Billy Corgan Interview 

This video goes to show how decent a guy Billy Corgan is. I had waited 18 hours in snowy weather to meet Billy at an autograph signing in 2000. The Pumpkins had a show they were playing that night at a small venue and obviously tickets were sold out. When it was my turn to meet the band and get autographs I told Billy how big a fan I was and how we tried to get tickets for the show and how we were disappointed we couldnt go, and he told some assistant to put my girlfriend and I on the guestlist.

He smiles three minutes in and it's so cute in such a geeky and adorable way

Billy seems to be a cool and intelligent man. Great improvised interview!

He's fuckin' gorgeous.

I miss record stores, especially when I found the Aeroplane Flies High boxset for only $20.

Very cool to see famous dudes take the time to answer some questions in an honest, friendly way.

Billy I freakin' LOVE you. Your music will forever be the essence of my youth. xx

What a nice person :) Thanx for posting this interview ;)

One of my ears feel neglected

Wow! I've always wanted to hear about Billy's favourite format in music and bands and such. I've always wanted even to talk to him about this. Great interview! Boston's the greatest band, man!

He was really cool in this interview. I love his songs. they usually unpredictable and great fun sound.

Cool stuff. It's weird but he almost seems a little bit shy or timid. Definitely not like other celebrities with inflated egos :D.

thanks for posting! we kind of rocked it when we got this interview. haha! fun journalism at its finest. also, support record stores, people! they do a fantastic job, and vinyl is cool.

Billy Corgan is one cool cat. Always loved that about him, humble and a guitar god.

Nice of Billy to take the time to speak with the interviewer. He's the man.

He seemed pretty nice. So cool you got to meet and interview him :)

Downright lovable.

thank you for diagnosing me. and my comment was not meant to demean billy, etc. i've been a fan for 15 years and support him unconditionally. i was merely stating my inference(s) about him.

I STILL! love Billy.

LOOOOVE YOUUU!!!! BILLYYY!!!! FROM JAPAN！！！！！！He is SOOOO COOOOL!!!　HE is my HERO!!!

Great to see him Happy and Working

I go to that record store all the time! Go Steve! That place is unbelievable. Didn't know Billy shopped there. That's also the record store in High Fidelity.

When you ask a question, take the mic to your mouth, when you are ready to hear his answer, place it towards his, hard stuff.

He looks and sounds good/healthy. Good to see. Always been a fan of his.

Thanks! Yeah, the interview was for a package for class, so getting the sound for my voice wasn't really the goal. But yeah he was super nice, and very courteous.

Great video quality (aside from not alternating the mic so we can hear the interviewer's questions). Its funny to think that Billy was just shopping in this store and people didn't notice? Thanks for posting this.

A true musician. I love the vinyl editions of his albums. I think vinyl > high res streaming Tidal > cd > Spotify

This is awesome! How are the people in the backround so calm?!?! I'd be flipping out, and probably end up tackling him XD

He seems like such a nice person. My fav band. Older music is the best.

An indeed REAL musician..nuff said

he is such a sweet guy

whoa, this was only 4 days ago? he still looks really great for being 42, he's ADORABLE. i have this massive unhealthy crush. and it's so cool how he takes the time to talk to non-famous people...i'm jealous of this interviewer. damn.

He made one of the best albums of all time in my estimation, and he pretty much made it all by himself. Seems like a super-nice guy too.

very underrated- my fav guitarist tho-whish him all the best

never seen any celeb's in Vintge Vinyl but I heard Cusak's record store movie was inspired by the shop---whatever--Cusak doesnt even bother to say he's from Evanston when asked....all the same, I've lived within a few stones throws away from the place since it opened, and personaly can attest to the fact its a great shop run by a truly nice guy---kudos to V-V

He's so cool.

@tetilt Actually if you have an an touched vinyl record the sound is better quality that digital or cds because for cds and digital releases the sounds is compressed but the sound from vinyl comes from the physical properties of the disc so they dont have to worry about compressing the file to make it all fit

very well said!

This is SOOOO C00L!! ;-D

the guy looks so cool and willing to chat...

he seems like a really nice guy

I think that's really nice of him to do that

I agree and one thing makes me admire Corgan is his tightness and honesty writing songs or talking for medias. Once Rolling Stone Mag asked him for his favorite band actually and he didn´t name a band from his lable neither his country. He noticed the independent band SWAVE, giving very good comments about their song "In the future" and what is cool, the animated singer of this band has his same face! hahahahaha

Yay! I found the video where he giggles!! :D

Go back to releasing VINYLS Billy! Please. By the way, which record is he holding up?? And the music in the background really kicks ass! Who is it? And which song? Great interview you guys. This is an interview I've been waiting for a long time!

sp rocked! billy is awesome, pls come back smashing pumpkins. You were my fav band!

Best band in the world

huh? his voice is exactly like he 's singin, it's obvious

Vinyl Records will eventually save the music industry. And the Pumpkins will be apart of that

Pixies were great in every way. I'm glad i had the chance to see them in 2004.

He couldn't be more right. The only reason record companies fazed out vinyl is because it is enormously faster an cheaper to record, produce, and manufacture music digitally. If it was based solely on making the artists' music sound its best, all musicians would be recording to 2 inch tape and pressing vinyl.

he's a nice guy

@jumpinjoe88 no he says vinyl is more inviting and warm. ask any audiophile / producer/ mixer / audio enginer

Nice guy.

yeah. cool guy.

Yes, he is atypical guy. I think, that he bacame more ordinary when he became a star. I like his early song much more, than the latest.

@JoddTamison He meant digital is more inviting. If you re-listen, you'll notice he said when young people hear vinyl for the first time they are surprised... because it's more real. That's what he was saying.

right on brother! i agree

He still looks ridiculously young

What Billy talks about @ 1:20 is a VERY important point. In Analog world there is a frequency that is accentuated that (and this word has been turned into the next 'like') "Literally" tickles the inside of your ear. Whereas in DIGI-WORLD that overtone can't function properly. Part of this is why you hear "albums" being mastered at hotter & hotter levels over the past 10 years. Digital remastering isn't the end all, be all.

@ipiximeat you can tell by his music that he's pretty damn sharp.

well said!

@ak47popper is that the "rotten apples" album? I got that for Xmas one year and its still sitting in my collection basically untouched.

Oh yeah.I always wondered why he havent done them yet.

OMG that store is 2 blocks away from my place!!!! Grrrrrrrrrr Im going there everyday til Billy comes back :(

I find it very hard to believe this was filmed in 2009

ha, he had The Children Of Lir by Loudest Whisper, an Irish record ;O)

Cool guy...ok band.

korrdxl thanks for voicing the thought in the back of my head

HAPPY MONDAYS POSTER IN THE BACKROUND!!

YOU WORKED IN A HEAD SHOP RECORD SHOP IN WELLSVILLE OHIO CALLED "THE HEAD SHOP" SOLD RECORDS, HASH, MARIJUANA, PIPES, PAPERS, BONGS, STONES, PARAPHERNALIA, RECORDS TAPES POSTERS BLACKLIGHT PARTY DECORATIONS LIGHTS JEANS TOPS JACKETS IN THE 1970S ON MAIN STREET

no way ive been there. i love that place. another good place is Reckless Records in Chicago

dude u r so lucky, does he come to that store everyear?

hes very good at interviews... dam

What two records is he holding up? Alphabeat and The Children of the Lir?

wow from the way he sings I would have expected him to sound much more different.

@Mugen251 near chicago. Does he live near me?

How so? I mean a band before recording in the studio, is nothing but a band of musicians. I think he was suggesting that listening to an album on vinyl is pretty much like hearing a band perform live...there are often no overdubs or 24 tracks...or something crazy. It's just raw and original.

yom yom yom yom

@meleemaster1up The guy is super normal, I met him in downtown Chicago... He hangs out like everyone else. I swear I wouldn't doubt if he takes the train. He is super approachable.

hes human just as u and me

@BNxTACTICZ maybe he didn't..? he said that he goes in often...

Wikipedia, and Google (an to an extent, RU-vid), connect those dots, now ... ... though in a far less personal way, of course ... ...

What is this oompa loompa music in the background?!?!?

righto!

I got a kick out of that. funny.

@johnnybaills Where do you live?!?! lol

I've seen interviews where Billy seemed like such a dick! Then you have interviews like this one where he seems so cool, friendly and inviting. But one thing that is always evident is Billy is intelligent! And I like smart people haha I'm 35 now and altho I've always known of the SMashing Pumpkins I've never got into them or gave their music a real chance until very recently and I must say this band fucking rocks!!! A very talented and interesting band. I've gained a whole new perspective on Billy Corgan and he's a very interesting guy! I'm definitely a fan

chili peppers are amazing in their late career

I'm not posting this for a thumbs up, I really wanna know from all the fans out there, old school or new, What is your favorite SP album? Mine = pisces iscariot.

@johnnybaills where do you live?

Craiglovespepsi : like many artists, he suffers from mood disorders, and being expressive type, moods tend to be evident. And sometimes people come across the wrong way. Artists generally experience stronger and more complex emotions than the average person, they are going to have their bad days, and get frustrated. As a musician sometimes words are annoying and you would rather communicate with song

hello

the past is real it made the present period.

Mr. Corgan is a geezer. End of.

I think this shows that everyone has two sides: True, he's egotistical about his music, but at the same time, at a 'normal' level, he is a personable, nice guy!

I would be beet red in the face if I randomly walked into bills. My face would hurt from smiling. What a guy. Why aren't there more hunks and generally sweet men like this everywhere? Screw me! Where are all the mysterious charmers? Where have they gone? Sigh---- doomed!

@PieKlan not bull hes my neighbor

i hate how he says vinyl is more inviting a lot of the music nowadays is about distance and getting away/ digital robot no emotion

Next time keep the mic closer when you make questions...