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Anberlin’s Stephen Christian To Politically Outspoken Entertainers: “Shut Up! You Didn’t Even Go To College”

When it comes to musicians and actors using their political influence to sway fans, Anberlin frontman Stephen Christian thinks it’s time to stop the madness already.

2012/10/08

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Smashing Pumpkins To Reissue “Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness” As Massive Box Set

Get ready for more of the Smashing Pumpkins’ defining 1995 magnum opus “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness” with 64(!) unreleased songs from the era coming in a deluxe box set due just in time for holiday shopping.

2012/10/02

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Who Is Your Number One Alt-Rock Guitarist Of All-Time? The Winner Is…

After sifting though tens of thousands of your votes (and a whole lotta guitar riffs), we can now reveal who you’ve chosen as the greatest guitar player in the history of alt-rock. You just might be surprised…

KROQ-FM–2012/10/01

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Free Speech Sounds The Best In Music Form, So Here’s Some Protest Music!

In honor of the this years upcoming election, and in an attempt to alert Billy Corgan that these new guys are still at it giving ‘em hell, we give you (in no particular order) a great list of protest songs from this millennium.

KROQ-FM–2012/09/24

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Billy Corgan On Performing Pumpkins Classics: “Overly Sentimental Culture As A New Business Model Is Really Weak”

Don’t expect Billy Corgan to dust off classic Smashing Pumpkins albums like “Gish” or “Siamese Dream” in concert anytime soon. It’s just not his style.

2012/09/18

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Who’s The Greatest Guitar Player In Alternative Rock? You Decide.

Technique, style, flash, solos, riffs — It’s a full-on six-string war as we pit the pillars of modern in a no-holds barred battle to decide the 11 greatest guitar players in alternative rock? Why? Because 11 is one louder.

2012/09/11

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KROQ Presents The Smashing Pumpkins At The Gibson Amphitheatre

Billy Corgan and The Smashing Pumpkins are returning to play in Southern California this October! The Smashing Pumpkins will be performing on October 14th at the Gibson Amphitheatre at the Universal CityWalk.The band will perform […]

KROQ-FM–2012/08/27

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OK Go Fire Back At Billy Corgan After Video Slam

The controversial Billy Corgan laments the current state of music videos, dissing OK Go’s clip for “Here It Goes Again” in the process.

2012/07/31

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Billy Corgan – Critical Reviews Have Become “A Popularity Contest”

The always outspoken Smashing Pumpkins frontman, Billy Corgan, is fed up with feeble one-paragraph write-ups claiming to be actual critical reviews. In an interview with KROQ’s Kevin & Bean, Corgan didn’t feel the need to […]

2012/06/28

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Billy Corgan Caught Between Hipsters And American Idols “You Can Call It Pop Music But We Have Integrity”

As Billy Corgan, Smashing Pumpkins‘ frontman, tours the world promoting the band’s latest album Oceania, he finds himself trying to find fans in the missing middle ground, the casual rock fan, found somewhere between hipsters, […]

2012/06/27

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