Articles tagged: smashing-pumpkins

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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

By Rob Laing published

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

Smashing Pumpkins, Billy Corgan, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Jimmy Chamberlin, Rock Werchter Festival, Werchter, Belgium, 05/07/1992

"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

By Electronic Musician published

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

Singer/guitarist Billy Corgan, drummer Jimmy Chamberlain and guitarist James Iha of Smashing Pumpkins perform at PNC Music Pavilion on August 20, 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina

Could you be the next Smashing Pumpkins guitarist?

By Rob Laing published

Applications are open now

Guitarist Jeff Schroeder of Smashing Pumpkins performs at PNC Music Pavilion on August 22, 2023 in Charlotte, North Carolina

Guitarist Jeff Schroeder quits the Smashing Pumpkins after 16 years

By Rob Laing published

He describes it as a "very difficult decision to make"

Billy Corgan

Billy Corgan explains why his approach to playing guitar solos was different to his grunge contemporaries, recalls his two reactions to hearing Nirvana's Nevermind

By Rob Laing published

"Kurt would play ironic solos – they weren't real guitar solos"

Billy Corgan

Smashing Pumpkins announce epic rock opera triple album “sequel” to Melon Collie… and Machina/The Machines Of God

By Jonathan Horsley published

The three-act rock opera is titled ATUM, pronounced “Autumn”, and releases its first act on 15 November. Its first single, Beguiled, is kinda metal

Smashing Pumpkins debut a pair of new tracks with much more to follow

By Jonathan Horsley published

Cyr and The Colour Of Love will feature on their forthcoming album, as Jeff Schroeder promises a glut of new material