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Billy Corgan

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2012

    PeaceJam founders on the time they helped Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys get an audience with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in the '90s

    While we've been mourning the untimely passing of Adam Yauch (aka MCA) of the Beastie Boys last week and reminiscing about the act's shows in Denver, we've learned that the musician/activist had pretty interesting ties to our city beyond playing here nearly a dozen times over the past two decades. B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2012

    Dear Diary: Why won't this ska boy notice me? Where is my Nirvana shirt? I have nothing to wear!

    Once upon a time in the '90s, I was not the cool blogger I am now. I was just like any other teenager, barely existing on the Internet (save for being a third, observational party to my best friend's chat-room adventures) and living out my writing dreams as a reporter for my high-school newspaper, T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2011

    Reader: Smashing Pumpkins at the Ogden Theatre on Monday - "last night was... eh."

    Eric GruneisenDespite all my age, I am still just a rat in a cage.​Despite the fact that he's the only original member, Billy Corgan has managed to keep the Smashing Pumpkins going year after year. Whether this is a good or bad thing is probably as endlessly debatable as whether or not the ban ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2011

    Review: Smashing Pumpkins at the Ogden Theatre, 10/10/11

    Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins last night at the Ogden.​SMASHING PUMPKINS at OGDEN THEATRE | 10/10/11It took Billy Corgan 21 songs, or until halfway through the encore, to acknowledge his audience last night. It's unclear whether this is a bad thing or a bad-ass thing -- though more than an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 5, 2011

    Review: Blink-182, My Chemical Romance and Rancid at Comfort Dental Amphitheatre, 9/4/11

    Blink-182 last night. More photos below.BLINK-182 at COMFORT DENTAL | 9/4/11Seeing Blink-182 live is kind of like viewing a moment suspended in time: The music hasn't changed, and the band's NOFX-knock-off-style masturbation conversations are identical to a decade and a half ago. But consistency is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2011

    Smashing Pumpkins Denver date: Ogden Theatre on October 10, tix on sale next Saturday

    Smashing Pumpkins at the Ogden Theatre 10/10/11​Smashing Pumpkins fans, rejoice! Billy Corgan and company are coming back to Denver on Monday, October 10 at the Ogden Theatre. As if the Ogden's calendar for October wasn't already stacked enough, the Pumpkins have been added to an impressive li ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2011

    Review: A Perfect Circle at Red Rocks, 8/2/11

    Aaron ThackerayThis is more of Maynard James Keenan than we saw last night at Red Rocks​A PERFECT CIRCLE at RED ROCKS | 8/2/11It seems more than a bit paradoxical that A Perfect Circle's frontman prefers to perform in background. With Tool, his primary band, and with A Perfect Circle, Maynard ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2011

    LA Weekly premieres new song from Smashing Pumpkins' Teargarden by Kaleidyscope

    ​One by one, the Smashing Pumpkins have been posting tracks from its 44-song release, Teargarden by Kaleidyscope, as they're being written and recorded. So far, the band is ten songs in on this platter -- its eighth -- a concept album reportedly inspired by the Tarot. That Billy Corgan. Our si ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2010

    Hammer vs Jay-Z: The top five dumbest and most pointless beefs in music history

    MC Hammer recently decided the best way to rekindle his once massive flame was to start a beef with Jay-Z in the way of diss track called "Better Run Run," boasting lines like, 'That boy tried to steal my swag/His finger prints all over the bag." While it might have sounded good on paper -- start ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2010

    Kahn Morbee of the Parlotones on its hard won success at home in South Africa

    ​ The Parlotones is not a household name in North America, but it is one of the best known bands out of South Africa. With hit singles in its native country, the Parlotones started to make waves outside South Africa with its second album, 2005's Radiocontrolledrobot. Hailing from Johanesburg, ... More >>

  • Music

    July 22, 2010

    Silversun Pickups

    Monday, July 26, Fillmore Auditorium, 303-837-0360.

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2010

    Behold Billy Corgan's lastest Twitter fails

    ​ It's becoming increasing more popular for celebrities and pseudo-celebrities alike to think the public still gives a rats-ass what they have to say. And it's no secret that Twitter is a giant bathroom stall waiting for the sharpie attack of a bored ex-rocker, but every once and a while it g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2010

    Ten people who should take a cue from John Mayer and STFU

    ​ The recent verbal missteps made by John Mayer and his subsequent radio silence got us to thinking about a number of people who've been vomiting in our ears lately that would do well to take a cue from him and STFU. Look, we understand that being a celebrity is probably not easy, but not bei ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2010

    Jessica Simpson Billy Corgan Songmaking = Depressing

    VH1.com It has been rumored that Jessica Simpson and Billy Corgan are dating , but we thought they'd at least have the decency to spare the public the fruits of their love. Then we remembered who we were talking about and suddenly the idea that they would record music together seemed like the next ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2009

    Q&A with Vaughn Harris of Nitzer Ebb

    ​Nitzer Ebb, from Essex, England, helped to define the musical style called EBM with its heavy industrial rhythms and stark vocals. As with emo, another much-maligned genre, EBM started out as a vital and relevant music whose pioneers never chose to name with a blanket term to encompass a music th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2009

    When music meets movies: Ten Great Hollywood Decisions

    ​All right, a few weeks ago we offered up our take on the ten worst moments of crossover disaster, ill-advised efforts to mate movies with music. Now it's time to look at the flip side of the coin, the ten movies in which music and Hollywood made great bedfellows, outstanding cinematic turns that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2008

    Smashing Pumpkins at the Ogden Theatre

    Photo: Chad FahnestockSmashing PumpkinsFriday, December 6, 2008Ogden TheatreBetter than: the band's Red Rocks show last year.Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan said he the stomach flu the day before Friday's show, but it didn't stop the guy from soldiering through nearly three hours of new song ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2008

    Live Review: Willie Nelson with Jerry Jeff Walker and Jakob Dylan at Red Rocks

    Photo: Chad FahnestockSmashing PumpkinsFriday, December 6, 2008Ogden TheatreBetter than: the band's Red Rocks show last year.Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan said he the stomach flu the day before Friday's show, but it didn't stop the guy from soldiering through nearly three hours of new song ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2007

    Delegating Denver #17 of 56: Illinois

    Photo: Chad FahnestockSmashing PumpkinsFriday, December 6, 2008Ogden TheatreBetter than: the band's Red Rocks show last year.Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan said he the stomach flu the day before Friday's show, but it didn't stop the guy from soldiering through nearly three hours of new song ... More >>

  • Music

    September 27, 2007

    Smashing Pumpkins

    Sunday, September 30, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 303-830-8497.

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2007

    War Time Smile and the Return of John Reidy

    Sunday, September 30, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 303-830-8497.

  • Music

    July 5, 2007

    Smashing Pumpkins

    Zeitgeist
    Reprise

  • Music

    March 1, 2007

    Silversun Pickups

    Tuesday, March 6, Fillmore Auditorium, 303-830-8497.

  • Music

    November 3, 2005

    Listen Up

    Fast reviews of recent releases

  • Music

    August 4, 2005

    Crüe Cuts

    The Mötley men aren't quite bad to the bone.

  • Music

    July 7, 2005

    Billy Corgan

    The Future Embrace (Reprise) Pajo (Drag City)

  • Sports & Recreation

    March 24, 2005

    Best Sporting Use of a Pumpkin

    Jack-O-Launch
    Delaney Farm

  • News

    November 4, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of November 4, 2004

  • Music

    November 27, 2003

    Nick of Time

    Between Mondo Generator and Queens of the Stone Age, Nick Oliveri has the schedule from hell -- and he loves making it worse.

  • Music

    May 8, 2003

    Sodom and Milwaukee

    For Dennis and Jimmy Flemion of the Frogs, whoring out for The Man is enough to make you croak.

  • Music

    January 17, 2002

    New Order

    Get Ready (London/Reprise/Warner)

  • Music

    September 21, 2000

    Check Your Zed

    After a period out of the public eye, Remy Zero continues to create its own poets' society.

  • Music

    April 20, 2000

    The Smashing Pumpkins

    MACHINA/the machines of God
    (Virgin)

  • Music

    April 13, 2000

    Jerks of a Feather

    The members of Knee Jerk Reaction flock together for pop punk.

  • Music

    May 6, 1999

    Greatest Schiz

    For Wesley Willis, a mind is a terrible thing to waste.

  • Music

    April 22, 1999

    Feedback

    For Wesley Willis, a mind is a terrible thing to waste.

  • Music

    April 1, 1999

    Playlist

    For Wesley Willis, a mind is a terrible thing to waste.

  • Film

    October 8, 1998

    Bored on the Bayou

    For Wesley Willis, a mind is a terrible thing to waste.

  • Music

    September 10, 1998

    Playlist

    For Wesley Willis, a mind is a terrible thing to waste.

  • Music

    September 3, 1998

    Playlist

    For Wesley Willis, a mind is a terrible thing to waste.

  • Music

    August 13, 1998

    Strip Show

    Musically speaking, the Gaza Strippers put it all on.

  • Music

    June 18, 1998

    Playlist

    Musically speaking, the Gaza Strippers put it all on.

  • Music

    March 26, 1998

    Playlist

    Musically speaking, the Gaza Strippers put it all on.

  • Music

    August 7, 1997

    Bastardized

    Musically speaking, the Gaza Strippers put it all on.

  • Music

    April 3, 1997

    Playlist

    Musically speaking, the Gaza Strippers put it all on.

  • Music

    December 5, 1996

    Playlist

    Musically speaking, the Gaza Strippers put it all on.

  • Music

    December 20, 1995

    MUSIC BY FAMOUS PEOPLE

    Musically speaking, the Gaza Strippers put it all on.

  • Music

    August 2, 1995

    THINK FOR YOURSELF

    YOU'VE GOT TO USE YOUR HEAD TO GET INTO SHUDDER TO THINK.

  • Music

    November 16, 1994

    PLAYLIST

    YOU'VE GOT TO USE YOUR HEAD TO GET INTO SHUDDER TO THINK.

  • Music

    July 27, 1994

    HEARTS AND FLOWERS

    YOU'VE GOT TO USE YOUR HEAD TO GET INTO SHUDDER TO THINK.

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