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This website was set up in 2003 based on an idea of 3 major international
collectors of Smashing Pumpkins memorabilia. At that time almost no visual
information was available on the net. With help of family and friends, in
times of financial hardship and after 1,000's of hours of scanning, research,
frustrations and laughters, SPfreaks is the result.
We need you to get this site going. Send us your research, help us to make
this website the most comprehensive graphical resource for Smashing Pumpkins
items, whether it be Awards or Posters. Tickets or Vinyl. Press Kits. Clothing.
Please contact us, we are proud to hear from you!
the SPfreaks team
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2012.04.13 | SPRC establishes "The Lucky 13" Team
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Hot news from Crestfallen.com:
Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins has commissioned an intermediary team for the purpose of recommending upcoming Smashing Pumpkins Record Club (SPRC) releases. In conjunction with fan input, “The Lucky 13” team will review archival material, identify possible pricing models, and propose methods and formats of distribution for selected audio and video releases.
The scope of archival material currently under consideration includes professionally taped or filmed live shows, soundboard recordings, unreleased songs, demos and alternate takes.
Fan input is essential to this project. Here are three ways fans can contribute:
1. Email recommendations to TheLucky13Team@gmail.com
2. Share suggestions on your preferred Smashing Pumpkins messageboard. Members of the team will be monitoring designated “The Lucky 13” threads to gather fan input
3. “Like” the “The Lucky 13” Facebook page and leave comments
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2012.02.05 | The SPfreaks Team back on Twitter
The SPfreaks Team was present on Twitter already for a while, but it never really jumped off. Since a few days some of our friends, mainly based in the U.S.A., are trying to revitalize The SPfreaks Team Twitter account, and we surely are very curious where this is going in the near future. So, to all tweeting Smashing Pumpkins fans: make sure you follow all SPfreaks Team updates on Twitter!
Good luck, guys!
2012.01.21 | ‘SP: THE EARLY YEARS’ COVER SONG CONTEST
On behalf of ThePumpkins.net and Act IV we are extremely happy to announce another cover song contest! This is their press release.
"Four years ago, Act IV and ThePumpkins.net collaborated on the successful Zeitgest Cover Song Contest, where fans were asked to submit covers of their favorite Zeitgeist era tracks to win some cool Smashing Pumpkins-related prizes. Now, with the recent re-issues of the first two classic Smashing Pumpkins albums, Gish and Siamese Dream, Act IV and ThePumpkins.net are collaborating to once again bring the fans another special contest.
The SP: THE EARLY YEARS COVER SONG CONTEST will be along similar lines to the Zeitgeist cover song contest. But this time around, fans are asked to submit covers of their favorite Pumpkins originals spanning the early part of The Smashing Pumpkins’ career (1988-1994), from the earliest pre-Gish demos to Pisces Iscariot and Vieuphoria. In addition to winning some great Pumpkins-related merch, the winners of the contest will earn a spot on an extended version of Ghost Children/Machines of God, a digital EP being given away as a free incentive with the Ghost Children 2/Friends and Enemies charity compilation. Two spots are up for grabs, with the ‘Best Cover Song’ being awarded by selection committee, and the ‘Fan Favorite Cover’ being selected by you, the fans!
The winners of both the ‘Best Cover Song’ and ‘Fan Favorite Cover’ selections will receive:
1) A copy of the Deluxe CD/DVD re-issues of both Gish and Siamese Dream
2) A spot on the extended version of the Ghost Children/Machines of God digital EP.
3) A copy of the Ghost Children 2/Friends and Enemies charity CD, the Ghost Children/Machines of God digital EP, and a recently unearthed original CD copy of the Ghost Children compilation, not available to the public for nearly 10 years!
For the contest, organizers have reached to out all corners of The Smashing Pumpkins Fan Community for help. We are pleased to announce exciting partnerships with our Pumpkins fan site sponsors, Blamo.org/Siva, Crestfallen.com, Ozphoria, SPfreaks, and Starla.org, who will be celebrating their 15th anniversary in 2012. Act IV also would like to welcome back, Neil Main, the creator of the popular, original Ghost Children charity compilation, to the fold. Neil was also an integral participant and collaborator with the Act IV organizers during the two Act IV charity concerts at the legendary Metro in Chicago in 2001 and 2002. The organizers also welcome, Ashley Fahey, former webmaster of the Smashing Pumpkins UK fan group.
In addition, we have developed a special partnership with Nameless Entity Media (formerly Tranquilizer Records), an online radio station and fan community. All contest entrants are invited to join their fan community and contact Nameless Entity Media to explore the possibility of having your cover and your original music featured on the radio (where applicable), being interviewed on air, and much more!
Depending on the success of the contest, organizers will consider the possibility of future contests and digital releases. So keep CD quality versions of your covers available, just in case! Please note that covers of songs the Pumpkins covered themselves will not be accepted. Before uploading your cover, please carefully review the Contest Rules.
Submissions will be accepted starting on December 21, 2011 and the contest will run until February 21, 2012. After the submission deadline passes, voting will commence. The winners are tentatively set to be announced on March 17, 2012.
For more information about the contest, please visit ThePumpkins.net. If you wish to know more about the Ghost Children 2 charity compilation and all things Act IV, please visit the Act IV website. Act IV is currently celebrating its 10th anniversary."
2011.09.18 | SP Record Club, OCEANIA album & TOUR NEWS
The hardcore fans, and also the average fans, will not have missed it: Smashing Pumpkins recently started the Smashing Pumpkins Record Club. Go to SmashingPumpkins.com to find out more. And don't forget to search for the somewhat "hidden" download for another song, Geek U.S.A. - Suicide Kiss No Vox demo!
Next to that, Billy Corgan just announced a few hours ago on Twitter that the new album is ready. "Oceania is done... I am so proud of this record, and this band". In the meantime, the band also figured out a rather extensive US and EU tour to try out the new songs of Oceania. The tour is called "The Other Side Of The Kaleidyscope", and the new songs will be mixed with some Greatest Hits from the past. These are the dates, as published on the tourpage of the website of the band.
USA tour October 2011
2011/10/05 Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles
2011/10/07 Fox Theatre, Oakland
2011/10/08 Cosmopolitan, Las Vegas
2011/10/10 Ogden Theatre, Denver
2011/10/13 The Riverside Theater, Milwaukee
2011/10/14 Riviera Theater, Chicago
2011/10/15 The Fillmore, Detroit
2011/10/17 9:30 Club, Washington
2011/10/18 Terminal 5, New York
2011/10/19 Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel, Providence
2011/10/21 Orpheum Theatre, Boston
2011/10/22 Tower Theater, Upper Darby
Europe tour November & December 2011
2011/11/02 Annexet, Stockholm
2011/11/04 Spektrum, Oslo
2011/11/05 The Grey Hall (Freetown Christiania), Copenhagen
2011/11/07 Vorst Nationaal, Vorst (Bruxelles)
2011/11/08 Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam
2011/11/09 Zenith, Paris
2011/11/11 Apollo, Manchester
2011/11/13 O2 Academy, Glasgow
2011/11/14 O2 Academy, Newcastle
2011/11/15 Brixton Academy, London
2011/11/16 Brixton Academy, London
2011/11/18 O2 Academy, Sheffield
2011/11/19 O2 Academy, Birmingham
2011/11/21 Pier 2, Bremen
2011/11/23 Tempodrom, Berlin
2011/11/24 Palladium, Koln
2011/11/25 Stadhalle, Offenbach
2011/11/27 Zenith, Munich
2011/11/28 Mediolanum Forum, Assago
2011/11/29 PalaFabris, Padua
2011/12/01 Gasometer, Vienna
2011/12/02 Komplex, Zurich
2011/12/03 den Atelier, Luxembourg-City
2011/12/06 Sala Razzmatazz, Barcelona
2011/12/07 La Riviera, Madrid
2011/12/08 Campo Pequeno, Lisbon
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