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Smashing Pumpkins' Corgan unveils new songs in LA

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by Mike Diver

The Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan performed in Los Angeles last night, playing four new songs.

Not one of the new songs had a title, reports NME.com; Corgan appeared unsettled at the show, at the Hotel Cafe, and repeatedly retuned his guitar.

Other performers on the evening included E from Eels, The Who's Pete Townshend, and Minnie Driver.

Organiser Rachel Fuller remarked that Corgan was nervous, adding that he'd not played live for a long time. He's also bald, and has been that way since '1979'.


I see

what you've done there, clever you.


He's bald.

Hehe. He's bald.


What about the Molko?

That's a much more irritating whine, shurely?


on record, maybe

Live, though, Corgan's voice is terrible. And I say that as a Smashing Pumpkins fanatic.


well

both voices can be annoying at time, but both bands are utterly godlike more often than not


Mr Corgan

Is a big bald god, I'll have you know.


Yeah

I wanna hear this new stuff...his voice aint that bad Prole.


It conveys a hell of a lot more emotion and mood

Than 90% of wanky normal vocally type bands. So there.


tim weeler from ash

I just can`t listen to it. so flat


On a different note

This means a new album soonish i guess. Will it be good? Probably not, but I will get it anyway.


it'll probably be crap

but I don't care, so long as they tour and play lots of old stuff. The very idea makes me palpitate slightly.


Yes

Apparently they were working with Roy Thomas Baker for a spell, him off of doing Queen and The Darkness.


three words:

stephen
patrick
morrissey

ithankyouverymuch.


best

voice and all, he did help write on of the best albums of the 1990's in mellon collie


dang

i'd have gone down and seen this if i'd known :'(


Little Gig

Stuff Billy C, what a crack it would haver been to see Pete Townshend in Hotel Cafe, which is about the size of downstairs at the Barfly.
Intimate rockin stuff