" Today is the greatest day I've ever known ," Billy Corgan sings at the song's outset, sounding elated at the thought of the boundless possibilities and opportunities that may lie just over the ...

It soundtracked two of the biggest alt-rock albums of all time, but as the Smashing Pumpkins leader remembers, the guitar itself was far from expensive ...

In the latest episode of VEVO Footnotes, Smashing Pumpkins dive into the concept behind and filming of their classic '1979' music video.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Shelley Mitchell, Oklahoma State University (THE CONVERSATION) October in much of the ...

Archaeology, folklore, and pop culture all reveal the same truth: the pumpkin is one of the world's most enduring symbols of autumn. Every fall, pumpkins seem to be everywhere. They show up on porches ...

When Corgan walked onstage with My Chemical Romance at Soldier Field stadium, he didn’t bring his guitar rig. He plugged into ...

For many, Halloween isn’t complete without jack-o’-lanterns. Although the tradition of carving pumpkins has been around for centuries, it wasn’t always pumpkins that were being carved. The carving's ...

Halloween is now a week in the past, while uncarved pumpkins and jack-o’-lanterns remain in homes or on front porches around Lake County. For those seeking an ecologically friendly way of disposal, ...