Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has never had a shortage of interests and, in his latest move, has left Twitter to focus on a blog called People and Their Cars.
The alternative rock icon, once an avid social media user, wrote in a final tweet on Tuesday: “After mulling this for awhile, I’m deleting this account.
“So many thanks to those that have followed. Find me at PeopleAndTheirCars.com.”
The free site, despite its name, is not only for motor enthusiasts but focuses more generally on old photographs selected by Corgan.
On Facebook, where he maintains an account, Corgan described People and Their Cars as a collection of “vintage photos and ephemera.”
One recent picture showed an older couple standing next to decades-old parked cars with a caption, Wanna Go for a Ride?
The caption reflects a line from Zero, a song on the Smashing Pumpkins’ influential 1995 album Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness.
Corgan, who now signs off as William Patrick Corgan, led the Smashing Pumpkins to be one of the most influential bands in the alternative rock era of the 1990s with blaring guitar that gave way to quiet introspection.
He has since pursued a sprawling number of intellectual pursuits. Earlier this year, Corgan signed on to write storylines for a professional wrestling programme, saying he believed the staged sport had the power to push boundaries on cultural issues.
Last year, Corgan put on an eight-hour electronic performance at his Chicago-area teahouse based on Siddhartha, Hermann Hesse’s 1922 novel about the historical Buddha.
