A year and a half ago, Smashing Pumpkins frontman and lifelong wrestling fan Billy Corgan launched his very own indie pro wrestling promotion, Resistance Pro. (There's also been talk of a Resistance…   Read Story »

Late last year I spoke to Billy Corgan for a Progress Report regarding the new Smashing Pumpkins record, Oceania. At the time of our interview the new album was still a couple of months away from…   Read Story »

Billy Corgan already wears plenty of hats -- influential musician, published poet, wrestling mogul, obsessive Cubs fan -- but there's always room for another cap on that gleaming dome. So why not add…   Read Story »

The Billy Corgan/Soundgarden beef has been going on at least since that falling out at Lolla '94, and the Corgan/Pavement beef has had legs since the "Range Life" dig that same year. And man, nobody…   Read Story »

In our review of the Smashing Pumpkins' very good new album, Oceania, I proclaimed the LP's third track, "The Celestials," to be "the catchiest song Billy Corgan has written since '1979.'" On Friday,…   Read Story »

On Tuesday night, Billy Corgan took a bunch of Smashing Pumpkins fans on a boat on Lake Michigan, playing them the new Pumpkins album Oceania. He also took the opportunity to go solo-acoustic and…   Read Story »

It's easy to rag on Billy Corgan for being a hypersensitive narcissist who says ridiculous things, but he's been doing that for two decades now. (The first time I cringed at a Corgan comment? In…   Read Story »

Billy Corgan had some words for Radiohead and their "pomposity" in a recent interview. Here's Billy: I can’t think of any people outside of Weird Al Yankovic who have both embraced and pissed on…   Read Story »

As previously reported, Billy Corgan launched a Chicago-based indie pro-wrestling promotion called Resistance Pro Wrestling last year. Since then, the company has run a handful of shows, and from…   Read Story »

Name: The Smashing Pumpkins Progress Report: Billy Corgan opens up about the recent Smashing Pumpkins reissues, the forthcoming Pumpkins album, and his own rather complicated musical legacy. Say…   Read Story »