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Sometimes bands shouldn’t be trusted to revisit their own material, as the latest Smashing Pumpkins reissue set proves
By Niall Doherty published
Billy Corgan has made the band's 2000 Machina project even bigger and more bombastic when it needed toning down, not blowing up

Billy Corgan joins My Chemical Romance for Smashing Pumpkins cover in Chicago
By Stef Lach published
Smashing Pumpkins frontman is surprise guest for My Chemical Romance's cover of Bullet With Butterfly Wings

Billy Corgan on Black Sabbath's emotional farewell, and the death of Ozzy Osbourne
By Paul Brannigan published
The emotional weight of Black Sabbath's final bow had Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan in tears

Here’s the line-up of every major festival in 1995… it really isn’t too different to how they’ve shaped up 30 years later
By Niall Doherty published
Britpop was thriving, Pumpkins were Pumpkinsing, and Skunk Anansie tried to get on every bill going…

The tale of Smashing Pumpkins’ odd, all-over-the-shop 1998 tour to support Adore
By Niall Doherty published
Billy Corgan & co. totally lost the plot in the bid to try and replace Jimmy Chamberlin in 1998. Two words: "percussion solo".

Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan on the punk band he believes has eclipsed the Ramones
By Paul Brannigan published
Billy Corgan shares his respect and admiration for some old friends

Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan on the Metallica song that saved his life
By Paul Brannigan published
"It's like a movie unto itself. What a song!" Billy Corgan on the Metallica classic that meant everything to him as a teenager

The 10 best opening tracks on grunge records: a definitive list
By Niall Doherty published
A list in which we sacrifice some of our favourite opening tracks in the name of journalistic integrity... but seriously, no Serve The Servants?

Billy Corgan to tour to celebrate the anniversaries of three classic Smashing Pumpkins albums, but not with Smashing Pumpkins
By Paul Brannigan published
What better way to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Smashing Pumpkins' Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness than seeing it performed by a band that's not Smashing Pumpkins?
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