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Smashing Pumpkins, Billy Corgan, Rock Torhout Festival, Torhout, Belgium, 04/07/1992.

Billy Corgan claims Butch Vig stole his guitar sound for Nirvana’s Nevermind

By Matt Parker published

The Smashing Pumpkins frontman says he made the comment directly to the producer on first hearing the record in 1991

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The Late Late Show with James Corden airing Thursday, May 12, 2022, with guests Niecy Nash, Paul W. Downs, and The Smashing Pumpkins.

Smashing Pumpkins harness metal chugs and Whammy squeals in first track from upcoming sequel to Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

By Michael Astley-Brown published

Beguiled is taken from ATUM, the band’s forthcoming 33-track, three-act rock opera album

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[L-R] Billy Corgan and Perry Farrell

Porno For Pyros recruit Billy Corgan for a performance of Led Zeppelin’s When the Levee Breaks at Lollapalooza

By Sam Roche published

The Perry Farrell-led alt-rock outfit brought out the Smashing Pumpkins leader towards the climax of their July 31 set

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Billy Corgan performing live at the Together And Together Again benefit on July 27

Watch Billy Corgan perform new song Photograph – a tribute to the victims of the Highland Park shooting

By Matt Parker published

The Smashing Pumpkins song received its debut as part of the Corgan-led online fundraiser

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Billy Corgan announces virtual concert to support victims of the July 4 Highland Park shooting

By Sam Roche published

The event will be hosted at Corgan’s Highland Park tea shop Madame Zuzu’s on July 27, and will feature performances from Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlain, jazz saxophonist Frank Catalano and others

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Reverend Billy Corgan Z-One signature guitar

Reverend launches heavy-focused new Billy Corgan signature model, the Z-One

By Matt Parker published

The latest guitar is designed to do the heavy lifting in the Smashing Pumpkins catalog

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Billy Corgan (left) and James Iha perform with Smashing Pumpkins at the Tibetan Freedom Concert in 1996

"All we ever wanted to do in this band is kick people's ass": The Smashing Pumpkins on '80s Marshalls, epic guitar arrangements and their essential pedals

By Alan di Perna published

In this 1995 GW interview, Billy Corgan and James Iha discuss the gear that powered their sprawling, double-disc masterpiece, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

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Watch Billy Corgan pay tribute to his father with a set of Christmas songs at his Chicago tea shop

By Sam Roche published

The Smashing Pumpkins leader delivers a rendition of Do You Hear What I Hear?, as well as two originals, Evergreen and The Magi and the Shiny Bright

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Billy Corgan set to sell over 100 pieces of gear used throughout his Smashing Pumpkins career in new Reverb Shop

By Matt Owen published

Guitars, amps, preamps, synthesizers and more used on The Smashing Pumpkins and Zwan albums and tours will be included in the online mega emporium

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[L-R] Jeff Schroeder and Billy Corgan

Jeff Schroeder offers update on new Smashing Pumpkins record: “It's a big, sprawling thing”

By Sam Roche published

The album is reported to be a 33-track sequel to Mellon Collie and The Infinite Sadness and Machina/The Machines Of God

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