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28 авг 2020 : |
SMASHING PUMPKINS Release Two New Songs, 'Cyr' And 'The Colour Of Love' |
25 авг 2020 : |
SMASHING PUMPKINS Drummer's JIMMY CHAMBERLIN COMPLEX Announces New Album, 'Honor' |
5 фев 2020 : |
SMASHING PUMPKINS To Release New Double Album This Year |
3 фев 2020 : |
BILLY CORGAN Is Working On 21 Songs For 'Pretty Different' New SMASHING PUMPKINS Album |
9 авг 2019 : |
Watch SMASHING PUMPKINS Perform On 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert' |
13 дек 2018 : |
Watch SMASHING PUMPKINS Perform On 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' |
20 ноя 2018 : |
SMASHING PUMPKINS Might Record Christmas Album, Says BILLY CORGAN |
8 ноя 2018 : |
THE SMASHING PUMPKINS Release Another New Song, 'Knights Of Malta' |
15 окт 2018 : |
SMASHING PUMPKINS Premiere BILLY CORGAN-Directed Video For 'Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts)' |
26 сен 2018 : |
BILLY CORGAN Says D'ARCY WRETZKY Kept Trying To Get Back Into SMASHING PUMPKINS |
14 сен 2018 : |
SMASHING PUMPKINS To Release 'Shiny And Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun.' Album In November |
24 авг 2018 : |
SMASHING PUMPKINS Concert To Be Livestreamed By LIVE NATION On Twitter This Friday |
10 авг 2018 : |
BILLY CORGAN Says D'ARCY WRETZKY Will Never Return To SMASHING PUMPKINS |
4 авг 2018 : |
SMASHING PUMPKINS Joined By COURTNEY LOVE, CHINO MORENO, MARK MCGRATH At 30th-Anniversary Concert (Video) |
14 июл 2018 : |
SMASHING PUMPKINS Perform Cover Of LED ZEPPELIN's 'Stairway To Heaven' At Tour Kick-Off (Video) |
30 июн 2018 : |
THE SMASHING PUMPKINS Release Music Video For New Single 'Solara' |
13 июн 2018 : |
Video: SMASHING PUMPKINS Perform On 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' |
8 июн 2018 : |
Listen To SMASHING PUMPKINS' New Song 'Solara' |
26 мар 2018 : |
BILLY CORGAN Says D'ARCY WRETZKY Has 'Burned Bridge Forever' With SMASHING PUMPKINS |
28 фев 2018 : |
Is SMASHING PUMPKINS Tour Selling As Well As Expected? |
16 фев 2018 : |
SMASHING PUMPKINS Confirm Reunion, Announce 'Shiny And Oh So Bright Tour' |
15 фев 2018 : |
Former SMASHING PUMPKINS Bassist D'ARCY WRETZKY Slams BILLY CORGAN In New Interview |
14 фев 2018 : |
SMASHING PUMPKINS Explain D'ARCY WRETZKY's Absence From Rumored Reunion |
15 ноя 2017 : |
SMASHING PUMPKINS Frontman Defends NICKELBACK |
23 авг 2017 : |
SMASHING PUMPKINS Frontman To Release 'Ogilala' Solo Album In October |
29 июн 2017 : |
SMASHING PUMPKINS Drummer Hints At 2018 Reunion Tour Featuring Original Lineup |
18 янв 2017 : |
'Things Look Good' For SMASHING PUMPKINS Reunion |
17 авг 2016 : |
BILLY CORGAN Is In Contact With All Members Of SMASHING PUMPKINS' Classic Lineup |
28 мар 2016 : |
Video: Guitarist JAMES IHA Rejoins SMASHING PUMPKINS On Stage In Los Angeles |
24 июн 2015 : |
SMASHING PUMPKINS Rejoined By Drummer JIMMY CHAMBERLIN For MARILYN MANSON Tour |
12 июн 2015 : |
SMASHING PUMPKINS Change Band Lineup Again |
26 мар 2015 : |
BILLY CORGAN Says Future Of SMASHING PUMPKINS Is 'Murky' |
20 янв 2015 : |
SMASHING PUMPKINS: 'Being Beige' Video Released |
30 ноя 2014 : |
SMASHING PUMPKINS Featuring RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE's BRAD WILK: Video Footage Of Live Debut |
19 ноя 2014 : |
SMASHING PUMPKINS Tap RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE's BRAD WILK For Upcoming Shows |
5 ноя 2014 : |
SMASHING PUMPKINS Featuring MÖTLEY CRÜE's TOMMY LEE: New Song 'One And All' Streaming |
22 окт 2014 : |
SMASHING PUMPKINS: New Single 'Being Beige' Available For Streaming |
3 сен 2014 : |
BILLY CORGAN May Break Up SMASHING PUMPKINS Again |
24 июл 2014 : |
SMASHING PUMPKINS Complete Recording New Album |
18 июн 2014 : |
SMASHING PUMPKINS' BILLY CORGAN Says Drummer MIKE BYRNE 'Has Left The Building' |
10 май 2014 : |
BILLY CORGAN: How TOMMY LEE Came To Be Involved With New SMASHING PUMPKINS Album |
30 апр 2014 : |
SMASHING PUMPKINS: 'Monuments To An Elegy' Tentative Track Listing Revealed |
31 мар 2014 : |
SMASHING PUMPKINS Sign Artist Services Deal With BMG |
7 июн 2013 : |
THE SMASHING PUMPKINS To Release New Versions Of 'The Aeroplane Flies High' Box Set |
29 июн 2012 : |
Former THE SMASHING PUMPKINS Guitarist To Release New Solo Album |
29 апр 2012 : |
THE SMASHING PUMPKINS: 'Oceania' Cover Artwork, Track Listing Unveiled |
28 мар 2012 : |
THE SMASHING PUMPKINS Pick EMI LABEL SERVICES For Launch Of New Album |
18 мар 2011 : |
THE SMASHING PUMPKINS Releases New Free Song |
7 янв 2011 : |
SMASHING PUMPKINS\' BILLY CORGAN Blasts Major Labels |
25 ноя 2010 : |
THE SMASHING PUMPKINS: Another New Song Available For Free Download |
4 ноя 2010 : |
THE SMASHING PUMPKINS To Release \'Teargarden By Kaleidyscope Vol. II: The Solstice Bare\' |
14 сен 2010 : |
THE SMASHING PUMPKINS Release Sixth Free Track \'Spangled\' |
15 авг 2010 : |
SMASHING PUMPKINS Expect To Take Four Years To Release New Project |
7 июл 2010 : |
THE SMASHING PUMPKINS Releases Fifth New Song |
17 май 2010 : |
SMASHING PUMPKINS\' BILLY CORGAN: DIO Was \'One Of The Best Rock Singers There Will Ever Be\' |
12 май 2010 : |
SMASHING PUMPKINS Announces New Bassist |
4 мар 2010 : |
New SMASHING PUMPKINS Song Posted Online |
19 янв 2010 : |
THE SMASHING PUMPKINS: New Song Available For Free Download |
30 май 2008 : |
SMASHING PUMPKINS To Release New Single In September |
17 авг 2006 : |
SMASHING PUMPKINS Begin Recording New Album |
25 апр 2006 : |
SMASHING PUMPKINS Reunite, Begin Work On New Material |
22 июн 2005 : |
BILLY CORGAN To Reform SMASHING PUMPKINS |
11 окт 2002 : |
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15 июн 2021
SMASHING PUMPKINS' BILLY CORGAN: 'When I Was Younger, I Was Not Considered Good Looking'
On the "brand" image of being a rock star versus staying true to oneself:
Corgan: "For whatever reason, when I was younger, I was not considered good looking. So, my looks were not part of anybody's formula as far as the success of the band. It was never talked about. Photographers would try to stick me in the back of photo shoots with the band and put other people [in front of me]. I swear to God... Well, you know, things change. Now the vampire look is in. But at the time, I was not considered a good-looking person. And people told me this — it's not like I figured this out. People would tell me, 'Oh, you're just not good looking.' Like it was bad for my career. So I had to make sort of critical judgments which is A) that's really not gonna stop me or that's not that important; B) I'm gonna be myself; if I'm a weirdo or a vampire or whatever, I'm just gonna be myself. And now, here we are 20-something years later, and people all the time talk to me about the way I looked, how it influenced them."
On dealing with his ego as a frontman:
Corgan: "Well, that's a tough one, honestly. I don't think I could have done what I did without faith in myself. People all along the way kept telling me I wasn't special. And I'm only talking about music — and I'm trying to be funny here, so nobody get offended — when it comes to music, I am special. I've proven it, right? But people are uncomfortable with that idea. I have no discomfort. If I met somebody who was the greatest pianist in the world, like, why shouldn't we celebrate specialty in a field? People who achieve at the highest level, they're kind of phenoms. Bono's a phenom. If he was a pitcher, he'd be the number one pitcher on a Major League Baseball team. Why do people get uncomfortable about phenoms in the music business? Maybe it's the egalitarian part of music, like we all can be musicians. But the fact of the matter is these people are savants. If you don't wanna think I'm a savant, then I'm cool with that. But I'm saying is don't tell me that Jimi Hendrix or Bono or Kurt Cobain are not savants. They're savants. If you feel you're a savant, and you prove you're a savant, well, at some point, when does somebody give you the savant stamp? There's something that goes on in music that's, like, 'Well, prove it to me. And prove it to me again. And prove it to me one more time.' Would anybody here argue that Prince wasn't a savant?"
"Best Advice" is an audio spinoff from the Webby-Award-nominated Spotify For Artists "Best Advice" video series. Hosted by Kim Taylor Bennett, a former music journalist herself, "Best Advice" features engaging conversations with a full range of guests — from young up-and-coming artists to legacy acts — offering in-depth insights into what it's like to navigate the world of music, commerce and creativity.
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