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Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan shares Christian faith, claims music industry is afraid of God talk

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Although there was admittedly a 20-year period when he refrained from entering a church, Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins fame has since openly emphasized the importance of his Christian faith and having a relationship with God. On the latest episode of his podcast, "The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan," the rocker discussed with Stryper frontman Michael Sweet the importance and risks of maintaining that faith and relationship while navigating the music industry — an industry where people appear, according to Corgan, to be "very comfortable talking about everything but God." 'God is the third rail in rock and roll.' While he hailed from a Christian family, Sweet suggested that he experienced a period of aversion to religious messaging, particularly when first getting into the industry. That changed, however, when a friend of the band visited their studio and declared, "I'm a Christian now. ... I know you guys have gone down that [other] path, and you're not now, but listen, if yo