When I saw the Smashing Pumpkins and Hole play in 1991, when I worked as a ticket girl, and I saw both of them play in front of 20 people, I knew what was happening,” Auf der Maur tells Bass Player in ...
The Smashing Pumpkins guitar icon reflects on a tonal journey four decades in the making, what pushes him to make signature ...
Rock ‘n’ roll isn’t what it used to be in terms of popularity, lagging behind hip-hop and pop music. Billy Corgan, the co-founder of the alternative rock band Smashing Pumpkins, believes there were ...
Billy Corgan is making his Machines of God tour this year something fresh by introducing at least four songs that have never been played live by Smashing Pumpkins into the setlist. In a mailing to ...
On stage, Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan cuts an imposing figure. His towering, bald-headed frame shrouded in floor-length coats and a distinctive voice that meshes a bellow with a whine are ...
Billy Corgan and his new band the Machines of God are in the midst of their A Return to Zero Tour, where they're performing Smashing Pumpkins songs from Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, Machina ...
It was early 1996, and a young alternative band known as the Smashing Pumpkins was embarking on a worldwide tour for their newest album, “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.” One of the first ...
Things have not always been cordial between Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan and ex-bassist D’Arcy Wretzky, but Corgan was in a complimentary mood when it came to speaking about Wretzky’s time ...
While these three releases span much of his group’s existence, the Chicago native notes the albums share a spiritual thread. “I’ve been lucky and have had a lot of success with popular music and ...
After Billy Corgan and Smashing Pumpkins got together in Chicago in the late ’80s, the band found its way to a studio to record early versions of its songs, Corgan recalled at the NAMM Show in Anaheim ...
The frontman has joined two wrestling promoter brothers to launch the first show of Resistance Pro. By The Associated Press The long-standing relationship between rock music and professional wrestling ...