Smashing Pumpkins singer Billy Corgan has launched a campaign to open a museum celebrating the life of Bob Moog, the inventor of the electronic Moog synthesiser.

The frontman has teamed up with the Bob Moog Foundation in an attempt to preserve the music pioneer's legacy.

The foundation plans to catalogue Moog's material and hopes to start offering scholarships.

In a statement Corgan said: "I believe Bob Moog to be one of the great visionaries of our time. His ideas far transcend use in just music, and to this day continue to have an impact on everything from rock to rap to quantum physics.

"I strongly believe many people all over the world would benefit from being able to interact with the thoughts, ideas, inventions, and life of Dr Moog."