Coordinates	67°30′″N64°02′″N
name	Billy Corgan
background	solo_singer
birth name	William "Billy" Patrick Corgan, Jr.
born	March 17, 1967Elk Grove Village, Illinois, U.S.
genre	Alternative rock
instrument	Vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass, harmonica, ukulele
occupation	Musician, singer-songwriter, record producer, author
years active	1985–present
label	Caroline, Virgin, Reprise, Warner Bros.
associated acts	Smashing Pumpkins, Zwan, Spirits in the Sky, The Jimmy Chamberlin Complex, Starchildren, The Marked, Hole, Courtney Love, New Order
website
notable instruments	Fender Stratocaster Gibson ES335 }}

William Patrick "Billy" Corgan, Jr. (born March 17, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional poet best known as the frontman and sole permanent member of The Smashing Pumpkins. Formed by Corgan and guitarist James Iha in Chicago, Illinois in 1987, the band quickly gained steam with the addition of bassist D'arcy Wretzky and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin. In three years, The Smashing Pumpkins had transformed themselves into a major label success. Strong album sales and large-scale tours propelled the band's increasing fame in the 1990s, while Chamberlin's drug problems escalated until he had to be fired. The Pumpkins continued as a three-piece until Chamberlin rejoined the band in 1999, then broke up in 2000. Corgan started a new band with Chamberlin right away, called Zwan, and after their demise, he released a solo album and a collection of poetry before setting his sights on reforming the Smashing Pumpkins.

The new version of that band, consisting of Corgan, Chamberlin, and a revolving tour lineup, released an album in 2007 and followed it with extensive touring over the next year and a half. Chamberlin left the Smashing Pumpkins in March 2009, while Corgan continued on with a new lineup, currently recording the album ''Teargarden by Kaleidyscope'' and touring.

History

1967–87: Childhood and formative years

Corgan was born in Elk Grove Village, Illinois as the oldest son of William Corgan Sr., a blues guitarist, and Martha Louise Maes Corgan Lutz. His parents had one more child, Ricky, before divorcing in 1970. His father was soon remarried to a flight attendant, and Corgan and his brother went to live with them in Glendale Heights, Illinois. During this time, Corgan alleges he was subject to much physical and emotional abuse by his stepmother. Corgan's half-brother, Jesse, was born in 1976. Jesse has a rare genetic condition, Tourette syndrome and other disabilities, and Corgan spent a good deal of his youth taking care of and defending him. The two remain close - Jesse joined The Smashing Pumpkins on stage in Chicago in December 2008. When Corgan's father and stepmother separated, all three children would live alone with the stepmother, with both of Corgan's birth parents living separately within an hour's drive.

Corgan, who grew much faster than his fellow students, was a strong athlete in elementary school. In addition to being a member of his Marquardt Middle School baseball team, he collected baseball cards (amassing over 10,000) and listened to every Chicago Cubs game. However, by the time he began attending Glenbard North High School in Carol Stream Illinois, he had become only an average athlete. He decided to start playing guitar when he went over to a friend's house and saw his friend's Flying V. Corgan gave his savings to his father, who bought him a used Les Paul knock-off. Corgan, Sr. steered his son stylistically, encouraging him to listen to Jeff Beck and Jimi Hendrix, but offered little other support, and the younger Corgan taught himself to play the instrument. His musical interests in his formative years included hard rock like ''Guts''-era John Cale, heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath, and mainstream rock like Queen, Boston, ELO, Rush, and Cheap Trick. In high school, Corgan discovered alternative rock through Bauhaus and The Cure.

Corgan performed in a string of bands in high school and graduated as an honor student. Despite grant and scholarship offers from a number of schools, including the University of Michigan, and a tuition fund left by his grandmother, Corgan decided to pursue music full-time. Not finding the Chicago music scene to his liking, he moved from Chicago to St. Petersburg, Florida in 1985 with his first major band, The Marked (so named for the conspicuous birthmarks of both Corgan and drummer Ron Roesing). Not finding success in St. Petersburg, the band dissolved; Corgan moved back to Chicago to live with his father.

1988–2000: The Smashing Pumpkins

Upon his return to Chicago, Corgan had already devised his next project - a new wave band that would be called The Smashing Pumpkins. Corgan met guitarist James Iha while working in a record store, and the two began recording demos, which Corgan describes as "gloomy little goth-pop records." After recording their first two demos that Corgan wrote, Iha decided to write one for himself. After looking over it, Corgan criticized it. Iha took this very seriously and did not talk to Corgan for about another two months, until one day they just decided to make some more demos. He then met bassist D'arcy Wretzky after a local show, arguing with her about a band that had just played. Soon after, the Smashing Pumpkins were formed. The trio began to play together at local clubs with only a drum machine for percussion. To secure a show at the Metro in Chicago, the band recruited drummer Jimmy Chamberlin and played for the first time as a quartet on October 5, 1988.

The addition of the powerful Chamberlin drove the band in a heavier direction almost immediately. On the band's inaugural album, ''Gish'' (1991), the band fused diverse threads such as psychedelic rock and heavy metal into a distinctive sound. ''Gish'' fared better than expected, but the follow-up, ''Siamese Dream'', released on Virgin Records, became a multi-platinum hit. The band became known for internal drama during this period, with Corgan frequently characterized in the music press as a "control freak" due to rumors that Corgan played all the guitar and bass parts on ''Gish'' and ''Siamese Dream'' (a rumor that Corgan later confirmed as true). Despite this, the album was well-received by critics, and the songs "Today" and "Disarm" became smash hits.

The band's 1995 follow up effort, the double album ''Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness'', was even more successful, spawning a string of hit singles. The album was nominated for seven Grammy awards that year and would eventually be certified nine times platinum in the United States. The song "1979" was Corgan's biggest hit to date, reaching #1 on ''Billboard'''s modern rock and mainstream rock charts. Their appearance on ''Saturday Night Live'' on November 11, 1995 to promote this material (their second appearance on the show overall) also was the television debut appearance of Corgan's shaved head, which he has maintained consistently ever since. Until that point, Corgan, like most other rock stars, had varied his hairstyle often.

During the album's tour, the band was plagued by Chamberlin's heroin addiction. On July 12, 1996, Chamberlin and touring keyboardist Jonathan Melvoin overdosed in a hotel room. Chamberlin survived, but Melvoin did not. The Pumpkins made the decision to fire Chamberlin and would continue as a trio. Their next effort, 1998's ''Adore'', was undertaken with drum machines and studio drummers, and consisted of more subdued material than the band's previous efforts. ''Adore'' divided both critics and fans, resulting in a significant decrease in album sales (it sold 1.3 million discs in the US).

Chamberlin was reunited with the band in 1999, and 2000 saw ''Machina/The Machines of God'', a concept album on which the band deliberately played to their public image; critics were again divided, and sales were lower than ever. During the recording for ''Machina'', Wretzky quit the band and was replaced for the upcoming tour by former Hole bassist Melissa Auf der Maur. In 2000, the band released ''Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music'' for free over the internet. The Smashing Pumpkins played their last show on December 2 of that year at the Cabaret Metro.

2001–05: Zwan and solo career

Following a brief stint touring with New Order in the summer, Corgan reunited with Chamberlin to form the band Zwan with Corgan's old friend Matt Sweeney in late 2001. The lineup was completed with guitarist David Pajo and bassist Paz Lenchantin. The band had two distinct incarnations, the primary approach being an upbeat rock band with a three-guitar-driven sound, the second, a folk and gospel inspired acoustic side with live strings. The quintet performed throughout 2002 and their debut album, ''Mary Star of the Sea'', was released in early 2003 to generally positive reviews. In the midst of their supporting tour for the album, mounting conflict between Corgan and Chamberlin and the other band members led to the cancellation of the rest of the tour as the band entered an apparent hiatus, formally announcing a breakup in September 2003.

In 2004, Corgan began writing revealing autobiographical posts on his website and his MySpace page, blaming Iha for the breakup of the Smashing Pumpkins, calling Wretzky "a mean spirited drug addict," and criticizing his former Zwan bandmates' fixation with "indie cred" and calling them "filthy", opportunistic, and selfish.

In late 2004, Corgan published ''Blinking with Fists'', a book of poetry. Despite mixed reviews, the book debuted on the New York Times Best Seller list. Around this time, he began posting autobiographical writings online under the title ''The Confessions of Billy Corgan''.

Also in 2004, he began a solo music career, initially performing acoustic folk songs related to Chicago history. He abandoned this style in favor of an electronic/shoegaze/alternative rock sound for his first solo album, ''The Future Embrace''. Released on June 21, 2005 through Reprise Records, it garnered mixed reviews from the press and only sold 69,000 copies. Corgan toured behind his solo album with a touring band that included Linda Strawberry, Brian Liesegang and Matt Walker in 2005. This tour was not as extensive as previous Smashing Pumpkins or Zwan tours.

2005–present: The Smashing Pumpkins revival

In 2005, Corgan took out a full-page ad in Chicago's two major newspapers (''The Chicago Tribune'' and ''The Chicago Sun-Times'') revealing his desire to reform the Smashing Pumpkins. Several days later, Jimmy Chamberlin accepted Billy Corgan's offer for a reunion.

On April 20, 2006 the band's official website confirmed that the group was indeed reuniting. The band went into studio for much of 2006 and early 2007, and performed its first show in seven years on May 22, 2007, with new members Ginger Pooley (bass) and Jeff Schroeder (guitar) replacing Wretzky and Iha. The new album, titled ''Zeitgeist'', was released in the U.S. on July 10, 2007, and debuted at #2 on the ''Billboard'' charts. Corgan and the rest of the Pumpkins toured extensively throughout 2007 and 2008, also releasing the EP ''American Gothic'' and the singles "G.L.O.W." and "Superchrist". Chamberlin left the band in March 2009, and Corgan elected to continue under the name.

In summer 2009, Corgan formed the band Spirits in the Sky to play a tribute concert to the late Sky Saxon of the Seeds. He then toured with the band, composed of ex-Catherine member and "Superchrist" producer Kerry Brown, the late Electric Prunes bassist Mark Tulin, Strawberry Alarm Clock keyboardist Mark Weitz, frequent Corgan collaborator Linda Strawberry, flautist Kevin Dippold, "Superchrist" violinist Ysanne Spevack, new Pumpkins drummer Mike Byrne, and Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro, playing covers and new Pumpkins material at several clubs in California. At the end of the tour, Corgan, Byrne, Tulin, and Brown headed back to Chicago to begin work on the new Smashing Pumpkins album, ''Teargarden by Kaleidyscope''. The current lineup, which includes new bassist Nicole Fiorentino, toured through much of 2010 and is now recording the "album-within-an-album" ''Oceania''.

Personal life

Billy Corgan struggled with depression for much of his life, enduring bouts of self-injury, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and suicidal thoughts. Corgan attributes these problems to the abuse he endured as a child, as well as his personal anxieties and issues. While he believes he is far more stable now, he still occasionally battles depression and has become an advocate for support networks.

His mother Martha died in December 1996. The song "For Martha", from ''Adore'', was written in her memory. In the early 2000s, Corgan would name his label Martha's Music after her as well. A picture of Martha as a little girl sitting on a fake moon at Riverview Park is featured on the flipside of the ''Siamese Dream'' booklet.

Corgan is an avid sports fan. A childhood fan of the Cubs, he later commented on that team for WXRT DJ Lin Brehmer. He has appeared at Cubs games many times, occasionally throwing the ceremonial first pitch or singing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame". He was a devoted fan of the Chicago Bulls and Chicago Blackhawks in the 1990s, and became personal friends with Dennis Rodman and Chris Chelios. He is a lifelong fan of professional wrestling and self-described "wrestlemaniac," and appeared in an ECW pro wrestling wielding an acoustic guitar as a weapon. In 2008, the Pumpkins song "Doomsday Clock" was used by Ring of Honor for promotional videos. On April 26, 2010, Corgan appeared live on the SIRIUS Satellite Radio program "Right After Wrestling" with Arda Ocal to discuss his love for pro wrestling and the importance of unique theme songs for characters. On August 26, 2010, Corgan took part in a professional wrestling storyline with wrestlers from the Mexican promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración, during a concert for MTV World Stage. As far as other entertainment, Corgan once commented that all he watches on TV are "sports and Three Stooges." In March 2008, he was spotted in the crowd at the final day of the cricket test match between New Zealand and England in Wellington.

He incorporates elements of Catholicism and Buddhism into his spiritual philosophy, even though he has not publicly aligned himself with any one faith. On September 9, 2009, Billy launched Everything From Here to There, an interfaith website that is devoted to "Mind-Body-Soul" integration. He mentions praying each morning and night to be able to see through Christ's eyes and feel with his heart. On his drive to create art and music, he said, "God is just out my back door, yet I choose not to visit. I would rather sit alone and scheme on how to be remembered, on what more that I can do here to cement the evidence that I once walked these roads with you. It is a futile exercise. I know it is, and yet I persist."

While Corgan typically avoids discussing US politics, he said after the 2008 presidential election, "I'm very proud of my country right now for doing the right thing." In 2009, he posted a transcript of a webcast by political activist Lyndon LaRouche to the official Smashing Pumpkins forum. On March 10, 2009, Billy Corgan testified in front of Congress on behalf of the musicFIRST Coalition. Corgan spoke in favor of H.R. 848, the Performance Rights Act, which gives musicians and artists their share of compensation when their music is played on music radio stations.

In 1993, he married his longtime on-again, off-again girlfriend, museum book restorer and artist Chris Fabian. They were married at a small ceremony at his house in Wrigleyville. Rumors circulated that Corgan and Courtney Love rekindled their romance during the Pumpkins' 1994 Lollapalooza tour, after Cobain's death. Corgan and Fabian separated sometime during the summer of 1996, and divorced in 1997. Corgan refused to discuss the subject in interviews, saying "There is not and will not be any public record on my marriage - that's one thing I have to draw lines around." He nevertheless described the circumstances of his marriage in his online ''Confessions'', in 2005.

In late 1995, he started dating photographer Yelena Yemchuk, who had contributed to several Smashing Pumpkins videos and album art. The 2000 Smashing Pumpkins hit "Stand Inside Your Love" was written about her. He continued to date Yemchuk until around 2004. According to Corgan, his breakup with her contributed to the themes of his 2005 solo release, ''The Future Embrace''. In 2008, Corgan said, "I've had a bad marriage and seven bad girlfriends in a row", a perspective he attributes to his dedication to music.

In early 2006, Corgan moved in with Love and her daughter, Frances Bean Cobain. According to Love, he had his own wing in her new Hollywood Hills mansion. Two years later, Love criticized Corgan publicly over the latter's alleged refusal to attend Frances' sweet 16 birthday party. In March 2010, Corgan stated in an interview in reference about Love "I have no interest in supporting her in any way, shape or form. You can't throw enough things down the abyss with a person like that" and said he parted ways with her. Shortly after, when Hole's ''Nobody's Daughter'' was released, Corgan unleashed on his Twitter a set of anger-filled tweets against her in reference to including two songs he wrote, "Samantha" and "How Dirty Girls Get Clean," that ended up on the new album without his permission. Love then wrote an apology to him on her Facebook, but things heated up. Billy took to his Twitter again in six tweets, attacking her again. Courtney responded to Corgan's tweets saying "All i am is nice about you so if you wanna be mean be mean i dont feel anything. i have too much to feel dear."

In late 2009, Corgan briefly dated Jessica Simpson. Since April 2010, he is dating with Jessica Origliasso from The Veronicas.

Collaborations

In addition to performing, Corgan has produced albums for Ric Ocasek, The Frogs, and Catherine. He shared songwriting credit on several songs on Hole's 1998 album ''Celebrity Skin''; the title track became Corgan's second #1 modern rock hit. He also acted as a consultant for Marilyn Manson during the album ''Mechanical Animals''. He has produced three soundtracks for the movies ''Ransom'' (1996), ''Stigmata'' (1999) and ''Spun'' (2002) in which he appeared as a doctor. Billy appeared at the 1996 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremonies. He inducted one of his biggest musical influences, Pink Floyd. He played acoustic guitar during the ceremony with Pink Floyd, when they performed their song "Wish You Were Here". He has collaborated with Tony Iommi, Blindside, David Bowie, New Order and Marianne Faithfull. Corgan would also guide and collaborate with three bands in the 2000s—Breaking Benjamin (during sessions for 2004's ''We Are Not Alone''), Taproot (for ''Blue-Sky Research'', 2005), and Sky Saxon. Corgan appeared as a guest vocalist on the song "Loki Cat" on Jimmy Chamberlin's first solo album ''Life Begins Again'' and Chamberlin played drums for the song "DIA" on Corgan's solo debut, where Robert Smith from The Cure teamed up with Billy Corgan to do a cover of the Bee Gees' "To Love Somebody". Corgan has worked on Courtney Love's ''Nobody's Daughter'', Garbage vocalist Shirley Manson's debut solo album, and Scorpions' ''Humanity - Hour 1''. In 2010, Corgan featured on Ray Davies' album on a mash-up of the tracks "All Day and All of the Night" and "Destroyer".

Abandoned projects

With The Smashing Pumpkins

Corgan has often mentioned or developed projects that remain commercially unreleased. During the press junkets for 1995's ''Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness'', he claimed that the band were planning on an ''MTV Unplugged'' appearance and album. In 1998, he spoke of his hope to release a solo acoustic album, a sequel to ''Vieuphoria'', and a comprehensive boxset of live Smashing Pumpkins recordings. To date, none of these albums have been released.

The final Smashing Pumpkins concert before the 2000 breakup was recorded professionally, and a DVD of this performance had been mentioned frequently after the breakup but never materialized (though one song from the concert, "An Ode to No One," was later released on the DVD ''Greatest Hits Video Collection''). Meanwhile, the ''Glass and the Machines of God'' animated series (written by Jim Evans), a tie-in to the ''Machina'' albums, was never completed, though several apparent cuts of episodes were leaked in 2003.

With Zwan

During their brief time together, Zwan recorded "tons of music" outside of their ''Mary Star of the Sea'' album, possibly including an entire second album as the "Djali Zwan", but neither the album nor the footage were released, and Zwan's breakup was announced in spring 2003. Corgan later said it "will just sit in a box until I can stomach it."

Other projects

In the "About the Author" section of his 2004 poetry book ''Blinking with Fists'', Corgan acknowledged that he was writing a novel. It is not known whether the novel was finished, and no other information about the work has since been made available.

In his June 21, 2005 newspaper ad announcing his intention to revive Smashing Pumpkins, he announced that he was writing an autobiography, titled ''The Confessions of Billy Corgan''. Some excerpts from the work were posted online, but no publishing plans have been announced and Corgan has not publicly spoken of the project in years. In the same newspaper ad, Corgan spoke of a DVD/EP titled ''ChicagoSongs'', a release under his own name featuring songs related to his native Chicago; the project was apparently shelved when he and Jimmy Chamberlin began work on ''Zeitgeist''. In a recent Twitter post, Corgan hinted that the Chicago Songs project may be revived in the near future, saying that there were a total of seventy two songs.

Musical style and influences

When asked in a 1994 ''Rolling Stone'' interview about his influences, Corgan replied: }}

Although Corgan is not widely recognized for his guitar playing, it has been praised numerous times. Allmusic said "Starla" "proves that Corgan was one of the finest (and most underrated) rock guitarists of the '90s", while ''Rolling Stone'' called him and his Smashing Pumpkins bandmates "ruthless virtuosos". Within guitar circles, he has assumed a position of respect. He wrote six articles for ''Guitar World'' in 1995, and his solos for "Cherub Rock" and "Geek USA" were included on their list of the top guitar solos of all time. His solo for "Soma" was #24 on ''Rolling Stone'''s list of the top guitar solos. He is a fan of Eddie Van Halen and interviewed him in the late nineties for ''Guitar World''.

His bass playing, which has featured on nearly every Smashing Pumpkins album, was influenced by post-punk figures like Peter Hook and Simon Gallup.

Corgan has praised Radiohead, saying "if they're not the best band in the world, then they're one of the best", and is also a fan of Pantera. Pantera producer Terry Date would later be brought in to produce the Smashing Pumpkins' ''Zeitgeist''. Other favorites include Rush, Metallica, Queen, Dinosaur Jr., My Bloody Valentine, and Spiritualized.

His literary influences include William S. Burroughs and Philip K. Dick.

Instruments

Corgan played (during the ''Gish''-''Siamese Dream'' era) a customized '57 Reissue Fender Stratocaster equipped with three Fender Lace Sensor pickups (the Lace Sensor Blue in the neck position, the Lace Sensor Silver in the middle position, and the Lace Sensor Red at the bridge position). It also has a five-position pickup selector switch which he installed himself. This battered Strat became his number one guitar by default. He owned a '74 Strat that was stolen shortly after ''Gish'' was completed.

Corgan also used a wide variety of guitars on ''Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness''. On "Where Boys Fear to Tread", Billy used a Les Paul Junior Reissue, and on "Tonight Tonight" he used a '72 Gibson ES-335. He is also known to use a '74 Strat that has since then been painted baby blue. That guitar was used on the recordings for "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" and also "Muzzle", because the heavier wood gave it the basic Strat sound with a bit more bottom.

During the recording and tour of the album ''Zeitgeist'', Billy used a Schecter C-1 EX baritone, finished in black with Tony Iommi signature pickups.

Corgan also endorsed Reverend Guitars in his Zwan era, most notably playing a Reverend Slingshot.

In 2008 Billy released to the market his own Fender Stratocaster. This new guitar was made to Corgan’s exact specs to create his famous mid-’90s buzzsaw tone, the instrument features three DiMarzio pickups (two custom for this instrument), a string-through hardtail bridge and a satin nitrocellulose lacquer finish. When playing live he uses both his signature Strats as well as two other Fender Strats one in red with a white pick guard and one in silver-grey with a black pick guard , a Gibson Tony Iommi signature SG and his Schecter C-1, however the Schecter is only used on the ''Zeitgeist'' song "United States".

On the official Smashing Pumpkins YouTube channel, a recently uploaded video called 'Stompland' features Corgan revealing an array of the pedals he used on many recordings throughout his career with the Smashing Pumpkins.

Solo discography

Albums

2005: ''TheFutureEmbrace'' (#31 US, #67 GER, #24 AUS)

Singles

2005: "Walking Shade" (#74 UK)

Soundtrack work

1996: ''Ransom''

1997: ''First Love, Last Rites'' ("When I Was Born, I Was Bored")

1999: ''Stigmata''

2000: ''Any Given Sunday'' (Corgan is credited on "Be A Man" by Hole)

2002: ''Spun'' (Corgan wrote original songs for this soundtrack)

2004: ''National Treasure'' (Corgan is credited on writing "Forget It")

2006: "Dance of the Dead" (episode of ''Masters of Horror'')

2007: ''When a Man Falls in the Forest'' (three previously unreleased songs)

2011: ''The Chicago Code'' (Corgan performs the opening theme, written by Robert Duncan)

Albums featured

1991: ''Sparkle'' (by Catherine, The EP is produced by Corgan)

1994: ''Songs About Girls'' (by Catherine, The song "It's No Lie" is produced by Corgan)

1994: ''Chante Des Chanson Sur Les Filles'' (by Catherine, The EP is produced by Corgan as "Johhny Goat")

1994: ''Sleepy EP'' (by Catherine, The EP is produced by Corgan)

1996: ''Guitars That Rule the World, Vol. 2: Smell the Fuzz:The Superstar Guitar Album'' (by Various Artists, Corgan is credited as writer and performer of "Ascendo")

1997: ''Starjob'' (by The Frogs, The EP is produced by Corgan as "Johhny Goat")

1997: ''Troublizing'' (by Ric Ocasek, Corgan is credited as writer of "Asia Minor" and playing guitar on "The Next Right Moment", "Crashland Consequence", "Situation", "Fix on You" and "People We Know")

1998: ''Celebrity Skin'' (by Hole, Corgan is credited as co-writer of "Celebrity Skin", "Hit So Hard", "Malibu", "Dying" and "Petals")

1998: "I Belong to You" single (by Lenny Kravitz, Corgan remixed the second track "If You Can't Say No (Flunky In The attic Mix)")

1998 ''Mechanical Animals'' by Marilyn Manson, Corgan performed backing vocals on ''Speed of Pain'', although not credited, he is thanked in the album credits.

1999: ''Paraphernalia'' (by Enuff Z'Nuff, Corgan is credited as guitarist on the song "Everything Works If You Let It")

2000: ''Iommi'' (by Tony Iommi, Corgan is credited as writer of and vocalist on "Black Oblivion")

2001: ''Get Ready'' (by New Order, Corgan is contributing voice on "Turn My Way")

2002: ''Kissin' Time'' (by Marianne Faithfull, Corgan is credited as writer of "Wherever I Go", "I'm on Fire" and contributing on "Something Good")

2003: "Lights Out" single (by Lisa Marie Presley, Corgan is credited as writer of "Savior")

2004: ''We Are Not Alone'' (by Breaking Benjamin, Corgan is credited as writer of "Follow", "Forget It" and "Rain")

2004: ''The Essential Cheap Trick'' (by Cheap Trick, Corgan is playing guitar on the live recording of the track "Mandocello")

2004: ''About a Burning Fire'' (by Blindside, Corgan is playing guitar on "Hooray, It's L.A.")

2005: ''Life Begins Again'' (by Jimmy Chamberlin Complex, Corgan is contributing voice on "Loki Cat")

2005: ''Blue-Sky Research'' (by Taproot, Corgan wrote the track "Lost in the Woods" and co-wrote the tracks "Violent Seas" and "Promise")

2006: ''ONXRT:Live From The Archives Volume 9'' (A compilation CD from the radio station 93 WXRT in Chicago features the live recording of the track "A100")

2007: ''Humanity Hour 1'' (by Scorpions, Corgan is contributing voice on "The Cross")

2010: ''Nobody's Daughter'' (by Hole, Corgan is credited as co-writer of "Pacific Coast Highway", "Samantha" and "Loser Dust")

2010: ''See My Friends'' (by Ray Davies, Corgan is featured in the song "All Day And All Of The Night/Destroyer")

References

External links

Billy Corgan on Twitter

The Smashing Pumpkins official website

BillyCorgan.Livejournal.com – An extensive 7 year archive of Billy's journal entries, including ''The Confessions of Billy Corgan'', solo work and the revival of the Pumpkins.

Billy Corgan collection at the Internet Archive's live music archive

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name	Brian Solis
birth date	December 08, 1970
residence	Redwood City, California, U.S.
nationality	American
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Brian Solis (born 1970) is an American marketing executive, currently principal at Altimeter, author, entrepreneur, speaker, and host of ''Revolution'', a webshow. He is known for his research, writings, and speaking engagements about the convergence between traditional media and social media on business, marketing, publishing, and culture. In March 2010, www.briansolis.com was rated the world's #9 marketing blog by Advertising Age's "Power 150". Prior to joining Altimeter, he was founder and principal of FutureWorks, a creative agency and business consultancy for new media.

Life and early career

Solis entered the technology public relations field in 1991, working for the Dodge and Mansfield agency in Ventura, California. Solis also held the position of Director at The Benjamin Group, a Silicon Valley agency later acquired by Weber Shandwick. In the 1990s, he began to engage with message boards, communities and early blogs.

Solis resides in Redwood City, CA and travels often, giving keynotes on social media, business, marketing, publishing, and culture.

Career

FutureWorks (1999-Present)

Solis founded FutureWorks in 1999, specializing in new media marketing, branding, and business strategy. Solis led interactive and social programs for Fortune 500 companies, notable celebrities, and Web 2.0 startups. He was principal until 2011 and currently serves as an advisor.

Altimeter (2011-Present)

In March 2011, Solis became principal at Altimeter. Solis works with businesses on new media strategies and frameworks to connect companies and customers, employees, and other stakeholders. He specializes in change management to help businesses and leadership teams introduce new media resources, systems and processes, and management layers to connect with customers.

Publications

Books

In March 2010, Wiley published Solis' latest book, ''Engage: The Complete Guide for Brands and Businesses to Build, Cultivate, and Measure Success in the New Web'', with an introduction written by Ashton Kutcher. His next book, ''The End of Business As Usual: Rewire the Way You Work to Succeed in the Consumer Revolution'' is scheduled for release on November 1, 2011. Previously, Solis co-wrote ''Putting the Public Back in Public Relations: How Social Media Is Reinventing the Aging Business of PR'' with Deirdre Breakenridge. Together with primary author Geoff Livingston, Solis was also a co-writer on the book ''Now is Gone'', which won an Axiom Business Book Award. Solis has also contributed many forewords including PR 2.0 by Deirdre Breakenridge and MySpace Marketing by Sean Percival, Twittfaced by Jacob Morgan, among others. ''Bibliography''

Blogs

In March 2010, www.briansolis.com was rated the world's #9 marketing blog by Advertising Age's "Power 150". Solis is also co-founder of social media blog Bub.blicio.us. He contributes articles to TechCrunch, Mashable, Technorati, ''Bloomberg Businessweek'' and ''Harvard Business Review''. Solis is also an author, co-author and collaborator involved in several Twitter-related projects. With developer Christopher Peri, he released the FriendFilter Twitter application in March 2009. Solis is also the co-founder of Web 2.0 firm BuzzGain.

Photography

Solis is known in the Silicon Valley for his photography of business events and figures, including the unveiling of the Dell Adamo and photographs of Michael Arrington and Mark Cuban for the ''Los Angeles Times''.

Television and Film

Solis hosts an interview series called Revolution. Guests include Katie Couric, Guy Kawasaki, and Mark Burnett, among others. In 2010, Solis was featured in Melissa Pierce's film, ''Life In Perpetual Beta''.

In November 2010, Solis was a featured in ''Darkcasting'', a web series produced by Lexus and hosted by comedian Whitney Cummings. During the same year, Ford Motor Company released a video titled ''A Special Ford Invitation for Brian Solis'' to promote a new Ford Focus model.

Activities

Speaking engagements

In 2008, Solis spoke at the O'Reilly Media Web 2.0 Expo on the rise of micro-blogging services, such as Twitter. In 2010, he spoke at over 100 worldwide events and is currently ranked a leading influential public speaker. Brian Solis Upcoming Appearances

Organizations

Solis is a co-founder of the Social Media Club, a national organization which convenes events for the purpose of sharing best practices, establishing standards and promoting social media literacy. He is an original member of the Media 2.0 Workgroup, and also contributes to the Social Media Collective. Along with Krystyl Baldwin, he is an organizer of Social Media Week San Francisco.

Pivot Conference

In addition to his speaking engagements, Solis is the producer, editorial director and host for The Pivot Conference.

Contributions to Social Media

P.R. 2.0

Solis coined the phrase "PR 2.0", and is described in the 2008 book ''PR 2.0'' as "a founding father of the PR 2.0 concept" who "realized early on how PR, multimedia and the Web would intersect and create a new breed of PR/Web marketers."

Infographics

In 2008, Solis created The Conversation Prism, a widely-distributed infographic depicting the different types of social media categories and the companies which represent them. In 2011, Solis created The Brandsphere, an infographic depicting how brands propagate through digital media, which he refers to as the "transmedia" landscape. Solis is the creator of several other infographics, including The Twitterverse, Social Compass, and Behaviorgraphics. Artwork is created by JESS3, an interactive agency specializing in data visualization.

Social Media Recognition

In Solis' essays, e-books and speaking engagements, he has made a project of defining social media as a definitive media category.

Awards and Honors

2010 - Influential Leaders - ''CRM Magazine'' 2009 - 40 Under 40 - ''PR Week'' 2009 - PR Blogger of the Year - ''PR News Online'' 2008 - Advertising/Marketing/PR/Event Planning, Now Is Gone - ''Axiom Business Book Awards'' 2008 - 40 Under 40 - ''San Jose Business Journal''.

Bibliography

''The End of Business As Usual: Rewire the Way You Work to Succeed in the Consumer Revolution'', Brian Solis, 2011

''Think Before You Engage: 100 Questions to Ask Before Starting a Social Media Marketing Campaign'', Dave Peck, Foreword by Brian Solis, 2011.

''Smart Business, Social Business: A Playbook for Social Media in Your Organization'', Michael Brito, Foreword by Brian Solis, 2011.

''The Hidden Power of Your Customers: 4 Keys to Growing Your Business Through Existing Customers'', Becky Carroll, Foreword by Brian Solis, 2011.

''Social Media Geek-to-Geek: Practical Insights for Technology Marketers'', Rick Jamison, Foreword by Brian Solis, 2011

''Social Media ROI: Managing and Measuring Social Media Efforts in Your Organization'', Olivier Blanchard, Foreword by Brian Solis, 2011.

''Engage: The Complete Guide for Brands and Businesses to Build, Cultivate, and Measure Success in the New Web'', Brian Solis, Foreword by Ashton Kutcher, 2010.

''Putting the Public Back in Public Relations: How Social Media Is Reinventing the Aging Business of PR'', Deirdre Breakenridge, Brian Solis, 2009.

''TwittFaced: Your Toolkit for Understanding and Maximizing Social Media'', Jacob Morgan, Josh S Peters, Foreword by Brian Solis, 2009.

''MySpace Marketing: Creating a Social Network to Boom Your Business'', Sean Percival, Foreword by Brian Solis, 2008

The Essential Guide to Social Media, e-book, Brian Solis, 2008.

PR Tips for Startups, e-book, Brian Solis, 2008.

The Art and Science of Blogger Relations, e-book, Brian Solis, 2008.

''Now Is Gone: A Primer on New Media for Executives and Entrepreneurs'', Geoff Livingston, Brian Solis, 2007.

The Art and Science of Social Media and Community Relations, e-book, Brian Solis, 2007.

''The Social Media Manifesto – Integrating Social Media into Marketing Communications'', essay, Brian Solis, June 2007.

Filmography

Life In Perpetual Beta, Director: Melissa Pierce

References

External links

BrianSolis.com Official Website

The Altimiter Group Bio

Pivot Conference Bio

Brian Solis TV ''Revolution''

Twitter Profile

Google + Profile

Facebook Profile

LinkedIn Profile

Flickr Profile

Bub.blicio.us Posts by Brian Solis

Mashable Posts by Brian Solis

Technorati Posts by Brian Solis

Fast Company Posts by Brian Solis

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Matt Pinfield (born May 28, 1966) is a music personality and TV host, best known for being a video deejay on MTV and VH1. He currently lives in Harrison, New Jersey having previously resided in East Brunswick Township.. He is currently the host of the MTV2 monthly alternative music program ''120 Minutes'', which he had previously hosted from 1995 to 1999.

Career

Early in his career, Matt worked as an on-air host and Music Director at WRSU-FM, the official radio station of Rutgers University. In 1984, Pinfield became a radio DJ on the Jersey shore alternative rock radio station WHTG-FM 106.3, and was the main DJ at a New Brunswick, New Jersey club called ''The Melody Bar''. During Matt's tenure, the Melody Bar became a respected alternative music club in the New York City area. Matt developed a close personal relationship with a number of British alternative rock bands such as Ned's Atomic Dustbin, Pop Will Eat Itself, and The Wonder Stuff.

During his 10 years at WHTG, Matt was the recipient of the ''Gavin Award'' (1992 and 1993) for National Commercial Alternative Music Director of the Year.

In 1995, Pinfield kicked off his television career hosting MTV’s ''120 Minutes''. Within a year, he hosted a variety of MTV shows including "MattRock," "Pinfield Suite," "Pinfield Presents," "Rocks Off," ''Say What'', ''MTV Live'', and over 100 MTV specials. His music knowledge was showcased on TRL's ''Stump Matt''. In 1999, Pinfield joined Universal Television to host and co-write a live television show about music, ''farmclub.com'', which aired in 2000 on the USA Network.

In 2001, Matt became Vice President of A & R and Artist Development for Columbia Records, signing and overseeing the making of albums by many gold and platinum acts including Coheed & Cambria and Crossfade. During the same time, he hosted WXRK-FM's ''The Buzz'' and made cameo appearances on several albums, including a secret spoken word track on Limp Bizkit's ''Significant Other''. In 2005, Matt was asked by The Rolling Stones to host their international radio interview for Premiere networks. The special featured all four band members together for the first time in an interview setting in over 35 years.

In 2006, Pinfield returned to Television to host VH1's ''VSpot Top 20 Countdown'' and HDNet's ''Soundoff with Matt Pinfield'', an in-depth interview program in the vein of ''Larry King Live''. Pinfield also co-starred as himself on several episodes of the Nickelodeon program ''The Naked Brothers Band''.

On August 22, 2007, Pinfield hosted Projekt Revolution, a free concert hosted on Myspace.com. Pinfield hosted Sirius Satellite Radio's ''Matt Pinfield Plays Whatever He Wants'' and ''Soundoff with Matt Pinfield''. However, as of November 12, 2008, the merger of XM and Sirius left the future of these shows in doubt.

Beginning May 28, 2008 Pinfield took over as morning drive DJ on New York radio station WRXP 101.9FM. Matt was honored by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008 for his accomplishments in the music industry.

Every February, Matt spins 80's/90's alternative classics at the now annual Melody Bar Reunion in New Brunswick, NJ, which for one night a year brings the glory days of the famous Melody Bar back to life.

In July of 2011, WRXP changed formats and Matt left the station to host ''120 Minutes'', which had been revived by MTV2. Pinfield began hosting the revived series on July 31, 2011.

References

External links

Matt Pinfield on HDNet, Sound Off with Matt Pinfield

Matt Pinfield plays an evil character on Nick's Naked Brothers Band show

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Ulrich Roth (born 18 December 1954), more commonly known as Uli Jon Roth, is a German guitarist and one of the earliest contributors to the neo-classical metal genre. He is also the founder of Sky Academy and inventor of the Sky Guitar. He is the older brother of fellow guitarist and artist Zeno Roth.

Career

In the early 1970s, Roth formed a band called Dawn Road. In 1973, guitarist Michael Schenker left the Scorpions to join UFO and the group disbanded. The two remaining Scorpions members, Rudolf Schenker and Klaus Meine merged with the four members of Dawn Road, (Uli Jon Roth, Achim Kirschning, Francis Buchholz, Jürgen Rosenthal) using the name Scorpions as they were more well known than Dawn Road.

During his tenure as lead guitarist, main songwriter and occasional lead singer for the Scorpions, the band released four studio albums between 1974 and 1977. In 1978, the Scorpions released the live album ''Tokyo Tapes'', which was recorded in Japan and sold nearly one million copies and went gold in several countries. However, Roth had left the band before the album’s release.

Roth formed his own band named Electric Sun which released three albums. The first, ''Earthquake'' (1979), was dedicated to the spirit of Jimi Hendrix. A second album released two years later, ''Fire Wind'' (1981), was dedicated to Anwar el-Sadat (the assassinated President of Egypt who had tried to make peace in the Middle East), and featured a song called "Enola Gay" about the atomic bombing of Japan.

In 1985, Roth released his third and final Electric Sun album, ''Beyond the Astral Skies'', dedicated to Martin Luther King and to Roth's fans.

After Electric Sun, Roth entered a new phase of creative work, composing four symphonies and two concertos, and sometimes performing with symphony orchestras throughout Europe. Roth used the name ‘Uli Jon Roth’ for all subsequent album releases and concert appearances.

The G3 European tour of 1998 featured Roth playing with Joe Satriani and Michael Schenker. The tour show at London Wembley Arena also featured a jam with Brian May.

Roth played at the outdoor rock festival at Castle Donington in 2001 (also featuring original Scorpions lead guitarist Michael Schenker on the bill), and this was filmed and subsequently released on DVD.

Roth appeared in concert with the Scorpions onstage at the Wacken Open Air Festival in 2006 along with two other former members of the band. Billed as “A Night To Remember, A Journey Through Time”, the Scorpions played four songs from the Roth era, most of which they hadn’t played live since Roth had left in 1978. The concert was filmed and released on DVD.

Although this was meant to be a ‘one night only’ special event, its success meant that the format was repeated on several tours afterwards.

On 2 June 2007 at the Rock am Ring festival in Germany, Roth joined The Smashing Pumpkins on stage for their epic closing song "Gossamer". He made another appearance with the Pumpkins upon their return to Germany on 26 February 2008.

In 2007, Roth had begun working on a new full-length studio album, which was to be released the following year. The title of the album would be "Under A Dark Sky" and was going to be the first official release in the long-awaited series of Symphonic Legends - a cycle of music written by Uli for his all-encompassing Sky of Avalon project.

Roth first debuted songs from "Under A Dark Sky" on 18 July 2008 in his headline set at the G-TARanaki Guitar Festival in New Zealand, Roth's debut concert in the country. In the week previous Roth had taken his "Sky Academy" tuition classes to regional Taranaki towns in Waitara, Inglewood and Opunake with guests Vernon Reid and Gilby Clarke.

"Under A Dark Sky" was released in Japan on 20 August 2008 via Marquee records. The European and USA releases followed a month later on 20 September 2008 on the SPV record label.

Sky guitars

In the 1980s, Roth commissioned construction of custom guitars with additional frets from master luthier Andreas Demetriou. Andreas developed the concept adding many unique specifications. Uli Jon Roth has had five of these "Sky" guitars handcrafted by the British luthier. To be able to emulate the high notes of a violin, all of the Sky Guitars contain extra frets. The first Sky Guitar (used on the album Beyond the Astral Skies) has 30 frets. Later versions of the Sky Guitar overcame the problem of the higher register frets becoming too narrow by widening the frets by whole steps for the highest notes. In an April 2001 Guitar Player Magazine interview, Roth reports that the guitars are either fretless above the 30th fret or have whole step fret spacing above the 27th fret, with 35 effective (half step) frets. All of the Sky guitars with frets have extensive fretboard scalloping as is favored by Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen (who was influenced greatly by Roth) and many neoclassical metal guitarists. The Sky guitar's pickups are custom 4-coil humbuckers made by John Oram, with one guitar having an Oram pickup hidden under the 24th fret. The guitars named 'Mighty Wing' and 'Destiny' have 7 strings and the others have 6 strings. The 7th string is a low B. Roth preferred amplifier is currently the Framus Dragon, and he uses a stalk mounted Vibesware guitar resonator (sustainer) to introduce infinite sustain during solos both live, and on the song "Benediction" from "Under a Dark Sky".

Playing style

In Roth's early days with Scorpions, his soloing style was more blues based but with notes from other scales thrown in here and there. By the time the band recorded the Virgin Killer album, he began incorporating elements from European classical music including pedal tone oriented riffs and licks, as well as sweep picking. This style became his signature beginning with Electric Sun where his solos became much more technical and classically influenced. Most notable in songs like "Cast Away Your Chains" and "Still So Many Lives Away". Overall, he tends to combine the bluesier, more classic rock oriented style with the more technical side. He mostly uses scales like major and minor pentatonic, the blues scale, phrygian, harmonic minor, diminished, and the whole tone scale(notably in his famous "Sails Of Charon" solo).

Personal life

Roth was romantically involved with artist Monika Dannemann who had previously been Jimi Hendrix's girlfriend when he died. Roth and Danneman collaborated together on various songs including ‘We'll Burn the Sky’ from the Scorpions’ Taken by Force album in 1977.

Danneman also painted the album sleeves for all three of the releases by Electric Sun.

In 1996 Monika Dannemann was convicted of breaking a British High Court order not to repeat allegations that Kathy Etchingham was an "inveterate liar" for accusing her of playing a role in Jimi Hendrix's death. Etchingham asked the judge to jail Dannemann but she was released. Two days later Monika Dannemann was found dead in a fume-filled Mercedes-Benz near her cottage in Seaford, East Sussex, aged 50. Her death was ruled a suicide, but Roth publicly stated his opinion that her passing had been the result of foul play. Roth dedicated later works to the memory of Dannemann.

Roth is a Christian.

Influence

Roth has been on the covers of many guitar magazines and has influenced many notable guitar players, including Marty Friedman, Yngwie Malmsteen, Kirk Hammett, Joe Stump, Gus G, Andy DiGelsomina, Michael Romeo, James Byrd, Alex Masi, Michael Amott, and Chris Amott.

Releases

Discography

''With Scorpions''

''Fly to the Rainbow'' (1974) - Guitar, vocals

''In Trance'' (1975) - Guitar, vocals

''Virgin Killer'' (1976) - Guitar, vocals

''Taken by Force'' (1977) - Guitar, vocals

''Tokyo Tapes'' (live recording, 1978) - Guitar, vocals

''With Electric Sun''

''Earthquake'' (1979) - Guitar, vocals

''Fire Wind'' (1981) - Guitar, vocals

''Beyond the Astral Skies'' (1985) - Lead/harmony vocals, guitar, keyboard, bass

''Solo and classical works (released)''

1991 - ''Aquila Suite - 12 Arpeggio Concert Etudes for Solo Piano''

1996 - ''Sky of Avalon - Prologue to the Symphonic Legends'' (with Sky Orchestra)

2000 - ''Transcendental Sky Guitar'' Vol. I & II

2003 - ''Metamorphosis of Vivaldi's Four Seasons'' (with Sky Orchestra)

2008 - ''Under A Dark Sky'' (Sky of Avalon)

''Solo and classical works (unreleased)''

1987 - ''Sky Concerto''

1992 - ''Europa ex Favilla'' (symphony)

1994 - ''Hiroshima de Profundis'' (symphony)

1996/97/98 - ''Requiem for an Angel'' (dedicated to the memory of Monika Dannemann)

Videography

2000 - ''The Electric Sun Years Vol. I & II'' (in the Historical Performances series)

2002 - ''Legends Of Rock: Live At Castle Donington''

2006 - ''Scorpions Reunion at Wacken Festival in Germany''

Notable public appearances

1991 - Live TV Concert at E-Werk, Cologne "The Spirit of Jimi Hendrix" with Jack Bruce, Simon Phillips, Randy Hansen, John Wetton, Michael Flexig, Zeno and others

1993 - Symphonic Rock For Europe - 3 hour concert with Brussels Symphony Orchestra and choir, performing Roth's first symphony "Europa Ex Favilla" and other pieces. The show featured 4 Rock singers: John Parr, Tommy Heart, Michael Flexig, Peter Goalby. Broadcast by German TV.

1998 - G3 Concert Tour in Europe with Joe Satriani and Michael Schenker (jam with Brian May at London Wembley Arena)

1998 - G3 Concert at Monsters of Rock - Turin, Italy

2000 - October. Performance of Vivaldi's Four Seasons and Transcendental Sky Guitar (with Detmold Chamber Orchestra)

2001 - First Japanese Roth tour since 1978. (May)

2001 - Legends of Rock Concert at Castle Donington. Played with Jack Bruce, UFO, Michael Schenker. (June 23)

2002 - Legends of Rock Tour of 13 UK venues with Frank Marino, Jack Bruce, Glenn Hughes

2004 - First US tour (19 dates) since 1985. Co-head-lining with Michael Schenker. (August–September)

2004 - Jamming onstage with Deep Purple at Cardiff International Arena

2005 - Scorpions reunion with Roth in France. (September)

2006 - Jamming with Deep Purple at Max Schmeling Halle, Berlin

2006 - First U.S.A. tour as headliner since 1985

2006 - Three Sky Academy Concerts at UCLA Los Angeles - Roth taught his approach to the guitar and to music. "Uli Jon Roth and Friends" concerts were part of the Academy. Roth performed with guests including Jeff Scott Soto, Chris Impellitteri, Joe Stump, Graham Bonnett, Robbie Krieger and many others

2006 - Scorpions Reunion at Wacken Festival in Germany (July)

2007 - With The Smashing Pumpkins at the two ''Rock am Ring'' and ''Rock im Park'' festivals performing their 28-minute epic song ''Gossamer''

2007 - With Scorpions at Paris, Nantes, Dijon, Rouen - France. (May)

2007 - With Scorpions at Sweden Rock Festival. (9 June)

2007 - With Scorpions at Karaiskaki Stadium in Athens - Joe Cocker as support (18 June)

2007 - With Scorpions, London, Manchester. (July)

2007 - Two Sky Academy Concerts and seminar at the Hollywood MI - with Paul Gilbert, Robbie Krieger, Johnny Hiland and others. (August)

2008 - With Smashing Pumpkins (Billy Corgan) at Hamburg Colour Line Arena (February)

2008 - Sky academy New Zealand at the G-TARanaki Guitar Festival - UJR appears with his new band Sky Of Avalon (special guests: Gilby Clarke, Vernon Reid, Alex Skolnik)

2008 - With Avantasia (Tobias Sammet) at Wacken Open Air Festival. (1 August)

2008 - With Sky of Avalon in North America. (September–October)

2008 - With Scorpions, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Glasgow, Southampton and Wolverhampton, Strasbourg. (October 2008)

2008 - With Sky of Avalon in Japan. (November)

2010 - Uli John Roth jams with Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash, bass player Tony Franklin and drummer Brent Fitz on the "Midnight Session" of the 2010 Gtaranaki Festival in New Plymouth, New Zealand, on August 15. Uli John and Slash play at least three songs together: "Little Wing", "Communication Breakdown" and "Sunshine of Your Love".

2011 - Uli John Roth plays two sets on the 70,000 Tons of Metal floating heavy metal festival with an impressive line-up of 41 other bands. (January 2011)

References

External links

Uli Jon Roth Announces 2008 Sky Academy Seminars, 15 February 2008.

The Official Uli Jon Roth Website

Edenwaith Uli Jon Roth Website

Authorized Uli Jon Roth Website

Sky Academy Website

The Official Uli Jon Roth Website News

An Interview With Uli Jon Roth

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