Smashing Pumpkins

Billy Corgan: New Smashing Pumpkins Album Is “Pretty Different”

Billy Corgan is blowing the dust off his guitar. The Smashing Pumpkins frontman revealed in a new interview with Nashville's 102.9 The Buzz that the…
Anna Chan / January 23, 2020

12 Best Rock Star Cameos on The Simpsons

It's become a badge of honor for athletes, rockers, authors, astronauts, actors, politicians, and pop culture icons to get The Simpsons treatment. And on October…
Jolie Lash / October 13, 2019

Which Smashing Pumpkins Album Is the Best?

The Smashing Pumpkins' discography is a vast, varied thing. In the words of SPIN's own Jim Greer, "[frontman Billy] Corgan, and by extension Smashing Pumpkins, is…
SPIN Staff / October 4, 2019

Smashing Pumpkins’ Pisces Iscariot Is Thrill-Free for Casual Listeners

This review of Pisces Iscariot originally appeared in the November 1994 issue of SPIN. We're republishing it in honor of the album's 25th anniversary on October 4.
Jim Greer / October 4, 2019

Watch Smashing Pumpkins Perform “Fire And Rain” (James Taylor Cover)

Last week, the Smashing Pumpkins kicked off a tour alongside Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, and the band has broken out a new cover on the dates…
James Rettig, Stereogum / August 14, 2019

Smashing Pumpkins and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds Announce Joint Tour

Smashing Pumpkins and Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds are embarking on a North American summer tour together. The August stint begins with shows in New…
Winston Cook-Wilson / March 4, 2019

Billy Corgan Is So Happy He Found His Long-Lost Gish Guitar

Congratulations are in order for Billy Corgan, who recently reunited with the yellow Fender Stratocaster he played on Smashing Pumpkins' debut album Gish. The instrument was stolen from Detroit's Saint…
Tosten Burks / February 6, 2019

Listen to Karen O Cover Smashing Pumpkins’ “Bullet With Butterfly Wings”

Karen O has released a cover of Smashing Pumpkins' Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness single "Bullet With Butterfly Wings." Recorded for Amazon Prime's forthcoming series Hanna, the…
Tosten Burks / January 31, 2019

Watch Smashing Pumpkins Perform “Knights of Malta” and “Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts)” on Kimmel

Smashing Pumpkins played the outdoor stage on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night, performing the singles "Knights of Malta" and "Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts)" from their November Shiny…
Winston Cook-Wilson / December 12, 2018

Billy Corgan, Billie Joe Armstrong, More Pay Tribute to Buzzcocks’ Pete Shelley

Buzzcocks vocalist and co-founder Pete Shelley died earlier today of what's believed to be a heart attack. In the wake of his passed, the entire music…
Rob Arcand / December 6, 2018

Watch Smashing Pumpkins Bring Out Rise Against’s Tim McIlrath to Cover The Cars’ “Dangerous Type”

The Smashing Pumpkins' new album Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 was released last month, and the band returned to their hometown of Chicago…
Rob Arcand / December 1, 2018

Smashing Pumpkins Threaten to Record Christmas Album

It's the holiday season—a terrible time for something bad to happen to you or your loved ones, wouldn't you agree? Let's say you slip and…
Andy Cush / November 19, 2018

Stream the Smashing Pumpkins’ New Album Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1

The Smashing Pumpkins are back with a new album officially titled Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1/LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun. The album was produced…
Gwen Aviles / November 16, 2018

Smashing Pumpkins Learn Some New Tricks on Shiny and Oh So Bright

When the Smashing Pumpkins followed up 1995’s 10 million-selling opus Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness with Adore—one of those shoegaze-y electro-rock albums…
Saby Reyes-Kulkarni / November 15, 2018

Smashing Pumpkins – “Knights of Malta”

Back in September, Smashing Pumpkins announced plans to release a new album calledShiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future.
Israel Daramola / November 7, 2018
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