Billy Corgan starting work on new Smashing Pumpkins album

By Live4ever - Posted on 20 Sep 2012 at 11:03am

Billy Corgan has revealed he is beginning work on a new Smashing Pumpkins album after ‘Oceania‘ finally got a release earlier this year.

Speaking to MTV Hive, Corgan explained how he is pressing on with plans for a ‘cruel record’. “I’m starting to write new songs for the next Pumpkins album,” he said. “I got a lot going on. I have a title for the next album but I won’t tell. It’s going to be a cruel record. Vengeance is mine.”

And as one of the most vocal opponents of the current trend for band reunions and nostalgia, Corgan added that his primary focus remains on writing new material. “I’m in my 40s, I should be making new music predominantly,” he continued. “I think that that expectation that’s been created is really bad for people.”

After being originally mooted for a release in late 2011, ‘Oceania’ eventually found its way onto the shelves in June.