In 1994, Hole bassist Kristen Pfaff died of a heroin overdose, one more tragedy in a long line of them around that time. The band quickly found a new member: Melissa Auf Der Maur, who’d previously been in the Montreal band Tinker. Auf Der Maur was in Hole for five years, and she played and sang back up on their classic 1998 album Celeb...

A new video game called Mixtape is coming to Xbox in 2025. Its soundtrack includes Joy Division, Roxy Music, Iggy Pop, Devo, Lush, the Smashing Pumpkins, and Siouxsie And The Banshees, and the trailer was unveiled on Sunday.

'Mixtape' draws influence from classic coming-of-age films and music from DEVO, Siouxsie and the Banshees and moreThe post Iggy Pop, Joy Division, Smashing Pumpkins and more to soundtrack new ‘Mixtape’ game appeared first on NME.

Last year, Smashing Pumpkins released their rock opera titled ATUM. On Friday, the rock veterans kicked off their tour with Weezer in Birmingham, England at the Utilita Arena, and their setlist included a cover of U2’s 1991 song “Zoo Station.”

Both bands included a cover in their setlists, with Weezer taking on Hole and Smashing Pumpkins covering U2 The post Check out what Weezer and Smashing Pumpkins played as they kicked off their joint UK tour in Birmingham appeared first on NME.