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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
The Smashing Pumpkins to host 30th anniversary Gish livestream event
By Sam Roche published
The Chicago alt-rockers are celebrating their rifftacular debut with a live vinyl listening party, fan Q&A and an “exclusive preview of unreleased music”
Billy Corgan used a $25 Klon Centaur clone for his tones on the new Smashing Pumpkins album
By Michael Astley-Brown published
The alt-rock icon shares his thoughts on boutique pedals, clones and plugins in new interview
The Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan: "I’m a firm believer that the distortion signatures of a guitar need to be organic"
By Ellie Robinson published
To leap forward into a bold and brave new chapter of their musical narrative, The Smashing Pumpkins go all the way back to square one.
Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan teams up with Carstens Amplification for “game-changer” signature amp
By Richard Bienstock published
Hand-wired, 100-watt Grace boasts “unheard of amount of gain, high headroom and distinct tone”
Billy Corgan recalls his “religious experience” interviewing Eddie Van Halen for Guitar World
By Michael Astley-Brown published
The Smashing Pumpkins frontman looks back on his quest to “introduce EVH to a generation of alternative guitar players”
Tom Morello’s wrong: young people are practicing guitar – but they’re trying to forge careers, too
By Michael Astley-Brown published
Quit raging against young guitar players: the music industry has changed, and so has the route to success
Billy Corgan shares advice for upcoming bands: “Going out into the world and playing down the street? Don’t even bother”
By Michael Astley-Brown published
Smashing Pumpkins leader on why you should focus completely on the internet
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