The Smashing Pumpkins would never again be the band they were when making 1995’s Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness, their sprawling double third album. Some of the reasons were out of their hands ...
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 best ...
When alternative rock took over the world, the airwaves, and MTV during the 1990s, few bands garnered more press or sold more records than the Smashing Pumpkins — you’d almost think they were from ...
Billy Corgan is at it again, this time insinuating that legendary rock band Metallica has ripped off one of Smashing Pumpkins’ songs. In a recent appearance on the Everblack podcast, Corgan claimed ...
For some people, finding their favorite band is love at first listen. That was the case for Kiera Ainsworth the first time she heard The Smashing Pumpkins. “I discovered them through a TikTok, like, ...
In the 1990s, there were few bands more popular and ubiquitous than The Smashing Pumpkins. The group, fronted by the mercurial Billy Corgan, were a blend of the two most popular sub-genres of rock ...
Billy Corgan said that Metallica‘s “Fuel” reminds him of a Smashing Pumpkins song, although he admitted he’s “certainly ripped Metallica off plenty.” The Smashing Pumpkins frontman discussed his ...
The Smashing Pumpkins have announced that they will release new song 'A Stitch In Time' free on their official website. The track is the third of 44 releases as part of their Teargarden By ...
On the eve of blink-182's new album release, Green Day played a small, 800-capacity Las Vegas show and they played a new song called "The American Dream Is Killing Me," which officially gets released ...
Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan, a self-proclaimed diehard Chicago Cubs fan, dedicated "Cherub Rock" to longtime Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto during the band's set Thursday night ...