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WE WERE THE first band of our generation that started to grow up,” Billy Corgan says, reflecting on the making of the Smashing Pumpkins’ 1995 grand opus, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. “The b

SOMEHOW — DECADES AFTER THE ORIGINAL CULT-CLASSIC — A GANG OF LUNATICS HAVE REMADE THE TOXIC AVENGER . AS THE POLLUTED MUTANT RAMPAGES ANEW, WE DELVE INTO THE SLIME

Dir John McTiernan, USA, 1987 Limited Edition Blu-ray, £26.99 John McTiernan’s feature debut, a largely forgotten horror movie from the 1980s, has been resurrected and given a full MOT and buff up by

RICK DERRINGER, LONG revered as one of rock’s greatest guitarists, passed away at age 77 on May 26 at his home in Ormond Beach, Florida. Derringer first came to national prominence via the 1965 hit “H

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THERE ARE VARYING degrees of guitar hero, but Carlos Santana is a name you’d expect to find near the top of any list. Like Jimi Hendrix, Brian May or Slash, Santana has transcended guitar music and pe