Billy Corgan Tickets

With his bald head and high-pitched voice, Billy Corgan and his Smashing Pumpkins were major touchstones for the grunge-era generation of music listeners. After splitting up the band, in which he was guitarist, singer and songwriter, Corgan formed Zwan with members of Tortoise and Chavez. In 2004, he earned some critical acclaim when he put out a book of his own poetry; the following year he released his first solo record, TheFutureEmbrace, which found him experimenting with trip-hop and industrial music. The record seems to indicate that Corgan is drifting further and further from the formulas (successful as they were) of his past.

In addition to performing, Corgan has produced albums for Ric Ocasek, Hole, The Frogs, and Catherine. He wrote the song "Eye" for the movie Lost Highway (1997) and has produced three soundtracks for the movies Ransom (1996), Stigmata (1999) and Spun (2002). He has performed vocals and guitar for New Order and Marianne Faithfull. Billy was also featured on Blindside's 2004 album About a Burning Fire, in the song Hooray, It's LA.