# The Best Smashing Pumpkins Guitar Solos

> The 18 best Smashing Pumpkins guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Cherub Rock (1993), then Geek U.S.A. and Soma. Every video starts at the solo.

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The Smashing Pumpkins brought guitar solos back into '90s alternative rock, with Billy Corgan layering dozens of fuzz-soaked guitars into huge, symphonic walls. His playing blends metal chops, psychedelia and shoegaze texture.

Informed by: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smashing_Pumpkins_discography)

1. [Cherub Rock](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-smashing-pumpkins-cherub-rock/) — The Smashing Pumpkins · solo by Billy Corgan · 1993
2. [Geek U.S.A.](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-smashing-pumpkins-geek-u-s-a/) — The Smashing Pumpkins · solo by Billy Corgan · 1993
3. [Soma](https://greatestsolos.com/song/smashing-pumpkins-soma/) — The Smashing Pumpkins · solo by Billy Corgan · 1993
4. [Mayonaise](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-smashing-pumpkins-mayonaise/) — The Smashing Pumpkins · solo by Billy Corgan · 1993
5. [Starla](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-smashing-pumpkins-starla/) — The Smashing Pumpkins · solo by Billy Corgan · 1992
6. [Silverfuck](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-smashing-pumpkins-silverfuck/) — The Smashing Pumpkins · solo by Billy Corgan · 1993
7. [Hummer](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-smashing-pumpkins-hummer/) — The Smashing Pumpkins · solo by Billy Corgan · 1993
8. [I Am One](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-smashing-pumpkins-i-am-one/) — The Smashing Pumpkins · solo by Billy Corgan · 1991
9. [Siva](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-smashing-pumpkins-siva/) — The Smashing Pumpkins · solo by Billy Corgan · 1991
10. [Bodies](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-smashing-pumpkins-bodies/) — The Smashing Pumpkins · solo by Billy Corgan · 1995
11. [Porcelina of the Vast Oceans](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-smashing-pumpkins-porcelina-of-the-vast-oceans/) — The Smashing Pumpkins · solo by Billy Corgan · 1995
12. [Zero](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-smashing-pumpkins-zero/) — The Smashing Pumpkins · solo by Billy Corgan · 1995
13. [Rocket](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-smashing-pumpkins-rocket/) — The Smashing Pumpkins · solo by Billy Corgan · 1993
14. [Jellybelly](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-smashing-pumpkins-jellybelly/) — The Smashing Pumpkins · solo by Billy Corgan · 1995
15. [Thru the Eyes of Ruby](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-smashing-pumpkins-thru-the-eyes-of-ruby/) — The Smashing Pumpkins · solo by Billy Corgan · 1995
16. [Snail](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-smashing-pumpkins-snail/) — The Smashing Pumpkins · solo by Billy Corgan · 1991
17. [Bullet with Butterfly Wings](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-smashing-pumpkins-bullet-with-butterfly-wings/) — The Smashing Pumpkins · solo by Billy Corgan · 1995
18. [Tarantula](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-smashing-pumpkins-tarantula/) — The Smashing Pumpkins · solo by Billy Corgan · 2007

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