‘Nothing was quite the same after that’: Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan relives 30 years of ‘Mellon Collie’

Inspired by Pink Floyd’s “The Wall,” Sonic Youth’s distortion, Black Sabbath’s symbolic lyricism and layered instrumentals, ...

Review: ‘A Night of Mellon Collie’ at Lyric Opera reveals itself as a very Billy Corgan operatic concert

The world premiere of this musical experiment and collaboration between Billy Corgan and James Lowe proved to be the Smashing ...

Review: Billy Corgan's 'A Night of Mellon Collie' is at once intriguing and head spinning

The two-hour Smashing Pumpkins extravaganza features 57 musicians, at least 40 vocalists and more rock ethos than classical, ...

The Smashing Pumpkins' Groundbreaking 1995 Album Became an Opera. The Costumes Were a Family Affair (Exclusive)

Chloe Mendel Corgan and Gilles Mendel created the wardrobe for the principal singers (including husband Billy Corgan) at the ...

Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan on teaming up with Lyric Opera of Chicago

Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins is collaborating with the Lyric Opera of Chicago to recreate his 1995 double album "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" with a full chorus and orchestra.
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A Night of Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness redeems the Smashing Pumpkins’ biggest excesses

Billy Corgan’s collaboration with Lyric Opera of Chicago reinvents the band’s 1995 double album for an ensemble of more than 100.

Kiki Wong recalls her biggest amp bargain – when she found a vintage Marshall on Craigslist

Before Kiki Wong joined the Smashing Pumpkins, she was hustling on the touring circuit as a session player and as a member of ...