Billy Corgan discusses the new Smashing Pumpkins album 'Aghori Mhori Mei'

Billy Corgan chats with host Nicole Alvarez about The Smashing Pumpkins' new album 'Aghori Mhori Mei,' available everywhere now! #kroq #thesmashingpumpkins #billycorgan
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[@McFlurryMachineIsDown]

Corgan is pretty chill these days. He seems happy and that's cool.

[@nebulous8389]

It's the stable relationship with his wife and 2 kids.

[@McFlurryMachineIsDown]

@@nebulous8389 for sure. I know what that's like. Glad he found his person

[@turdzillaatemysn]

best user name

[@AcidBathSpaandResort-tn7km]

Stupid comment.

[@ColorsBright]

He should go back and apologize to all the fans he treated like shit all these years.. loser

[@armyuvme]

Billy is a gem and can rest easy knowing that he's helped so many.

[@ricktandron3669]

R I P

[@DekkarJr]

Didnt realize he was dead just old

[@robbhebert3288]

The album is outstanding. I absolutely love it. Great interview.

[@nebulous8389]

God it's amazing! I also think their post 2007 music is severely underrated but damn this is magic when the pumpkins return home!

[@robbhebert3288]

@@nebulous8389 I’ve been a fan of the Pumpkins since Gish. I was in a record store in Atlanta as teenager and Rinocerous was playing over the speaker, and I asked the guy working there who this was?. He told me, then I bought Gish, and I’ve been a die hard ever since. Billy is a genius. I will go down whatever road this band wants to take me on. A lot of people gripe about shit concerning the Pumpkins, but I’m just happy they’re still out there making music. It’s beautiful, and they deserve more credit than they’re given.

[@ClintsGuitarsNGear]

You got shit in your ears

[@hobojungle1]

I love Billy, man. He’s one of my favorite people to listen to speak.

[@Bumble-BB9]

I'm 43 been listening to SP since maybe 2-3 yrs post-Siamese Dream when a high school buddy bought the cd at a used record store, sticks it in my car stereo on the ride away, skips "Cherub Rock" says something like check this out as it lands on track 2 "Quiet" and I was captivated! been a fan since, I'm appreciative of BC's candid nature and willingness to speak about base reality, his personal experiences and his *unique* *individual* perspective and expression [that's art, after all] and not worry so much if everyone like's him or not along the way, in the end, because he knows his messages of truth reach so many, so deeply. it's an engaging and inspiring human-to-human experience...even if he really is a vampire! 😂 tl;dr: like the big brother I always needed but never had 🤜🤛

[@JMKOWL]

That was fantastic and love it when you can tell a genuine love of the artist / band from the interviewer's point of view. Makes it so much better. I have seen many interviews with Billy from decade to decade and whatever the subject, he has me hanging on every word. He's so fascinating to listen to. The new album is fantastic. Great interview 👍

[@rswc55]

Fantastic interview. Well done.

[@josephsagona76]

I love when an interviewer is an actual genuine fan.

[@TheMicrodance]

Or a sycophant

[@Bumble-BB9]

@@TheMicrodance 👎not buying it, she seemed genuinely stoked to have that wonderful conversation.

[@TheMicrodance]

@@Bumble-BB9 you mean in the same way that Zane Lowe speaks to everyone as if they're the best musical artist ever?

[@notom]

Zane comes across as fake ​@@TheMicrodance

[@seekah1]

@@TheMicrodance I can't watch him ever, j/s.

[@dechanteluv]

I'm a fellow Chicagoian on a journey starting a rock band. Smashing Pumpkins is such an inspiration to me because I know how hard it is to be accepted from your on city due to how divided it is out here. Billy's interviews always encourages me to strive harder, he's so cool, thank you!

[@silveryaero7719]

It's so cool seeing Billy geek out over playing Edin live. I love seeing that side to him

[@franciscohermandez3883]

SP got me through highschool, inspired me to grab a guitar and become musicien, gave me so many good memories and allow me to connect with my sensitive side and now that I´m freaking 40 years old you guys still amazed me the same way you did back in 98. Thank you so much for making this record and let us feel those emotions again!!!!

[@elaineosterbind5625]

I put off listening to this for like a week. Since then I have listened to the entire album daily. Absolutely a work of art. I can't wait to here it live. Awesome job man!

[@LespaulStrat]

Haven’t heard this yet, but I know like any Smashing Pumpkins album, there will be some masterpieces on it. Billy Corgan is a musical genius.!!

[@1995krampe]

The album is a beast Thank you billy Coming from a newly conquered fan

[@drewskkiiii]

Being of service to another human is best natural high on Earth. Well said Billy boy. Love him so much

[@grahamt19781]

Mr Corgan's in a good place. And the new album rocks. Love it.

[@Wardyfbaby504]

"You're an excellent participant in the human experience " thank you Nicole!

[@46positivity]

I would love to see Pumpkins work with Butch Vig again. There's something psychedelic and dreamy and unique about Siamese Dream that was probably Butch's contribution. (Oddly enough, this album was released on Butch's birthday.)

[@BullyMaguire4ever]

Also having Alan Moulder mix would be great. He mixed Siamese Dream, MCIS, and Machina.

[@turnsout5061]

I can't imagine any universe where that would actually happen, but if it were to happen, I suspect it would somehow be disappointing. I love the idea of it though.

[@jaysharpESQ]

I think moulder and Flood worked on Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness too

[@jaysharpESQ]

Exactly imagine the pressure If anyone got wind Butch was with SP again it would immediately become IS IT SIAMESE DREAM 2. I BET they're avoiding working with him like he's radioactive ☢️

[@Joormode]

Billys voice is mixed to high on this new album - which is sad . It could have been much better imo. I guess it an ego thing, but he should know better.

[@drewskkiiii]

My boyfriend and I are flying from Los Angeles to Argentina to see you guys play in his home city!! We have been fans Gish and we are so excited to see you in November!!

[@morganlake41632]

So nice to get more of a feel of who he is and how he has grown - his early work touches me deeply - and may have shaped some of the sweetest parts of me, having marinated since Gish.

[@Negative.mrb1]

At this point I cannot believe the amount of work Corgan and company have put out

[@vassomil7901]

Great questions bring smashing answers!!! Thank you both!!! New album 🎸💯🎸🎸💯🎸💯

[@dallasdandigitalproduction393]

Nicole! Great interview. I could listen to both of you for hours. Billy has some great stories🤘🤘

[@eddyspecter]

Super great interview and album I am so happy to hear all of this!

[@lanemeyer9350]

Billy carries around a subtle bitternesss. It comes out very often in interviews

[@notanotherjamesmurphy5574]

imagine being the biggest thing in the world and then a few years later feeling like no one is interested

[@Pheeew33]

He's been through some bitter shit in his life. Child abuse is no joke. I see the bitterness as he's just trying to be genuine and give real answers.

[@Drufi]

Bitterness is the one who’s laugh die low. That’s good for those like me tired of the sitcom laugh track, Billy gives us realism, some pain, hope and purpose, and the roller coaster of life’s journey. SP is still great!

[@emmanuelconstant3380]

Thanks for this wonderful heartfelt interview. Billy seems at peace and hasn't lost an once of his talent for songwriting. A pleasure to hear.

[@BullyMaguire4ever]

I don’t think anything from 1990-2000 “didn’t age well.” That’s as 10 solid years of pure magic for SP.

[@timmandre]

I thinks this's the best interview I saw with Billy. Nicole is adorable. So good interviewer.

[@JulianWilson-h5e]

Wonderful, amazing album, listened to it about five times already.

[@mdr44]

Great interview and congrats to SP on the new album🎉! What an amazing person Billy is, he’s absolutely right about being of service to others to help get you out of a funk-I totally agree I once questioned my therapist when I was really low how can I be of service to my patients when I’m struggling myself and she said exactly the same thing..and I found it fills you with love, purpose, and compassion and in seeing yourself as that person, mirroring makes you an even more empathic person, healing each other as well. Just beautiful ❤

[@TheMicrodance]

He's a narcissistic bully who treats people like utter s***.

[@mikenoface]

"We only come out at night... the days are much too briight... we only come out at night...."

[@Meggem216]

He’s amazing in all his promotions! I’m so into the song pentagrams

[@jakehixon4073]

Who goes there really does it for me, beautiful song, the whole album is great.

[@drummerbill5718]

Being in So Cal… I get to hear Nichole often and her long-form interviews are always so well done. This and the recent Pearl Jam clips are a clinic on how great interviews should go!!

[@barefootfrolick]

very perceptive interviewer; she really captures the experience of listening to Smashing Pumpkins music, an experience fans can appreciate, understand and connect with: "when I listen to your music, I'm not in the 3D anymore, I automatically go into another dimension, and its fantasy, and its beautiful, and its scary, and its dark but its illuminating, its all of those things, its a dreamworld for me" - Nicole Alvarez, 8:34 x

[@TeslaJigsaw]

Amazing interview. So happy to see Billy in a good place… having kids will do that to you!

[@Bumble-BB9]

Little did I know of the smile that would be plastered across my face by the time this interview concluded. Great interview! Nicole's adorable. A true fan and her respectful yet playful admiration was uplifting. Because she was real about her song TOCOAN, I got a candid side of the lore from BC himself I'd never heard before 😆 Couldn't have picked a better host for that one 🥰 I'm stoked I chose to listen to this through first, before listening through the album!

[@1972adamw]

love the Pumpkins...Billy is always fascinating. Nicole conducts really good interviews. I still hate the station for what they did to their talent

[@robwhisenhunt8014]

Great questions, great answers. Love the new record. thanks for the insight.

[@brethoveskeland8945]

Wonderful interview. I'm so glad to hear an interviewer tell him that her favorite role to see Billy in is as a dad, because that really does seem the most important role for his happiness. Love to see Billy so happy, and when my daughters are old enough, I'll totally drive them 4 hours to see SP! By the way, every time I listen to the new album, a new sound pops up. The last time I listened to "Pentagrams," it just blew my mind. Love this band so much.

[@Gene_o]

Awesome heartfelt interview. ♥️

[@Mindrex327]

Aghori Mhori Mei' Takes me back to Siamese Dream without being Siamese Dream. Great Record !

[@russhay422]

The album is a return to flow state as a compositional narrative. I really enjoyed the record. Haven’t had one of their records grab me like this since MCIS.

[@kbaeve]

Love his enthusiasm when talking about thinking about playing it live, opening the show with it. He still got passion for sure

[@nicholassosin6965]

Billy Corgan seems like he came full circle back to feeling creatively happy. I enjoy seeing and hearing him be positive and creative. What a genius musician and intelligent person.

[@ClintsGuitarsNGear]

Nah he's just rich. He hasn't been creative since Adore.

[@FlaviusPT]

such a great interview! thank you so much for putting this together

[@starlodear2987]

Billy always comes across as sophisticated and articulate.

[@scottdouglasmusic4245]

That was fantastic, thank you! ❤❤❤

[@CSACK99]

Great interview!

[@stefanbutler9840]

I love this record!!!

[@BullyMaguire4ever]

I also can’t wait for them to play Edin live.

[@raffin2040]

New album is musically incredible. I still am not into Billys lyrics and vocal approach the last 3-4 albums though... Still would recommend this album. Their best one in 10 years

[@miguelmelchior986]

Use headphones :)

[@sweetpain67]

Great conversation! Loving how Billy has grown… I will say, as someone who’s also been close to the edge, multiple times…something dies inside of you. That may be good, may be horrifying. So, and this will confuse most of you, when I see Billy traveling Europe, living his best life, with his family…it feels like he’s going through the motions. It feels…detached, like he’s already gone. A certain death. Again, that’s not necessarily bad or wrong. We’re all just strange passengers. Here.

[@settheraytome]

The thing bigger than myself for me is this band. Thank you Billy

[@TheNorthwestWind]

legend

[@sonicjet7759]

Billy Corgan, Ed Kowalczky, Jerry Cantrell, Krist Novoselic and Matt Cameron should start a new super rock band in 2024.

[@mothyclothy849]

aww he looks happy now

[@flighthalo]

Killer interview, great job.

[@Олег-ч4ц1м]

My favorite SP songs are “Stand inside your love”, “Hummer”, “Oceania”, “Glass and the Ghost children”

[@darthrok8417]

The album is really good. Guitars and drums on point.

[@MonkeyBusiness-yf7ud]

KROQ needs to play this album in full, everyday.

[@TheEthNick]

Really enjoyed my first listen. So many layers to this album that will take a few listens to take in.

[@miguelmelchior986]

The sound is so strong and beautiful. A shame it took this long for them to get back to this sound.

[@Penaltybox66]

Goeth The Fall Who Goes There Murnau Amazing songs. Love the album.

[@MarkMarxonsBassChannel]

This album is phenomenal

[@pattonPwr]

Is it? Found it really really boring. Vocals ruined everything …

[@TheMelarose]

❤❤❤❤❤excited

[@lusky0311]

This is a darn good rock record! Early SP Siamese Dream and A Perfect Circle vibes.

[@dallinjudy5427]

Great interview you connect with others on a deeper level get interesting takes and insights

[@Stephen-jd1dc]

This new album is incredible! Best album since Machina

[@lanemeyer9350]

Great album, way better than I expected

[@simontreal]

Great interviewer ! Wow.

[@Jplusk200]

I’m a GBN Panther alum as well. Billy would be welcomed with roaring applause

[@jshepherd1102]

The new album grew on me. I like the first 6 or so songs. But I don't think this is a return to the Pumpkins old sound like folks are saying. And that's not a bad thing, but you have a much cleaner sound, no layered guitars, no buzz, no blow your ears off distortion. But it's a good direction they are going in I think.

[@totalpartykill999]

Adore wasnt a rock record, but it was awesome. but when Billy gets around to wanting to rock, he really does rock.

[@Blisteryn]

When Billy says "we", he means, me, myself and i.

[@rwestvang]

"If I were dead Would my records sell" Haunting lyrics on an album released in 2000, when you hear in this interview he was so depressed to the point he was entertaining the idea of killing himself😥 I loved that he also talked about that he got a different perspective on life by helping others. This is also why so many of our young follow through, because their world is so narrow. They haven't got the experience to see that their little bubble don't mean much in the grand scheme of things. I would never know, but sounds like it's much of the same thing when you are famous and maybe surrounded by yes people that tends to lead you to be high on yourself😞 So glad Billy pulled through. I'm 48 myself with two kids, and still love listening to the Pumpkins while I try to teach my kids that the world is a bitch only if you let it.

[@mikedavidrivera]

The Evolution Of The Smashing Pumpkins!!!!!!

[@river4462]

We in Hawai'i call it kuleana 💖💖💖🤙🏽🏝😎🌸

[@DavidOakesMusic]

" HirriGo. I am Home. " 😆

[@DannyXXXXX]

Best album in 25 years from them.

[@tcancella7286]

But did Billy say what his favorite Pumpkins song is? Awesome interview!

[@TheSiameseDreamer]

If I had to make the impossible choice of choosing my favourite SP songs, I think it would be Thirty-Three

[@DredgenX]

The new album rules, it sounds like the Smashing Pumpkins circa early 90s plus+30 years of knowledge of music and studio recording innovation. The last song is the only song that reminds me of ATUM or their new stuff. EDIN has amazing guitar, and Sicarus has a sick heavy riff.

[@happytapir2916]

If he asks me I’d say “Rhinoceros”.

[@localmotion2035]

Ah Ghood Memhorei.

[@shekharkarekar]

Fantastic band...What is meaning on Title? Has it any india connection?

[@JamesLesterVideos-zh7ed]

Pretty sure it’s a coded message to darcy “I forgive you, come back” or something

[@greggotoole1675]

This album is amazing

[@lucristianx]

I have beef with the Reddit moderator for the pumpkins.

[@ncyrkls8914]

Spill the tea

[@lucristianx]

@@ncyrkls8914 basically I said that Billy is probably right about the reptilians. This is after David Grusch had testified in congress. I don’t mind people disagreeing but he got real nettled about it.

[@mrearbrass]

Love the new album!!

[@Paul-dw2cl]

4:28

[@granthuling3235]

Their greatest album since… ATUM (a masterpiece). Enjoying discovering it. It’s pretty oblique.

[@DavidOakesMusic]

It's interesting that Aghori... is an album for the fans - and then track 10 sounds like a CYR / ATUM outtake.

[@Pheeew33]

Murnau has so much more depth and thoughtful composition than most of CYR / ATUM. Its an unexpected favorite for me on this album, and it works amazingly well as a closing track.

[@Time.Travel]

EAT ME WHEN I DIE - meaning

[@TheMelarose]

My ‘ We only come out at night’ mem was wicked better classic and beyond.

[@jeahhh]

11:10

[@Portekberm]

Controversial opinion: Cotillions is Billy’s best

[@marcomillette4012]

I love Billy but honestly what was all that nose scathing !!!

[@Portekberm]

Off the cliff at the end of the nineties

[@nicholaschocas6752]

If Billy had bought his childhood home and torn it down, it would have been “Forrest Gumpian” with Jenny throwing the rocks… kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4rVnnR8a7iEo6csi=93oTPBUlm765Zuqc

[@kristopherryanwatson]

haha probably truth in that

[@JamesLesterVideos-zh7ed]

Imagine if she said “my favorite song is a super deep cut called mayonnaise you probably don’t get many people tell you that right?”

[@shein360]

It sounds better than their last few albums but it’s just a bland generic rock album. 6/10

[@gates69]

His vocals really turn me off and that’s been the case for many years now. He cranks out so much material that it just feels like quantity over quality. Not sure why people think this album is so great.