billy corgan

Billy Corgan Brainwashed Me: ’90s Alternative Rock and the Introspective Abyss

Billy Corgan Brainwashed Me: ’90s Alternative Rock and the Introspective Abyss

Once in its thrall, these days I find the overriding message of '90s alt-rock especially naïve and even dangerous.

Will Billy Corgan, the Uncoolest of Rock Musicians, Achieve Cool Status with ‘Ogilala’?

Will Billy Corgan, the Uncoolest of Rock Musicians, Achieve Cool Status with ‘Ogilala’?

Corgan's willingness to be himself regardless of the critical and social blowback he suffered for doing “unhip” things made him a singular weirdo within a ‘90s rock scene stuffed full of weirdos, loners, and ennui-saturated youth. To this day, and with this album, he continues to be himself. Are you cool with that?
Smashing Pumpkins: Monuments to an Elegy

Smashing Pumpkins: Monuments to an Elegy

Meet the new Smashing Pumpkins, gradually distancing themselves from the old Smashing Pumpkins.
The Branford Marsalis Quartet: 9 May 2014 – Aliso Viejo, CA

The Branford Marsalis Quartet: 9 May 2014 – Aliso Viejo, CA

The virtuoso saxophonist is a true master of all trades in the music world.

Counterbalance No. 154: Smashing Pumpkins’ ‘Siamese Dream’

Placebo: B3 EP

The Smashing Pumpkins: Mellon Collie & the Infinite Sadness (Deluxe Edition)

The Smashing Pumpkins: Oceania (take 2)

In Defense of Billy Corgan’s Foray Into Professional Wrestling

Smashing Pumpkins: Gish (Deluxe Edition) / Siamese Dream (Deluxe Edition)

Ray Davies: See My Friends

The Smashing Pumpkins: 25 September 2010 – Bonner Springs, KS