Ex-bandmate Billy Corgan has said of Chamberlin, " he's up there with Bonham, you know, that level of drummer, who has been able to play a variety of music and have his style impact the way people play drums.

Smashing Pumpkins leader Billy Corgan has made a number of onstage guest appearances with Cheap Trick over the years.

The band's direction has largely been driven by Corgan through his confessional lyrics, grandiose production values, and virtuosic musical interplay, notably with Chamberlin.

Chamberlin left the Smashing Pumpkins in March 2009, while Corgan has continued to record and tour with a new lineup.

Billy Corgan has struggled with depression for much of his life enduring bouts of self-injury, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and suicidal thoughts.

While he believes he is far more stable now, Corgan still occasionally battles depression and has become an advocate for support networks.

" Regarding his role as a public figure, Corgan has said, " My compulsion is to be a visionary mystic, and music has been of course my most successful form of communication, but I ’ ve also communicated through video, poetry, and just being a public pain in the rear.

In addition to performing, Corgan has produced albums for Ric Ocasek, The Frogs, and Catherine.

Frequent collaborator Billy Corgan has said of Flood, " Flood ’ s incredible.

Beginning in 2005, Cantrell has joined Alice in Chains in a number of performances featuring singers such as Maynard James Keenan, Mark Lanegan, James Hetfield, Phil Anselmo, Billy Corgan, Patrick Lachman, Scott Weiland, and William DuVall.

Bon Harris began the Maven project in 2001 in Los Angeles, California, and has worked with Marilyn Manson, Smashing Pumpkins / Billy Corgan, Bush, and Depeche Mode.

Corgan has said that the three EPs are " technically the B-sides.

Elling has performed and recorded with David Amram, Bob Belden, Joanne Brackeen, Oscar Brown, Jr., Billy Corgan, Orbert Davis, George Freeman, Buddy Guy, Jon Hendricks, Charlie Hunter, Randy Bachman, Bob Mintzer, Rex Richardson, and Bob Sheppard.

It was written by Billy Corgan and is one of the few songs from Gish that has been performed consistently throughout the band's career.

Songwriter Billy Corgan has mentioned that Lull is known within the band as " the Rhinoceros single ".

Corgan has said in the commentary DVD for the video that the original plan for the video was to have these scenes filmed in a very small red room, so small that the band members were constantly on top of each other.

Corgan has stated the riff was conceived on an acoustic guitar while working at a record store in Chicago.

The rants were apparently based around the erosion of the belief structure in America's youth, and Corgan has stated they were the gestation for many ideas he later explored on Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.

* Billy Corgan has used Reverends on studio recordings as far back as 2000 and has been seen playing Reverends during television appearances.

He collaborated with Billy Corgan on the soundtrack to the movie Spun, singing the movie's opening song, a cover of Iron Maiden " s " Number of the Beast ".

In 2006, Love started recording what was going to be her second solo album, How Dirty Girls Get Clean, collaborating with again with Perry and Billy Corgan in the writing and recording.

Love also briefly dated Billy Corgan in early 1991, but her most prolific relationship was undoubtedly with Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain.

" Longtime fan Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins played guitar and sang back-up on the track " Turn My Way ", and in 2001 toured with the band on dates in the UK, US, and Japan for a short period of time.

Although Hole as a band did not perform during 1996 and 1997, members of Hole performed separately, including Love's guest appearance at a Smashing Pumpkins ' show in February 1996, at which she performed " Silverfuck " and " Farewell and Goodnight ", with Smashing Pumpkins ' frontman, and former boyfriend, Billy Corgan.

Chamberlin went on to form Zwan in 2001 with Corgan.

Chamberlin contacted Corgan to accept, and on February 2, 2006, MTV. com reported that he and Corgan had signed a new management deal with the Front Line Management, with a spokesperson confirming they had signed under the name " Smashing Pumpkins ".

Auf der Maur became friends with Billy Corgan after apologizing for a friend who had thrown a beer bottle at the band during one of The Smashing Pumpkins ' first Canadian concert dates at Montreal nightclub Les Foufounes Électriques ( which translates to " Electric Ass cheeks ").

On February 2, 2006, MTV. com reported that Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin had signed a new management deal with Front Line Management, with a spokesperson confirming they had signed under the name " Smashing Pumpkins.

In 2005, Smith teamed up with Billy Corgan, lead singer and lead guitarist of both The Smashing Pumpkins and Zwan, to do a cover of the Bee Gees ' " To Love Somebody " on Corgan's first solo release, TheFutureEmbrace.

The album contained songs written with Blur, Beck, Billy Corgan, Jarvis Cocker, Dave Stewart, David Courts and the French pop singer Étienne Daho.

They are currently recording new tracks with musician and producer Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins.

Formed by Corgan and guitarist James Iha in Chicago, Illinois, in 1987, the band quickly gained steam with the addition of bassist D ' arcy Wretzky and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin.

Corgan started a new band with Chamberlin right away, called Zwan, and after their demise, he released a solo album ( TheFutureEmbrace ) and a collection of poetry ( Blinking with Fists ) before setting his sights on reforming the Smashing Pumpkins.

The new version of that band, consisting of Corgan, Chamberlin, and a revolving tour lineup, released an album in 2007 and followed it with extensive touring over the next year and a half.

His father was soon remarried to a flight attendant, and Corgan and his brother went to live with them in Glendale Heights, Illinois.

He then toured with the band, composed of ex-Catherine member and " Superchrist " producer Kerry Brown, the late Electric Prunes bassist Mark Tulin, Strawberry Alarm Clock keyboardist Mark Weitz, frequent Corgan collaborator Linda Strawberry, flautist Kevin Dippold, " Superchrist " violinist Ysanne Spevack, new Pumpkins drummer Mike Byrne, and Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro, playing covers and new Pumpkins material at several clubs in California.

Corgan and Malkmus would trade barbs through the press for several years afterwards.

Cobain's widow, Courtney Love, made guest appearances at several shows, including the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania show at FDR Park ( usually taking time given to her by The Smashing Pumpkins vocalist / guitarist Billy Corgan ), speaking to the crowds about the loss, then singing a minimum of two songs.

In 2005, Chamberlin joined Corgan in reforming The Smashing Pumpkins ; he eventually left the group in March 2009 and currently performs in the group Skysaw.

* 1967 – Billy Corgan, American musician ( Smashing Pumpkins, Zwan, Spirits in the Sky, and Starchildren )

Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins noted the band's importance in the early 2010s, saying " If you look at the popular bands of our generation, like Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots, Nine Inch Nails, Hole, Nirvana and others, you see now clearly that the bands were very influential, very important not only for music but for culture, fashion …"

The studio was recommended to Love by Billy Corgan, who had recorded The Smashing Pumpkins ' album Siamese Dream there.

The first two Smashing Pumpkins albums, Gish and Siamese Dream, were performed almost entirely by Corgan and Chamberlin alone.

William Patrick " Billy " Corgan, Jr. ( born March 17, 1967 ) is an American musician, producer, lyricist, writer, and occasional poet, best known as the frontman and sole permanent member of The Smashing Pumpkins.

Upon his return to Chicago, Corgan had already devised his next project – a new wave band that would be called The Smashing Pumpkins.

In 2004, Corgan began writing revealing autobiographical posts on his website and his MySpace page, blaming Iha for the breakup of the Smashing Pumpkins, calling Wretzky " a mean spirited drug addict ," and criticizing his former Zwan bandmates ' fixation with " indie cred " and calling them " filthy ", opportunistic, and selfish.

In 2005, Corgan took out a full-page ad in Chicago's two major newspapers ( The Chicago Tribune and The Chicago Sun-Times ) revealing his desire to reform the Smashing Pumpkins.

At the end of the tour, Corgan, Byrne, Tulin, and Brown headed back to Chicago to begin work on the new Smashing Pumpkins album, Teargarden by Kaleidyscope.

Billy Corgan of the two-time award-winning band, The Smashing Pumpkins

The following year, he assisted Billy Corgan and Brad Wood on The Smashing Pumpkins's 1998 album Adore and co-produced PJ Harvey's album Is This Desire ?.