Smashing Pumpkins' Fill in the Blank Quiz

Answer: yesterdays

These lyrics are from "Drown," which was recorded in 1992 for the movie "Singles."

Answer: vampire

"Bullet With Butterfly Wings," was the Smashing Pumpkins' first single released from "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness," an album released in 1995 that went on to have 5 songs receive radio air time. "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" is about the pain and hassle of being a rock star.

Answer: child

"Disarm," from "Siamese Dream", 1993. A lot of speculation has been given as to the meaning of this song, but a lot of people say that they think it's about abortion. However, Billy Corgan once said in an interview, "I never really had the guts to kill my parents, so I wrote a song about it instead."

Answer: beast

"Jellybelly" was the first song that Corgan wanted to release as a single from "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness", but "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" ended up being released first instead because it's more of a commercially-accessible song than "Jellybelly." "Jellybelly" never was released as a single.

Answer: eyes

"Today," is from "Siamese Dream," released in 1993. Billy Corgan wrote this song when he was suffering from depression. He played all the instruments when this song was recorded for the album.

Answer: letters

"Perfect," from "Adore", 1998. Corgan said of "Adore", which marked a new era of music for the Pumpkins, "It was tough to walk away from the band sound and approach that I loved so much and what I understood best, but rock as a framework was constricting my writing and I needed to walk away from it.

It's always been our philosophy to embrace a good challenge, but we also felt while making the last album, that the whole alternative rock movement was coming to an end, at least in America. We made "Mellon Collie" the quintessential Smashing Pumpkins album because we knew we'd move away from that sound and approach. Adore isn't anti-rock, it's just a recognition of where the energy is." (www.spfc.org/chronology) "Adore" featured more electronic and less-guitar driven songs than the Pumpkins' previous works.

Answer: time

"Tonight Tonight" was from "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness." This record was produced by Flood and Alan Moulder.

Answer: in his head

"The Everlasting Gaze" is from the Pumpkins' last album, "MACHINA/The Machines of God". This line probably meant that they were still very much as alive as they had been in previous years, because The Smashing Pumpkins were thought to be declining and had changed their sound since their earlier years.

Answer: grace

"Rotten Apples" was released on "The Aeroplane Flies High" Box Set. It also appears on the "Tonight, Tonight" single.

Answer: sun

"To Forgive," is not one of the Smashing Pumpkins most famous songs, but I still think it is absolutely beautiful. It showcases the Pumpkins' in one of their softer moments. It's from "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness: Dawn to Dusk."

Answer: stone

"1979" is usually considered the Pumpkins' most successful song with the mainstream. It is about leaving youth and growing up. This song was inspired by a memory that Corgan had of when he was about 18 and driving home one night in the rain.

Answer: pull your crooked teeth

"Adore," the album that "Ava Adore" is from, was the first album sans Jimmy Chamberlain on drums, so many different drummers were used in the studio. This included Soundgarden's Matt Cameron, Beck's Joey Waronker, and Cupcake's Matt Walker. Drum machines were also used for many of the tracks, which was in a way a return to the early Smashing Pumpkins sound.

In their earliest days, the Pumpkins did not have a drummer so when Corgan, Iha, and D'arcy (the only three members of the band at the time) performed live, they played with a drum machine.

Answer: June

"Rhinoceros," is from the Smashing Pumpkins' debut album, "Gish", released in 1991. This album sold way more copies than the 30,000 that were expected of it.

Answer: sewers

"The End is the Beginning is the End" was recorded for the movie "Batman and Robin." It won The Smashing Pumpkins a Grammy Award for "Best Hard Rock Performance," the same award which they had won the previous year for "Bullet With Butterfly Wings."

Answer: dust

These lyrics are also taken from, "1979." This was the last song written for "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness." Although Corgan had written a few versions of it before the release of "Mellon Collie," he didn't think that the song fit on any of the Pumpkins' previous records.