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Reverend launches heavy-focused new Billy Corgan signature model, the Z-One
By Matt Parker published
The latest guitar is designed to do the heavy lifting in the Smashing Pumpkins catalog

"All we ever wanted to do in this band is kick people's ass": The Smashing Pumpkins on '80s Marshalls, epic guitar arrangements and their essential pedals
By Alan di Perna published
In this 1995 GW interview, Billy Corgan and James Iha discuss the gear that powered their sprawling, double-disc masterpiece, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

Watch Billy Corgan pay tribute to his father with a set of Christmas songs at his Chicago tea shop
By Sam Roche published
The Smashing Pumpkins leader delivers a rendition of Do You Hear What I Hear?, as well as two originals, Evergreen and The Magi and the Shiny Bright

Billy Corgan set to sell over 100 pieces of gear used throughout his Smashing Pumpkins career in new Reverb Shop
By Matt Owen published
Guitars, amps, preamps, synthesizers and more used on The Smashing Pumpkins and Zwan albums and tours will be included in the online mega emporium
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Jeff Schroeder offers update on new Smashing Pumpkins record: “It's a big, sprawling thing”
By Sam Roche published
The album is reported to be a 33-track sequel to Mellon Collie and The Infinite Sadness and Machina/The Machines Of God

Eddie Van Halen talks honing his technique, his imitators, and the origins of Eruption in this classic 1996 interview with Billy Corgan
By Billy Corgan published
In this gem from the GW archives, the alt-rock titan talks guitar, the music industry and more with one of his heroes

AFI’s Jade Puget: "I do a lot of effects in-the-box, because there are infinite things you can do – you can create unique tones that have never been done before"
By Gregory Adams published
The goth-punks' mercurial guitarist on shaping his guitar sound with plugins, writing with Billy Corgan, and how Peter Hook influenced the band's new album, Bodies
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Code Orange tease collaboration with The Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan
By Sam Roche published
Social media clues point to a partnership between the Pittsburgh metal heavyweights and Chicago alt-rock icon
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