"Rhinoceros" is a song by American

alternative rock Alternative rock (also known as alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a category of rock music that evolved from the independent music underground of the 1970s. Alternative rock acts achieved mainstream success in the 1990s w ...

band

The Smashing Pumpkins The Smashing Pumpkins (also simply known as Smashing Pumpkins) are an American alternative rock band formed in Chicago in 1988 by frontman and guitarist Billy Corgan, guitarist James Iha, bassist D'arcy Wretzky and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin. The ...

from their debut album, ''

Gish ''Gish'' is the debut studio album by the American alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins, released on May 28, 1991, by Caroline Records. The album was produced by Butch Vig and frontman Billy Corgan, with the latter describing ''Gish'' as ...

''. It was written by

Billy Corgan William Patrick Corgan Jr. (born March 17, 1967) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and professional wrestling promoter. He is best known as the co-founder, lead guitarist, primary songwriter, singer, and only constant member of alter ...

and is one of the few songs from ''Gish'' that has been performed consistently throughout the band's career. Instead of being released as a CD single, "Rhinoceros" was instead featured as the first track on '' Lull''. Corgan has mentioned that ''Lull'' is known within the band as "the Rhinoceros single".

Music video

The

music video A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device intended to ...

for "Rhinoceros" was one of the Pumpkins' earliest, directed by Angela Conway, who also directed the group's " Siva." There are three main sources of footage used in the video. The first batch of footage was filmed on a sound stage featuring the band members "looking bored" and playing guitars. In one part of these scenes, D'Arcy is playing with a white ping pong ball which appears to float, an effect that was achieved by filming the scene in slow motion and then running it backwards.

Track listing

All songs written by Billy Corgan

Charts

References

External links

* * {{The Smashing Pumpkins The Smashing Pumpkins songs 1991 singles 1991 songs American psychedelic rock songs Dream pop songs Music videos directed by Angela Conway Songs written by Billy Corgan Song recordings produced by Billy Corgan Song recordings produced by Butch Vig