As The Smashing Pumpkins gear up to release new double-album Cyr on November 27, mainman Billy Corgan has reflected on his intense relationship with creating music – and how, in the band’s early days, it even impacted who he was as a person. In a brain-picking interview as part of this week’s Kerrang! Cover Story, the songwriting genius admits that he “literally couldn’t” be himself when he was younger as he was “so worried about writing great songs”. “I think if I was 20 years old in this world, I would have a much better chance of being myself,” Billy reflects today. “When we stood on a stage in 1990, me being somewhat androgynous, with a high, almost-female voice, playing the kind of music we played… People weren’t li...
