In the 21st century, Billy Corgan is more closely associated with the carnival world of professional wrestling than he is with music. Preferring to go by his full first name of 'William,' he's been a minority owner of Impact Wrestling, and now owns the legendary National Wrestling Alliance brand, which was once home to Ric Flair and Dusty Rhodes during the golden wrestling era of the 1980s. Before any of that, though, Corgan was the frontman and focus of the Smashing Pumpkins.
The Pumpkins have somewhat soured their legacy in recent years by splitting up and reforming multiple times after assuring fans they were finished for good, but in their prime, nobody made more popular or relatable emotive rock music. From the fury and angst of 'Bullet with Butterfly Wings' so the wistful simplicity of 'Perfect,' they were another band that will have been the soundtrack to many of our readers' teenage years.