Smashing Pumpkins (band)
Musician Billy Corgan, of The Smashing Pumpkins, performs during the Cumbre Tajin culture festival -- this year devoted to the 'Rebirth of the Self' -- at El Tajin archaeological site, in the highlands of Papantla, Veracruz State, Mexico, early on March 24, 2013.
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Our dad was cool about playing us whatever was hip at the time. Like (Smashing Pumpkins’ double album) ‘Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness,’ ... I remember he played us that on a three-hour drive in a thunderstorm. It was a pretty big deal for me. We were like 10 or 12, listening to Beck, Rage Against the Machine, Weezer, and of course Nirvana.
I don't even know when my next album is going to come out, but I am going to make a rock 'n' roll album, though ... Me on guitar and vocals, and like Kiss, like Gene Simmons. Like [Smashing Pumpkins] Billy Corgan. Seriously. When I call 'em, it's on.
When I made the decision with [drummer] Jimmy [Chamberlin] to bring the band back, it wasn't dissimilar from when you think, I'm going to get back together with somebody. But it wasn't that easy... to return to a place where I even understood what it was about being in the Smashing Pumpkins that I liked.More quotes »
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Live Review: Smashing Pumpkins, Stone Sour, Asking Alexandria, and More — Rock on the Range, Columbus
States" functioned as shimmering proof. You want rock on the range or anywhere else—very few do it as well as Smashing Pumpkins. Speaking of real rock, Stone Sour dispensed it with the spirit of legends. "Gone Sovereign" and "Absolute Zero" make for one of from Artist Direct Read more »
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Rock on the Range Recap: Smashing Pumpkins
cast of guitarist Jeff Schroeder, bassist Nicole Fiorentino and 23-year-old drummer Mike Byrne for the Smashing Pumpkins' latest incarnation. Much like "The Celestials," Corgan opted for a heavier version of the ballad "Disarm," to lead right into the band's from Columbus Crew Read more »
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The Smashing Pumpkins Get Their Guitar Center Groove On
At 10 p.m. PT, the live concert series Guitar Center Sessions returns. Unusually, this weekend’s episode featuring The Smashing Pumpkins and next Friday’s performance by Frank Turner were taped at SXSW in Austin. But after that, all the way through to the from mediabistro.com Read more »
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10 Stellar David Bowie Covers
Pumpkins, "Space Oddity" Where Hadfield stuck to the song's underlying vulnerability of a doomed astronaut in space, the Pumpkins' version, recorded on a rooftop during SXSW, goes hard on feedback and heavy guitars. With all that volume, it seems that even from Rolling Stone Read more »
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Billy Corgan tells CA Pizza Kitchen: Stop Mutilating Calves
Pumpkins founder and frontman Billy Corgan is the latest star to speak out against the cruel practice of dehorning cattle. Billy is calling on California Pizza Kitchen to make the responsible and ethical decision to demand that its cheese suppliers stop this from Brooklyn Vegan Read more »
