Smashing Pumpkins: Quick Facts

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Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan surprised Fountain Square music store with drop-in vist • Oct. 23, 2026, 10:13 AM ET (Indianapolis Star)

Rat Hole In A Cage? Smashing Pumpkins Display Famed Concrete Slab At United Center Show • Oct. 15, 2026, 4:25 PM ET (Block Club Chicago)

Facts

Awards And Honors	Grammy Award (1997)
Date	1988 - 2001 • 2005 - present

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Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan

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