Doesn't he seem like he'd hands down be the funniest person in the band but in a really dry way? I love his demeanor, especially when he was young and high all the time.
Fui Gebhardt1 Adore *was* better, in every way. There’s nothing wrong w stating the truth, you can see today how each album stands in time. The only idiotic thing was how Billy doubted himself after this, it’s sad
Billy is an incredible genius. I don't think he was fully appreciated 20 years ago. Now that the smoke of time has cleared, it has become abundantly clear.
I was 11 in 98. Wasn't a big music fan yet but in 96 I had seen all the melon collie videos a million times and loved them to death (I was just to young to have any notion of fandom yet). When I finally got into music, ironically in 1998, it was with all the new stuff coming up that my young mind could understand (alternative rock got buried, unless you were already following it). But recently I've gone back and discovered the pumpkins and it's amazing how much I have connected with Adore. Like it was meant for me all along
Jimmy was the powerhouse and the pulse, that's for sure, but Adore did not disappoint. He was missed, but Billy proved that he could put out an album every bit as good as what came before. It is brilliant from start to finish and would have been entirely different had Jimmy played on it.
The use of synthesizers on Adore gave the Pumpkins a totally different sound and it’s what made the album so great, IMO. They were forced to use synthesizers and drum machines in Chamberlain’s absence that gave the album that specific sound.
She was having drug problems and apparently mental health issues. She and Billy didn’t get along well at all at this point either. If you ask me Billy was abusive towards her and James.
I remember seeing an interview with him on MTV just prior to the release of ‘Adore’ and he said some of the new music ‘was electronic but in a garbage kind of way’ and then he laughed and reiterated he meant the band Garbage!
