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The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

In This Moment, Beartooth and Code Orange are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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High-profile collabs with '90s alt-rock guitar royalty and Keanu Reeves' return to music: this week's essential guitar tracks

The freshest cuts from Code Orange ft. Billy Corgan, Alice Cooper ft. Tom Morello, The Gaslight Anthem ft. Bruce Springsteen, Dogstar, Brothers Osborne, Night Verses and a heck of a lot more

Guitar World

Conan O’Brien nearly bought Buddy Holly’s amp – here’s what stopped him

During a chat with Billy Corgan on his radio show, the comedian also told an amusing, gear-related anecdote about the time George Harrison stopped by the set of Saturday Night Live

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Five new bands you need to hear if you love Smashing Pumpkins

Smashing Pumpkins sound like no-one but themselves, but here are five new bands who've taken inspiration from Billy Corgan's band

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Check out this rare reworking of a Smashing Pumpkins classic

Billy Corgan and co. stripped the Smashing Pumpkins masterpiece Cherub Rock right down in this unearthed footage from 1993

Louder

Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan once told Pantera to "shut the f**k up" when they kept moaning about Metallica not being metal

Billy Corgan once interrupted Pantera lamenting over Metallica's lighter sound during their Reload era, with surprising results

Louder

Watch Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan casually link NFL superstar/broadcaster O.J. Simpson to murder in this 'disarming' 1994 TV interview

Billy Corgan throws shade at disgraced American football legend O.J. Simpson in rare 1994 interview at Lollapalooza

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Mikey Way: “I was borderline terrified a lot of the time My Chemical Romance was active. I was learning the bass in front of 20,000 people every night!”

The reunited emo kings’ low-end ranger reveals why he swapped out his signature Fender Mustang for a sparkling new signature Jazz Bass, learning bass in arenas, and how he overcame insecurity about his chops

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Adore might be The Smashing Pumpkins' best album, even if it was met with ridicule and - worse - apathy, 25 years ago

Released in June 1998, The Smashing Pumpkins fourth album confused many fans, and their reaction upset Billy Corgan

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Your essential guide to every Hole album

Courtney Love's finest work re-assessed

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Téa Campbell on how classic skatepunk, Dave Grohl’s Kemper tone and Hannah Montana inspired Meet Me @ The Altar’s explosive debut

With a Reverend Billy Corgan Z-One signature in hand and a bunch of pop-culture influences in her head, Campbell has created a sound that's packed with hooks, ear-catching six-string textures, and satisfying dynamic shifts

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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"

Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan discusses the death of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain and admits he cried when Cobain died

Louder

Billy Corgan: "When Kurt died, I cried because I lost my greatest opponent"

“I want the Pumpkins standing on the top of the heap of our generation,” Corgan said in a new interview with Zane Lowe for Apple Music. “If that means I got to write 800 songs to do it, I’ll do it"

MusicRadar

Smashing Pumpkins frontman pays ransom to hacker to stop band's new songs leaking online

Billy Corgan said hacker's collection of stolen music was 'shocking' as Smashing Pumpkins frontman awaits the 'end result' of the FBI's investigation

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The Muppets Mayhem: it is impossible to watch this brilliant series without a massive grin

There is just no TV show that wouldn’t be improved by adding Muppets. This hilarious series is packed with cameos from celebs who are all having the time of their lives

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Billy Corgan paid ransom to hacker who threatened to leak new Smashing Pumpkins songs

Smashing Pumpkins mainman Billy Corgan took drastic action to prevent hacker leaking tracks from new album Atum

Newcastle Herald

Smashing Pumpkins serve night of riffs, hits and power slams

Smashing Pumpkins, Jane's Addiction and more.

The Guardian - AU

Billy Corgan, pro wrestlers and a medieval castle: inside Smashing Pumpkins’ weird gig for the ages

The Smashing Pumpkins frontman owns a pro-wrestling league – so of course the band is touring Australia with a troupe of wrestlers

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Billy Corgan is preparing a Zwan box set, featuring 65 unreleased songs

Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan thinks that its time people heard the best work from his Noughties supergroup Zwan

Newcastle Herald

Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan blends wrestling and music

"It's a bit like punk rock back in the day, in the sense that people in wrestling feel marginalised by American culture."

Chicago Sun-Times

Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan continues to raise awareness, funds for Highland Park

Corgan helped raise $250,000 for the Highland Park Community Foundation’s recovery fund during a live-streamed benefit concert last year. He’s trying to raise funds again this weekend.

The Independent UK

Q&A: Pumpkins' Corgan raises awareness for Highland Park

Smashing Pumpkins singer and guitarist Billy Corgan is back this weekend trying to raise funds for victims of last year's Highland Park shooting

Louder

Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan on learning to overcome self-loathing and negativity: "When I think about what plagued me in the ‘90s, I just laugh"

Interviewed on SiriusXM's The Howard Stern Show, Smashing Pumpkins Billy Corgan opens up about feeling under constant attack in the '90s

Newcastle Herald

Smashing Pumpkins pick out new weekend date

THE Smashing Pumpkins highly-anticipated Newcastle Entertainment Centre show has been shifted from Wednesday, April 19 to Saturday, April 29. The World Is A Vampire tour is also features fellow US alternative-rock legends Jane's Addiction, Melbourne ARIA Award-winning punks Amyl The Sniffers and Australians bands RedHook and Battlesnake. The unique festival…

Newcastle Herald

Soundbites: Will you be Groovin' at Maitland?

Groovin The Moo's 2023 line-up, The Smashing Pumpkins, Hurricane Fall release new single, Camino Gold's residency at The Lass, our top five gigs this week, and more music news.

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