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"I never thought little ole 15-year-old me playing metal guitar in my bedroom would amount to this moment": Kiki Wong named as new Smashing Pumpkins guitarist

Vigil Of War guitarist joins the Chicago band after an open audition process that attracted 10,000 applications

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"Adore weaves its dark spell a little bit deeper. It's brooding, gothic and hypnotic in spades": Smashing Pumpkins embrace the sadness but lose fans on Adore

After Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness there was nowhere to go but up for Smashing Pumpkins: Then bad things began to happen

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“The work ethic gifted to me by the Pumpkins helps me get prepared… I’m excited to be playing with these amazing, legendary musicians”: Ex-Smashing Pumpkins bassist Ginger Pooley will join Garbage on their upcoming tour

Garbage will be the latest A-list artist on Pooley’s resume, after stints with The Smashing Pumpkins and Gwen Stefani

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"He was drunk out of his mind and he asked me to make out with him": Billy Corgan on how he became a fan of The Cure... and the first time he met Robert Smith

The Smashing Pumpkins frontman and Cure leader went on to become fast friends

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Ten times Billy Corgan collaborated with his heroes

The Smashing Pumpkins leader has racked up some impressive guest spots over the years

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Every The Smashing Pumpkins album ranked from worst to best

The collected studio works of Billy Corgan and company rated and ranked, from the so-so to the smashing

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"Whatever they're on, I want some!" That time Slade's Noddy Holder ran a critical eye over Red Hot Chili Peppers, Smashing Pumpkins, Oasis, Nick Cave, Flaming Lips and more

In March 1996, UK music magazine Select asked Slade's Noddy Holder to critique a batch of newly-released singles, with entertaining results

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“It's a disgrace to the bass player in me, but it's hard to write on the bass. Playing power chords on a guitar is much easier”: Melissa Auf der Maur looks back on a life in rock

As the bass player for Hole and Smashing Pumpkins Melissa Auf Der Maur helped define the sounds of alternative music in the 90s

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“Before me it was classic Fender Jazz, but I showed up with a bunch of Yamaha basses. Billy Corgan was totally cool with that… it’s never been, ‘Do what I say or else’”: How Jack Bates splits his loyalties between Smashing Pumpkins and his dad, Peter Hook

Joy Division’s unique bassist wasn’t originally much of an influence to his son, who doesn’t use pedals with the Pumpkins – but needs to use ancient, unreliable ones with The Light

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“There are 8 people working full-time to review each and every one”: The Smashing Pumpkins receive 10,000 submissions for new guitarist role

The alt-rock icons have recruited an entire team to review every single application

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"As good as D’arcy and James are, it was just going to sound better if Billy played it" – Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin, Butch Vig, Flood and more on the Smashing Pumpkins' recording history

Classic interview – From Gish to Zeitgeist, through the eyes of the key players… plus the 11 underrated Pumpkins songs guitarists need to hear

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The Smashing Pumpkins are looking for a new guitarist – anyone can apply, but securing the position won’t be easy. Here are 5 things you need to nail to get the gig

Reckon you’ve got what it takes to play alongside Billy Corgan and James Iha? It will take much more than just learning the songs

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Could you be the next Smashing Pumpkins guitarist?

Applications are open now

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Smashing Pumpkins need a new guitarist and literally everyone's invited to apply

Smashing Pumpkins issue social media announcement saying they're recruiting a new guitar player

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“Flood said, ‘Finish the song or it’s off the record’”: the near-miss story of Smashing Pumpkins’ classic hit 1979

The story of the song that sent Billy Corgan's crew into another realm

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Watch ten rock stars from the 90s in their earlier bands

Warning: contains Tom Morello playing with a Michael Bolton lookalike

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When you get the call to come play at Disney World, you don't want to play any weird old Smashing Pumpkins songs": Watch "Disney mark" Billy Corgan cover Bing Crosby with Smashing Pumpkins

Ever wondered how Smashing Pumpkins would sound covering a Bing Crosby Christmas song? Wonder no more

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“Even though we went through some really rough and confusing years, I feel like the band is in a better place than when I joined”: Jeff Schroeder opens up about his departure from the Smashing Pumpkins

After 15 years with the alt-rock mainstays, virtuoso guitarist Jeff Schroeder has departed the Smashing Pumpkins. In this exclusive interview, he reveals what prompted him to leave, how the return of James Iha impacted his decision, and why his time with Billy Corgan and co changed his guitar playing forever

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"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

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

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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

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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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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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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

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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"

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