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  Smashing Pumpkins Kick Off SPIN's 25th Anniversary!

  July 27, 2010 – "Onstage we are going to give you more than anybody else, and we are going to kick your ass harder than anybody else. You can laugh at us, you can poke fingers at us, but for what it is, we're as good as it's going to get." -- Billy Corgan, SPIN's June 1996 issue. The Smashing Pumpkins have endured plenty of flack over the years, most recently for the band's current lineup -- Corgan is the sole original member. …
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  Billy Corgan, Pearl Jam, & Others Honor Dio

  May 18, 2010 – The death of heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio on May 16 has resonated throughout the musical community, affecting artists inspired by his work with Rainbow, Black Sabbath, and his own band, Dio. Smashing Pumpkin Billy Corgan, who posted the above photo of himself with Dio, took to his Twitter account: "R.I.P. Ronnie James Dio. I only got to meet him once and I can honestly say he was the nicest person I have ever met in music. ... …
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  Smashing Pumpkins Play Intimate L.A. Show

  April 20, 2010 – The line that snaked down the sidewalk of Cahuenga Boulevard in Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon contained a surprising variety of Smashing Pumpkins T-shirts, from the early '90s Gish era to 2007's Zeitgeist. The occasion was Record Store Day, and the band was treating the first 250 fans that pre-ordered their new EP Teargarden in Kaleidyscope, Volume 1: Songs for a Sailor to an intimate afternoon set at Space 15 Twenty, an open-air c …
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  REVIEW: Smashing Pumpkins Release New Song

  January 19, 2010 – Billy Corgan has released the second song from the Smashing Pumpkins' new 44-track project, Teargarden by Kaleidyscope, and like its predecessor, "Widow Wake My Mind" is a very pleasant surprise. Read: It's doesn't suck... …
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  Billy Corgan's New Label to Release Germs Songs

  January 7, 2010 – Smashing Pumpkins head honcho Billy Corgan -- who's already busy with new Pumpkins material, a holistic lifestyle blog, and his romance with pop singer Jessica Simpson -- plans to launch a new record label that will release new material from trailblazing '70s L.A. …
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  Billy Corgan: Pumpkins Split a "Mistake"

  December 15, 2009 – File this one under "we could've told you that." In a recent interview with Spinner about the Smashing Pumpkins' release plans for their 44-track album Teargarden by Kaleidyscope, frontman Billy Corgan admitted that breaking up the band's original lineup in 2000 "was a mistake." The alt-rock vet explained that the band's break, which lasted until he reformed with a new lineup in 2006, "broke trust with the audience." Yet he defended h …
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  Terrific Twitter Trio of the Week

  December 11, 2009 – Lots of musicians tweet -- but all that Twitters is not gold. That's why you'll want to check out SPIN.com every Friday to see whose tweets we're reading this week -- then update your TweetDeck! (Obligatory Self-Promotion: ...while you're at it, be sure to follow @SPINmagazine!) This week's winners: Who: The Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan (@Billy) Why You Should Follow: Feeling lost and confused? Uninspired? Down in the dumps? …
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  Flaming Lips' Xmas Fetus, Metallica's 'Death Vagina'

  December 10, 2009 – Here's some of the weirdest news to hit the web this week: The Flaming Lips are really taking the Embryonic thing to a whole new level with this trembling fetus Christmas ornament. Potentially aborted -- but festive! [Flaming Lips] Jessica Simpson and Billy Corgan dating!?! Well, that certainly explain the the Smashing Pumpkins' new song! …
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  REVIEW: Smashing Pumpkins' New Song

  December 7, 2009 – Billy Corgan has released the first song from Smashing Pumpkins' new 44-track album, Teargarden by Kaleidyscope -- and it's a classic rock epic that may surprise fans. …
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  Avril Lavigne's Crotch, Billy Corgan's New Religion

  September 17, 2009 – Here's some of the strangest music news to hit the Internet this week: Nick Cave describes Avril Lavigne's, ahem, crotch area in his new book. Hey, Nick, as luck would have it she's newly single! [Scotland On Sunday] Courtney Love tweets something about how women's "sphincters have cameras," thus reminding us that she's definitely not a doctor. …
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