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Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones has criticised the use of artificial intelligence in songwriting.As more artists are speaking out about the increased prevalence of AI in the music industry, the singer said that art is about “a real person’s expression”.Jones was speaking to Times Radio at Latitude Festival on Sunday (July 23), after he’d performed with his new band Far From Saints when he shared his doubts about AI.The musician said it wasn’t until he attended the Ivor Novello Awards in May this year that he released AI technology was being used more to “finish off people’s songwriting” (via BBC).“I’m not against forward-thinking technology and how things are progressing, but I think art should come from people, I mean the basics of it anyway,” he said.“I think art has always been somebody’s expression, a real person’s expression from a heart, from a head.”He added: “If you’re going to start an idea, then a computer finishes it, I mean, it’s OK, but it’s just about algorithms and things like that.”The singer also said he’s “not really into 10 songwriters on a song”, adding: “It’s like if you’re making a painting, you’ve got 10 painters chucking paint on a canvas. I mean, whose painting is it anymore?”Jones is not the first artist to cast doubt over emerging AI technology in the music industry.

Code Orange have finally released ‘Take Shape’, their long-teased track featuring Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan.Last night (July 19), the band shared the single, announcing a new album in the process. ‘Take Shape’ featuring Billy Corgan is the third taste of Code Orange’s fifth studio album, ‘The Above’.‘The Above’ is due for release on September 29 via Blue Grape music.

Lisa Marie Presley‘s cause of death has finally been confirmed and revealed to the public.Lisa Marie Presley – the only daughter of Elvis Presley – died in January at the age of 54 from what was reported at the time as a cardiac arrest. However, a newly published report from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office has confirmed that Presley died from a “sequelae of a small bowel obstruction.”Small bowel obstructions are defined as intestinal obstructions and complications that cut off the blood supply to the intestine.

Thania Garcia Lisa Marie Presley’s death was caused by a small bowel obstruction, according to a newly-released report from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office. The report states a “sequelae of a small bowel obstruction” led to Presley’s death on Jan. 13 when she experienced cardiac arrest at her home in Calabasas. The report additionally notes that Presley died while she was hospitalized and cited the manner of death as “natural.” Her final resting place is at Graceland, the Memphis home where she lived with her parents before it became a museum, next to her son Ben. A singer, and Elvis Presley’s only child, Lisa Marie’s last public appearance was just days before her death at the Golden Globes alongside her mother, Priscilla, for the “Elvis” biopic. The family confirmed the news of Priscilla’s passing in a statement that said they were “shocked and devastated by the tragic death of their beloved Lisa Marie.”

William Earl This article contains spoilers for “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,” season 2 of “Yellowjackets” and “Beef.” 2023 has been a year saddled with head-thumpingly obvious needle drops. Excited to see robots scuffle in “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts”? A key fight scene will be soundtracked to LL Cool J’s 1991 hit, “Mama Said Knock You Out.” During the trailers beforehand, a spot for the Dracula movie “The Last Voyage of the Demeter” features a remix of Smashing Pumpkins’ “Bullet With Butterfly Wings,” in which Billy Corgan sings, “The world is a vampire / Sent to drain.” Chilling out after the movie to watch the new episode of “The Idol”? Prepare for star The Weeknd’s new song “Take Me Back,” which literally describes the toxic relationship between the two lead characters (Lyrics like “I’ve been manipulated a hundred times, but / None of them felt so soft and kind” and “Never understood why Mama cried, and / Could it be because our secret’s hiding?” could catch even the most casual viewer up to the plot.)

The Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan has revealed he once told Pantera to “shut the fuck up” after they started questioning Metallica’s ‘90s output.Metallica released the genre redefining ‘The Black Album’ in 1991 before following it up with the divisive ‘Load’ album in 1996 and ‘Reload’ in 1997 alongside 1998’ ‘Garage Inc’, which saw the heavy metal titans cover everyone from Black Sabbath to Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds.Speaking on Jose Mangin’s SiriusXM Metal Ambassador podcast (via Loudwire), Corgan explained that Pantera were “having a big moment” at the start of the ‘90s, as were The Smashing Pumpkins.Corgan went on to say he was backstage with Pantera who were discussing “one of Metallica’s mid-’90s [albums], it might have been ‘Reload’ or something,” and there was “a lot of controversy about where Metallica was trying to go and what happened to Metallica and are they still metal [if] they’re wearing makeup now”.“They were just going on and on about Metallica,” continued Corgan. “Not in a negative way, more confused like, ‘I love Metallica, but I don’t get it and they’re not metal and what’s going on?’.”“I knew them well enough that they would sort of listen to me and I said ‘You know what? Shut the fuck up’,” added Corgan, with the room apparently going silent.“’Listen, set aside Metallica for a second’,” continued Corgan.

Yeat, the rapper whose raw energy and post-lyrical approach to the genre has won him an army of fans and elicited a thoughtful response from Billy Corgan of all people, has dropped a new song. "My Wrist" features Young Thug and is streaming below.

Billy Corgan has said he believes AI will “change music forever”.The Smashing Pumpkins frontman spoke out about the increasing rise of AI-led songwriting and how young artists will be able to use it to “game the system”, in a new interview with US radio DJ Zach Sang.Corgan said: “AI will change music forever. Because once young artists figure out that they can use AI to game the system and write them a better song, they’re not going to spend 10,000 hours in a basement like I did.“Ultimately, art is about discernment. Somebody was telling me the other day how a famous rap artist would work, they would bring in all these different people and they would pick the beat they were most attracted to.@Billy Corgan says artifical intelligence will change music forever #billycorgan #smashingpumpkins #ai #artificialintelligence #zachsangshow #zachsang #danzolot #fyp #foryou @Amp ♬ original sound – Zach Sang Show “Now, let’s change it to AI.

Billy Corgan has openly praised Radiohead in a new interview, and hailed them as one of the first bands to harness a new way of making music in the 1990s.The Smashing Pumpkins frontman discussed the impact the band had on the decade in a recent interview with Zane Lowe for Apple Music 1, and shared the respect he developed for Thom Yorke and co in 1997 – the same year they released ‘OK Computer’.The topic arose when Corgan explained how some artists have “a certain type of affirmational faith” instilled into them, where they believe that if they follow a certain process, things will start to work out. It was here that the host agreed, and claimed that one person he sees as having that quality is Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke.Corgan agreed, and explained how he initially had “very little respect for the band”, however, came to appreciate Yorke once he became more experimental, and released the band’s iconic third album.“I want to praise him here.

Billy Corgan has explained how he improved U2’s ‘All That You Can’t Leave Behind’ album after offering advice to Bono.The Smashing Pumpkins frontman recalled the anecdote to Zane Lowe in a new interview with Apple Music 1, where he also explained how numerous artists from across the ‘90s inspired him.It was here that Corgan landed on the topic of Irish rock veterans U2, and stated that back in 2000 he offered Bono some advice on his upcoming album — comments which the band then implemented into the final release.“So, I’m over in Dublin, circa 2000, and I go to visit Bono at his house,” Corgan recalled. “We stayed up all night, and in the morning, for some reason, me and him are the only people up, and he says, ‘I want to play you something.

during an Apple Music interview. “I want to beat the best. I don’t want to win the championship because it’s just me and a bunch of jabronis, to use a wrestling term.”“It’s like Michael Jordan, arguably the greatest sports competitor I’ll ever see in my lifetime,” he added.The Post reached out to Corgan for comment.The singer revealed in the interview that even though both Smashing Pumpkins and Nirvana often went toe-to-toe with each other during the 1990s, he still respected the late Nirvana frontman.“I will go down always as saying, Kurt was the most talented guy of our generation,” he said.

Billy Corgan has recalled his reaction to the news of Kurt Cobain‘s death — explaining that it felt like he had lost his “greatest opponent”.The Smashing Pumpkins frontman discussed the impact Cobain and Nirvana had on his own success in a new interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, and expressed how he missed the sense of competition he had with the grunge icons.Reflecting on the numerous influential rock groups of the ’90s, Corgan took a moment to speak on the late Nirvana frontman — explaining how his success challenged the Smashing Pumpkins to continuously improve.“When Kurt died, I cried because I lost my greatest opponent,” he told the host. “I want to beat the best.

Brazilian star Mayra Dias Gomes has landed yet another magazine cover! The best-selling author, professional wrestling personality and rising model is on the cover of FHM USA, only two months after gracing the cover of Playboy Denmark.

Prior to last weeks’ release of The Smashing Pumpkins’ new album ATUM- the third and final part of their rock opera- frontman Billy Corgan had to pay a hacker out of his own pocket to not leak the band’s music online.

The Smashing Pumpkins wrote and recorded a Christmas album during COVID, according to returning drummer Jimmy Chamberlin.Speaking to SiriusFX, Chamberlain revealed that he’d worked alongside vocalist Billy Corgan throughout the pandemic.“I have a studio at my house, Billy has a studio at his house. We live 20 minutes away.

Billy Corgan has revealed he was forced to pay a hacker to stop them from leaking new The Smashing Pumpkins music.READ MORE: The Smashing Pumpkins – ‘ATUM’ review: bombastic space-rock opera with anthemsThe third and final part of The Smashing Pumpkins’ rock opera ‘ATUM’ was released yesterday (May 5), serving as a sequel to their classic double records ‘Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness’ (1995) and ‘Machina/The Machines Of God’ (2000).But according to vocalist Billy Corgan, a hacker got their hands on nine tracks from the record six months ago and threatened to leak them.“They were all probably the most catchy, single-y type songs,” Corgan said in an interview on KROQ’s Klein/Ally Show [viaConsequence]. “You’re pretty much giving away the album before you even have a chance to set your feet into the ground.”Corgan went on to say that he still doesn’t know how the hacker got the songs but was alerted to the leak via a fan. The hacker was “offering the files for money” which Corgan paid from his own back pocket to “stop the leak from happening”.He went on to explain the hacker wasn’t a “Pumpkins fan that was hellbent on breaking it on Reddit,” but a mercenary.

Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has explained why he wants to go by the name “William”, and joked that the decision was partly spurred by Diddy.The singer-songwriter was talking in an interview on The Mistress Carrie Podcast earlier this month when the topic arose, and he explained why he released his 2017 solo record under his given name, William Patrick Corgan.Explaining the choice in wrestling terms — as he is a fan of pro wrestling and the owner of National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) — he said: “The way I see it in my brain is…Billy is like my stage name at this point; it’s how everybody knows me. And for anybody who knows wrestling, we mostly in wrestling call people by their stage names.“Even if I know somebody’s real name, I’ll still call them by their gimmick name.

Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins isn’t someone you might first pick as a music veteran capable of offering some unusual yet penetrating insight on modern rap music, but that’s certainly what he did in an interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe posted yesterday. The topic of conversation was Yeat, a rapper who has become massively popular for his slurry of debauchery, despondency, and raw energy.

Sophia Scorziello editor Billy Corgan is always looking for another envelope to push. On Tuesday night, the iconoclastic Smashing Pumpkins singer and original band members James Iha and Jimmy Chamberlin held a concert at the iHeartRadio Theater in Los Angeles to welcome the third and final installment of their concept album, “Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts.” The band just returned from a leg of festival shows in Australia and Mexico, in which Corgan incorporated his love of wrestling by having pros battle it out in the ring in between music sets. Unfortunately, there was no wrestling at the album release show due to the intimate nature of the iHeartRadio Theater, which has a 450-person capacity limit.

Smashing Pumpkins‘ Billy Corgan has spoken about a new box set that is in the works for his side-project supergroup Zwan.Earlier this year, Zwan’s only album ‘Mary Star Of The Sea’ turned 20, though the album has never been made available on streaming services.In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Corgan was asked whether the Zwan album might be getting a reissue at some point. He replied: “Actually, I’m working on the box set right now. I think there’s 65 unreleased songs.”On when it might be released, he added: “Not sure.

Billy Corgan is reflecting on his friendship with the late Lisa Marie Presley, and he admits there's one regret he has over his working relationship with her, or lack thereof.During an appearance with The Smashing Pumpkins on SiriusXM's, the rock band's frontman opened up about the tragic loss of Elvis and Priscilla Presley's only child, after she died in January at the age of 54.Following her death, Corgan was among those who performed at her funeral, held at Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee, where he performed the band's 1998 single, «To Sheila.»«She was awesome — that was a tough one,» the 56-year-old musician said. «That was really hard for me because she was a one-of-a-kind person and the world really didn't know her because they, of course, always knew her as Elvis' daughter, but she was a really, really cool, unique person.»Corgan and Lisa Marie briefly worked together.

Smashing Pumpkins have shared new song ‘Spellbinding’ and announced a US tour with special guests Interpol.In September last year the band announced the new three-part rock opera LP, ‘ATUM’, serving as a sequel to their classic double records ‘Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness’ (1995) and ‘Machina/The Machines Of God’ (2000).‘Act I’ was released in November, with ‘Act II’ following in February. The band have now confirmed that the album will be complete with the release of ‘Act III’ on May 5, delayed from April 21.

Smashing Pumpkins enlisted the help of Peter Hook for a cover of the latter’s former band Joy Division‘s ‘No Love Lost’ to close out their headlining set at their The World Is A Vampire festival in Mexico this past weekend.Hook – who was also on the line-up with his band Peter Hook and The Lights – had been a member of Joy Division from 1976 till 1978. Hook started off the performance by thanking Billy Corgan and the rest of the band for taking care of his son and Smashing Pumpkins bassist Jeff Bates.Watch the performance below.Hook last teamed up with his son and other members of Smashing Pumpkins in March 2021 when he unveiled a new version of Joy Division’s classic track ‘Ceremony’, featuring Bates on bass duty and Pumpkins’ Jeff Schroeder on guitar.Smashing Pumpkins most recently released ‘Act II’ of their new rock opera ‘ATUM’ in February.

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at the age of 54. But during the service, Ben Smith-Petersen revealed that he and his wife, Lisa Marie’s daughter Riley Keough, had just given birth to a daughter.Smith-Peterson read a letter written by the Logan Lucky and The Terminal List star, which said in part, “Thank you for showing me love is the only thing that matters in this life.

Lisa Marie Presley’s life and legacy were honored during an emotional memorial service at Graceland.

Lisa Marie Presley was remembered Sunday morning by her family, friends, and fans, all gathered at Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee. It was an emotional public memorial, with Elvis Presley’s ex-wife Priscilla, the mother of Lisa Marie, leading the tributes by reading a heartfelt family message during the ceremony.

Missing her friend. Sarah Ferguson is one of the latest celebrities to mourn the loss of Lisa Marie Presley following her death at age 54.

Gone too soon. Celebrities are mourning the death of Elvis Presley’s daughter, musician Lisa Marie Presley, after her death at age 54.