Smashing Pumpkins front man @Billy Corgan’s interview with @TwitterMusic

Today @Billy Corgan did a 13 Q&A with Twitter’s official music handle @TwitterMusic. Fans were asked to submit question by Monday night by tweeting their questions with tag #AskBilly.

TwitterMusic is ready to start the chat

Billy is ready. steady. go.

Q1. @Billy, fan @Gabydearest would like to know if you have any plans to tour South America in 2012? She says SP gets tons of radio play.

A1. @TwitterMusic @Gabydearest very open to returning to South America in 2012/last tour there was fantastic/and the fans were even better

Q2. @billy, Ms. @isabella_isza would like to know, “What do you think about SOPA & PIPA?”

A2. @TwitterMusic @isabella_isza simple answer: the internet must be kept FREE/Freedom of expression is more vital than protecting commerce

Q3. @billy, @Lophofo asks “Who’s your favorite wrestler of all time?” (For those who don’t know, @billy is a HUGE pro wrestling fan!)

A3.  @TwitterMusic @Lophofo The Nature Boy Ric Flair.But i’d have to say that @ShawnMichaels is a very, very close second. Amazing storytellers

Q4.  @billy: Fan @marigoldfairy asks, “Will there be any changes to the Oceania track-listing originally given in September 2011?”

A4. @TwitterMusic @marigoldfairy i don’t think so, BUT i’ve been known to change my mind last second before. A release date is imminent!

Q5. @billy: @fatesucks would like to know, “If you could time travel… what period in music history would you return to?”

A5. @TwitterMusic @fatesucks excellent question! the 1930′s to see Ray Noble/Duke Ellington/Louis Armstrong/Robert Johnson/Bob Wills/Carter Fam.

Q6. @billy: Miss @AmandaLakai gets a bit metaphysical and says, “How much influence do your dreams have over your creative process?”

A6. @TwitterMusic @AmandaLakai the dreams i had as a child opened me to a fantastical world. what influence that had on my thoughts i can’t say

Q7.  @billy, the band @Noiseheads would like to know if you “have any advice for a rock band in today’s musical climate?” Any tips?

A7. @TwitterMusic @Noiseheads today’s musicians should focus on making their own world: music/style/social media and ignore what’s come before

Q8. @billy, @soysaucebunny wants to know what she should name her baby (and she doesn’t know what it is yet)

A8. @TwitterMusic @soysaucebunny Voltaire or Deidre

Q9. @billy, @towishdangerous wants to know what would be your dream band to tour with?

A9. @TwitterMusic @towishdangerous i would love to tour with @janesaddiction or BLACK SABBATH @officialsabbath

Q10. @billy, this might be a tough one… @Veynis asks, “what was your favourite song that you recorded…?”

A10. @TwitterMusic @Veynis my fave song to ever record was XYU, which we recorded live at the Chicago Recording Company in 1995

Q11. @billy: @maak_ku_paax knows you’re a Mexican wrestling fan and asks, “do you have a fave luchador?”

A11. @TwitterMusic @maak_ku_paax my fave luchador is Eddie Guerrero or @parka_AAA (Eddie! Eddie! Eddie!)

Q12. @billy: @IncliningPizza asks “If you could have any song off Oceania covered by another artist, which artist/song would you choose?”

A12. @TwitterMusic @IncliningPizza i would have @jessicaveronica of @theveronicas cover ‘one diamond, one heart’

Last question!

Q13. @billy, @Amieesmith444 wants to know, “Who is your Idol? And why?” BC, who inspires YOU?

A13. @TwitterMusic @Amieesmith444 my biggest inspirations:John Lennon/Bob Dylan/Picasso/Jesus of Nazz/Mary Magdalene/Wm Burroughs/Walt Disney

Billy ended the Q&A saying “thanks Twitter Music peeps and to all the great SP fans around the world for the chat…over and out!”