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Billy Corgan: TheFutureEmbrace

Dave Simpson, The Guardian, 17 June 2005

THE FORMER SMASHING PUMPKIN has long endured a deserved reputation as the most egotistical, whining man in rock. However, maturity and the clipping of Corgan's commercial sails seems to have brought something bearing a resemblance to humility. Following the short-lived experiment with pop sounds in Zwan, the dome-headed one has found solace in the music of his youth.

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