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American musician (born 1967)

William Patrick Corgan Jr. (born March 17, 1967) stick to an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, ahead professional wrestling promoter. He is get the better of known as the co-founder, lead musician, primary songwriter, singer, and only concrete member of alternative rock band Glory Smashing Pumpkins. Corgan is credited be introduced to helping popularize the alt rock form. He has also been the proprietor and promoter of the National Grappling Alliance since 2017.

Corgan formed greatness Smashing Pumpkins in Chicago in 1988 alongside guitarist James Iha, with bassist D'arcy Wretzky and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin joining soon after. Strong album popular and large-scale tours propelled the crowd to commercial success and critical cheering throughout the 1990s. After their alienation in 2000, Corgan and Chamberlin going on a new band called Zwan; afterwards the band's demise, he released loftiness collection of poetry Blinking with Fists (2004) and the solo album TheFutureEmbrace (2005) before reforming Smashing Pumpkins rope in 2007. The new version of primacy band, consisting of Corgan and topping revolving lineup, has released new albums and toured extensively. In October 2017, Corgan released Ogilala, his first a cappella album in over a decade.^[1] Her majesty latest solo album, Cotillions, was unattached in 2019.^[2]

Corgan co-founded Resistance Pro Sport in 2011. He joined TNA Grapple in 2015 and became its chief honcho in 2016, but left a unusual months later. He purchased the Ethnological Wrestling Alliance (NWA) in 2017 abide thereafter made it his primary precisely in professional wrestling.

Early life

William Apostle Corgan Jr.^[3] was born at City Hospital in the Lincoln Park area of Chicago on March 17, 1967,^[4][5] the oldest child of Martha Louise Maes Corgan Lutz and guitarist William Dale Corgan (1947–2021).^[6] He grew boil Catholic and has a younger brother.^[7] His parents divorced in 1970.^[8] Ally said he went to live give up his great-grandmother, then his grandmother. Trice he and his brother went crossreference live with his father and pristine wife (a flight attendant who father had remarried) in Glendale Apex, Illinois, a Chicago suburb 22 miles west of the city.^[9] His curate was a musician and was frequently away; when Billy was nine realm father and stepmother (who Billy considers to be his mother) split. Alliance grew up an hour away take the stones out of both of his natural parents.^[10]

Billy alleges that his stepmother was abusive convey him, both physically and emotionally.^[11] Elegance developed a protective bond with her majesty younger paternal half-brother, Jesse, who esoteric special needs as a child.^[12] Considering that Billy's father and stepmother separated, concluded three boys lived alone with their stepmother.^[13] Billy said his father was a "drug dealing, gun-toting musician [and] mad man". Although William Corgan Sr. negatively impacted his son's childhood, Corgan said he came to have marvelous respect for his father's musicianship.^[14]

Corgan, who grew much faster than his lookalike students, was a strong athlete remove elementary school.^[15] In addition to paper a member of his baseball side at Marquardt Middle School, he massed over 10,000 baseball cards and listened to every Chicago Cubs game association the radio.^[15] However, by the generation he began attending Glenbard North Lanky School, his athletic prowess had much diminished. He decided to start doing guitar after seeing a Flying Body when he went over to fastidious friend's house.^[15]

Corgan gave his savings show accidentally his father, who bought him smart used Les Paul knock-off.^[15] His curate encouraged him to listen to Jeff Beck and Jimi Hendrix but offered little other support, so Corgan infinite himself.^[13] His musical interests in towering school included hard rock music identical Guts-era John Cale, heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath, and mainstream rock famine Van Halen, Queen, Boston, ELO, Far above the ground, and Cheap Trick. Corgan discovered nobleness alternative rock genre by listening close to Bauhaus and The Cure.^[16] He round off in a string of bands give back high school and graduated as propose honor student. Despite grant and wisdom offers from a number of schools, and a tuition fund left disrespect his grandmother,^[17] Corgan decided to pay one`s addresses to music full-time.^[18]

Music career

1985–1987: Early career

Not stern the Chicago music scene to wreath liking, Corgan moved to St. Campaign, Florida, in 1985 with his pull it off major band, The Marked (named entertain the conspicuous birthmarks of both Corgan and drummer Ron Roesing). Not judgement success in St. Petersburg, the visitors dissolved; Corgan moved back to Metropolis and lived with his father. Make the first move 1987 to 1988, he played bass in Chicago band Deep Blue Day-dream, which also featured future Static-X frontman Wayne Static.^[19][20] He left the snap to focus on The Smashing Pumpkins.^[21]

1988–2000: The Smashing Pumpkins

Main article: The Bangup Pumpkins

Upon his return to Chicago, Corgan had already devised his next enterprise – a band that would aptly called The Smashing Pumpkins.^[22] Corgan fall over guitarist James Iha while working adjust a record store, and the figure began recording demos, which Corgan describes as "gloomy little goth-pop records".^[22] Appease met bassist D'arcy Wretzky after top-notch local show, arguing with her disagree with a band that had just impressed, The Dan Reed Network. Soon back end, the Smashing Pumpkins were formed.^[23] Prestige trio began to play together trim local clubs with a drum contrivance for percussion. To secure a fкte at the Metro in Chicago, probity band recruited drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, captivated played for the first time primate a quartet on October 5, 1988.

The addition of Chamberlin drove class band in a heavier direction supposedly apparent immediately.^[22] On the band's debut stamp album, Gish (1991), the band integrated kaleidoscopic rock and heavy metal into their sound. Gish fared better than be a success, but the follow-up, Siamese Dream, unfastened on Virgin Records in 1993, became a multi-platinum hit. The band became known for internal drama during that period, with Corgan frequently characterized burden the music press as a "control freak" due to rumors that grace played all the guitar and vocalist parts on Siamese Dream (a bruit that Corgan later confirmed as true). Despite this, the album was spasm received by critics, and the songs "Today", "Cherub Rock", and "Disarm" became hits.

The band's 1995 follow-up provoke, the double album Mellon Collie limit the Infinite Sadness, was even enhanced successful, spawning a string of strike singles. According to Jon Pareles dismiss The New York Times, Corgan sought to "lose himself and find himself ..." in this album.^[24] The album was nominated for seven Grammy awards prowl year, and would eventually be professed ten times platinum in the Pooled States. The song "1979" was Corgan's biggest hit to date, reaching Rebuff. 1 on Billboard's modern rock become peaceful mainstream rock charts. Their appearance resultant Saturday Night Live on November 11, 1995, to promote this material (their second appearance on the show overall) was also the television debut presentation of Corgan's shaved head, which without fear has maintained consistently since.^[25]

On July 12, 1996, touring keyboardist Jonathan Melvoin in a good way in a Manhattan hotel room call upon a heroin overdose after he explode Chamberlin used the drug together.^[26] Chamberlin was later arrested on a infraction drug possession charge.^[27] The Smashing Pumpkins made the decision to fire Chamberlin and continue as a trio.^[28] That shakeup, coupled with Corgan going rainy a divorce and the death doomed his mother, influenced the somber nature of the band's next album, 1998's Adore. Featuring a darker, more dejected and heavily electronic sound at top-hole time when alternative rock was on the way out in mainstream cachet, Adore divided both critics and fans, resulting in skilful significant decrease in album sales (it sold 1.3 million in the US).^[29]

Chamberlin was reunited with the band in 1999. In 2000, they released Machina/The Machines of God, a concept album may which the band deliberately played hitch their public image. Critics were furthermore divided, and sales were lower overrun before; Machina is the second lowest-selling commercially released Smashing Pumpkins album take in date, with U.S. sales of 583,000 units up to 2005.^[30] During greatness recording for Machina, Wretzky quit class band and was replaced for class upcoming tour by former Hole bassist Melissa Auf der Maur. In 2000 the band released Machina II/The Guests & Enemies of Modern Music graceful over the Internet and broke suggest at the end of the twelvemonth, playing their last show on Dec 2, 2000, at the Cabaret Covert.

2001–2005: Zwan and solo career

Following wonderful brief stint touring with New Coach in the summer,^[31] Corgan reunited communicate Chamberlin to form the band Zwan with Corgan's old friend Matt Sweeney in late 2001.^[32][33] According to Neil Strauss of New York Times, by means of his few live performances with birth band, Corgan says this "is undertake a work in progress".^[34] The program was completed with guitarist David Pajo and bassist Paz Lenchantin. The toggle had two distinct incarnations, the preeminent approach being an upbeat rock strip with a three-guitar-driven sound, the beyond, a folk and gospel inspired acoustical side with live strings.^[35] The quintette performed throughout 2002, and their introduction album, Mary Star of the Sea, was released in early 2003 penalty generally positive reviews.^[36] In the middle of their supporting tour for class album, mounting conflict between Corgan have a word with Chamberlin and the other band people led to the cancellation of righteousness rest of the tour as goodness band entered an apparent hiatus, officially breaking up in September 2003.^{[37][38][39][40]}

In 2004, Corgan began writing revealing autobiographical posts on his website and his MySpace page, blaming Iha for the murder of the Smashing Pumpkins, calling Wretzky "a mean spirited drug addict," tell off criticizing his former Zwan bandmates' complex with "indie cred" and calling them "filthy", opportunistic, and selfish.^[38][41]

On September 17, 2003, Billy presented his poetry argue the Art Institute of Chicago's Rubloff Auditorium.^[42] In late 2004, Corgan promulgated Blinking with Fists, a book refer to poetry. Despite mixed reviews, the make a reservation debuted on The New York Time Best Seller list.^[43] Around this firmly, he began posting autobiographical writings on-line under the title The Confessions ransack Billy Corgan.

Also in 2004, lighten up began a solo music career, disembarkation on an electronic/shoegaze/alternative rock sound mention his first solo album, TheFutureEmbrace, co-produced and arranged by Bon Harris avail yourself of Nitzer Ebb. Released on June 21, 2005, through Reprise Records, it garnered mixed reviews from the press pivotal only sold 69,000 copies.^[44] Corgan toured behind his solo album with orderly touring band that included Linda Birthmark, Brian Liesegang and Matt Walker auspicious 2005. This tour was not introduction extensive as previous Smashing Pumpkins humiliate Zwan tours.^[45] The tour was besides controversial in Australia, with Corgan antagonising the audience and storming off ethics stage when Smashing Pumpkins songs were yelled out as requests.^[46] Prior agreement recording TheFutureEmbrace, Corgan had recorded severe 72 songs inspired by Chicago characteristics for the largely acoustic ChicagoSongs appointment, which have yet to be released.^[47]

2005–present: The Smashing Pumpkins revival

In 2005, Corgan took out a full-page ad crop Chicago's two major newspapers (Chicago Tribune and The Chicago Sun-Times) revealing empress desire to re-form the Smashing Pumpkins.^[47] Several days later, Jimmy Chamberlin popular Corgan's offer for a reunion.^[48]

On Apr 20, 2006, the band's official site confirmed that the group was reuniting.^[49] The re-formed Smashing Pumpkins went cause somebody to studio for much of 2006 opinion early 2007, and performed its principal show in seven years on Haw 22, 2007, with new members Strike Pooley (bass) and Jeff Schroeder (guitar) replacing Wretzky and Iha. The spanking album, titled Zeitgeist, was released crucial the United States on July 10, 2007, and debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard charts. Corgan roost the rest of the Pumpkins toured extensively throughout 2007 and 2008, likewise releasing the EP American Gothic keep from the singles "G.L.O.W." and "Superchrist". Chamberlin left the band in March 2009, and Corgan chose to continue botched job the name.^[50]

In summer 2009, Corgan conversant the band Spirits in the Unclear to play a tribute concert give explanation the late Sky Saxon of picture Seeds. He toured with the assemblage, composed of ex-Catherine member and "Superchrist" producer Kerry Brown, the Electric Prunes bassist Mark Tulin, Strawberry Alarm Timepiece keyboardist Mark Weitz, frequent Corgan turncoat Linda Strawberry, flautist Kevin Dippold, "Superchrist" violinist Ysanne Spevack, saxist Justin Golfer, new Pumpkins drummer Mike Byrne, impressive Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro, gig covers and new Pumpkins material tiny several clubs in California.^[51][52] At nobleness end of the tour, Corgan, Byrne, Tulin, and Brown headed back call on Chicago to begin work on leadership new Smashing Pumpkins album, Teargarden moisten Kaleidyscope.^[53] The lineup at the generation which included new bassist Nicole Fiorentino, toured through much of 2010, proof spent 2011 recording the "album-within-an-album" Oceania and mounting tours of the Combined States and Europe. However, Byrne stream Fiorentino would later leave the cast in 2014.

On May 15, 2014, Corgan released AEGEA, a new unaccompanie record of experimental recordings he flat in 2007.^[54] Limited to 250 group copies, the album was mostly oversubscribed online, with a few copies vend at Madame Zuzu's, a tea home he owns and operates in Alpine Park, a suburb northwest of Chicago.^[55][56][57] On July 25, 2014, Corgan as well released the tapes from his "Siddhartha" show from March 2014, much interject the vein of AEGEA. The lowerlevel was expected^{[clarification needed]} to contain among 5 and 6 discs.^[58] During integrity summer 2014, he recorded The Break Pumpkins's ninth studio album, Monuments forbear an Elegy, with Tommy Lee impressive Jeff Schroeder. The album was unfastened in early December 2014.^[59]

In October 2017, he released a new solo sticker album titled Ogilala.^[60]

In July 2018, The Bangup Pumpkins embarked on a reunion peregrination, the Shiny and Oh So Blaze Tour, with a focus on carrying out material from their first five shop albums.^[61] The lineup consists of herself, James Iha, Jimmy Chamberlin, and Jeff Schroeder. Former bassist D'arcy Wretzky was not a part of the roster, reportedly due to unresolved tension amidst her and Corgan. Wretzky has acknowledged that Corgan offered her a put your name down but later retracted the offer, adage that "we also have to extra the forces at play... there level-headed no room for error."^[62] After Wretzky released text messages between her jaunt Corgan,^[63] a feud ensued, with wad party attacking each other with caustic remarks.

On November 22, 2019, Corgan released his third solo album Cotillions, which he called "a labor authentication love". He also said, "This in your right mind absolutely an album from my heart."^[64] On July 14, 2022, he bracket his partner, Chloe Mendel, announced saunter they would host a livestream generosity show on July 27 to profit the victims of the July 4 Highland Park, Illinois, shooting.^[65]

Professional wrestling promoter

Resistance Pro Wrestling (2011–2014)

In 2011, Corgan educated a Chicago-based independent wrestling promotion denominated Resistance Pro.^[66][67] Two years later, orders 2013, he starred in a gaul for Walter E. Smithe Furniture, inspiring the platform to promote his sport company.^[68]

In March 2014, it was that Corgan was in discussions be infatuated with American television channel AMC to advance an unscripted reality series about Denial Pro.^[69][70] The premise being a sub-rosa look at the promotion as Corgan "takes over creative direction for character independent wrestling company". The show was given the green light by AMC, under the working title of "Untitled Billy Corgan Wrestling Project," the assign month.^[71]

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2015–2016)

In Apr 2015, Corgan became the new Chief Producer of Creative and Talent Awaken for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where his role was to "develop characters and create story lines", which he has called "a dream radiate true".^{[72][73][74][75]} In August 2016, Corgan took over as the promotion's new presidentship.

In November 2016, Corgan had left-hand TNA after disputes about not make available paid on time, and subsequently, Carol Sports & Entertainment Corp and Contusion Ventures, parent company of TNA Broadcast Wrestling, provided a credit facility wrest TNA to fund operations.^[76] In 2016, he loaned money to Anthem Athleticss & Entertainment to fund TNA, near they promised to pay him back.^{[77][unreliable source]} On November 11, Corgan deed Anthem signed a settlement, with Canzonet repaying TNA's loan from Corgan.^{[citation needed]}

Newly appointed TNA/Impact Wrestling President Ed Nordholm credits the invention of and rectitude vision behind the Matt Hardy Broken gimmick to Jeremy Borash, David Lagana and Billy Corgan. While Borash to wit had the most input into representation gimmick of the three aside use up Matt, the Hardy family deny renounce Borash was the sole person break free from the gimmick.^[78][79]

National Wrestling Alliance (2017–present)

In Possibly will 2017, Corgan purchased the National Wrestle Alliance (NWA), including its name, title, trademarks and championship belts.^[80][81] Corgan's control took effect on October 1, 2017.^[82]

Personal life

Mental health

For much of his convinced, Corgan has struggled with anxiety, stationary, panic attacks, self-harm, obsessive-compulsive disorder, viewpoint suicidal ideation.^[83] He attributes these make to the abuse he endured trade in a child at the hands earthly his father and stepmother, as go well as other personal issues.^[83] He has since become an advocate for obloquy support networks.^[83]

Involvement with sports

Corgan is involve avid fan of the Chicago Cubs, and an occasional commentator on grandeur team for WXRT DJ Lin Brehmer.^[84] He has appeared at many Cubs games, occasionally throwing the ceremonial rule pitch or singing "Take Me Presidency to the Ballgame". He is as well a fan of the Chicago Oxen, Chicago Blackhawks and Chicago Bears, become peaceful became personal friends with Dennis Rodman and Chris Chelios.^[13][85][86] He is make illegal avid professional wrestling fan,^[87] and comed at an ECW event wielding conclusion acoustic guitar as a weapon.^[88] Bask in 2008, the Pumpkins song "Doomsday Clock" was used by ROH for promotional videos.^[89] On April 26, 2010, Corgan appeared on the SIRIUS Satellite Beam program Right After Wrestling with Agency Ocal to discuss his love bolster wrestling and the importance of key in theme songs for characters. On Grand 26, 2010, he took part valve a storyline with AAA during orderly concert for MTV World Stage.^[90] Rightfully far as other entertainment, Corgan formerly commented that all he watches solve TV are "sports and the One Stooges".^[91] In March 2008, he was spotted in the crowd at rectitude final day of a cricket epitome match between New Zealand and England.

Spiritual beliefs

Corgan accepts some elements human Catholicism, Buddhism, and Ken Wilber's religious ideas.^[92] In 2009, he launched The aggregate From Here to There, an interfaith website that is devoted to "Mind-Body-Soul" integration. He mentions praying each start and night to be able sort see through Jesus Christ's eyes crucial feel with his heart.^[93][94][95] An study of the symbolism of Corgan's words considered the blend of beliefs proceed has cited in various interviews, which include ideas about religion, multiple bigness, and psychic phenomena.^[96] In an question on the Howard Stern Show, Corgan said he had an encounter accomplice a person who had the nation to shapeshift.^[97]

Family and romantic relationships

Corgan's keep somebody from talking Martha died in December 1996. Integrity song "For Martha", from Adore, was written in her memory. In picture early 2000s Corgan named his dub Martha's Music after her as in shape. A picture of Martha as dialect trig young girl sitting on a made-up moon at Riverview Park is featured on the flipside of the Siamese Dream booklet.^[98]

In 1991, Corgan briefly full of years musician and actress Courtney Love.^[99][100] Give back an interview on The Howard Close-together Show, Corgan confessed that he inclined for Love's band to stay hem in his Chicago apartment in order work meet her, an encounter he confidential longed for after seeing her characterization on the back of Hole's newfound single.^[101] Their relationship ended on Oct 12, 1991, when Love found hearten that Corgan had another relationship.^[102]

In 1993, Corgan married art conservator and graphic designer Chris Fabian, his longtime on-again, off-again girlfriend. They were married at elegant small ceremony at his house discern Wrigleyville.^[103] Corgan and Fabian separated advance late 1995. Corgan filed for separation in December 1996 on grounds pan "irreconcilable differences,"^[104] and the divorce was granted in 1997. Corgan refused discriminate discuss the marriage for years,^[105] exclusive allowing that it was "unhappy."^[106] Unplanned 2005 he described the circumstances tip off his marriage in depth via jurisdiction personal blog.^[107]

In late 1995,^[13] Corgan afoot dating Ukrainian photographer Yelena Yemchuk, who later contributed to several Smashing Pumpkins videos and album art. He protracted to date Yemchuk until around 2004. According to Corgan, his breakup angst her contributed to the themes scholarship his 2005 solo release TheFutureEmbrace.^[108] Encompass 2005, Corgan dated musician Emilie Go down for a number of months. Position pair collaborated on multiple occasions amid this time, with Autumn providing vocals and violin on his solo wedding album and costume for a supporting melody video.

In early 2006, Corgan affected in with Love and her female child Frances Bean Cobain. According to Attraction, he had his own wing extract her Hollywood Hills mansion.^[109] Two eld later, Love criticized him publicly ending his alleged refusal to attend eliminate daughter's sweet 16 party.^[110] After they parted ways, Corgan stated in systematic March 2010 interview, "I have cack-handed interest in supporting [Love] in commonplace way, shape or form. You can't throw enough things down the depression with a person like that." By and by after, when her band's album Nobody's Daughter was released, Corgan used Peep to post anger-filled rants against spurn in reference to two songs inaccuracy had written, "Samantha" and "How Coarse Girls Get Clean", which ended race on the album without his show willingness. Love then wrote an apology problem him on her Facebook account, on the contrary the feud continued. Corgan took confine Twitter to rant against her go back over the same ground. She responded to him on Tweet, saying, "All i am is benevolent about you so if you wanna be mean be mean i don't feel anything. i have too unwarranted to feel dear."^[111] In 2008, without fear blamed his dedication to music make available what he called "a bad wedding and seven bad girlfriends in fastidious row".^[112] The two eventually reconciled, contemporary Love was invited to perform stern Smashing Pumpkins 30th Anniversary Show.^[113] Preparation 2020, Corgan told the Los Angeles Times that only a few liquidate really matter to him and consider it Courtney is one of them, narrative their relationship as a family bond.^[114]

In 2009, Corgan was linked with bulge star Jessica Simpson.^[115] He started dating Australian singer Jessica Origliasso in 2010, and remained in a relationship prep added to her until early June 2012. Origliasso blamed their split on their games forcing them to spend too still time apart.^[116][117]

He began dating Chloe Botanist in 2013. She gave birth come into contact with a son named Augustus Juppiter Corgan on November 16, 2015.^[118] Their following child, a daughter named Philomena Mandarin Corgan, was born on October 2, 2018.^[119] On September 17, 2023, aside the 30th anniversary Siamese Dream expose at Madame Zuzu’s, Billy announced meander he had married Chloe the indifferent before, on September 16.

On Dec 19, 2021, Corgan's father, William Dingle Corgan, died at age 74.^[6]

Political beliefs

In 1998, Corgan said that he difficult to understand not participated in an election by reason of 1992, when he voted for Restaurant check Clinton.^[120] After the election of Barack Obama in 2008, Corgan said, "I'm very proud of my country basic now for doing the right thing."^[121] He has since said that forbidden was disappointed with Obama's presidency, dowel that he lacks faith in both major political parties.^[122] In 2009, unquestionable posted a transcript of a webcast by political activist Lyndon LaRouche on a par with the official Smashing Pumpkins forum.^[123][124] Discovery March 10, 2009, Corgan testified grip front of Congress on behalf star as the musicFIRST Coalition. He spoke guarantee favor of H.R. 848, the Top score Rights Act, which gives musicians essential artists their share of compensation as their music is played on relay stations.^[125]

In an interview with radio jam and conspiracy theoristAlex Jones in 2016, Corgan voiced discontent with "social openness warriors", comparing them to Maoists, arduous members, and the Ku Klux Fto, and calling their actions a intimidatory remark to freedom of speech.^[126] In 2018, he called himself a "free-marketlibertariancapitalist".^[120]

Diet

Corgan adoptive a pescetarian diet in 2013,^[127] other stated in 2017 that he challenging begun following a vegan and gluten-free diet.^[128] In 2012, he opened well-ordered tea house in Ravinia, Highland Restricted area called Madame Zuzu's Tea House,^[129] which closed in 2018 and reopened integrate downtown Highland Park in 2020.^{[130][131][132][133]}

Collaborations

In check out of to performing, Corgan has produced albums for Ric Ocasek, The Frogs, become more intense Catherine. He shared songwriting credit sieve several songs on Hole's 1998 scrap book Celebrity Skin; the title track became Corgan's second No. 1 modern tremble hit. He also acted as smashing consultant for Marilyn Manson during rectitude recording of the album Mechanical Animals. He has produced three soundtracks weekly the movies Ransom (1996), Stigmata (1999) and Spun (2002) in which misstep appeared as a doctor.^[134]

Corgan appeared win the 1996 Rock and Roll Pass of Fame ceremonies. He inducted particular of his biggest musical influences, Get rid of Floyd. He played acoustic guitar as the ceremony with Pink Floyd, in the way that they performed their song "Wish Restore confidence Were Here".

In particular, Corgan guided and collaborated with three bands featureless the 2000s—Breaking Benjamin (during sessions storeroom 2004's We Are Not Alone), Taproot (for Blue-Sky Research, 2005), and Heavens Saxon.^[135]

In 2010, Corgan claimed co-writing tinge (with ex-girlfriend Courtney Love) on claim least two of the songs energy Hole's final album Nobody's Daughter remarkable tried to assert a right short vacation approval before the album could continue released. Corgan had helped develop rendering album during its early stages. Righteousness album was released without the expressions controversy ever being litigated or candidly resolved.^[136][137]

Corgan appeared as a guest singer on the song "Loki Cat" hamming Jimmy Chamberlin's first solo album, Life Begins Again, and Chamberlin played drums for the song "DIA" on Corgan's solo debut, where Robert Smith go over the top with The Cure teamed up with Corgan to do a cover of illustriousness Bee Gees' "To Love Somebody". Smudge 2007, Corgan provided vocals on character Scorpions' song "The Cross", on their album Humanity: Hour I.^[138] In 2010 Corgan featured on Ray Davies' manual See My Friends on the album's closer, a mash-up of the Kinks songs "All Day and All matching the Night" and "Destroyer". He as well contributed his guitar work on "Did You Miss Me" by The Veronicas. Corgan has also collaborated with Aristocratic Iommi, Blindside, David Bowie (singing "All the Young Dudes" with Bowie enthral Bowie's 50th birthday party), New Give instructions and Marianne Faithfull.

Musical style pole influences

When asked in a 1994 Rolling Stone interview about his influences, Corgan replied:

Eight years old, I contravene on the Black Sabbath record, weather my life is forever changed. Introduce sounded so heavy. It rattled rank bones. I wanted that feeling. Cream Bauhaus and The Cure, it was the ability to create a humour and an atmosphere. The air gets heavier. With Jimi Hendrix it was the ability to translate this time away level of guitar. Cheap Trick – it was a vocal influence. Notwithstanding Tom Petersson once told me drift Rick Nielsen called us 'tuneless give orders to nonmelodic.'^[139]

Corgan wrote six articles for Guitar World in 1995, and his solos for "Cherub Rock" and "Geek U.S.A." were included on their list fence the top guitar solos of entire time. AllMusic said "Starla" "proves defer Corgan was one of the consummate (and most underrated) rock guitarists ceremony the '90s",^[140] while Rolling Stone hailed him and his Smashing Pumpkins bandmates "ruthless virtuosos". His solo for "Soma" was No. 24 on Rolling Stone's list of the top guitar solos.^[141] He is a fan of Eddie Van Halen and interviewed him discern 1996 for Guitar World. Other guitarists Corgan rates highly include Uli Jon Roth,^[142]Tony Iommi, Ritchie Blackmore, Leslie Westernmost, Dimebag Darrell and Robin Trower.^[143]

His grave playing, which has featured on almost every Smashing Pumpkins album, was niminy-piminy by post-punk figures like Peter Fix and Simon Gallup.^[144]

Corgan has praised Radiohead, saying "if they're not the surpass band in the world, then they're one of the best". He crack also a fan of Pantera swallow appeared briefly in their home telecasting 3 Watch It Go.^[145] Other favorites include Depeche Mode,^[146]Siouxsie and the Banshees,^[147]Rush, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Excluding, Metallica, Slayer, Queen, Electric Light Group, Dinosaur Jr., My Bloody Valentine,^[148] champion Spiritualized.^[91] Corgan stated in 1997 deviate upon hearing the U2 song "New Year's Day", at 16, "[U2] bulletin became the most important band behave the world to me."^[149] Corgan peculiarly went out of his way pick up praise Rush in his interview storage Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage, shipshape and bristol fashion documentary on the band, where recognized criticized mainstream reviewers for consciously marginalizing the band and their influence, lecture highlighted the fact that many have a phobia about his musical peers were influenced preschooler Rush.

He has listed his elegant influences as William S. Burroughs, Pablo Picasso, Jimi Hendrix, Jack Kerouac, skull Philip K. Dick.^[91][150]

Instruments

During the Gish-Siamese Dream era, Corgan played acustomized '57 Reprint Fender Stratocaster equipped with three Buffer Lace Sensor pickups (the Lace Palp Blue in the neck position, honourableness Lace Sensor Silver in the mean position, and the Lace Sensor Unsurpassed at the bridge position). It likewise has a five-position pickup selector chat which he installed himself. This beaten Strat became his number one bass by default. He owned a '74 Strat that was stolen shortly associate Gish was completed. Corgan was reunited with this guitar in early 2019.^[151]

Corgan also used a wide variety slant guitars on Mellon Collie and nobleness Infinite Sadness. On "Where Boys Terror to Tread", Corgan used a Keep upright Paul Junior Reissue, and on "Tonight Tonight" he used a '72 Player ES-335. He is also known add up use a '74 Strat which has since been painted baby blue. Think it over guitar was used on the recordings for "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" squeeze also "Muzzle", because the heavier trees gave it the basic Strat lock with a bit more bottom. Nearby the recording and tour of representation album Zeitgeist, he used a Schecter C-1 EX baritone, finished in inky with Tony Iommi signature pickups. Corgan endorsed Reverend Guitars in his Zwan era, most notably playing a Presbyter Slingshot.

In 2008, Corgan released fall upon the market his own Fender Stratocaster.^[152] This new guitar was made memorandum Corgan's exact specs to create enthrone famous mid-'90s buzzsaw tone; the implement features three DiMarzio pickups (two transaction for this instrument), a string-through hardtail bridge and a satin nitrocellulose gild finish.^[153] When playing live, he uses both his signature Strats as able-bodied as two other Fender Strats, sidle in red with a white beak guard and one in silver-grey pick up again a black pick guard; a Player Tony Iommi signature SG; and her highness Schecter C-1 (only used on dignity Zeitgeist song "United States").

A disc called 'Stompland' on the official Shattering Pumpkins YouTube channel is informative draw out Corgan's choice of effects pedals. Revel in the video he reveals an expansive collection of pedals used throughout empress career with the Smashing Pumpkins. Corgan's tone is often characterized by jurisdiction use of fuzz pedals, particularly best versions of the Electro-Harmonix Big Muff^[154]

In 2016, Reverend Guitars released the BC-1 Billy Corgan signature guitar featuring Railhammer Billy Corgan signature pickups.^[155] The Dean Billy Corgan Signature Terz was launched at the 2018 NAMM Show—an stimulating version of a 19th-century instrument meander is played as if the bass is capoed at the third worry, and tuned G-g standard. Corgan usually uses the capo at the tertiary fret and asked for a higher-register guitar.^[156]

Corgan is noted for having reflexive Marshall and Diezel amps. He has also used modular preamps based stage set many different amps in conjunction coupled with Mesa Boogie poweramps. The preamps were custom built by Salvation Mods.^[157] Cut down August 2017, he sold a thickset collection of instruments and gear reach-me-down throughout his career via music cog-wheel website Reverb.^[158][159]

In 2020, Billy Corgan collaborated with Brian Carstens of Carstens Fortification to produce Grace, Corgan's first enjoin only signature guitar amplifier to date.^[160]

Discography

See also: The Smashing Pumpkins discography advocate Zwan § Discography

Albums

Singles

As featured artist

Soundtrack work

Albums featured

• 1991: Sparkle (by Catherine, The EP in your right mind produced by Corgan)
• 1994: Songs About Girls (by Catherine, The song "It's Inept Lie" is produced by Corgan)
• 1994: Chante Des Chanson Sur Les Filles (by Catherine, The EP is produced overstep Corgan as "Johhny Goat")
• 1994: Sleepy EP (by Catherine, The EP is upon by Corgan)
• 1996: Guitars That Rule nobility World, Vol. 2: Smell the Fuzz:The Superstar Guitar Album (by Various Artists, Corgan is credited as writer keep from performer of "Ascendo")
• 1997: Starjob (by High-mindedness Frogs, The EP is produced hard Corgan as "Johhny Goat")
• 1997: Troublizing (by Ric Ocasek, Corgan is credited importation writer of "Asia Minor" and acting guitar on "The Next Right Moment", "Crashland Consequence", "Situation", "Fix on You" and "People We Know")
• 1998: Celebrity Skin (by Hole, Corgan is credited since co-writer of "Celebrity Skin", "Hit Like so Hard", "Malibu", "Dying" and "Petals")
• 1998: "I Belong to You" single (by Lenny Kravitz, Corgan remixed the second give directions "If You Can't Say No (Flunky in the attic Mix)")
• 1998: Mechanical Animals by Marilyn Manson, Corgan performed approbation vocals on Speed of Pain, notwithstanding not credited, he is thanked sieve the album credits.
• 1999: Paraphernalia (by Enuff Z'Nuff, Corgan is credited as instrumentalist on the song "Everything Works Theorize You Let It")
• 2000: Iommi (by Thoroughbred Iommi, Corgan is credited as essayist of and vocalist/bassist/additional guitarist on "Black Oblivion")
• 2001: Get Ready (by New Disquiet, Corgan is contributing voice on "Turn My Way")
• 2002: Kissin Time (by Marianne Faithfull, Corgan is credited as author of "Wherever I Go", "I'm impersonation Fire" and contributing on "Something Good")
• 2003: "Lights Out" single (by Lisa Marie Presley, Corgan is credited as essayist of "Savior")
• 2004: We Are Not Alone (by Breaking Benjamin, Corgan is credited as writer of "Follow", "Forget It" and "Rain")
• 2004: The Essential Cheap Trick (by Cheap Trick, Corgan is bringing off guitar on the live recording admire the track "Mandocello")
• 2004: About a Unimportant Fire (by Blindside, Corgan is carrying out guitar on "Hooray, It's L.A.")
• 2005: Life Begins Again (by Jimmy Chamberlin Manipulative, Corgan is contributing voice on "Loki Cat")
• 2005: Blue-Sky Research (by Taproot, Corgan wrote the track "Lost in birth Woods" and co-wrote the tracks "Violent Seas" and "Promise")
• 2006: ONXRT:Live From Honourableness Archives Volume 9 (A compilation Memorial from the radio station 93 WXRT in Chicago features the live soundtrack of the track "A100")
• 2007: Humanity: Minute I (by Scorpions, Corgan is contributory voice on "The Cross")
• 2010: Nobody's Daughter (by Hole, Corgan is credited gorilla co-writer of "Pacific Coast Highway", "Samantha" and "Loser Dust")
• 2010: See My Friends (by Ray Davies, Corgan is featured in the song "All Day Gift All of the Night/Destroyer")
• 2011: Ghost ignore the Canvas (by Glen Campbell, Corgan is featured in the song ."There's No Me... Without You")
• 2011: Fancy Elbowroom People (by Fancy Space People, Corgan is credited as engineer and scene guitar)
• 2014: Did You Miss Me (on The Veronicas by The Veronicas, bass contributions)
• 2019: The Nothing (by Korn, Corgan is credited as co-writer of "You'll Never Find Me")
• 2019: Blvds of Splendor (by Cherie Currie, Corgan provides bass, bass and Backing Vocals on "Blvds Of Splendor")
• 2019: Screamer (by Third Chic Blind, Corgan described as the "musical consigliere" of the album, and credited as co-writer of "Light It Up")
• 2020: Ceremony (by Phantogram, Corgan is credited as co-writer of "Into Happiness" roost "Love Me Now")
• 2021: Bodies (by AFI, Corgan is credited as co-writer be useful to "Dulcería")

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