Word: corgan
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After almost 20 years in various bands, most notably The Smashing Pumpkins, Corgan began a solo career last year. His first album, just completed, is expected to be released in the spring...
...meantime however, Corgan has changed course yet again, venturing this time into a completely new artistic medium...
...peculiar cover art, Corgan explains that it is a painting done by his ex-girlfriend, Yelena Yemchuck. He says he wasn’t trying to convey anything specific with his choice, but liked the mood it gave the book. “Her paintings have this sort of dark but also sort of whimsical feeling,” he says...
...Corgan originally intended his book to be a collection of poetry and lyrics. He soon realized however that he wanted to assemble a volume that was only poetry. “I just realized that [the poetry] had its own sort of thing to it,” he explains...
...making such a decision, Corgan follows in the footsteps of a plethora of musicians of different genres, including Jim Morrison, Tupac Shakur, Jewel and, perhaps most notably, John Lennon. His books Spaniard in the Works (1965) and In His Own Write (1967) both included poems, stories and drawings...