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Watch Michael Angelo Batio join The Smashing Pumpkins onstage in Milwaukee for a face-melting shred session
By Sam Roche published
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
By Matt Parker published
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
By Michael Astley-Brown, Jackson Maxwell, Sam Roche, Matt Owen published
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
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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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

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

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

The Smashing Pumpkins announce North American arena tour with Jane’s Addiction
By Jackson Maxwell published
The trek will take the alt-rock giants across the continent from early October through mid-November

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

"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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