"The End Is the Beginning Is the End" is a Grammy Award-winning song by American alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins. Released as a single by the Smashing Pumpkins in the aftermath of their 1995 album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, it was their first release with drummer Matt Walker, who would go on to contribute percussion to several tracks of Adore and all of James Iha's Let It Come Down. The song reached the top 10 in eight countries and won the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance.