Billy Corgan

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Michael Angelo Batio plays his double-neck electric guitar [left]; Billy Corgan performs with the Smashing Pumpkins, with an expression that suggests he is impressed by whatever he is seeing.
Michael Angelo Batio on the time Billy Corgan spared his blushes during a Smashing Pumpkins guest spot

By Jonathan Horsley Published

The double-neck guitar shred icon once shared the stage with Smashing Pumpkins during their Riot Fest headline slot

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William Patrick Corgan performs with the band The Smashing Pumpkins. Milan, (Italy), July 30th, 2025.
Why Billy Corgan changed the way he plays guitar solos

By Michael Astley-Brown Published

Social media burnout has impacted the role of guitar solos in the Smashing Pumpkins’ live show

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Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins performing at Lollapalooza '94 at Downing Stadium on Randall's Island, New York City on August 6, 1994.
The guitar that changed Billy Corgan’s life

By Michael Astley-Brown Published

It soundtracked two of the biggest alt-rock albums of all time, but as the Smashing Pumpkins leader remembers, the guitar itself was far from expensive

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Epiphone RD Futura, Abasi Concepts Stage 7, Casio Dimension Shifter, Neural DSP Quad Cortex mini, Polyend Endless
“A brand-new guitar shape from one of the world’s oldest guitar companies. Will wonders never cease?” 10 things we learned at NAMM 2026

By Michael Astley-Brown Published

We scoured every corner of the Anaheim Convention Center to scope out the latest and greatest gear – and there were some telling signs about the current state of the guitar world

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Laney Billy Corgan Supergrace pedal amp
Billy Corgan has shrunk his Smashing Pumpkins rig into a Laney pedal amp – and he tested it in front of 60,000 MCR fans

By Michael Astley-Brown Published

When Corgan walked onstage with My Chemical Romance at Soldier Field stadium, he didn’t bring his guitar rig. He plugged into the Laney Supergrace and nothing else

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Yungblud and the Smashing Pumpkins
Why Billy Corgan and Smashing Pumpkins collaborated with Yungblud

By Phil Weller Published

The alt-rock legend has become the latest big name to link up with Yungblud

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Kiki Wong
Kiki Wong’s go-to amp at home is a budget combo everyone loves to hate

By Phil Weller Published

The cheap modelling amp is mocked by many, but it indirectly helped Wong get the biggest gig of her career

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Bassist Paz Lenchantin
How Paz Lenchantin’s departure from the Pixies led to her first-ever solo album

By Nick Wells Published

She’s played in some of alternative music’s biggest bands. Now Lenchantin is back with a solo album fueled by a vintage P-Bass that Billy Corgan inspired her to buy

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The Smashing Pumpkins x Yamaha
The Smashing Pumpkins designed some wild Yamaha guitars to celebrate their first gigs in Japan in 12 years – and they were played live

By Phil Weller Published

The guitars designed by Billy Corgan, Kiki Wong, James Iha and Jack Bates are now on display

Electric Guitars
John 5
John 5 on the unlikely player who started his life-long love affair with the Telecaster

By Phil Weller Published

John 5 has played with David Lee Roth, Rob Zombie, and Mötley Crüe, but the player that inspired his guitar choice is from a whole other world

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