboy, Disarm) from the new album. Apart from Quiet, the set is pretty much angst-free.

Banter

Corgan: She has to fix her straps...
Country Death Song (tease)
Today
Corgan: Oh, hi. We have to make Kevin's guitar work... Hi, how are you tonight, I am fine. We're in Atlanta recording our new album so, don't think we're just down here being whores [unintelligible]
Disarm
Rocket
Corgan: Thank you... oh c'mon you don't wanna hear any oldies
Luna
Corgan: This is a song called 'Quiet'... 'Quiet'
Quiet
Spaceboy
Corgan: This is called 'The Cherub Rock'
Cherub Rock
Corgan (tuning): For those of you who don't know, this is the Seattle grunge tuning... How are you? Happy? Who's sad? [minor cheers] I'm sad too... who's happy? [cheers] That's a fuckin crowd
Drown
Hummer (tease)
Suffer
Corgan: Thank you for paying attention... I dont know what do you wanna hear? what?
I Am One (tease)
Corgan: Now you know we don't do 'Freebird' anymore
Communication Breakdown (tease)
Corgan: Oh we don't know that one either
Sweet Leaf (tease)
Corgan: (sings) Alright now... we don't know that one either... well this is called 'Hello Kitty Kat' and we got to go, bye bye
Hello Kitty Kat
Over the Rainbow (tease)
Wretzky: I wanna thank Drivin' N' Cryin' for asking us to come out, it was a lot of fun and it's for a good cause, thanks a lot