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William Patrick Corgan Announces Album, Shares Rick Rubin-Produced Ballad 'Aeronaut'

Beneath the Smashing Pumpkins' crunchy fuzz and meticulous production has always been Corgan's gushy bleeding heart.
William Patrick Corgan's <em>Ogilala</em> comes out Oct. 13.

William Patrick Corgan — known by most as ' Billy Corgan — doesn't get enough due as a ballad songwriter. Almost two's arrestingly anthemic "Stand Inside Your Love" and 's whimsical "Once Upon A Time" were signal posts of sorts, that beneath the crunchy fuzz and meticulous production was a gushy bleeding heart.

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