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“To me, he really is an alternative guitar player”: Watch Billy Corgan pay tribute to his hero Eddie Van Halen by joining Sammy Hagar for a knockout cover of Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love
Swapping his Reverend signature guitar for Sammy Hagar's Gibson Les Paul, the Smashing Pumpkins frontman tipped his cap to EVH with a flawless rhythm performance
This week's essential guitar tracks: from Smashing Pumpkins' shredding metal turn to solos from the son of a session legend
All the guitar-driven songs you need to hear this week
Railhammer aims to bring heavy Smashing Pumpkins tones to all with the launch of Billy Corgan Z-One pickups
Promising fat midrange with a smooth top-end, Corgan’s pickups are the same as those found in his Reverend signature guitar and featured custom etched artwork
The Smashing Pumpkins recruit Willow for a four-guitar performance of Cherub Rock
The guitar star – who is a fan of Billy Corgan’s Reverend signature model – joined the alt-rock legends at the final show of their Spirits on Fire tour
![[L-R] Michael Angelo Batio and Billy Corgan](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iT2kdVSfNyehkY9jTUb2S6-840-80.jpg.webp)
Watch Michael Angelo Batio join The Smashing Pumpkins onstage in Milwaukee for a face-melting shred session
The alt-rock titans invited the guitarist to the stage for a lead spot during closing track, Silverfuck, and boy, did he deliver
Watch Smashing Pumpkins debut two new songs, Neophyte and Harmageddon, live
Billy Corgan and co unleashed a number of new tunes at their recent Dallas show
From divisive prog-pop to a slice of classic blues: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
With these guitar-led tunes from the likes of In Flames, Mars Volta, TERMINA, Buddy Guy, Living Colour and Steve Vai and Hannah Jadagu, fall's off to a flying start
Smashing Pumpkins harness metal chugs and Whammy squeals in first track from upcoming sequel to Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Beguiled is taken from ATUM, the band’s forthcoming 33-track, three-act rock opera album
![[L-R] Billy Corgan and Perry Farrell](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WU8V9kwqboh8o8FZ7jvHdn-840-80.jpg.webp)
