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Billy Corgan Talks New, Free 44-Song Set, Teargarden By Kaleidyscope
The Smashing Pumpkins frontman talks to Paste about subverting the system, the legacy of his band and his new EP series... read more
Found in: Music, NewsSmashing Pumpkins Get 19-Year-Old Drummer?
Oregon-based Moses, Smell the Roses may have just lost its drummer/self-proclaimed demoralizer. Rumor has it that 19-year-old Mike Byrne of the group may be on his way to something bigger: a gig with the Smashing Pumpkins.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsStop Covering These Ten Songs
We’ve got nothing against cover songs. In fact, we love a good unexpected cover. But certain songs should be retired after a couple hundred versions. We hereby declare a moratorium on covering the following ten songs.... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayHanson + Cheap Trick + Smashing Pumpkins + Fountains of Wayne = Tinted Windows
In one of the strangest bits of supergroup news in, well, a good while, former Smashing Pumpkins member James Iha, a grown-up Taylor Hanson, Cheap Trick's Bun E. Carlos and Fountains of Wayne's Adam Schlesinger are set to release their debut album on April 21 as new band called Tinted Windows.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsLive Review: Smashing Pumpkins @ Chicago Theatre, 11/19/08
There was something off about the Smashing Pumpkins’ second of two sold-out hometown shows on its so-called Twentieth Anniversary Tour-- in particular, the math. The lineup performing that night only had half the original members, and if you subtract the band's 2000-2006 hiatus, its time “together” totals a mere 14 years. Then there's the bizarre fact that it took Billy Corgan and company two years to return home for a show.... read more
Found in: Local:ChicagoSmashing Pumpkins announce 20th Anniversary Tour, live DVD
Just when Chicagoans were beginning to think Billy Corgan doesn't love us anymore, the Smashing Pumpkins have announced their 20th Anniversary Tour with four dates in the Windy City-- one for each of the times they've shunned us on previous tours. (The closest the Pumpkins have come to playing in Chicago since announcing their reunion three years ago right here was this summer's appearance at Indiana's Horseshoe Casino, which isn't just kinda-not-Chicago; it's not even in Illinois.)... read more
Found in: Music, NewsNeil Young drafts Wilco, DCFC, more for Bridge School
Reaffirming that Neil Young really does have a "Heart of Gold," the venerable singer/songwriter will once again headline the 2008 Bridge School Benefit concert, in honor of the California school he co-founded to provide assistance for children with severe physical and speech impairments.... read more
Found in: Concerts, NewsSmashing Pumpkins to release single via Guitar Hero
The Smashing Pumpkins will release their new single, “G.L.O.W.,” as part of the Guitar Hero: World Tour video game, before releasing it to the public.... read more
Found in: Games, NewsSmashing Pumpkins tour, celebrate 20 years
Forego the infinite sadness, because you've been invited to one of the best birthday parties of the year. The Smashing Pumpkins, celebrating two decades as a band, plan to embark on two rounds of tours this year: a run in August playing "unique sets and songs" at mostly small venues followed by a larger-venue, big-city set of shows. Dates for the latter have been slated for New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, Billboard reports.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsBilly Corgan talks about Virgin lawsuit
Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan recently discussed the band's lawsuit against Virgin Records for allowing the use of their songs in Pepsi and Amazon.com commercials. "I'm sure they indicated to Pepsi that they had a right to do this, full well knowing they do not have the right," Corgan said told Billboard. The band filed a lawsuit last week against Virgin stating that the company's commercial appropriation “irreparably harmed” Smashing Pumpkins' “reputation and goodwill” with their fans. Although several ads featuring Pumpkins songs surfaced during the band's five-year hiatus, the band's main quarrel lies with unauthorized uses of its music.... read more
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