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Smashing Pumpkins Reissue Nostalgia: Remembering the 'Gish' Tour 20 Years Later

It was 1991 - the year punk broke! - and I was a 16-year-old stranded, as I saw it then, in the cultural wasteland of suburban New Jersey ... Read More »

Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan Founds Pro Wrestling Organization

During a recent tour of Chicago morning news shows, Billy Corgan dropped an awesome, awesome bomb: he is getting involved in professional wrestling. ... Read More »

The 23 Best 'Simpsons' Musician Cameos

Fox When we heard 'The Simpsons' was on the verge of cancellation, we started reminiscing ... Read More »

Rock-Star Hobbies: More Interesting and Odd Ways Musicians Keep Busy Off Stage

Being a rock star is often glamorized as a nonstop thrill ... Read More »

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Films Ad for Smashing Pumpkins' New Album

You know what's weird? Kareem Abdul-Jabbar hawking the Smashing Pumpkins' new album, 'Oceania.' ... Read More »

Billy Corgan's Brother Assaulted, Robbed on Chicago's Red Line Train

The younger brother of Smashing Pumpkins’ ringleader, Billy Corgan (pictured) -- 35-year-old Jessie Andersen -- was mugged in his hometown of Chicago on Thursday (June 9), while taking public transportation to his job. ... Read More »

It's the End of the World as We Know It: 25 Songs for Judgment Day

According to engineer-turned-biblical scholar Harold ... Read More »

Smashing Pumpkins Catalog Gets Revisited, Re-Released By EMI

In short: Smashing Pumpkins fans have a lot of music -- both old and new... and "new" new -- to look forward to in the next three years. ... Read More »

Mark Tulin, Electric Prunes and Smashing Pumpkins Bassist, Dead at 62

Mark Tulin, the bassist for early psychedelic rock innovators the Electric Prunes and later for Smashing Pumpkins, has passed away at 62. ... Read More »

Smashing Pumpkins' 'Siamese Dream' Cover Story Was Hoax

Smashing Pumpkin's new bassist is apparently one of the girls who graced the cover of the band's 1993 album 'Siamese Dream.' ... Read More »

Former Smashing Pumpkins Bassist D'Arcy Jailed for Horses Run Amok

Former Smashing Pumpkins bassist D'Arcy was arrested after she failed to show up to court to pay a fine related to damaged caused by her horses. ... Read More »

Billy Corgan: Major Labels Have 'Squeezed the Excitement Out of Music'

“Something about the need for the major label system to corner the market has squeezed the excitement out of music,” Smashing Pumpkins' singer Billy Corgan says. ... Read More »

PJ Harvey Releasing 'Let England Shake' Album in February

After nearly a year of dropping cryptic hints, reclusive songstress PJ Harvey has finally revealed the first details for her eighth studio record. ... Read More »

Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan Challenges Himself With 'Teargarden by Kaleidyscope'

On Nov. 23, Smashing Pumpkins will release 'Teargarden by Kaleidyscope Vol. II: The Solstice Bare,' the second EP from their ongoing 44-song album. ... Read More »

Smashing Pumpkins Ready 'Solstice Bare' EP

Billy Corgan will continue his unconventional 44-song album onslaught when the Smashing Pumpkins release ‘The Solstice Bare,’ the second installment of 'Teargarden by Kaleidyscope,’ on Nov. 23. ... Read More »

Melissa Auf der Maur, 'Meet Me on the Dark Side' -- Video Premiere

As anyone who's ever been to Burning Man can attest, creativity and destruction are intrinsically related. By definition, regeneration can only occur after a death of some sort. ... Read More »