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Smashing Pumpkins: Part 1 with Rob Harvilla

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The Soap Opera of Billy Corgan's Young Life

Robin Roberts: Billy Corgan is a Napoleonic heir to Courtney Love. He was born in Lincoln Park, Chicago the same year, same hour as Kurt Donald Cobain. His parents got divorced and then his father remarried a flight attendant. The singer has alleged that his stepmother was abusive to him physically and emotionally.

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