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Billy Corgan

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March 17, 1967 in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, The United States

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Poetry

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William Patrick Corgan, Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional poet. Corgan is the vocalist and lead guitarist for alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins, who are known for their complex, layered style, and Corgan's distinctive vocals and guitar solos.[citation needed]

Music journalist Jim DeRogatis declared, "Of all the memorable artists and characters that the alternative era produced, [Corgan] was the most traditional rock star, with all of the good and bad traits that implies." When the band broke up in 2000, Corgan went on to form the short-lived Zwan with former Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin. After releasing a solo album and a collection of poetry, Corgan reformed The Smashing Pumpkins with Chamberlin...more

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Books by Billy Corgan

Average rating: 3.11 · 308 ratings · 44 reviews · 1 distinct work

Blinking with Fists: Poems

3.11 avg rating — 308 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions

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Quotes by Billy Corgan

“Despite all my rage
I am still just a rat in the cage.”
― Billy Corgan

tags: anger , cages , life , rage , rats

29 people liked it

“I've always been spiritual but I've never had a proper context, and it took me a while to find the proper context. It's hard to realize you can have any kind of relationship with God you want... and so I now have a punk rock relationship with God”
― Billy Corgan

tags: god , punk , rock , spirituality

23 people liked it

“Great music completely obliterates any conceptions of genre.”
― Billy Corgan

8 people liked it

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