Martin Barre MCNIDDER & GRACE

New tribute to their former guitarist Brian James is delivered with real passion.

On the back of their first album in 42 years, the prog-rockers are currently playing shows in the UK.

Thirty years after its release, Billy Corgan looks back at the making of The Smashing Pumpkins ’ era-defining big, bold, bombastic masterpiece Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness .

He was drawn into rock by the greats, but rock’s not the only string on his guitar.

ON THE SURFACE, guitar trends in 1986 looked downright wild and perverse — a weird parade of shred-happy virtuosos, anthemic power pop heroes, dirtbag metalheads and eccentric alt-rock outsiders. But