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They began in the late 1980s at a Polish bar on the Northwest Side, two aspiring art-rockers in thrift-store paisley and black jeans, accompanied only by a drum machine, calling themselves the Smashing Pumpkins. When they played their first show as a four-piece band at Metro in Wrigleyville a few months later, their leader -- a tall, slouching guitarist named Billy Corgan -- was so nervous he was shaking. He and the band made $50 that night. But albums by the quartet -- Corgan, guitarist James Iha, drummer Jimmy Chamberlin and bassist D'Arcy Wretzky, who was replaced by Melissa Auf Der Maur -- went on to sell more than 22 million copies worldwide. Their 1995 release, "Mellon Collie and the I...
They began in the late 1980s at a Polish bar on the Northwest Side, two aspiring art-rockers in thrift-store paisley and black jeans, accompanied only by a drum machine, calling themselves the Smashing Pumpkins. When they played their first show as a four-piece band at Metro in Wrigleyville a few months later, their leader -- a tall, slouching guitarist named Billy Corgan -- was so nervous he was shaking. He and the band made $50 that night. But albums by the quartet -- Corgan, guitarist James Iha, drummer Jimmy Chamberlin and bassist D'Arcy Wretzky, who was replaced by Melissa Auf Der Maur -- went on to sell more than 22 million copies worldwide. Their 1995 release, "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness," was proclaimed album of the year by Time, Rolling Stone and Spin. They have won Grammy Awards and headlined the Lollapalooza rock festival in 1994. In 1998, they gave all the proceeds (more than $2 million) from their North American tour to charity. The Pumpkins first broke up in 2000. Corgan then released a solo record, formed and disbanded Zwan and then, with Chamberlin and other musicians, reformed the Pumpkins.
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Supreme Court won't hear case of ex-student's music download fine
A former Boston University student who was ordered to pay $675,000 for illegally downloading and sharing 30 songs on the Internet says he will continue fighting the penalty, despite the Supreme Court's refusal to hear his appeal.
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Julie Andrews' Brentwood house isn't going for a song
Singer and actress Julie Andrews has listed the Brentwood house she owned with her late husband, director and screenwriter Blake Edwards, for $2.649 million. Less than a month after coming on the market, the tidy white home with gray shutters is already...Tags: Game Shows, Blake Edwards, Doubt (movie), Courtney Love, Judgment at Nuremberg (movie)
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Album review: Silversun Pickups' revivalist 'Neck of the Woods'
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Stacey Sher and Kerry Brown list in Beverly Crest
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Screaming Females talk soft and play loud
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Mike Melvoin dies at 74; studio musician, composer
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Blink-182, Bush, 311 tapped for KROQ's Acoustic Christmas
Pop & HissRecently reunited acts Blink-182 and Bush are among the initial names unveiled for the annual Almost Acoustic Christmas concert presented by KROQ-FM (106.7). The '90s-era survivors will headline the first night of the two-day event, which is set for the... -
Six degrees of Chris Holmes: Obama neighbor, Beck sideman, more
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This week's on-sales: Walt Disney Concert Hall's 2011 season, Cut Copy and more
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Pop music veteran Bob Cavallo retires from Disney Music
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Mark Tulin
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Mark Tulin, 62, bassist for the Electric Prunes, a short-lived 1960s garage band best known for their distortion-filled psychedelic-acid rock single "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)," died Saturday in Avalon after...Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Heart Attack, Electric Prunes (music group), Physical Conditions, Health
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