Smashing Pumpkins at the 1STBANK Center and We Have Your Tickets

Who wants to see the Smashing Pumpkins play the 1STBANK Center October 16th? Who wants to see them for free? Listen all day for your chance to win!

After the breakup of his gothic rock band The Marked, singer and guitarist Billy Corgan left St. Petersburg, Florida, to return to his native city of Chicago, where he took a job in a record store and hatched the idea of a new band that would be called "The Smashing Pumpkins". While working there, he met guitarist James Iha. Adorning themselves with paisley and other psychedelic trappings, the two began writing songs together (with the aid of a drum machine) that were heavily influenced by The Cure and New Order. The Smashing Pumpkins played their first show in 1988.