Billy Corgan

Billy Corgan is an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter who also works as a professional wrestling promoter. Born in Chicago, he started the Smashing Pumpkins there in 1988 with guitarist James Iha, and bassist D'arcy Wretzky and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin joined soon after. He sang, played lead guitar, and wrote most of the band's material, and the group is credited with helping popularize alternative rock. Gish (1991) came first, followed by the multi-platinum Siamese Dream (1993) and Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995), which drew seven Grammy nominations. After the band split in 2000 he formed Zwan with Chamberlin, published the poetry collection Blinking with Fists (2004), and released the solo album TheFutureEmbrace (2005). He revived the Smashing Pumpkins in 2007, and later put out the solo records Ogilala (2017) and Cotillions (2019). In wrestling, he formed Resistance Pro in 2011, became president of TNA Wrestling in 2016, and purchased the National Wrestling Alliance in 2017.