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Billy Corgan on pro wrestling, Jessica Simpson and his plans to write a memoir

Less than an hour before his first Chicago show since Dec. 2008, Billy Corgan sat with me in LaSalle Power Co.’s (500 N. LaSalle Blvd.) u-shaped green room on Thursday discussing -- what else? -- professional wrestling.

The Smashing Pumpkins singer, a die-hard wrestling fan, managed to make the conversation sound like a discussion about theater (“If a wrestler can embody a character, you’ll go along for the ride”) and kept the tone serious and analytical.

“Part of my attraction to that world is that I put the same energy into it that I used to put into my music world,” said Corgan, 42, who was performing at a benefit for NorthShore University HealthSystem’s Integrative Medicine Program.

“It’s not political for me. In the musical world, it got political. I stopped reading all music press and now just read wrestling press.”

If it sounds like Corgan is down on the record industry, that’s because he is. One of the reasons he plans on releasing 44 new Smashing Pumpkins songs for free online is to avoid having to deal with record industry drama.

Billy Corgan at LaSalle Power Co. (Tribune photo by Andrew A. Nelles)

Corgan has so far released two songs off the “Teargarden By Kaleidyscope” project and said he just completed the sixth song. He expects to release some of the new music over the next few weeks.

“I think a song at a time over the course of three to four years makes sense,” Corgan said. “I figured this was the best way to skip all that drama. All that drama is really boring.”

Surprisingly, Corgan isn’t as bored with the tabloid drama that occasionally surrounds his life.

“The stuff that I’ve seen doesn’t have any bearing to the reality that I’m in,” said Corgan, who tabloids have recently linked to pop star Jessica Simpson. “It’s like being in a cartoon. It has nothing to do with what’s really going on or how I feel.”

When asked about his studio collaboration with Simpson last month, the Glendale Heights-native said it was for her upcoming VH1 reality show, “The Price of Beauty.”

“She asked me to help her out on the theme song for her new TV show,” Corgan said. “[The show] has an interesting concept. She goes around the world to show how different people perceive beauty. In some cultures, bigger is better. In some, smaller is better. It’s interesting.”

“I ended up writing part of [the theme song]. It has a little bit of an alternative rock edge, but it’s still very pop-y.”

What’s next for Corgan -- besides recording 38 more Pumpkins songs?

“I just signed a deal to write my memoir,” Corgan responded. “It’s supposed to come out at the end of next year. It’s a spiritual memoir about life from a spiritual perspective – not from a media or celeb perspective.”

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