The band drops their epic double album The world goes ::BOOM::
1996 brought new ways to wear eye-liner and new ways for D'arcy to expose her nipples.	I saw this in the back of a porno in 1996, It read: "Have you ever wanted two hung, hot AND gay alt rock stars to abuse you? Meet Kiro and Vlad, just aching with young lust and ready to turn your most wild fantasies into reality, all you have to do is pick up the phone and call now." ... Nah. Couldn't be.
This was taken for XY magazine's special year end out-of-the-closet double issue.	"Observe closely, three years from now- I will make her DISAPPEAR!"
As Billy continued to sing "I'm a little teapot short and stout..." the other bandmates could only look away in disgust.	Now bald, SNL put a hat on Mr. Corgan fearing their viewers would mistake the band for R.E.M. -Rock on James.
"Oh fuck it, I'm joining KISS."	Don't look now! It's an NBC sitcom promo!
Something just clicked when Trey Parker and Matt Stone saw this photo in 1995...	"I told him not to wear the hat- but despite my dictatorship, he really does have a mind all his own."
"Rabbits eat carrots and smoke crack! It's a fact!	The untold death of Jonathan Melvoin: '...by the time Billy turned around, the monsterous mongrel had already eaten up most of the roadies and all of the soundcrew.'
Vasoline and Shoe Polish create a votile substance similar to that of LSD and the band become obsessed with thoughts of living off of rare insects in Northern Vietnam.	Motto becomes... 'Hot Topic: Smashing Pumpkins since 1996.'
'If I would have let them play their own parts on the albums, I would have never gotten this.'	"I'd just like to thank my left-breast and my right-breast..."
"Sorry ma'am but if I were a slut like D'arcy I don't think I'd be up here on stage..."	I don't think that's what Virgin had in mind when they asked to see a prototype of their boxed set.
Advice From James: "These may look like tiny playthings- but when inserted in your anus they feel oh so otherworldly." Thanks James!	Observe: The celebrity incognito look.
D'arcy, Nico? Nico, D'arcy?	Overheard on the set of 'the End is the Beginning is the End' video shoot, James assuring Billy: "Yea, you really do look that stupid flailing your arms around like that."
Everyone in Leather	"What's up my sleeve- Ooh I know! crack!"