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Melissa Auf der Maur playing bass on stage
Melissa Auf der Maur on joining Hole amidst tragedy and her “Master’s in Music” with the Smashing Pumpkins

By Janelle Borg Published

In her love letter to the ’90s – the last analog decade – the Hole and Smashing Pumpkins bassist shares how she fell in love with the low-end and became an integral part of the noise-making generation

Bassists
Billy Corgan, lead singer of Smashing Pumpkins, plays at Univeral Ampitheatre on 5/23/00. In background is bassist Melissa Auf Der Maur
Billy Corgan on the first time he met future Smashing Pumpkins bassist Melissa Auf der Maur

By Janelle Borg Published

The pair reflect on how a heckler at an early Pumpkins gig led to a decades-long friendship

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Musician Melissa Auf Der Maur performs at Highline Ballroom on March 3, 2011 in New York City
Melissa Auf der Maur reveals the biggest lesson she learned from Billy Corgan and The Smashing Pumpkins

By Janelle Borg Published

Auf der Maur joined the Pumpkins in October 1999 following a five-year stint with Hole

Bassists
Billy Corgan performs live with Smashing Pumpkins
Billy Corgan on what drives guitar heroes to change their tone – and how it led him to package his sound in a pedal

By Michael Astley-Brown Published

The Smashing Pumpkins guitar icon reflects on a tonal journey four decades in the making, what pushes him to make signature gear like the new Laney Supergrace affordable, and why he’s the most excited he’s been to make a guitar album in 25 years

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Guitarists
Laney Black Country Customs Supergrace Loudpedal
"There’s clarity where you want it, and a glorious wall of noise when you need it": Laney Black Country Customs Billy Corgan Supergrace Loudpedal review

By Daryl Robertson Published

Laney distills Billy Corgan's legendary rig into a pedalboard-friendly amp that goes way beyond Smashing Pumpkins tones

Effects & Pedals
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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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

Guitar Amps
Yungblud performs onstage during a concert at Palacio Vistalegre Arena on October 11, 2025 in Madrid
Why Yungblud will never join a band – despite collaborations with Aerosmith and the Smashing Pumpkins

By Janelle Borg Published

Rock's hottest ticket also revealed in a recent interview what he's learned from some of the genre's biggest legends

Guitarists
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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