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Billy Corgan
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American musician
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Billy Corgan is an American guitarist, singer-songwriter, poet, and singer who has been active since 1985. Born on March 17, 1967, in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, he is a member of the band The Smashing Pumpkins. His musical work spans rock, alternative rock, and synth-pop genres, and he has been associated with Virgin Records. Corgan works in Chicago and performs as a left-handed tenor.
In addition to his musical career, Corgan is an author with works including *Blinking with Fists*, *Ogilala*, and *Billy Corgan Quotes*. He has also been involved in acting. His official website is billy-corgan.com.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Billy Corgan Quotes
- Ogilala
- Blinking with Fists
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Elk Grove Village, Illinois, USA
William Patrick Corgan Jr. is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and professional wrestling promoter. He is best known as the lead singer, primary songwriter, guitarist, and only permanent member of the rock band The Smashing Pumpkins.
Known for
- Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow — Self2025
- Nevermore: The Raven Effect — Self2025
- Ozzy: No Escape from Now — Self2025
- Beyond The Alps — Billy2024
- Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley — Self2024
- Billy Corgan's Adventures in Carnyland — Self2024
- The Muppets Mayhem — Billy Corgan2023
- NWA Empowerrr — Billy Corgan2021
- NWA 732021
- Algren — Self2021
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1967
Discography
Member of
- The Marked1983–1987
- The Smashing Pumpkins1988–2000
- The Smashing Pumpkinssince 2006
- Spirits in the Sky
- Deep Blue Dream
- Zwan
- Starchildren
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 163,420
- Total plays
- 1,778,131
Tags
William Patrick Corgan Jr. (born March 17, 1967) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and professional wrestling promoter. He is best known as the co-founder, lead guitarist, primary songwriter, singer, and only consistent member of the alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. Corgan is recognized for his influence on the popularization of alternative rock. He has also been the owner and promoter of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) since 2017. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/B
Key facts
- Born
- William Patrick Corgan Jr. , ( 1967-03-17 ) March 17, 1967 (age 59) , Chicago, Illinois , U.S.
- Occupations
- Musician singer songwriter professional wrestling promoter podcaster
- Years active
- 1985–present
- Spouses
- Chris Fabian ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1993 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1997 ) Chloe Mendel ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2023 )
- Genres
- Alternative rock hard rock alternative metal grunge psychedelic rock
- Instruments
- Vocals guitar keyboards bass
- Labels
- Caroline Virgin Reprise Warner Bros. Sumerian BMG
- Member of
- The Smashing Pumpkins
- Formerly of
- Deep Blue Dream The Marked Spirits in the Sky Starchildren Zwan
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Patrick
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Elk Grove Village
- Genre
- synth-pop
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Virgin Records
- Official website
- www.billy-corgan.com
- Image
- Billy Corgan.jpg
- Work location
- Chicago
- Voice type
- tenor
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- member of
- The Smashing Pumpkins
- Commons category
- Billy Corgan
- date of birth
- 1967-03-17
- start of work period
- 1985-00-00
- handedness
- left-handedness
- social media followers
- 272796
- name in native language
- Billy Corgan
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Encyclopedic overview
William Patrick Corgan Jr. (born March 17, 1967) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and professional wrestling promoter. He is best known as the co-founder, lead guitarist, primary songwriter, singer, and only constant member of alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins. Corgan is credited with helping popularize the alternative rock genre. Considered as one of the finest and most underrated rock guitarists of the 1990s, Rolling Stone called him and his Smashing Pumpkins bandmates "ruthless virtuosos". He has also been the owner and promoter of the National Wrestling Alliance since 2017.
Corgan formed the Smashing Pumpkins in Chicago in 1988 alongside guitarist James Iha, with bassist D'arcy Wretzky and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin joining soon after. Strong album sales and large-scale tours propelled the band to commercial success and critical acclaim throughout the 1990s. After their break-up in 2000, Corgan and Chamberlin started a new band called Zwan; after the band's demise, he released the collection of poetry Blinking with Fists (2004) and the solo album TheFutureEmbrace (2005) before reforming Smashing Pumpkins in 2007. The new version of the band, consisting of Corgan and a revolving lineup, has released new albums and toured extensively. In October 2017, Corgan released Ogilala, his first solo album in over a decade. His latest solo album, Cotillions, was released in 2019.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Billy Corgan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.