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Billy Corgan tells us about his new tour with The Machines of God, Smashing Pumpkins reissues and his love for Howard Stern.
How many members of the Smashing Pumpkins does it take to perform an anniversary tour for the albums “Mellon Collie and the ...
Billy Corgan & co. totally lost the plot in the bid to try and replace Jimmy Chamberlin in 1998. Two words: "percussion solo" ...
During 1995's 'Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness' sessions, The Smashing Pumpkins borrowed a sound effect from one of the day's biggest video games.
Save yourself from "Infinite Sadness" when The Smashing Pumpkins come to a venue near you. The veteran alt-rockers, led by frontman Billy Corgan, are adding a slew of new shows to their upcoming ...
The Smashing Pumpkins’ “1979” doesn’t sound much like the music of the 1970s. Instead, it became one of the most beloved alternative rock songs of the 1990s, even though it wasn’t ...
The Smashing Pumpkins were a defining 1990s rock band. They embodied alienation and angst during the first half of the decade, and several of their songs remain alternative radio staples some ...
After Howie Mandel realized he had a picture of Burr, 56, behind him instead of Corgan on the Tuesday episode of the Howie Mandel Does Stuff podcast, the Smashing Pumpkins founder understood it ...
This Nirvana classic implemented a guitar layering technique often used by Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins, according to Corgan.
Kiki Wong had to be the best of 10,000 guitarists to earn her spot in the Smashing Pumpkins, after Billy Corgan opened to door to auditions from players all over the world in a bid to find the ...
It’s difficult to keep track of how many times and ways Billy Corgan has retooled the Smashing Pumpkins, the band he founded in 1988, and continues to write and sing and play guitar with.