{"id":517562,"date":"2026-06-25T10:37:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T10:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/517562\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T10:37:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T10:37:13","slug":"billy-corgan-maps-out-plans-to-drop-60-plus-unreleased-zwan-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/517562\/","title":{"rendered":"Billy Corgan Maps Out Plans to Drop 60-Plus Unreleased Zwan Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tSmashing Pumpkins<\/a>\u2018 frontman Billy Corgan<\/a> has revealed that he plans to formally release more than 60 songs from his short-lived supergroup Zwan. In a video interview with Stereogum<\/a>, he noted the songs will be remixed and remastered, and will feature tracks from their only album to date, plus two records\u2019 worth of unreleased material.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThere will be, like, maybe two more LPs of unreleased tracks,\u201d he said. No further details regarding the release date have emerged. \u201cBecause there\u2019s so much Zwan stuff, I\u2019m gonna put it out in different sets, otherwise the box set would be, like, 20 records long, and it\u2019s just too much to ask fans to take on,\u201d Corgan added. \u201c[There are] 60-plus unreleased Zwan songs that have never been released. Not just versions, like other songs. There was a lot of writing in that band.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tZwan was founded in the wake of Smashing Pumpkins\u2019 breakup in 2001. The band was comprised of Corgan, drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, guitarist Matt Sweeney, and bassists David Pajo and Paz Lenchantin. Zwan\u2019s only album, Mary Star of the Sea, was released in 2003, and featured the lead single \u201cHonestly,\u201d before they broke up later that year. Corgan reassembled Smashing Pumpkins in 2006 and brought Chamberlin on board until his departure in 2009.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe group\u2019s 13th album Aghori Mhori Mei was released in 2024, with Kiki Wong<\/a> announced as the band\u2019s new guitarist that same year, following a nationwide scout.<\/p>\n

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\n\tCorgan recently appeared onstage with Sombr<\/a> at his debut Coachella set, where they performed \u201cSpeed\u201d and \u201c1979.\u201d Next week, Corgan and Co. will perform at a Fourth of July benefit concert<\/a> at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, with sales going to Feeding America.<\/p>\n

\n\tSmashing Pumpkins are heading out on the Rats in a Cage Tour<\/a> this fall to celebrate Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, which was released in 1995. \u201cStaging a Mellon Collie-themed show is something we\u2019ve discussed for over a decade, and finally the stars have aligned, and exactly on the terms I\u2019d set: which was to build a special night around its most enduring aspirations and ideas,\u201d Billy Corgan said in a statement.<\/p>\n