Producer Unearths Video Of First-Ever Smashing Pumpkins TV Performance From 1988

A Chicago TV producer has unearthed video footage of the first ever TV appearance by Smashing Pumpkins – years before they became a household name.

The band appeared on a local cable access show called The Pulse in 1988, after sending in a demo tape for the show’s ‘Basement Jam’ segment.

Producer Lou Hinkhouse says even in 1988 “we knew there were on to something”.

Ever see a band before they got famous?

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