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Smashing Pumpkins and Deftones come from different mini-generations of American alt-rock, but they have a lot in common. Both make heavy, catchy guitar music that’s influenced by shoegaze without actually being shoegaze. Both are huge influences on the new generation of heavy shoegaze bands out there. Both are still capable of touring huge venues. (Smashing Pumpkins are direct support on Green Day’s gigantic stadium tour right now, while Deftones just announced a 2025 arena run with the Mars Volta and Fleshwater.) Now that I think about it, Billy Corgan and Chino Moreno even have vaguely similar voices. And Wednesday night in Portland, Corgan and Moreno shared a stage for one song.
