[HQ] Smashing Pumpkins - Live at Brixton Academy 1996 

Robert Piparo that perfomance is mindblowing

I had the exact same experience but in 2000 for their 2x 'last ever gigs'. Spent all my paper-round money on it.

I immediately hate you 😂😂😂. I was only 11 and no chance mum was letting me go to Brixton Academy. Same answer when I wanted to see Cypress Hill there in ‘99. I’m still bitter. And oh yeah, I got glandular fever just before Rage played at Reading…I had a ticket. They disbanded soon after.

Did you follow them after Melon Collie? I thought Adore was so disappointing. They need Jimmy!

I would say Metro first, then this. It all depends on what era you like, for me Siamese Dream was their best album.

(My Opinion) 1. Metro 1993 2. Pinkpop 1993 3. Dusseldorf 1996 4. Brixton Academy 1996

I was just about to write the same thing. Billy looks like there is no place he'd rather be. The vocals are raw and powerful. Wish I could of been there

I was at the PINKPOP one - it was mind-blowing .....of course !!

If you're talking about shows online then yes, but I saw them at Roseland in NYC in 1993 and it was incredible. Wish I could find footage of the show

i´ts an incredible song... masterpiece

I'd say the masterpieces are, in no particular order: Hummer Ruby Porcelina Glass Mayonaise On any given day I would replace Mayonaise with Soma and vice versa

This live version is one of my most loved live versions of any live song ever

@Mark Green people also try to look deep by nitpicking non issues.

I totally agree with you . Rock and roll baby

Dude, it kicks so much ass

Such a good song that buildup is 🔥

Peak! Got to see them twice during zeitgeist then 2018 tour. Was strung out on heroin during the concert. Let me tell you, I cried at. Disarm,thirty three, for martha. I was so connected I felt no pain, thru the eyes of a dead man I flee to you for the sun I'll take you

@@hollowify_tensa_zangetsuhope you managed to get clean

It's something I've studied and tried to mimic a bit, but not to the point of imitating... Incorporated that into my own songwriting a bit. Still the whole loud quiet loud/ verse Chorus verse thing ALWAYS felt just a bit TOO Pixies Nirvana (and i suppose) SP (too? Like Today) What Thom Yorke famously referred to as Fridge Buzz music... So typically I try to set out to capture a consistent mood throughout a tune. i can deliver an angsty AGGRESSIVE song start to finish and then just play another original after that's all sweet and hushed- Hopefully, like the kinda whispered falsettos of Purr Snickety or Soothe or something like that... Regardless, if it wasn't for BILLY and these cool cats, there's none of my bands. That's for sure. He's ENTIRELY the reason i wanted to pick up a guitar and learn to play and write songs in the first place. Really!! At 17 i finally got my first acoustic and leaned Stumbleine and In the Arms of Sleep first as (by my estimation) they could still pack a punch w/o a full band, But i did that too(start my first band) two years later at the ripe old age of 19. Thank you Captain O Corrigan!

Adam Coe ruby is it and it's a Floyd zep style peak

Jimmy was definatley missed on the ava adore album. But machina he comes back in style. Great great. Hope they reform.

Just Smile, they are RAD!! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8SYR2bN1VRE.html

Steve Hall Same! I recorded this from MTV on VHS and watched it over and over. Wish I could’ve been at the actual show but I was 13 at the time!

I did the same, recorded it from MTV and saw it many many times. I’m glad i found this on youtube 🤩🎸

Same... recorded it from MTV Live on Thursday. In the end I played it so many times it started to sound out of tune :-p

Yo, been a fan since before MCIS ... Finally caught em live on this tour. Just wanted to chime in how i always told anyone who'd listen that Porcelina and Thru the Eyes of Ruby are my favorites and wished we lived in a world where they could still be singles and played on the radio too ( i got so sick of Bullet With Butterfly Wings and Muzzle on the NY Rock Stations in the 90s.)

yeah it was a real tragedy. i got to catch the brief spring 1999 reunion before d'arcy left, where they were debuting Machina songs, that was fab. i liked zwan a lot, but not too much of the "SP 2.0" stuff. but i still respect them for being real artists and not falling back on the angst material to pander to old fans, even if i'm one of those fans, lol.

what happened?

@ Aaron Evans Billy went bald.

+SavedByTheBellend lolololololololololol He tore it all out trying to teach D'Arcy how to play.

Aaron Evans - Jonathan Melvoin(the touring keyboardist) and Jimmy Chamberlain overdosed. Jonathan died, Jimmy arrested and then fired. They did finish the tour with new drummer and keyboardist but obviously that was a horrible idea and they had a difficult time.

Really? You saw them the night before at Wembley? This was the warm up gig for the arena tour, Wembley would have been later.

@@baxbax1763 He’s lying you are correct this was the warm up gig i know i was selling Tour T-Shirts outside both gigs went to Brixton gig but missed Wembley.

Wembley Arena isn't called Wembley anymore?? Oh wait, is THAT was the O2 arena is now? Coz if so , if it is, i musta missed that memo

Also, his solo during "Thru the Eyes of Ruby".

I saw them on this tour, two weeks prior. I was at the barrier, in front of James. Unforgettable! Amazing show...

I love the neo-psychedelia sound of Iha's playing

crazy frog I was ALWAYS under the impression that he was a lousy guitar player. This isn't based on observation, I just remember reading somewhere that he was known for messing up live. I also read that it was Corgan playing the bass and both guitars in the studio. I could be totally wrong, though.

To each their own I guess. And I'm a huge fan....but c'mon.

CJ Dickey haha your right, that statement....a little over the top to say the least.

CJ Dickey it’s true

I don’t know man, they just played like 7 different styles over the course of a handful of songs. I’d call that pretty accomplished. I was a fan before but now that I’m better at music I’m listening to them with new ears. Their musicianship was incredible. Even Darcy, which everyone likes to shit on.

@@GlennJimenez Darcy never plays a bum note in a 3 hour show with complex multipart songs, neither does James or Jimmy. It's mindblowing how tight they are here

Jonathan the ambiance

Cesc VR darcy the drug addict*

unfortunately many would regard that as an opinion...

@@robotok5405 Yeah I’m sure you’re better

@@brodiehopkinson he prolly is

@@furythruster4794 James Iha is really good, otherwise Corgan would have kicked him out of the band

He handles ebow's very gracefully and produces some awesone tones

Robert Hain they’re good.... but nirvana...

Ks s 🤐

darby davis SP beat Nirvana imo

Joshua Nelson that’s your opinion, perfectly fine. same with me, nirvana might not be the best but in my opinion they are.

Yeah, sucks you weren't there in the mid 90s. The feels were immense.

these songs were the soundtrack to my teens straight into early adulthood. So many life changing things and themes are tied to this music for me!

Jabba Flow better late than pregnant

indeed !

Jimmy Chamberlin say no more

Jimmy is always on point

The acoustics there are just amazing. Incredible building design.

Venue is the mutts nuts

Maybe then, but not recently - saw Mastodon, Stone Sour and Gojira in the last 12 months and the sound was nothing special, if not poor. Bands now seem to be pushing volume rather than taking the time to balance it effectively.

Barrowlands in Glasgow is up there but I’m not sure about acoustics - certainly in the sheer energy that the crowd can create👍

Oh my god yes she is a hot mess now botox and some more shit definitely didn't need to do that

Very bizarre and cool thought as you would think the afterglow of the LSD would have implored an insurgence of inspiration and creative endeavor for them during melly colly production, I feel this is their most creative, spiritually colorful album. But noone really knows, perhaps mushrooms were involved too? Mid 90's were so rad I bet I was only 7 in 1999 lol

ጣysTer҉i0usm҉ätȶ777҉ billy said they definitely did shrooms.

It’s about music, not looks. Cunt.

what a stupid comment

qdoobp lots of tape recorders hidden away tho. ;)

ljrdnmrts Do you understand what he/she is saying in regard to cell phones?

ljrdnmrts maybe your a stupid comment

ironically you’re saying this while enjoying a recording of a concert

Wow so what did you talk about with billy? What was he like then?

soma Brixton tier

i agree. i was disappointed when the rest wasn't on the deluxe dvd

​@@throckmorton9321 sound quality amazing! Best live video of sm on RU-vid. Shame they didn't sing bodies...

@@smann7236 there are very few videos of them playing bodies unfortunately. didn't perform it often since it was so rough on billy's voice. sucks bc that's like top 5 pumpkins songs for me

@@throckmorton9321 it's deffo my sm song . Don't want to keep listening to it...I'm afraid I may get bored...these months I've been listening to it a lot...I'm saving it for special occasions. Just last night I bought the mcatis album..hope it's the original 1996 issue. I really need good hifi system to listen to bodies. Not sure if you from UK but were they popular back in 90s in England...all I remember was oasis blur dominating. Also what do you know about the sound production of smashing pumpkins albums they famous for the sound quality and sonics etc you need quality sound system to fully appreciate the dynamic sound, is that true?

Epic

tutsy bassista I don’t know why I just don’t even see her in this band, or Jonathan. I am always focused on the magic of the trifecta - Billy, Jimmy and James. That’s it. I don’t personally believe D’arcy brought anything special to the band.

Never going to happen. Billy said in a recent interview that D'Arcy forever burned the bridge

kittehhatetube they really were a great band...obviously Billy doesn’t have the strongest voice, but that’s part of their appeal I think.

@@PlexyNeck i like the whiny sound of his voice. Used to be a turn off for me, but now i love it lol

How old are you!?

Well technically I was alive in the 90s but was born in '98

+B Mcgee wow, so young haha!

I know man, still a big Pumpkins fan though

Born in 98 too! Love this band

So have I! Been reading BC Confessions online alot too.

Just found this tonight and i too had this on VHS for years and years...been an SP fan non stop since seeing them in Christchurch NZ in 1996!

ha, small world... my girlfriend's from chch... we both saw them at v festival in perth '09. not as good as this! should've seen air play at kings park instead that same month (they played in v fest line-up except wa - did their own show - was amazing by all accounts). hope their chch gig was as good as this :-)

wish you could've been there Monika. the time i mean, not the show. its a miracle that some of you that have grown up being offered shite for new music can still recognize a masterpiece when you see one. but you obviously can. neat