by Emma Silvers On May 23, 2000, the Smashing Pumpkins' frontman Billy Corgan, he of shiny bald head and unmistakable wail -- veering, as it does, from sing-song falsetto to painful-sounding growl within a single, lyrical line -- announced in a live interview on L.A.'s KROQ-FM that the band would be breaking up at the end of its current tour. It was no secret that band members were not getting along.... [
Explaining Billy Corgan: Two Decades After They First Conquered the Alt-Rock World, the Smashing Pumpkins Still Have Something to Prove
SF Weekly - 3 Dec 2014 02:10
by Emma Silvers On May 23, 2000, the Smashing Pumpkins' frontman Billy Corgan, he of shiny bald head and unmistakable wail -- veering, as it does, from sing-song falsetto to painful-sounding growl within a single, lyrical line -- announced in a live interview on L.A.'s KROQ-FM that the band would be breaking up at the end of its current tour. It was no secret that band members were not getting along.... [
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