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Sharon Osbourne and Billy Corgan
"Billy Corgan's got an ego bigger than my arse": Inside the Smashing Pumpkins vs. Sharon Osbourne feud that made Mrs O "sick"

By Paul Brannigan Published

Sharon Osbourne managed The Smashing Pumpkins for less than four months, then announced her resignation "for medical reasons", declaring "Billy Corgan was making me sick"

Interviews
Billy Corgan and Rivers Cuomo
The Smashing Pumpkins announce summer 2024 UK and Ireland tour dates with Weezer

By Paul Brannigan Published

Smashing Pumpkins announce their first full UK tour since 2013

Concerts & Shows
Two boys fighting
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

Tracks & Singles
Smashing Pumpkins, 1993
"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

Albums
Smashing Pumpkins, Slow Crush, Teenage Wrist, Tigercub
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

Bands & Artists
A screenshot of Billy Corgan performing with his guitar on MTV
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

Bands & Artists
Billy Corgan and O.J. Simpson
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

Interviews
Smashing Pumpkins
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

Albums
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

Bands & Artists
Billy Corgan and Kurt Cobain
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

Bands & Artists
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