KANSAS CITY - NOVEMBER 25, 2008
Two decades after forming, the Smashing Pumpkins are still transcending grunge and alternative rock. Problem is, those genres no longer exist. Grunge has given way to post-grunge, which is growing too stale for even modern-rock radio. Alternative is now indie, found in dorm rooms and Volkswagen commercials nationwide. In the '90s, the Smashing Pumpkins sold more albums than God. Only a few devoted followers, however, bought 2007's Zeitgeist. Billy Corgan, the Pum
"Can you stand it?" Morrissey asks his fans.
Oh, they most certainly bloody can.
Scott Spychalski
Moz was slightly more talkative and frisky than he was at his last show in KC, in 2007. Though the show ran mostly seamlessly from one big, chugging misery ode to the next, the 50-year-old self-loathing charmer did parley a bit with the not-small but not-sold-out crowd at the Midland.
The above question came after the ninth song, "Seasick, Yet Still Docked." Before that, after turning out the S
Somewhere between an obnoxious rock band and an inside joke lies The New Duncan Imperials, a Chicago trio whose decade together has resulted in a Sticky collaboration.
