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'''The Smashing Pumpkins'''<nowiki>'</nowiki> frontman, [[Billy Corgan]], is thanked in the credits of ''[[Mechanical Animals (album)|Mechanical Animals]]'' and acted as creative consultant on the album. He also performed the backing vocals on "[[The Speed of Pain]]". Corgan and Manson were briefly friends, but Manson stated in an interview with i-D magazine that "Billy and I aren't really friends anymore", though he remained full of plaudits for the Chicago songwriter during the interview, calling him "a great artist" and "one of the most talented musicians I've ever worked with."  
| Name            = Billy Corgan
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| Img            = Billy_Corgan.jpg
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| Img_capt        = Billy Corgan live in Cologne, June 11, 2005.
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| Background      = solo_singer
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| Birth_name      = William Patrick Corgan, Jr.
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| Alias          =
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| Born            = March 17th, 1967 (age 42) Elk Grove Village, Illinois
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| Genre          = Alternative rock
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| Instrument      = Vocals<br>Guitar<br>Keyboard<br>Piano<br>Mellotron<br>Bass<br>Sitar<br>Harmonica
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| Occupation      = Musician, singer-songwriter, record producer, author
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| Years_active    = 1985–present
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| Label          = Caroline Records<br>Virgin Records<br>Reprise Records<br>Warner Bros. Records
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| Associated_acts = [[The Smashing Pumpkins]]<br>Zwan<br>Spirits in the Sky<br>The Jimmy Chamberlin Complex<br>Starchildren<br>The Marked
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| URL            = [http://www.myspace.com/billycorganmusic Official MySpace]
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| Notable_instruments = Fender Stratocaster
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'''The Smashing Pumpkins'''<nowiki>'</nowiki> frontman, Billy Corgan, is thanked in the credits of ''[[Mechanical Animals (album)|Mechanical Animals]]'' and acted as creative consultant on the album. He also performed the backing vocals on "[[The Speed of Pain]]". Corgan and Manson were briefly friends, but Manson stated in an interview with i-D magazine that "Billy and I aren't really friends anymore", though he remained full of plaudits for the Chicago songwriter during the interview, calling him "a great artist" and "one of the most talented musicians I've ever worked with."  
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Former guitarist James Iha reportedly contributed to [[The High End of Low]].
 
Former guitarist James Iha reportedly contributed to [[The High End of Low]].
  
 
[[Category:Musical groups]]
 
[[Category:Musical groups]]

Revision as of 00:54, 1 March 2010

The Smashing Pumpkins' frontman, Billy Corgan, is thanked in the credits of Mechanical Animals and acted as creative consultant on the album. He also performed the backing vocals on "The Speed of Pain". Corgan and Manson were briefly friends, but Manson stated in an interview with i-D magazine that "Billy and I aren't really friends anymore", though he remained full of plaudits for the Chicago songwriter during the interview, calling him "a great artist" and "one of the most talented musicians I've ever worked with."

Former guitarist James Iha reportedly contributed to The High End of Low.