The Smashing Pumpkins - Cherub Rock 

Dude. They OPENED THE ALBUM WITH THIS. Like a lot of bands are lucky to even make a song HALF this good and they fucking opened the album with it. Lol Billy is a legend

the way billy found a way to perfectly mold shoegaze, metal and grunge into a sweet sliver of audio gold. and having it be the first track on your sophmore album. siamese dream forever

song will never be loud enough

One of the best bands of our century

The 90's were by far the best time in human history to be a teen.

That riff is honey to the ears.

Jimmy Chamberlain's drums cannot be undermixed. They cannot be overmixed. If you play this on an AM transistor radio it will sound just as crisp and clean. The choice of snare, mikes, input electronics and drummer are simply amazing. Thank you Jimmy Chamberlain and Butch Vig!

Quite possibly the greatest alternative rock album of all time.

This Album is a MASTERPIECE. not even one filler song, 10/10

That guitar riff is the one thing fighting me through quarantine.

The drumming on this album is insane.

My parents probably had the most patience ever, Gish and Siamese Dream albums (among others) pulsated through their house on a regular basis and they seldom said a word, they just let me rock out to it in my bedroom - as long as it wasn't too late at night they were fine. Bless them.

This album is a masterpiece.

1993: This song is fucking awesome. 2020: This song is fucking awesome. 3345: This song is fucking awesome.

This song does such a weird balancing act of totally rocking hard, while also being hypnotically zen inducing...

Being born in early 70’s allowed me to have the greatest musical life to ever exist. I got 50’s/60’s/70’s from my parents, 80’s/90’s for me, and 2000’s as a growing adult. Insane times. And this band is one of those masterpiece theater moments for me. Just incredible and even better in concert back in the 90’s

When a song is so brilliantly written, composed and mixed that it makes your speakers sounds better than usual. What a masterpiece. What a piece of Rock History.

That intro has to be the most ass kicking in rock history.

As a cherub, this rocks.

This MASTERPIECE turns 30 years old TODAY!!!

In my opinion, one of the greatest riffs of all time.

Nearly 30 years on, this is still my favourite track to play on the drums. Jimmy Chamberlin is a genius.

I remember hearing this for the first time back in the mid 90's and being absolutely blown away. Jimmy's drumming and Billy's shredding skills are top notch.

This was first song that came on when I was driving 3 hours to get back home after one of the worst weekends of my entire life. I don't know why, but it hit so hard I nearly broke into tears. The dusk light illuminating the cars ahead on the highway with the sun just barely breaking through the clouds created a vibe I'll never forget, and now I come back to this song frequently after that weekend. It gave an odd feeling of finality, that it was finally over.

phone: high volume may damage your ears. me: 👍

Early 90's were like: "Hey! We're like the 60's psychedelic era.... Meets metal, punk, indie, classic rock, and some really crazy guitar effects." Brilliant.

One of the best guitar solos of all time.

That is the best 1st minute of any song ever. Golden.

That 1st minute…..with the build and then that bass hits your heart at just the right time

One of the best riffs of all time. This album is guitar heaven.

This is so evocative of the 1990s. Almost nothing reminds me of being a teenager more than Smashing Pumpkins. Stands up well after 30 years though.

im 50 years old and embarrassed that when i was in college i did not appreciate how good this band was (how great). and this video is amazing

One of the rare songs that fully holds up nearly 30 years later. '90s Pumpkins are a rightful musical obsession.

God please can we have the 90's back....

Imagine you are a 19 year old kid, you just moved to Orange County, California in 1993 and this his KROQ. I don't think there was ever a better time or place to be. So glad I got to be that kid.

My favourite guitar solo of all time, I always get goosebumps

These guitar riffs and the sound of them are iconic.

When Coorgan brings his voice into that higher octave is still awesome, but hearing it for the first time in '94 on a mix cassette tape, it was nearly magical.

If this song doesn't fire you up, you're dead inside .

That intro is 🔥. It gives me goosebumps everytime ❤👌

Does this song make anyone else literally feel transported back to the 90's ? It does to me every time I listen to it. Amazing.

This shit smacks, if this isn’t played at my funeral, I refuse to die.

I'll never get over this guitar tone. Ever. Fantastic.

There's gotta be something to the way the vibrations of this song interact with your brain and just make you feel... renewed? Awake? Alive? It's hard to pinpoint, but this song does something.

This song just has massive sound. Just enormous bass and you can't help but blast your volume.

That guitar tone is unmistakable. You’re doing something right when people can tell what band is playing just by the tone. Fortunately for them, they wrote brilliant songs with those distinct tones. So there was truly no way they wouldn’t be one of the biggest bands of the era. Iconic shit

How is it so heavy but sweet and gentle at the same time. Like a beautiful chunky lover. There is a lot to love here.

Born in the 70's. Lived thru the 90s in my prime. Never realized I was a Smashing Pumpkins fans until today.

This might sound weird, but this song has the happiest solo I've ever heard.

I loved Smashing Pumpkins in the 90's and still do. Now my son does. We see them every chance we get. Tallk about good parenting!

We wore this cassette out in high school. It was in my car and we played it every day for MONTHS. One of the best songs from the 90s imo.

To me this album and SP as a band belong amongst the most elite in the pantheon of music. Any genre, any timeframe. I am fortunate to have been a teen in the 90’s and witnessed this amongst the other many incredible musicians /bands of that era.

people saying bring back the 90's jsut need to accept the reality that they were lucky to even experience the time

I truly wish that people could understand the elegance of this genre of music.

Yo from Ireland....I will never in my whole life get over how good the start of this song is.

This song is soooo melodic and energetic. Whimsically poetic, even. It's definitely an anthem for the early 90's, lol.

One of the sickest guitar solos for every reason a guitar solo is sick: creativity, tone, approach, technical skill... it has it all. Grew up down the street from his fam. A true Chicago legend.

Fall, 1993. First week of my sophomore year in the dorms at IU. A guy down the hall was getting into DJ'ing and had just purchased a PA system and was storing it in his freaking dorm room. It took up 20% of the room. For kicks, he'd hooked the TV up to it because MTV still played music at that point. On a random weeknight, we watched Beavis & Butthead in his room. The very first video after that show . . . the snare rolls of Cherub Rock.... "! ! ! Dude! FIRE IT UP!! FIRE IT UP!!!!" As the drum rolls played through and the clean guitar went through the progression, we're just pushing Ben "hurry up! hurry up!" He was fumbling around around and trying to hurry up... Not sure what was going to happen, he just threw up the faders.... As if you could do movie shit any better, immediately after he pushed the main faders up, Billy hit the fucking Big Muff!!!! We were standing in the room / hall with arms up as if we'd just won the fucking Super Bowl!!! It was ear splitting loud. Many hundreds of watts meant for a public room jammed into a 10x10 dorm room and at full blast! People across the garden were opening up their windows and looking across to see what the hell was going on. Just some teens hall-moshing to a brand new classic... that still gives me goose bumps today. The 90's were a good time to be a music fan.

I’m 22 and My uncle just sent me this, I just started listening to smashing pumpkins a few weeks ago. This is sick.

One of the greatest guitar solos ever no question, so simple yet serves the song so well *chefs kiss*

Fender Strat through an electo-harmonix fuzz pedal into a Marshall JCM 800 👌

I turned 21 in 1993 and it kicked off a decade of great party days living on the beach in Southern California. 90's music is the soundtrack to the best years of my life.

This is by far the best opener to an album EVER!!! I wish music today would still be like this! ❤

I was 23 when this hit the airwaves. I was blown away. My husband and friends at the time were "headbangers". We all were in those days. But, this paved the way for rockin alternative rock. I was sold instantly!

I always used to hear this song throughout school. I was a misfit kid, but music always helped me deal with loneliness and gave me motivation before tests and so on. I actually made a great friend that also loved Smashing Pumpkins. Every time I feel lost I, I always come back here.

I miss the 90's so much.

Saw this live in 94. Amazing.

This song hit me so hard the first time I heard it. I was 14 years old. I still get that feeling every time I hear it.

This song puts me into a state of sheer ecstasy every single time I listen to it.

Can you imagine if this was released in 2023…it would reinvent rock and roll.

One of the greatest intros in music.

The way riff changes from 0.42 always gives me goosebumps. My favorite album of all time

This song means more to me than I can express. So many memories and feelings attached to it.

this album is just perfect, this song and hummer are just insane.

i miss you, dad. Thank you for showing me the most nostalgic music i've ever heard. I will share it with everyone that I can. I promise i'll listen to it forever. i'll beware of the angels with their wings glued on. Stay cool. =)

I remember the day I bought this tape, yes a tape, even in 1999. II was 13 or 14, and it was a solitary day, probably early fall, and took the bus downtown to a little indie record store, and when I saw this little unassuming tape, I decided to pick it up because I was already obsessed with Mellon Collie. What awaited me was the most perfect rock album ever.

SIamese Dream is straight up one of the greatest albums of all time

They have a sound that’s their own. Very unique. Great distortion

This is one of GREATEST songs of all time. Cherub is a baby angel. So prolly intending "this is something a baby angel would prolly make"

I remember being in a relationship with my first real girlfriend at the time. Her brother played this record for me. I hadn't heard anything like it before then, and I still haven't heard anything like it since then. This record is by far my absolute favorite of all time. I listen to ALL kinds of music, but this record is THE masterpiece.

I remember the day I first heard this. I was 12 years old. Sitting in my sister's car by myself in LA, while she went into the gas station to get something. It came on over KROQ-FM. Music changed from that day forward forever.

Saw the pumpkins live last night after listening to them for 25 years. 🤘🏼 They rocked.

How the hell do you come up with a masterpiece like this?!

My first concert as a teen. Garbage opened for them.

Can we please have the 90's back. It really was the true last great decade.

One of the sickest guitar tunes in history. That nasty, crushing wall of sound

This is one of those songs you just got to listen to 6-7 times each times to knock back the cravings. :)

That guitar solo though.

I still firmly believe that this might be the most underrated rock song of all time. I know people love it, but I think its probably SP's magnum opus and should be listed among the top 25-50 songs ever recorded. Its just so. fucking. good.

I remember when Smashing Pumpkins played a show that was broadcast on radio stations, and there was an interview will Billy. The interviewer asked him about the lyrics “let me out of your scene.” Billy ripped the guy a new one, pointing out how he obviously didn’t listen to the song even once. It was fantastic and I’ll never forget it. I’ll also never forget hearing this song for the first time and they instantly became my favorite band. I already liked them from Gish, but this was next level. Still my favorite album of all time.

There's something so eerily beautiful and dream-like about the main riff and guitar tone of this song that's hard for me to put my finger on. Like, Pumpkins are the only band that can somehow make me feel nostalgic for things I've never felt before.

I saw the pumpkins on lollapalooza in 94 and loved hearing Gish and Siamese Dream! Both records are pure HEAVEN! Billy, James, Darcy, and Jimmy doesn’t get better than that!

Freak out And give in Doesn't matter what you believe in Stay cool And be somebody's fool this year 'Cause they know Who is righteous, what is bold So I'm told Who wants honey? As long as there's some money Who wants that honey? Hipsters unite Come align for the big fight to rock for you But beware All those angels with their wings glued on 'Cause deep down They are frightened and they're scared If you don't stare Who wants honey? As long as there's some money Who wants that honey? Let me out Let, let me out Let, let me out Let, let me out Tell me all of your secrets Cannot help but believe this is true Tell me all of your secrets I know, I know, I know Should have listened when I was told Who wants that honey? As long as there's some money Who wants that honey? Let me out Let, let me out Let, let me out Let, let me out

Smashing pumpkins you know one of the greatest bands that ever existed I thank you for being a part of my life

This honestly might be the best song ever. This ain’t even my genre, I’m a metal head. It’s just soo good.

This song has so much rock and roll spirit it might be able to raise the dead.

This song was a clear statement of greatness.

Just a great song and Era. Jimmy Chamberlain's incessantly creative drumming drives the song forward, their signature tone and guitars glint bronze cherub wings.

i was born in 2001 and the way im drawn to 90s music is insane

one of the best solos of the 90s