The coming-of-age anthem still resonates more than 30 years after its release.

The Smashing Pumpkins’ “1979” doesn’t sound much like the music of the 1970s. Instead, it became one of the most beloved alternative rock songs of the 1990s, even though it wasn’t supposed to be a ...

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Central to the band is Billy Corgan, lead singer, principle songwriter, and the only consistent member throughout the band's ...

Irish band NewDad recently covered the Smashing Pumpkins hit “1979” while in Austin, Texas. They were originally set to play SXSW, but were one of 12 Irish bands to pull out of the festival. Nearly 60 ...

Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan is "honoured and touched" after R'n'B star Jessie Reyez interpolated the alternative band's track '1979' on her new single, 'Psilocybin and Daisies'. The 33-year-old ...

Billy Corgan is always looking for another envelope to push. On Tuesday night, the iconoclastic Smashing Pumpkins singer and original band members James Iha and Jimmy Chamberlin held a concert at the ...

Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin breaks down the technical and creative choices behind the distinctive drum pattern ...

It's a time-honored trick: In an attempt to make a new hit record, you liberally sample from an existing hit record. When I was growing up, this formula worked wonders for the likes of MC Hammer and ...

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - JUNE 27: Musician Billy Corgan performs with the Smashing Pumpkins at the Troubadour on June 27, 2018 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for ABA) ...

STUDIO CITY (CBSLA) — It was the party every 90s alt-geek wished they'd been invited to: the destructive kickback in the Smashing Pumpkins' video for their 1996 hit "1979." On Thursday, some lucky few ...