Billy Corgan joins Scott Lipps on SPIN Magazine’s Lipps Service for a deep chronological conversation covering his upbringing in Chicago, discovering guitar, the formation of the Smashing Pumpkins, Gish, Siamese Dream, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, Kurt Cobain, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Courtney Love, Melissa Auf der Maur, Cheap Trick, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Lollapalooza, modern rock, Yungblud, SOMBR, and much more.
Billy also shares his favorite Smashing Pumpkins songs, reflects on the competitive nature of the grunge era, discusses hearing “Smells Like Teen Spirit” for the first time, and explains the stories behind classics including “1979,” “Tonight, Tonight,” and “Bullet With Butterfly Wings.”
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TIMESTAMPS
00:53 — Billy Corgan on KISS
03:10 — Why Rush Was So Important
07:14 — Dealing With Critics
09:30 — Critics, Success & The Beach Boys
11:55 — His Podcast, Ratt & Mötley Crüe’s Importance
14:29 — Lollapalooza, Hole & The Alternative Explosion
16:12 — Growing Up in Chicago
17:10 — “It Wasn’t Uncommon…” (Early Chicago Stories)
18:25 — His Father & Learning Guitar
22:23 — The Marked, Guitar Shredding & Yngwie Malmsteen
24:35 — Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne & Heavy Metal Legacy
30:13 — Why Cheap Trick Matters
35:40 — The First Smashing Pumpkins Gig & Jimmy Chamberlin
40:47 — Gish & Finding His Voice
46:04 — Steve Albini
48:20 — Siamese Dream, Darkness & Creative Pressure
53:36 — The Competitive Nature of Nirvana & Pearl Jam
54:34 — The Story Behind “Today”
56:29 — Hearing “Smells Like Teen Spirit” For The First Time
58:06 — Kurt Cobain
1:03:11 — Mellon Collie and the Grunge Movement
1:05:14 — The Story Behind “1979”
1:07:49 — “Bullet With Butterfly Wings”
1:11:31 — “Tonight, Tonight”
1:12:36 — The Death of Zero
1:16:37 — Melissa Auf der Maur
1:18:09 — Courtney Love, Celebrity Skin & The Press
1:26:12 — SOMBR, Yungblud & Modern Rock
1:32:58 — Billy Corgan’s Favorite Smashing Pumpkins Songs
1:35:00 — Top 5 Smashing Pumpkins Songs Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
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