Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins is a first-time dad. The singer welcomed son August Juppiter with girlfriend Chloe Mendel, the artist daughter of fashion designers Gilles Mendel and Jenny Mui. Read More »
Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins has planned an 8-9 hour long synthesizer jam based around Herman Hesse's novel Siddhartha. Read More »
Some people were pleasantly surpassed when they heard the new Smashing Pumpkins album "Oceania" last year. The sound was much more in tune with what fans of grunge-era Billy Corgan produced. But some fans would rather just hear the Smashing Pumpkins play the same ol' hits over and over again versus try to evolve. We're not saying wither side is necessarily wrong. We are saying however that the new concert album/movie "Oceania: Live in NYC" features a little bit of both. Read More »
Dennis Flemion of The Frogs has been missing since a boating trip on Saturday (July 7) and Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan is "devastated" to hear the news. While Flemion was on a trip with family and friends on Wind Lake in Racine, Wisconsin, he went out for a swim and never returned. Read More »
The Smashing Pumpkins' brand new album Oceania ranked #4 on Billboard Top 200 and #1 on the Independent Albums Charts this week. It recorded the second highest debuting independent album this year. Read More »