Billy Corgan: 'I'm still relevant'

Billy Corgan has claimed that his music is still relevant.

The Smashing Pumpkins frontman, whose band was most successful in the '90s, has insisted that critics are wrong for dismissing the group's potential.

In an interview with The Seattle Times, he said: "Listen, there is no greater insult to me as an artist than to basically implicate that you'll never do better than you did. My answer to all that is go f**k yourself."

The musician also revealed that he has moved on from his former fame, adding: "Go back and live in video land, go read Rolling Stone from 1994 and read about indie integrity and see Kurt Cobain standing on the hill with the T-shirt, 'Corporate Magazines Suck'. You can live it in perpetuity. I'm gone. I've moved on to the next town. You know? I've got a different horse and I'm riding into a different sunset. And the people that are around seem to be having a really good f**king time."

In July, Corgan revealed that he was "blown away" by the support that his Chicago fans showed when his band played at a recent benefit concert.