Grammy Award-winning rock icons The Smashing Pumpkins are celebrating the 35th anniversary of their influential debut, Gish, with new vinyl releases hitting stores on May 29, timed with the anniversary week.
Fans can grab multiple variants, including a special color vinyl edition housed in the original 1991 packaging. This limited-edition pressing features gray 180-gram vinyl accented with pink and purple splatter, evoking the classic album cover. A standard Black 180-gram vinyl in its original packaging will also be available. Billy Corgan’s Madame ZuZu’s and other independent record stores will carry the releases. Pre-orders for Gish are open now.
Recorded at Smart Studios in Madison, WI with producer Butch Vig, Gish fused elements of rock, metal, psychedelia, pop, and shoegaze into a distinct alternative sound that set The Smashing Pumpkins apart from anything else at the time. Released on May 28, 1991, the album became one of the most successful independent releases of its era, eventually reaching Platinum status. Standout tracks include “I Am One,” “Siva,” “Rhinoceros,” and more.
The impact of Gish has only grown over time. Billboard praised the album, saying: “There’s cryptic poetry, jarring dynamic shifts, mammoth riffs, and moments of startling beauty — everything fans around the world would love about the Pumpkins once they grew into themselves.”
Rolling Stone also recognized the album’s importance, including it among the “50 Greatest Grunge Albums” and noting: “Gish featured 10 dense, ornately crafted tracks — from the intensity of ‘Siva’ and ‘Tristessa’ to the subtle, surreal build-up of lead single, ‘Rhinoceros’ — that showcased the band’s musical ambition.”
The anniversary reissues give fans a chance to experience the record on vinyl, honoring a release that helped define an era and continues to influence generations of rock and alternative musicians.
