The History of Mellon Collie’s Guitar Tone and Recording Process

The History of Mellon Collie’s Guitar Tone and Recording Process - Smashing Pumpkins

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In this video I give a detailed account of the Guitar Tone and Production Process for the recording of the Smashing Pumpkins album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.
Intro: 0:00
Guitars 0:10
Amps, Rack Gear & Cabs 1:25
Production and Tape Machines 3:50
Digital Elements and Pro Tools 4:42
Recording Process 5:21
Vocals 6:35
Experimentation with new sounds 7:28
Outro 8:25
The Smashing Pumpkins are an American alternative rock band from Chicago. They were formed in 1988 by frontman Billy Corgan (lead vocals, guitar), D'arcy Wretzky (bass), James Iha (guitar), and Jimmy Chamberlin (drums). The current lineup features Corgan, Chamberlin, Iha and guitarist Jeff Schroeder.
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness is the third studio album by American alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins, released on October 24, 1995 on Virgin Records. Produced by frontman Billy Corgan with Flood and Alan Moulder, the 28-track album was released as a two-disc CD and triple LP. It features a wide array of musical styles.
Propelled by its lead single "Bullet with Butterfly Wings", the album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 246,500 units. It remains the band's only album to top the Billboard 200. It spawned five more singles-"1979", "Zero", "Tonight, Tonight", the promotional "Muzzle" and "Thirty-Three"-over the course of 1996, and was certified diamond by the RIAA, equivalent to more than 10 million units sold. Lauded by critics for its ambition and scope, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness earned the band seven Grammy Award nominations in 1997, including Album of the Year and Record of the Year ("1979"), as well as nine MTV Music Video Awards nominations, eight of which were for "Tonight, Tonight", including Video of the Year. The songs became hits on mainstream rock and modern rock stations, and "Bullet with Butterfly Wings", "1979", "Tonight, Tonight" and "Thirty-Three" became the band's first Top 40 hits, crossing over to pop radio stations.
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@MrHubb1 7 ай бұрын

Thank you. It's so cool to see the equipment used on this album. It's a classic and timeless. It's been a part of my life for many years and I always come back to it.

@andrewbenks 7 ай бұрын

Awesome! Glad you enjoyed it - Ya MCIS has had such an impact on so many people over the years :)

@Nickatlrke1014 10 күн бұрын

Unbelievable. Look pics of Billy C at Lollapalooza in ‘94 and then look at his hair in the 666 tapes which is shown here. I’ve never seen a hair line run away that fast

@jordanthegill2069 9 ай бұрын

You forgot to mention how they used a sample of the missile launcher from the game Doom.. you hear it in the intro on the song where boys fear to tread

@andrewbenks 9 ай бұрын

Ya I forgot to mention that one!

@TheSiameseDreamer 8 ай бұрын

Wrong. It's the explosion of barrels they sampled. And it's played many times during WBFTT. That song was also called "The Bomb" before release.

@zzzz-sf5lr 7 ай бұрын

It's from doom

@TheSiameseDreamer 7 ай бұрын

@zzzz-sf5lr yes, the barrel explosion from Doom

@lomarsweed6604 2 ай бұрын

@@TheSiameseDreamer no the game see

@ratiod2289 3 ай бұрын

Excellent expose of the recording techniques and equipment.

@andrewbenks 3 ай бұрын

Thanks :)

@andreaslandgren1681 Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Fantastic work.

@andrewbenks Жыл бұрын

Thanks Andreas

@ZoeChan-s4j Ай бұрын

Excellently done and insightful

@andrewbenks Ай бұрын

Thanks :)

@fragnet7673 4 ай бұрын

Well done 👍 thanks

@andrewbenks 4 ай бұрын

Thanks :)

@_permanence Жыл бұрын

Wow. Nice job 👍 The era right before pro tools completely took over and Billy’s hair died.

@andrewbenks Жыл бұрын

Thanks :)

@wozja Жыл бұрын

Love MCIS love the raw live playing loud feel of it! But it really does sound and feel quiet in a way?? Like you hear any singles on the radio … bullet for example and it’s so quiet. Even when I listen to CD I really have to crank the volume to get it to where it needs to be .. listen to that album loudly ! Anyone else notice this ? Feel like it needs to be remastered (which I think they did with all studio releases )

@andrewbenks Жыл бұрын

That's because they kept the dynamic range high from quiet to loud - and also this was before the "loudness wars" so they probably were not too concerned about maxing out the peak volume.

@drewlittell 9 ай бұрын

Sounds warm and analogue with a wide dynamic range. Meant for play on a Hi Fi stereo, not a compressed file. Sounds amazing on a nice rig and yes the 2012 remaster does cut through a little more. Which is what you’re hearing if you’re streaming

@loissio481 Ай бұрын

Awesome, thanks a lot. I would love to have some info on the gear for the album Zeitgeist. It´s the first thing I heard from them and it sound impacted me a lot.

@andrewbenks Ай бұрын

Thanks - Ya Zeitgeist is awesome - I know this was the time when Billy got his signature Stratocaster, and he used it a ton on the album.

@loissio481 Ай бұрын

@@andrewbenks Yes I love how saturated and dark it sounds. Thanks for the info Andrew!

@tonesleuth69 Жыл бұрын

Alesis Drum machine for the 1979 intro...

@jeffmurdock8321 3 ай бұрын

I've heard Billy was a perfectionist and a bit of a control guy and really didn't let his other band mates play much on the albums. Billy pretty much played all the guitar and bass parts himself (and maybe even Butch earlier on). He may have indeed used all those guitars, but it was probably all him and not James or Darcy much at all.

@andrewbenks 3 ай бұрын

That was true on Siamese Dream, but not Mellon Collie.

@barrybrennan2135 3 ай бұрын

@@andrewbenks I don't know. I suspect the truth is something of a mix. I know they live tracked the bones of lots of tracks, but I bet 99% of the overdubs on something like Porcelina or Ruby are Billy.