REISSUE: Smashing Pumpkins – Gish (35th Anniversary)

Gish, the Smashing Pumpkins debut album was released 35 years ago in 1991 and to celebrate, Capitol Records/Virgin/UMe just released a new remastered vinyl edition pressed onto 180 gram vinyl with its original artwork. 

Many Smashing Pumpkins fans were first introduced to the Chicago-based band in 1993 via MTV with their video for “Today”, taken from their stellar sophomore album Siamese Dream but other, luckier fans were already blown away by the psychedelic swirl of guitars a few years earlier with songs like “Rhinoceros”, “Siva” and “I am One” from their underappreciated debut album, Gish. 

The album was produced by Butch Vig who had a busy 1991, also producing Nirvana’s Nevermind.  Together, Billy Corgan, James Iha, D’arcy and Jimmy Chamberlain created an often imitated but never fully-duplicated style with a signature wall of sound with their shoegaze-inspiring and blinding Sabbath-inspired guitar tones.  Tracks like “Snail” with its jet-fuelled, dive-bombing guitar solos and the infectiously melodic and melancholic standout track, “Rhinceros”, along with the 60’s psych-rock inspired atmospherics of album opener, “I Am One”; revealed a band poised to burst forth, as they did with the mainstream success of Siamese Dream.      

This new remastered 35^th anniversary vinyl pressing of Gish is the perfect starting point for new listeners and a welcomed addition to longtime fan’s collections.

For more info: https://smashingpumpkins.com/

Relive the “Rhinoceros” video here: