Mike Jones with Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins 8/8/24

Billy Corgan joins me to talk about the new Smashing Pumpkins album 'Aghori Mhori Mei' and bringing the rock with it, having fun on the Green Day tour and the Pumpkins doing their own shows too, the possibility of doing a traveling festival and showcasing up and coming bands, the massive rock audiences at shows, which Green Day song the Pumpkins could cover, putting the work in at Madam Zuzu's and a the NWA 76 show coming up in Philly at the end of August!

[@shadeofmercury]

Only problem is if Green Day played Pissant, all of their fans would be like "oh wow! what an amazing new Green Day song!" but if SP played it, they'd just be like "oh, ok, nice."

[@shadeofmercury]

No lie, though, Madame Zuzu's does have great vegan food and I'm not even vegan. It's pretty damn delish.

[@markfla]

New album is excellent apart from the vocals being too high in the mix again like the last few albums

[@granthuling3235]

A true lifelong artist.

[@Zen-yt8jj]

Billy a true legend. Also a great new album. Truly rocks

[@Ootroll]

Hello, I need to let you know that your remix of 'Zeitgeist' [full album 2024 reimagined] is the best one out there. Everyone should click your name and go and listen to it.

[@Zen-yt8jj]

Thabk you 😀

[@planetofsoundpodcast9859]

Dude I want to hear Green Day do Pissant!

[@kristopherryanwatson]

not a big Green Day fan, and i don't know too much of their music, but Pissant would be a great cover song for a pop-punk band.

[@planetofsoundpodcast9859]

@@kristopherryanwatson yeah I dropped off listening to them around 96, I'm a much bigger Pumpkins fan. But I agree with Billy, I think they could pull off a great cover of Pissant.

[@kristopherryanwatson]

​​​@@planetofsoundpodcast9859 i had Dookie, Geeen Days first album. they got my attention when they were on that Lollapalooza tour. i went specifically to SP and Beastie Boys that year. it was the first time i ever saw SP live and it changed my life. i didnt care to watch Green Day play though. i think their album after Dookie was where i stopped being interested.

[@kristopherryanwatson]

@@planetofsoundpodcast9859 saw SP live at Lollapalooza in '94. seeing them play live for the first time changed my life. I never cared to watch Green Day that day, but i did have Dookie, which i bought when i was on a family trip to Florida and saw it discounted to $10 at some store in Boynton beach. haha i think that was their first big album. okay album... but never became more of a fan to get into anything else since then.

[@planetofsoundpodcast9859]

@@kristopherryanwatson nice. I didn't get to see them live til 2007. Wish I could've seen them in the 90s

[@miguelmelchior986]

Good album.. Pumpkins are not dead yet.., beautiful sound finally.

[@planetofsoundpodcast9859]

Finally? You've been snoozing the last few decades....

[@miguelmelchior986]

@@planetofsoundpodcast9859 shut it noob, you know nothing..

[@planetofsoundpodcast9859]

@@miguelmelchior986 it is not better than Oceania, or Zeitgeist even.

[@miguelmelchior986]

@@planetofsoundpodcast9859 true , its not better than Oceania, but sounds better..

[@neilanadams5173]

Good interview

[@werideatdusk]

Nice interview