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Rockonteurs with Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt

S124: Billy Corgan

Rockonteurs with Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt

Rhino UK

Interviews, Rock, Pop, Music

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2021

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode of Rockonteurs, Guy and Gary speak to Billy Corgan. Billy chats openly about his introduction to music at a young age, his love affair with British bands of the 80’s, and the formation, break up and reconciliation of his incredible band The Smashing Pumpkins. He also recounts the time he heard Nirvana’s album Nevermind for the very first time and discusses the stories behind the Pumpkins most recent album CYR.

 



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0:00.0

So today we've got someone who came to see us together as the source for the secrets.

0:06.4

Not your mother.

0:07.6

Right she always shows up in Chicago. I have no idea. I keep telling it's 12 hour flight.

0:14.8

No, I think you're talking about Billy Corgan, aren't you? I am talking about Billy Corgan.

0:20.5

He did. I was quite thrilled when he came, he came to see us. I always quite thrilled when he came to see us.

0:23.0

I always like it when people come to see us that you're sort of slightly impressed by.

0:27.0

And then you think about them the whole time.

0:29.0

Have you noticed that when you're on stage, if anyone comes to see you that you're, you know, you're slightly impressed by, you think about them every other.

0:37.0

But I like it when it's somebody who's slightly impressed by.

0:39.0

I prefer it when it's not someone I'm impressed by who plays my instrument because then...

0:44.0

That's a shit. You like to show off then I know.

0:48.0

You know what this guy did.

0:51.0

Basically, these these all these American bands in the 90s they just took it away from the British didn't they?

0:56.8

Yeah no absolutely you know it was the rebirth of the guitar certainly

1:01.6

as actually so much with that that's trivializing it.

1:04.0

Anyway, let's get him on.

1:05.0

Welcome to the rock on Ters.

1:08.0

Okay, guys, I'm ready.

1:10.0

But it's a big tune for sure.

1:11.0

I actually wrote that originally for Tina Turner.

1:14.0

Of course I had gone and found Joni Mitchell, Ben and Florida and brought her back.

1:17.0

What people forget about Bowie is that he was such a kind man.

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