Corgan tells Billboard.com that he's "already started writing songs for a new album" which he says "definitely seems like it's going to be more of a rockin' affair."
new interview with Smashing Pumpkins Billy Corgan about his new Madame Zuzu’s Tea House
“The North Shore gets a bad rap,” Corgan insisted this week. “Someone wrote something typically stupid on Twitter the other day, saying it’s all rich white people. That does these communities a disservice. I meet people of all walks and races here. To me, this is a vibrant community.”
It’s not a mere celebrity vanity project. His name’s not on it, but Corgan plans to be very involved and present — along with partner Sharon Mackin-Norberg, owner of the Ravinia Wine Shop directly across the street. The shop isn’t selling a bunch of extra merchandise — no Smashing Pumpkins mugs. Corgan himself selects the teas supplied from around the world.
“I’ve never had coffee. I’ve always hated the smell,” Corgan said. “It was always tea. I was a pretty typical kid, though. I grew up drinking Lipton. I didn’t know there was other tea to drink.”
Corgan inaugurates Madame ZuZu’s with three live sets
10:02 pm // Thursday, September 13, 2012
Today, for the opening of his tea house in Highland Park, IL, Billy Corgan treated fans to free tea and three live performances. Corgan played around 1PM, again at 4PM, and for a third and final time at 7PM.
During the first set, Corgan was joined by Greg Bates, who contributed to acoustic guitar to a rousing group singing of “Today.” Bates recorded songs with Corgan as Coat of Eyes, a short-lived band active before Corgan departed for Florida in 1985 to form The Marked, his better-known pre-Pumpkins band.
The second set featured live rarity “Jupiter’s Lament” and “The Rite of Spring,” a track Corgan debuted in July.
I’m still looking for additional information on the third set, but Corgan apparently switched to Madame ZuZu’s rare Bosendorfer piano and played some more tunes.
If you haven’t heard, Billy Corgan has gone into the tea business. Yesterday, the Smashing Pumpkins frontman opened his very own teahouse in his hometown of Highland Park, IL. Inspired by the Chinoise teahouses found in Paris during the 1930s, Corgan designed Madame ZuZu’s to serve “as a social hub for the community, blending tea drinkers with the arts.”
Rock It Out! Blog was there for the grand opening, and had a chance to speak to Corgan about his latest venture. We also discussed if the teahouse would have an impact on his music career, what the future holds for the Pumpkins, and if the band planned to hit the music festival circuit in support of their newest album, Oceania.
"у меня есть название для нового альбома, но я не скажу. это будет жестокая запись. моя месть." (c)
кому ты мстить собрался, Лысый Черт? Наверное Крису Корнеллу из Soundgarden, не иначе, аххаха))) Шизочокнутый маньяк. Жестокая запись? Что подразумевается под этим в данном случае, a? Для меня альбом Oceania очень жестокой записью вот лично оказался, потому как ну невозможно ни слушать, ни любить эти песни.
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Billy Corgan tells Tulsa World “I’m not an entertainer. I’m a musician – that’s my trade”
SEPTEMBER 26, 2012
In a phone interview with Tulsa World Billy Corgan told the paper that the Tulsa audience will get the massive, arena-sized production, without the 25 foot wide orb. Corgan tells them “We’ll play ‘Oceania’ and move straight into another set of our hits,”
Billy also touched on how he isn’t the same person as he was in 1995:
“People have come up to me after shows and talked to me like they were shocked I’m not exactly the same man I was in 1995, like I could look that guy up in the phone book and tell him to come to the next show,” he said.
“Nostalgia acts are really big right now – they’re huge – but for me to continue, to be happy, I have to also make music. I’m not an entertainer. I’m a musician – that’s my trade.”
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