Chicago Live - Billy Corgan (Full Interview With Greg Kot & Owata preformed Live)

[koyjam1]

He is a true artist!! A great interview!!

[koyjam1]

He is a true artist!!!!!!!!! A great interview

[errordetected]

second to billy is jimmy. love to watch and listen to that dude drum. those two to me are the smashing pumpkins.

[AvaLaveer]

He expresses himself so eloquently 

[VivRevolution]

I love Billy Corgan but he needs a huge lesson in humility. The amount of bitterness and anger he has towards his old band, other bands and even his fans is ridiculous. I truly believe that he keeps the Smashing Pumpkins alive because of spite. He's still talented, he still writes beautiful music, and I even respect his reasons for not playing old music. Leave all that toxic anger behind, let it all go, and just simply do what you love.

I send much love your way Billy. xo

[AvaLaveer]

@VivRevolution You sound way off to me I am wondering if your even listening to the same interview.He sounds free of anger, thoughtful, intuitive and calm when speaking about his creative project. He is also candid about himself and his own flaws always. I like hearing his insights about our society and his band- his creative project.

[VivRevolution]

@AvaLaveer youre terribly naive Ava

[EmbersOfDreams]

This is great. I saw Smashing Pumpkins for the first time back in November and the whole nostalgia trip thing was completely taken on board. They played a lot of new music and a very nice varied set. While I maintain that Siamese is one of my favourite albums of all time, (given they actually played a bit of) I respect the new music. So should any band. They obviously want to push what's new and what is of their new standing. Shame that so many of the audience didn't get it.

[IsleIlluminations]

I can't tell if the interviewer is kind of a dick or just doing a bad job at catering to "fans" who experienced the 90's Smashing Pumpkins. Awesome video!

[ejeepin]

This explains a lot of questions I've always wondered about him and SP The old band was a blip in time and gone. We all are nostalgic and music is one the first things we can attach to a period of time. We patronize a concert to take us to the old days yet many "old" bands now feel fake, disingenuous, Billy is right, if SP all rejoined, it would almost feel fake, a fraud -- take some methadone to get through the pain. Also fake is radio, just like he said. Awful what they have done to it.

[andybertie]

the smashing pumpkins proved they care. they played a killer set in brixton 15/11/11.I was there and the new stuff was amazing and the old stuff was amazing. simples!

[andybertie]

billy is an artist. a great musician. a lover of music. thank you for billy corgan.

[ChrisPlugged]

first rule of being cool: Don't say too much

Second rule of being cool: Don't say too much

[InaGameComa]

He sounds like an opinionated asshole to some... to me he sounds like an artist who loves his craft like a child. He's not interviewing just to say "Hey buy my t-shirts" like most bands of today. And people just aren't used to that. They're used to looking at music as a product, not an art.

[poshi12]

lol He is super opinionated:] lol

[douglas1funk]

Billy has always moved forward and avoides what he's already created, people just don't get it. He's always been the Pumpkins, and he did re record James and D'arcys parts on select songs on Siamese Dreams and Mellon Collie. I like Pavement but he's right they just keep reproducing the same style over and over.

[MarkAlexanderTV]

Billy is a sell out? Bet you'l buy the next album!!!!

[nikopulic1]

amazing interview. he tells it like it is

[CashMaze]

His songs are on MLB. He releases songs specifically for guitar hero. Releases songs for car commercials? No one cared about Billy when he was not using the Pumpkins name and he was not making any money. Hes washed up and has forgotten how to write decent songs cause he has been a millionaire well over 15 years.

[nikopulic1]

@CashMaze what? asshole

[CashMaze]

Billy is a huge sell out.