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Billy Corgan on why he plays off-the-shelf Reverends – and isn’t fussed about playing expensive guitars
By Matt Owen published
The Smashing Pumpkins frontman plays his stock signature guitars for the band's biggest gigs

Billy Corgan announces new solo project featuring Smashing Pumpkins guitarist Kiki Wong
By Janelle Borg published
The tour, titled A Return to Zero, promises to be a career celebration – with a setlist that draws from seminal Pumpkins albums – and kicks off this summer

Former Smashing Pumpkins bassist Nicole Fiorentino on how she landed her role in Garbage – with no audition
By Janelle Borg published
Fiorentino continues the trend of former Pumpkins bassists delivering the low-end for both bands

Bill Corgan on the time Eddie Van Halen asked him to play guitar – during a Guitar World interview
By Janelle Borg published
Turns out EVH was impressed by the Smashing Pumpkins frontman's guitar skills

Another former Smashing Pumpkins bassist is joining Garbage on tour
By Janelle Borg published
Nicole Fiorentino follows in the footsteps of Ginger Pooley and Eric Avery in being part of both camps

Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath's final show will play host to a Tool, Rage Against the Machine and Smashing Pumpkins supergroup
By Janelle Borg published
The July 5 mega-event's lineup is stacked with top-tier names, including Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Gojira and Alice in Chains

Kiki Wong recalls the early days of her career – and the “crazy” bootleg tours with three people sleeping in the back of a truck
By Janelle Borg published
Wong says she has failed more times than she succeeded throughout her career, so much so that there was a point in her life where she didn't touch her guitars for three years

“I never thought little ol’ 15-year-old me playing metal guitar in the bedroom would amount to this moment”: After 10,000 applicants, Kiki Wong landed the Smashing Pumpkins guitarist gig
By Amit Sharma published
2024 Year in Review: Billy Corgan and co hosted the biggest guitarist search of the year – and there could only be one winner
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