Billy Corgan is not a subtle man. He fronts one of his generation’s loudest and most bombastic bands, whose masterpiece is a double album called Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. Smashing ...

There are two types of artists: The artist who deliberately explores for inspiration and the one who stumbles across it. Now, the same person can be both types of these artists, as experience and ...

In The Alternative Number Ones, I’m reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988. This ...

This year will mark the 28th anniversary of the Smashing Pumpkins’ wistful, nostalgic alt-rock radio mainstay “1979,” and it also marks the 44th anniversary of the actual year 1979. That means I’m old ...

Smashing Pumpkins performs in the music video "1979" from the album "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" recorded for Virgin Records. The music video opens with a group of children rolling another ...