Tag: smashing pumpkins

July 31, 2020July 31, 2020

A Guide to Making Smashing Pumpkins Cocktails

By Sydney Johnson / Food + Drink, Riot Fest 2021 / Riot Fest 2021, smashing pumpkins, recipes

It doesn’t feel like it’s been too long since Smashing Pumpkins’ 2018 release of the ragbag, indie-genre mashup work Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol.…

January 22, 2018January 22, 2018

D’arcy Wretzky Will Not Be Part Of A Smashing Pumpkins Reunion

By Riot Fest / Chicago, Music, News / smashing pumpkins, Billy Corgan, D'Arcy Wretzky

If you've been waiting for the rumored Smashing Pumpkins reunion, you can scratch Darcy Wretzky off the reunited lineup. In a text message, Darcy told Blast…

November 14, 2017

Billy Corgan Likes Nickelback, Compares Music To Porn

By Riot Fest / Chicago, Music, News / smashing pumpkins, Billy Corgan, nickelback

On the most recent episode of the Joe Rogan Experience, Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan talks about all sorts of things in the two-hour conservation.…

August 17, 2016

Billy Corgan and D’Arcy Wretzky Are Buds Again.

By Riot Fest / Archive / chicago, smashing pumpkins, Billy Corgan

Image Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times Yesterday the news broke that Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has reconciled with former bassist D’Arcy Wretzky, whom…

July 10, 2012

R.I.P. Dennis Flemion (The Frogs)

By Riot Fest / Archive / indie rock, alternative, beck

Dennis Flemion, co-founder of revered Milwaukee alt-pioneers The Frogs, drowned over the weekend. According to reports Flemion was boating with his family, went for a…