Billy Corgan | Smashing Pumpkins, ATUM, Artificial Intelligence 

Billy consistently gives the most interesting and engaging interviews

This is why intelligent people like Billy Corgan are not the mainstream anymore, major label puppets are told what to sing, what to say, what to wear, don’t write, don’t play, not allowed to have an opinion on real things that matter. Long live Billy Corgan.

Billy is a legend! Glad he’s being recognized for it. The band should be in the hall of fame by now.

I've never seen a boring interview from Corgan. He is very interesting to listen to.

Im currently deep in a Smashing Pumpkins rabbit hole. I loved them as a teenager and now im reliving and researching the band, music, history. This dude is responsible for some of my favourite music, and influenced and worked w some of my fav artists. This is so cool and suchhhhh good timing. Hes right about the depth of an artist too. Art that lasts comes from a genuine place, not from a 'lets pander and do anything for a dime'. Seeing different sides to an artist, looking through archives, old candid pics, random interations and colaborations. Different artistic projects even. I think all of that plus true love of art and creation is what makes a great long lasting artist. I like how he explains things bc i think like that. Im autistic and the sensitivity, pattern recognition, thinking in colours are all things that i experience when i create art and live life. Especially in art though. Music is a language of patterns and colour, its communication, its needs no words. It reaches everyone! ❤

Honestly i dont know if it's because it was the 90s and there were many types of voices but i didnt really realise Corgan's voice was unusual until people pointed it out to me years after i'd first got into the band. It turns out i had a few favorite bands at the time whose singers also had unusual voice, be they Robert Smith in the Cure or Brian Molko in Placebo. I think having a unique voice is a strength, not a weakness.

Billy is one of my favorite human beings! I was lucky enough to see Smashing Pumpkins in when I was in 6th grade back in Austin. Maybe 2009? I was front row and Billy smiled at me. The whole band is a joy to see in front of you…One of the best concerts I’ve ever experienced.

Billy singing is like trying to get into beer as a teen, at first it's kind of rough but eventually you start to enjoy it and get into the nuances of it. I actually think it also inspires people to just try singing no matter what their voice sounds like, which is kind of what Kurt did for people playing guitar. Same with Basquiat's paintings, they unlock a freedom in people by colouring outside of the lines. Our personal imperfections is the true beauty of life.

As to Billy's singing voice - In the long run, people don't listen to voices because they do something according to expected protocol. They listen to voices because they're UNIQUE.

I am trying to give Atum a chance, but am finding Billy's interviews 10 times better always. Long live Billy Corgan!

This was a fantastic interview. I've seen 100's of interviews with Billy over the years and I can tell that he was genuinely happy to be there and really liked having a great conversation with you guys. Great job. ATUM is another Masterpiece from The Mighty SP, go buy it 👊🏻

He’s so wrong we only come out at night was always special. I remember being 14 hearing that cd on repeat it was so deep and wide. 28 amazing songs no repetition. It was our white album. I’ve partied to Mellon collie, I’ve jammed to it. I’ve cried to it. I’ve grown up with it over years ,It is my hands down favorite album of all time!!! Thank you 🙏

Happy Billy makes me happy. His energy is contagious. When he’s feeling cantankerous he drains me. When he’s smiling I feel good. He’s a special kind of human. I appreciate his vision and ability to keep his line.

Awesome interview with Mr Corgan! I love when he starts telling stories about all the times people told him something wouldn't work and he did it anyway. Great stuff!

“I see the Crocs and the vaping and I don’t know what the hell is going on” 😂

Billy's intelligence just shines through so brightly in this interview. I love his introspection about himself and Pumpkins as what they were then and what they are now. Super super engaging in this amd very human. He ranges from down-to-earth to eccentric crazy genius. I can see how he would be hard for others to handle and also his struggles as a genius in a world filled with so many that try to drag genius into the gutter.

I love a good Uncle Billy interview 🖤

So awesome. You brought the best out of him, great interview ❤

I really regret not seeing them in Australia the other week but I was working around the corner so managed to get a peak of a song or two. They sounded incredible and it was a bit sad that the crowd wasn't very big. I hope they continue touring so I get a chance to see them one day.

This might seem ironic given the guest, but damn the host’s voice isn’t easy on the ear at all.

We only come out at night, is a great song, really special.

Every Billy Corgan interview is my favorite Billy Corgan interview

What a stunning interview. Thanks a lot for this guys

I've never been here before, but I've been a Billy/SP fan since I was 11 years old back in 1993, when a Siamese Dream cassette tape was put into the player and I heard "Cherub Rock" start to play. I sat there and listened to the whole album and it changed my life and molded my musical tastes from that moment on.

Great interview. Billy Corgan is awesome and needs to be in the Hall Of Fame. Period.

Thanks for posting this, I'm glad it showed up on my youtube feed. I have an old MP3 player with gigabytes of full albums on it, I still listen to it. Smashing Pumpkins is certainly one of the bands that I can listen to for hours on end, without wanting to change to something else. Gish, Adore, Mellon Collie, Machina, etc. I'm looking forward to buying the new album.

I watched so many interviews with billy and each time it’s different and thought provoking

Great interview great moment in time. Billy was very open and honest. More forthcoming than I’ve seen in a bit. Very energizing from the creator of my favorite band of all time

Thank you Billy for being unconditionally authentic. Truly inspired by this interview.

i love listening to Billy talk. He always has really interesting insightful things to say. Love his music!

Billy is such a fun guy. This interview flew by

Absolutely fantastic interview

Zack interviews Tana one week giving me all the tea and then THE Billy Corgan after I bought tickets for their WPB show 😭😭 i’m living rn

Great interview! Love the new album!

This was a great interview thanks for what you do!

My God, finally someone who asks great, in-depth questions about the NEW music!

Excellent in depth interview. Great job, congrats. Greetings from Athens, Greece.❤🙏

I listened to all 33 songs, can't wait to hear the other 10!

I really enjoy listening to Billy. Either his music or his interviews. He seems like an incredibly nice guy....who's just straight forward. I like those kind of people.

Billy Corgans so inspiring speaker, as well as music! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Freaking love this interview

Amazing interview! I love when people who respect Billy interview him.

Billy's voice is so unique and unperfect that it makes me love it that much more. Gives normal people like me who diddle around with making music hope. There is something about being yourself and owning who you are and not caring that is freeing and liberating. Be yourself, always, dont let anyone take that away from you. In a world full of squares, id rather be a circle.

He is such a good talker

This is a really great, free-flowing interview.

great job on the interview - first I'm coming across this show so I will now check out others. I had so many more questions I thought of along the way though.

19:54 - We Only Come Out at Night is great song. If I made a best-of from Melancholy I would include it.

I love the point Billy makes about before when social media took off how people would walk up to him and ask him do you prefer Mr. Corgan, or Bill, and now with social media especially these days it does really seem like people can go up to famous people and interact with them as if they already know them.

"once a younger artist figures out a way to game the system, they're not going to spend 10,000 hours like i did" true words have never been spoken. this is applicable to anyone in their creative or professional craft.

Billy is the best! Always gives amazing interviews

Billy Corgan should have a podcast from his tea room Madame Zuzu. If you are reading this Billy …. It would be fantastic! You are incredibly fascinating and intelligent - and will bring another dimension of higher thought to the conversation.

i love this man. his thoughts are worth listening to.

This was fantastic guys

We only come out at night was always one of my favorites that never played on TV or radio. My brother and I had mellon collie on repeat on our first boom box while playing N64 in our bunk bed.

Fantastic interview

Thank you! Great interview!

Consider also that an artist does not choose their life - the art chooses them. As with Billy, if one is consumed with their art they will find a way. Whether waiting tables or a full time job in business - an artist can and will find their path. It will likely be filled with struggle but if it is non negotiable to be an artist …. the artist will find their way.

Wow, one his top best interviews . Bravo dude

loved some of the questions he asked him

I saw the Pumpkins on the Reeperbahn, Hamburg in the 90´s. Great!

Great interview! Billy's such a smart dude. You did a really good job talking with him.

Alethea House does a recovery show right. Live music. But it's not underground talent like me. Although I am fixing to change that. Billy played at a green bridge in Killen Alabama. I think it was I'm not sure, Drown. I'm fixing to try to basketball diaries ending art production because there's such a huge history in Muscle Shoals Alabama. I'll do the work. I loved SP since rhinoceros came out on 120 minutes then between Gish and Siamese Dream but that performance for Disarm where it was sooooo electric and expression. That moment got me. Thank you for being an inspiration. Thank you for stopping and playing at that bridge.

You do Great interviews! love the questions you ask.

Top 5 from each Act... Act I: 5) Beyond The Vale 4) The Gold Mask 3) The Good In Goodbye 2) ATUM 1) Embracer Act II: 5) The Culling 4) To The Greys 3) Moss 2) Night Moves 1) Space Age Act III: 5) Sojourner 4) The Canary Trainer 3) Harmageddon 2) Spellbinding 1) Pacer This 15-song mix is a great SP album... But of course the entire 33 (or 43 if you include Zodion At Crystal Hall) song project is a triumph, no matter what you think of the individual songs... Fan since '93 speaking. AMAZING interview btw! 💜

Every album (sans Monuments To An Elegy & Oceania for the most part) from Adore until ATUM are slow burners, they are so different from the last one and not what's popular at the moment. So have a relationship with ATUM (and CYR) and over time you'll find where it fits in your life 💜

Great Interview !

Great interview!

Smiling Politely!

I gotta say dude, you are a REALLY good interviewer. I’ve seen pretty much every single Billy interview online and this might be the best (with the Lars Ulrich interview coming at a now, second place.) You really have a way of disarming your guest (no pun intended.) 😂 Very positive and genuine. Not canned questions at all. You can really tell you are curious and interested in the creative process. Sometimes Billy has a tendency to put his guard up and play a character or persona. But he seems totally real and laid back here. Excellent stuff man! And SUPER funny. I found myself pausing it because I was seriously laughing hard. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 I’m kind of curious, did you prepare a lot before this interview? Were you nervous? Peace from Louisiana. ✌🏼

"That's where you want to put a bullet in your head..." Very funny Billy.

legend ❤

Funny story about "we only come out at night". I've actually loved that song from the start since '95. There are many great tunes in MC that would have deserved more attention (like e.g. By Starlight). Not all great songs become instant hits. They can still be just as great. SP definitely has more than plenty of great songs in their discography.

awesome interview

Billy should start his own podcast

Thirty-three.. one of my favorite Pumpkins songs.

4:57 Note to Billy Corgan: Stars don't always belong in the sky, my friend. You are human after all. You seem to have suffered another Narcissistic injury by being humanized or added to the rest of the world with, "Yo Bill!". He is lowkey looking for the red-carpet treatment all the time. Ps. In case anyone didn't know, Billy seems to have a problem with being "Ordinary". Hence the line from "Muzzle": "I fear that I am ordinary, just like everyone..." He stated this fear many years ago. It highlights his Narcissism, a lot.

En 2023 RU-vid génère des sous-titres traduits en direct ce qui m'a permis d'écouter cette interview. La technologie est un outil et je ne crois pas qu'il faille craindre le progrès cependant il convient de décider collectivement ce que nous souhaitons en faire. C'est étrange pour moi de pouvoir comprendre une conversation de mon artiste préféré. J'écoute les smashing pumpkins depuis la parution de MCIS et j'aime beaucoup la direction prise depuis CYR. J'ai senti dès Cotillons une puissante inspiration traverser WPC et j'espère que nous aurons la chance d'écouter encore de nombreux nouveaux disques. Merci pour votre musique organique ❤

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BILLY CORGAN SO AWESOME ON ZACH SANG SHOW !!!

This was a really good interview

FABULOUS interview! Sharp, intelligent, contemporary, relevant to today conversation. ❤ Looking forward to seeing Billy tmrw in Bend, OR 8/6/23!

I'm so excited for this new era of the smashing pumpkins. They are hands down far more talented then any other band from the grunge days. They are getting better as time goes on. Billy i love you,and thanks for giving the world your beautiful art

Oh my god can’t believe you guys got billy!!!!

He is so damn articulate.

Great interview, interviewer and interviewee.

The Smashing Pumpkins are so awesome . Their new album is 🔥🔥🔥🔥

live love billy

Great interview

Great interview. SP has the catalog worth diving into fully. A true great band with a fantastic discography. Don’t listen to reviews.

I was a huge Pumpkins fan when I was growing up and I always found Billy to be a pretty interesting and respectable guy. I always want to like his new music, but I haven't been able to get into most of the newer albums. I thought the 2007 "Zeitgeist" album he made with the original Pumpkins drummer (Jimmy Chamberlin) was quite good and memorable, that was the last Pumpkins album that really stuck with me. I think they did a lot of things right with that album in how they brought the music back to the classic "alternative rock with a heavy metal edge" style and how it felt like all the songs fit together as one musical experience. Obviously music is subjective and we all aren't going to like the same things, but I'd love if Billy took the music in that direction again.

God I love Billy

48:08 - it's called criticism Billy. Your inability to take it is not your listener's problem

Brilliant minds produce brilliant art.

This is the best interview ever haha

Billy should be a guest host! The conversation flow works!

Billy seems like a very smart and good bloke . Thanks for this content lads

I remember way back when a friend handed me their first album saying that they reminded him of The Doors, I'm a huge Doors fan, they sounded nothing like The Doors! I thought it was ok, but never gave them a second thought. A few years later when they blew up I was flored! Never saw it coming, never became a fan really, but I like several cuts.

Billy and whoever else has great knowledge just have to give us humans more credit, we are all made of dancing universal symphony vibrations which created AI and there will be kids out there that still have the ability to make beautiful music from the heart and soul... Everyone is unique and apart of this wonderful universe we call home...We are creators we are human 🙏🏽I love smashing pumpkins more now than I ever did...it's like I've awakened because now in my life I am actually listening to the music, before I was hearing the music...it's so much better when you really listen...all the bands I've listen to in the past it's like I've rediscovered these bands again it's amazing...What a time to be alive 🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾love ya billy and everyone else...I think turning 48 is a real eye opener

"We only come out at night" was always a beautiful song , when I was a teenager me and my friends had a sound system in my garage so one night we dressed up in those full body Halloween suits and blasted that song and danced out in the street, people thought we were fucking nuts

I could listen to Bill for days