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Fight Songs: 10 rock anthems attacking well-known rock stars
By Paul Brannigan published
The real world isn't a hippy paradise where we all love one another, and some musicians aren't shy about calling out rivals

"It was us saying, This is us, we're here to kick your door down": The tortured birth and eternal genius of Smashing Pumpkins' masterpiece Siamese Dream
By Niall Doherty published
Released on July 27, 1993, Smashing Pumpkins second album is one of the greatest alternative rock albums ever. "All I had to figure out was how to write a pop song," recalls Billy Corgan

Five new bands you need to hear if you love Smashing Pumpkins
By Stephen Hill published
Smashing Pumpkins sound like no-one but themselves, but here are five new bands who've taken inspiration from Billy Corgan's band

Check out this rare reworking of a Smashing Pumpkins classic
By Niall Doherty published
Billy Corgan and co. stripped the Smashing Pumpkins masterpiece Cherub Rock right down in this unearthed footage from 1993

Watch Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan casually link NFL superstar/broadcaster O.J. Simpson to murder in this 'disarming' 1994 TV interview
By Niall Doherty published
Billy Corgan throws shade at disgraced American football legend O.J. Simpson in rare 1994 interview at Lollapalooza

Adore might be The Smashing Pumpkins' best album, even if it was met with ridicule and - worse - apathy, 25 years ago
By Mischa Pearlman published
Released in June 1998, The Smashing Pumpkins fourth album confused many fans, and their reaction upset Billy Corgan

Billy Corgan has one good thing to say about the music industry in 2023: "The gatekeepers are dead and now people are figuring out who the real bands are"
By Paul Brannigan published
Billy Corgan is happy that the "real OG bands" are finally getting the attention they deserve

Billy Corgan says Kurt Cobain was "the most talented guy of our generation" and reveals he cried when Cobain died because he'd "lost his greatest opponent"
By Paul Brannigan published
Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan discusses the death of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain and admits he cried when Cobain died
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