Billy Corgan on the Howard Stern Show - 1998-08-03 K-ROCK Studios, New York City, NY, US Interview footage with hardcoded French subtitles over the top
@@relicman Nah, man. His hair was thinning pretty badly by the fall of 1995. You can see how bad it was in the Bullet with Butterfly Wings music video.
Fun fact: after yelena came to her senses and left Billy, he tried to get back with the woman he was "unhappily married" to but she kicked him to curb too.
He predicted the death of great alt rock and was dead on. All the greats are gone and we’re left with this watered down wimpy robotic music and I’m just wondering who it actually appeals to.
He didn't predict it, he was just aware of it. As the 90's went on and grunge clones like Bush were being pushed things did get very stale. It's not true that there were no amazing bands anymore, but they were no longer being played on these so-called modern rock radio stations or on MTV. I mean, the mid-to-late 90's had incredible albums that are all now considered classics released by Elliott Smith, Modest Mouse, Neutral Milk Hotel, and Converge. While at the same time fucking Limp Bizkit and all that bullshit was getting all the mainstream attention. I'm no snob and I enjoy all kinds of music and can see talent where it is regardless of whether or not I dig the band (i.e. Korn) but a lot of that Nu-Metal was shit and had no real substance. Billy was reacting towards the coming of that whole thing, and I give him credit for it. There are amazing "rock" bands still making music today, but you need to find them. Beach House, Kurt Vile, Ty Segall, and Converge (still!) put out interesting music that pushes rock forward.
I know it's his shtick but god howard stern makes me uncomfortable. He just says the most disgusting shit. Not many guys would make sexual comments about a 15 year old girl to her face while mentioning the fact they have a 15 year old daughter, but howard stern would. freak
pumpkins didnt die but a lot of teens became depressed pot heads about a year after nirvana's unplugged cd was out, we had no direction, we were latch key kids and didnt want to ever grow up, we just wanted to keep the magic that happened alive the best we could. the pumpkins made alot of that magic
10:48 Ouch... Not only is the timing awful, these log-off notifications blew out my ears.. If this interview didn't exist otherwise, & someone said they had it, but it had a robot yelling over it, I'd obviously beg to have it uploaded like this.
@@flutebasket4294 AOL instant messenger. Regular AIM made a "door closing" log off sound. From what I can remember, this is most likely a modded AIM that greatly enhanced the user interface.
Nah, back then I remember hearing people say things like that as a joke and it wasn’t looked at seriously like it is now. People always assumed you were joking. Remember, there was a movie directed by Stanley Kubrick called Lolita. This was not only a topic that was openly discussed, but it was also a feature film …. From a book I believe. Also, watch Leon the professional to further explore this taboo dynamic…and yes, I believe it is a stepping stone to pedophilic tendencies.
@@Barnsy40 Don't be so naive. It was disgusting then and it's disgusting now. I know what he was referring to when he mentioned Lolita. That doesn't make it okay.
@@Czxvkq I'm a huge Stern fan and will defend him to the bitter end but this shit was creepy. Even back then. Because he goes back and forth with this I've noticed he gets carried away when he's joking. I figure morally he's against cause when he talks about Seinfeld he's always disgusted but still totally creepy. Good girl for not buying into them being stars and her grouping out for either of em.
I hear Billy's reasoning in terms of shaving his head, but I dont buy it. The guy was going bald, and rather than be some ugly guy with a bent scalp, he shaved it.
I don't blame him for being embarrassed but I hated his pretentious excuse about not wanting to be judged based on his looks lol. He literally did it because it looks more hip than a receding hairline and there's nothing wrong with that.
I did the same!! I start balding around the age of 26 so I said fuck it !! I have a perfect shaped head so I have shaved it ever since. I'm now 43 and chick's have always liked me I wish howard would do the same he looks silly in that 1990s style rockstar wig
Sounds like he was tired of figuring out ways to make himself look better every day, so he picked one style and has been rocking it for almost 3 decades now. Sounds like he had an issue with Vanity, like he said.
Where do we begin?? He's a closeted homosexual he's truly bald but wears a wig making him angry . He always wanted to be a rockstar he Hates his occupation even though it's made him millions. He knows he's ugly and has a small dick he can't live his true life as a gay man with his lover ralph but he cares too much what people will think about him. He also hates that he has to eat food and take shits like the rest of us he is truly disgusted by having to do both especially eating food . I have studied and watched him for years .
He is nasty and the trash talk he uses is horrible! I never liked him, and I just watch his show bc he brings the musician I love. He is a married guy who should not show his horniness towards a kid!
whats creepy? can u imagine saying this is creepy and putting LEGAL pressure on this... even though its clearly brash comedy. they are laughing their asses off and having fun, but you come here to complain... lol why? what is funny to you? tell me now
@@ededd3175 if i was the 15 year old girl I would not find it funny, i would find it uncomfortable. Men don’t understand bc they have never been sexualized their entire lives.
What's up with Stern making that 15 year-old so uncomfortable? By the way, she did not seem like a real fan LOL. No matter what family affairs are going on, you do not miss a Pumpkins concert.
Gross. Expected from Stern, that was his bread and butter, but a disappointment from giggling Billy and Yelena who both should have known better. Corgan was the stereotypical outcast child, and at this point in his career was embarrassingly happy to think he was finally the cool kid with the hot gf.
@@tryphenasparks did u just say what would you do with a gf? he deserves therapy bc he figured you out? and you are judging others for their behavior? smh...
Love him but he was a real egomaniac at that time. Me me me! He treated his bandmates other than Jimmy like shit. Jimmy Chamberlain was the best musician in that band. It was a so perfect for Billy with session musicians he controlled. That sucked.
It amazes me how a creep like Howard was hardly ever called out for his comments during interviews, as if he was God and nobody wanted to confront him. Billy, you were supposedly a nerd and a black sheep growing up, why do you go along with him? Were you with your ex just because she gave you great sex? Are you ok with people sexualizing a 15 year old that is your fan?...I mean, come on.... I'm glad times have changed but he is nothing but a predator and I would have expected some of the great artists he interviewed to stand up and say something.
lol can you believe it? where do they come from? they have nothing but filters getting in the way of saying what they really feel or pops up in their mind? i wonder why saying something and doing it are exactly the same to them. why can't they just change the channel if they don't like it? lol
actually to be honest, it's probably the same people that hated him back then ... only now they have a voting system and computers to cancel people... it weird bc now the computers are getting rid of being able to criticize or speak outside of the box
@@frankmaitland1254 seems simple if its just one tough wall... people get through it all the time, thats when they tighten the grips... like this video here. its still around and the hater seems to find it FIRST lol ... his presence alone is like somoene prank calling in and screaming bababooeee, howards sterns dick!
Wow the way he can't shut up about what she wears on a beach... I would be so uncomfortable and want to slap him. I guess this was just the norm for a woman being interviewed then? .. so telling of how times have changed.
The things I've been through have never been rewarded. I reject everythingvyou are. It's pathetic. I'm constantly punished for being robbed. I don't like anything you do. I hate the united States. I would rather live in any other country on earth. I reject the united States completely. Every minute here I'm being tortured.
I definitely believe Holes Live Through This, had a lot of Kurt’s touches and input on most of the songs on that album. You can hear his type of flow and cadence on songs like Violet and Doll Parts.
sorry but courtney and eric erlandson wrote those two specific songs before she even started dating him. doll parts was legit written about him fucking this one girl. violet was written about her relationship with billy. nirvana definitely motivated her but kurt wasn’t involved on those songs