Tag Archives: Billy Corgan
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ALBUM REVIEW: The Smashing Pumpkins attempt an experiment on ‘CYR’
There’s a scene in “The Simpsons” in which a group of children is brought in to serve as a focus group to give their opinions on the long-running cartoon “Itchy and Scratchy.” Naturally, the kids want the show to remain true to its origins, but they also want the…
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INTERVIEW: Cherie Currie is fully charged for new album and audiobook
Cherie Currie, Courtesy: Robert Sebree. Cherie Currie is a badass. The former frontwoman for The Runaways burst onto the scene in the mid-1970s with an outsized attitude, an undersized corset, hellbent on injecting some estrogen into the rock and roll patriarchy. Even over the phone from her house in…
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ALBUM REVIEW: William Patrick Corgan fizzles on ‘Cotillions’
“I’ll bet Billy Corgan would sound great singing bluegrass tunes!” Cotillions William Patrick Corgan Martha’s Music, Nov. 22 That’s not a sentence that has been uttered out loud by many—even diehard fans of the Smashing Pumpkins. And yet, here we are. Cotillions is the second solo album released under Corgan’s…
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REVIEW: The Smashing Pumpkins shift shapes on ‘Shiny and Oh So Bright Vol. 1’
Twenty-two years ago, in the legendary “Homerpalooza” episode of The Simpsons, Bart, listening to The Smashing Pumpkins, remarks, “Making teenagers depressed is like shooting fish in a barrel.” The question before Billy Corgan and three-quarters of the original Pumpkins is whether Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP:…
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PHOTOS: Smashing Pumpkins bring marathon rock spectacle to Oracle
Photos: Alessio Neri OAKLAND — Nineties alt-rock superstars Smashing Pumpkins brought their Shiny Oh So Bright quasi-reunion tour to the Oracle Arena on Monday, with a marathon three-hour setlist that mined the band’s hits, deeps cuts and frontman Billy Corgan’s often idiosyncratic cover song selections. The Pumpkins’ set began with…