Posted by Chris Annunziata on June 15, 2021
The Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has revealed that he is in the studio with Pittsburgh’s Code Orange creating new songs. No other details have been announced but the combination of genres between the two bands vastly differ and therefore has garnered a lot of interest. Corgan commented on his post, “Excited to share […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on December 2, 2020
Last night (1st), Metallica, KoRn, Mastodon, Billy Corgan, Duff McKagan, Dave Novarro, and more participated in a virtual tribute event for Alice In Chains. The group was presented with this year’s Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP) Founders Award as artists honored the band by covering classic songs from their extensive catalog. Song List: […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on November 14, 2017
Remember Smashing Pumpkins? Their breakthrough album Siamese Dream is a stone cold classic, but around the time they changed their name to The Smashing Pumpkins and insisted everyone call them that, we kind of lost interest in the pretentiousness of it all. Frontman Billy Corgan has followed suit, as he’s now calling himself William Patrick Corgan after […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on January 16, 2017
As we found out on November 8th, we’re a divided nation when it comes to politics. President-elect Donald Trump may have won a solid victory when it comes to the electoral college, but not only did he lose the popular vote by almost three million votes, but over half of people registered to vote didn’t […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on March 31, 2015
What would you get if you combined Marilyn Manson and The Smashing Pumpkins, aside from ’90s nostalgia? You’d get “The End Times Tour,” which was announced today. The two acts are pairing up to hit the road starting in July. Between the larger than life personas of Billy Corgan and Manson, the two personify ’90s alt-rock. While […]
Posted by Cheska Colombo on March 2, 2015
Soundwave came to a close this past weekend at the Olympic Park in Sydney, Australia – and it went out with a bang. The festival’s closing night featured metal acts such as Slipknot, Slash and Exodus – but it was Marilyn Manson’s appearance at Smashing Pumpkins’ set that stole the show. Manson took the stage […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on February 27, 2015
Both Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan and raging egomaniac Kanye West hail from Chicago, but that’s pretty much where their similarities end. While Yeezus is a big fan of pop music, taking to the stage more than once to defend Beyonce, Corgan had some choice words for both pop music and West, according to the […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on October 10, 2014
While it’s not happening until it’s actually happening, according to Smashing Pumpkins guitarist Jeff Schroeder, there’s a doom metal album coming from the band. In a post on his Instagram account, the guitarist took a picture of a Sunn amp, with the caption “Billy and I are making a doom metal album,” with Smashing Pumpkins […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on July 22, 2014
[youtube]http://youtu.be/zOEo4E5zx8Y[/youtube] Let’s be honest, rock and metal generally get no respect in awards shows. The Revolver Golden Gods Awards are a nice try, but they’re still finding their footing even after a few years. There’s a new awards show that took place last night, but you’re forgiven for not knowing it happened. The first Alternative Press […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on May 7, 2014
Though Mötley Crüe still has more touring to do before bidding farewell, it looks like Tommy Lee has already landed a studio gig. More surprisingly, though, is that the gig is with the Smashing Pumpkins. Billy Corgan revealed on the band’s website that Tommy Lee will play drums on all nine tracks of the Smashing […]
