SMASHING PUMPKINS have vowed never to make another album - because frontman BILLY CORGAN is sick of fans only listening to their favourite tracks.
The moody rockers split ...
Rocker Billy Corgan is suing a filmmaker after claiming his work was not up to par. The Smashing Pumpkins frontman hired Lester Cohn to document his recording sessions and live performances.[...] Read more!
Rocker BILLY CORGAN is suing a filmmaker after claiming his work was not up to scratch.
The Smashing Pumpkins frontman hired Lester Cohn to document his recording ...
Rocker Courtney Love has publicly slammed Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan over his alleged refusal to attend her daughter's forthcoming birthday party. Love unleashed a bitter tirade[...] Read more!
The Smashing Pumpkins are to be inducted into Hollywood's Rock Walk on April 23. Frontman Billy Corgan and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin will be honored outside the Guitar Center store on Sunset Boulevard before performing for fans inside.[...] Read more!
Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has accused bosses at their label Virgin Records of allowing firms to use the band's name and music for promotional purposes, despite knowing they had no right to do so. [...] Read more!
The U.K. cover of Smashing Pumpkins' comeback single Tarantula features a photograph of Paris Hilton, taken by the band's leader Billy Corgan. The rocker reveals he initially planned to invite Hilton and former party pals Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan to pose for the cover shot - but he feared such a session would be a nightmare.[...] Read more!
Smashing Pumpkins was one of the biggest alternative rock success stories of the 1990s. Now famously bald-headed lead singer Billy Corgan has reunited with one of his original bandmates, drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, to release the first new Smashing Pumpkins album in seven years: Zeitgeist.
Reformed rockers Smashing Pumpkins have angered their U.S. fans after announcing they are releasing four different versions of their comeback album next month. The Billy Corgan-fronted band unveil their first disc in seven years, Zeitgeist, on July 17.[...] Read more!
Former Smashing Pumpkins star James Iha has ended months of speculation about his part in the group's reunion tour by insisting he won't rejoin the band. The guitarist claims he's too busy working on the independent record label he founded in 2002 after the Pumpkins split to consider dates with former bandmates Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin.[...] Read more!
Happy St. Patrick's Day and Happy Birthday to The Darkness' former lead singer Justin Hawkins (1975), The Corrs singer Caroline Corr (1973), US soccer superstar Mia Hamm (1972), Smashing Pumpkins singer Billy Corgan (1967), actor Rob Lowe (1964), character actor Casey Siemaszko (1961), "CSI: New York" star Gary Sinise (1955), English actress Lesley-Anne Down (1954), "Sky High" actor Kurt Russell (1951), "Dallas" star Patrick Duffy (1949), Jefferson Airplane co-founder Paul Kantner (1941), Jazz icon Nat King Cole (1919), golf legend Bobby Jones (1902), Oscar-winner Mercedes McCambridge (1918; d. 2004), film composer Alfred Newman (1901; d. 1970), and "Three Stooges" actor Shemp Howard (1895).
Reformed rockers The Smashing Pumpkins have confirmed they'll perform their first North American show of 2007 at the Virgin Festival in Toronto, Canada in September.
The group, fronted by Billy Corgan, will co-headline the two-day Toronto Island event with Bjork.[...] Read more!
Reformed rockers Smashing Pumpkins have thrilled fans by confirming they will release their first album in seven years this summer - on a Saturday.
The Billy Corgan-fronted band have decided to unveil "Zeitgeist" on July 7, 2007, a Saturday, despite almost all albums being released on Tuesdays in the US.[...] Read more!
Courtney Love is a constantly evolving being. It's good to know she sets goals for herself. She even decided to bring in the new year with a few resolutions (53 to be exact) that she posted for the world to see on her website moonwashedrose.com. She has since taken them down, but not before Rush & Molly got a hold of them. The list is full of typos and a little confusing, but it looks like she had good intentions. Here's highlights:
* Have a happy satisfied child and family
* sell the pony get a new horse
* try this "thin" anthropoligical experiment — get to my goal weight healthily and stay there
* cahnt for the war in Iraq to cease asap
* chant for Hillary to win
* learn an asian language
* dont peek at tabloids and bad websites, as it absouloutly shatters the Law to make that cause agiants yourself.
* have fantastic sex with commitment and honour with someone whoo treats me as i deserve and dont give my power away
* DO NOT SLLOW MYSELF TO BE A DOORMAT INA RELATIONSHIP EVER EVER AGAIN
* hopefully start another family someday — soon. meet that guy
* know that Kurts spirit is tended to and tend to it daily
* LEARN TO DRIVE
* STOP SMOKING GO TO HYPNI THERAPY AND JUST DAMM WELL STOP
* another year, another year without even wine no matter how hard i try to justify that "wines okay" knw that is the demon voice and put it out of my thoughts
* dont go to nightclubs with 19 year olds
* stay pissed off at the world for song usage
* no more surgery for any reason other than medical until i really need it in my 60s
We know Courtney is trying to stay clean but she sounds a little out of it with her list. However, we do agree that quitting smoking and not hanging out in night clubs with 19 years old is a great idea. For more pics of Courtney looking not so together at the Freedom Writers premiere with Billy Corgan, just
TMZ.com: Courtney Love was spotted looking happy last night -- and it had nothing to do with illicit drugs or alcohol. Miss Love was on the arm of her old boyfriend, former Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan, and he seemed to be the one putting a smile... Read more
Smashing Pumpkins lead singer Billy Corgan has confirmed the band will release a new album and tour later this year. The singer posted a message on his MySpace web page announcing the band's plans, but did not say whether or not founding members James Iha and D'arcy Wretzky would be joining him and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin. [...] Read more!
...In April, Billy Corgan announced that Smashing Pumpkins will reunite and begin recording a new album... Rihanna released her sophomore disc, Unfaithful, featuring the single S.O.S., which includes a sample of Soft Cell's Tainted Love... and Cee-Lo and DangerMouse's collaboration, Gnarls Barkley took the U.S. by storm, as their hit single Crazy stormed the charts and took off as one of 2006's most popular tunes.
Bands that released new albums include: The Flaming Lips, Daft Punk, Gorillaz, Blue October, Lacuna Coil, Lamb Of God, Pink, Queensryche, The Vines, Eagles Of Death Metal, Queen, Toby Keith, LL Cool J, The Zutons, Built To Spill, NOFX, Erasure, Drive By Truckers, Secret Machines, Goo Goo Dolls, Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris, Bruce Springsteen, Taking Back Sunday, Tiesto, and Godsmack.[...] Read more!
Smashing Pumpkin fans, get ready to be infinitely happy.
Fourteen long months after founder and frontman Billy Corgan announced he was reforming his beloved band, the Pumpkins are back in the studio recording their first album since calling it quits with their swan song, 2000's hard-charging
"Machina: The Machines of God."
Still MIA for the reunion however are lead guitarist James Iha and bassist D'arcy Wretzky.