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Smashing Pumpkins, 1991 studio portrait
Smashing Pumpkins' Gish mixes Zep rock grooves, acid folk, shoegaze and trippy psychedelic angst

By Mark Beaumont Published

Gish is celebrating its 35th birthday in shades of variously coloured vinyl

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Linda Perry
Why 4 Non Blondes leader Linda Perry kicked one of the biggest rock stars of the '90s out of a recording session

By Paul Brannigan Published

"He was a Debbie Downer"

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Smashing Pumpkins studio portrait
Smashing Pumpkins announce The Rats In The Cage tour

By Fraser Lewry Published

The tour celebrates the 30th anniversary of Smashing Pumpkins' multi-platinum album Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness

Concerts & Shows
Billy Corgan, Smashing Pumpkins
Billy Corgan announces UK and European dates for A Night of Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness

By Paul Brannigan Published

"The success of translating Mellon Collie into operatic and classical form has been one of the most satisfying experiences of my life"

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Smashing Pumpkins, 1995
"Everyone keeps telling us how pretentious this album is without even hearing it." An audience with The Smashing Pumpkins in summer '95

By Paul Brannigan Published

"Everyone keeps telling us how pretentious this album is without even hearing it"

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The Cure
There's now a massive archive of thousands of indie rock gig recordings online, and it's awesome

By Paul Brannigan Published

Want to listen to Nirvana, Nick Cave, Sonic Youth or The Cure gigs from the '80s and '90s? Allow us to introduce you to your favourite new online archive

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Olivia Rodrigo, Melissa Auf der Maur
"Olivia Rodrigo said to my daughter, Without your mother, none of this would have happened"

By Paul Brannigan Published

New books, a photo exhibition, new music and book tours, Melissa Auf der Maur is thriving

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Melissa Auf der Maur
Melissa Auf der Maur on the '90s, love, loss, and her brilliant memoir Even The Good Girls Will Cry

By Paul Brannigan Published

"There was a lot of pain from all the death and drugs and corporate destruction"

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Melissa and Billy Corgan
"I threw my guitar off, dove into the crowd, and began strangling him to the ground"

By Paul Brannigan Published

The night that fate brought two alt. rock icons together

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Smashing Pumpkins Today video
"I gave away all my records, I started giving away my guitars, I was fantasising about my own death." The horrifying origin story behind one of the most uplifting rock songs of the '90s

By Paul Brannigan Published

Out of the darkness, light, and one of the most memorable anthems of the '90s

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