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Dec 15th, 2011 27 Comments
Name: The Smashing Pumpkins
Progress Report: Billy Corgan opens up about the recent Smashing Pumpkins reissues, the forthcoming Pumpkins album, and his own rather complicated musical legacy.
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Dec 8th, 2011 12 Comments
As volume-knob maximalists with tender hearts and thoroughly distorted guitars, the Big Pink are a logical act to be in the Smashing Pumpkins-cover game. Their take Siamese Dream's "Mayonaise" dots…   Read Story »
Nov 17th, 2011 7 Comments
EMI is getting ready to reissue the first (and almost certainly best) two albums from the Smashing Pumpkins, fleshing Gish and Siamese Dream out with absurd numbers of bonus tracks. Right now, four…   Read Story »
Oct 14th, 2011 9 Comments
For the past few years, it's been pretty easy to make fun of Smashing Pumpkins leader Billy Corgan and his decision-making, but I can't quibble with this shit. Corgan has been a huge longtime pro…   Read Story »
Sep 1st, 2011 6 Comments
Lately, Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has gained a level of notoriety for his erratic and kinda-lame decisions. (Remember the Jessica Simpson saga?) But it's hard to quibble with the early…   Read Story »
May 6th, 2011 10 Comments
On the occasion of the Smashing Pumpkins releasing remastered versions of their output over the next three years -- Gish, Siamese Dream, and '94 compilation Pisces Iscariot this fall -- Rolling…   Read Story »
Feb 10th, 2011 10 Comments
Here's something unusual. TMZ reports that former Smashing Pumpkins bassist D'arcy Wretzky is in jail in Michigan because several horses from her farm broke out and ran around the town. Neighbors…   Read Story »
Nov 15th, 2010 40 Comments
You'll have to read Billy Corgan's "[Pavement] have no love" comments through the lens of the similarly phrased Smashing Pumpkins diss in "Range Life," but if you're an old-time advocate of Malkmus…   Read Story »
Oct 6th, 2010 2 Comments
The Smashing Pumpkins contributed a song to the upcoming Vampire Diaries soundtrack. The CW show is about a teenage girl who unknowingly falls in love with a vampire, but can't help herself even…   Read Story »
Sep 14th, 2010 Comment
The Smashing Pumpkins have a long relationships with the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund, the charity that provides money for musicians who get sick or injured and don't have the money to cover their…   Read Story »






























