Smashing Pumpkins Speak about Jimmy's Overdose & the Death of Jonathan Melvoin

[@LungMing23]

This just reminds me of what an amazing recovery story Jimmy has. He got his shit together and helped keep the Pumpkins alive for the past 17-18 years. So awesome and Jimmy is easily one of rocks greatest drummers ever. We all win from his success by getting to hear him kick ass on dem drums.

[@BigWill2k]

There are very few Jimmies in this world so we need to cherish him! ;)

[@michvair]

Thank you, I also think JC is one of the best drummer ever, it is terrible to remember this era of the SP... and I still don"t know why they missed saying how JC felt during this time, about loosing his father.... how journalist's world is fucking crap, and who's next going to fall in these fucking' addicted rock bands.... this fucking journalists are the ones to be fired.... FUCK THEM.

[@chriss8569]

I agree. Of course in a sick/artistic way the drugs made that album (MCIS) so dark it is beautiful beyond words, no one wants that kind of suffering for any human being but it really does make the art different/special. I am so glad he is well now. He is 'weller 'than me lol

[@chriss8569]

@RockMeAmadeus I disagree wholeheartedly. Machina is amazing and so is Machina II . Adore is also a piece of work with that first Pumpkins sound - pre-Jimmy era new wave meets goth.

[@chriss8569]

@RockMeAmadeus Then why bother replying to me if you don't care? Just leave it. lol

[@TheSoloAsylum]

I think Jimmy is one of the best drummers on the planet ...

[@Bumbaclot213]

I think you’re right, but before Buddy Rich

[@blazingstar9638]

Jimmy is incredible

[@salmonskate]

He’s literally one that’s never talked about it’s a damn shame. Cause he’s literally one of the greatest out of the 90s.

[@ghiblinerd6196]

Have you never heard of Greg bissonette or Chris Coleman or Eric Moore or Matt gartska?

[@ghiblinerd6196]

@@Bumbaclot213 as a jazz drummer I have mixed feelings about buddy

[@omenroc1]

Billy better stop interrupting D’arcy when she talks or she will end up leaving the band, lol.

[@jipsasac]

so jimmy was a genius basically and the mummy's boy did not like it lol

[@aaronpollard7207]

"Well don't inter-f**kin-rupt!"

[@googlesuckz2325]

Oops... too late. lol

[@DeeLee-v4c]

That’s what ya call “foreshadowing”. Yup

[@DeeLee-v4c]

@@jipsasacno

[@ducktapepilot]

Weird that MTV actually used to talk about music lol

[@miloesalazar]

With real music they did. Will never compare to the shit today.

[@Monchi2006]

97 was the last year i think, before they started going TRL live

[@Rand_al_Thor372]

Believe it or not.. They used to play ONLY music videos with minimal VJ chit chat. It was pretty amazing.

[@ducktapepilot]

@@Rand_al_Thor372 Man those were the good ol' days!

[@Rebecca-hc5ju]

@@Rand_al_Thor372 I remember those days....

[@Ech0mancer]

If it were my band, I’m not sure which would be a bigger red flag, drummer doesn’t turn up for practice because of a suspected drug problem, or the fact that he didn’t turn up because he went to an REM show.

[@barstow_]

😂😂

[@DeeLee-v4c]

You like SP but not REM?

[@AaronStark1993]

Ironic how D'Arcy is so anti drug in this interview and it was just a few years later she got heavy into crack.

[@matthewarcher2734]

Did she.....!? Didn't realise that.,.

[@jackieaglr9282]

Yup. That and meth

[@jackieaglr9282]

Google her mug shot. She looked bad when she got popped with drugs.

[@davidmays7102]

lol yeah ironic isn't it!

[@Klauspeach]

True story 😂😂😂😂

[@johnts1]

Corgan had said years later that he regrets not shutting the tour down so they could heal. Get Jimmy better and so forth. The tough love kind of backfired. Billy said, you live and learn.

[@caitlinroseblaney226]

“The drummer that we have, Matt, now, who’s our drummer...” - D’arcy

[@HotBoxTrucking]

bitches be nervous n shit

[@jackieaglr9282]

It’s because she finally had an opportunity to speak up for once lol. She’s not used to being interviewed as Billy used to take all the interview time lol

[@sonyabladesbooty3890]

She was on crack at the time

[@allsystemsgo8678]

@@sonyabladesbooty3890 maybe she's nervous or just not articulate. No, she must be high on crack, lol

[@kenyonjohnson5595]

hah I just commented the same thing

[@damonjones9606]

Dude is extremely articulate and honest. Have to appreciate it

[@blazingstar9638]

Fr

[@staroulis1]

Fast forward 28 years, and on last night's gig in Dublin (10.6.24) Jimmy was blowing out birthday candles onstage with the band in the midst of a majestic performance. Despite everything, it's a beautiful conclusion to a tragic story. Such a shame about sweet Darcy and especially that poor guy Jonathan.

[@jamesmcdermott6242]

Billy talks so much sense, he is just a really genuine person.

[@danellae.perezschmieloz5958]

Yes

[@jakeytedesco3003]

He's a intelligent brainiac..that's his best trait

[@Patrick-of3sv]

Can't agree more!!

[@DeeLee-v4c]

@@jakeytedesco3003musical genius. He wrote Siamese Dream and Mellon collie in his 20s. Think about that. Let that sink in.

[@PatrickTK21]

If you want to know how well Jimmy hid his drug problem, watch footage from a show in London in '96 where the whole band is completely lights out perfect

[@bleikrsound6127]

1993 first met TSP and Butch Vig while recording 'Siamese Dream' near Atlanta. They had booked the studio to get Jimmy away from his drug buds up North. It didn't work. He was still fighting addiction when we opened for them on April 9, 1994 - a day after Kurt Cobain's suicide was discovered. I think this shook him to his own fate if he didn't kick. Congratulations to Jim - a friend, and survivor of those strange days.

[@TheColourflies]

Bleikr Sound what band were you in?

[@sheldonmontgomery2576]

K

[@nclsrfn]

dude, were you in Red Red Meat? ( www.splra.org/wiki/index.php?title=Tsp1994-04-09 )

[@medievaltimes6473]

Were you in Nelson?

[@bleikrsound6127]

@@TheColourflies The Nightshade Project - we were considered in the ‘Alternative’ and ‘Shoegaze’ genera of the 1990s.

[@omenroc1]

I don’t think I ever noticed how strikingly beautiful D’arcy is before..

[@c_o_l_m]

She didn't make it much longer before dropping off the face of the earth and doing hard drugs herself. It's a shame, she was gorgeous.

[@quinnrollen]

@@c_o_l_m I heard the drugs did a number on her.

[@veryp.c.2220]

You didnt know Darcy was hot.? So wtf

[@stephennicholas7095]

We will never be friends. She was my first crush

[@maximejolicoeur4532]

from 1988 to 1996 , she was hot

[@NotASaint1985]

I was really glad to have seen this. It cleared the air on a lot of mixed feelings I might have had in my teenage years seeing them on this tour. I will always love them, what a special fucking band.

[@racistnice4652]

Lmao that still image they use everytime they talk about Corgan makes me lose it 8:40

[@LeatherCladVegan]

It's a still from the (BTS) Bullet With Butterfly Wings video shoot. Fun fact.

[@Treyworld]

Yeah, that short period before he shaved his head.

[@jonathanstewart1519]

" *:^V* "

[@RandyRhoadsRules3]

D’Arcy almost started crying when she was talking about the overdose :( Billy just seems angry and James is mostly at a loss for words. Sucks that Jonathon died and Jimmy almost did (thank god he didn’t). I really don’t understand how D’Arcy went off the rails and became such a drug addict. She seems so anti-drugs (or at least anti-hard drugs) here...

[@celestiahZ]

Great points!! I've been thinking that for years about darcy...

[@coffeecomics3583]

Ryan B. - Lots of people have an untreated "mental illness". It's very common, but their lives would be better if they took a daily med. & also had a couple trips to the psychiatrist. Unfortunately, there is still some resistance to getting help, & totally unnecessary shame attached to going to get help. More people overall, I think, are going to get help, before it's too late, or they damage their lives & reputation.

[@kencoleman5007]

I'm wondering if it may have been stage anxiety (that Billy has commented on) and the miscarriage that she explained in an interview last winter.

[@WickedLiquid]

Both Darcy and James had a real problem with Billy’s dictatorship he had in the band. But James however appears to be a very humble guy and quiet while Darcy seems to be more easily agitated. It’s a shame Darcy had a downward spiral and I hope she’s at least doing better or on a road to recovery.

[@notsure1135]

Somethingclever life happens.

[@kenyonjohnson5595]

Darcy: the drummer that we have, Matt now, Who's our drummer,

[@dcrea9416]

I was wondering if it was just me who caught that

[@kenyonjohnson5595]

@@dcrea9416 haha i know right, gotta love darcy

[@davidi9625]

9:15......... "there are very few jimmy's in the world" .......no there is only one and he is the best goddam drummer of all time. With out jimmy there are no pumpkins. The best albums are the ones with jimmy holding the sticks imo.

[@BigWill2k]

He is one of the best but every drummer is replaceable. It might change the sound however. Only the songwriter is irreplaceable.

[@rickylahey9248]

guy died 7 weeks before the interview and they're laughing about it and talking shit about him

[@Mindrex327]

Best Pumpkins interview ever. "If he is not the best Drummer, he is top Three, there are Very few Jimmies in the World"

[@ChaosStreams]

Billy's laugh and grin when he turns to look at James at 5:10 is very weird in the context of this interview.

[@krinnnkrinnn3395]

I think the camera had to cut at that point for some reason which made for an awkward pause mid conversation

[@scrambler350]

I think he looked over at James at that point because of something about the two overdose incidents that they both knew about....like maybe one of them was defending Jimmy and Jonathan OR one was accusing and then that person realized the truth and felt stupid, The way James chimes in it seems like maybe he was defending them or maybe he was telling Billy he thought there was a problem all along - something like that. Definitely seems like they weren't on the same page about it till after the 2nd OD based on what they're saying(and aren't saying) and their body language/nervous laughter.

[@ludobaker]

What we forget is that they were all still young imagine having all these drama and death and abuse and drug use in the tour in their lives and work???

[@uzumaki6759]

12:43 ironically Jimmy is the only bandmates that stay loyal to the smashing pumpkins

[@thevoid99]

that is so true. d'arcy would quit the band 3 years later once jimmy returned clean and sober. a year later, the band called it quits only to return five-six years later but in a different incarnation w/ billy and jimmy.

[@jesse_cole]

thevoid99 Thank you, Wikipeidia.

[@RandyRhoadsRules3]

Billy treated D’Arcy and James like shit. The fact that they stayed with him for over a decade despite that is the definition of loyalty.

[@fathomrum]

antstein nietstna my mom and uncle knew all the members before and after they got big. Trust me jimmy all of them had their problems with one another but they kept going.

[@halfees]

@@fathomrum jimmy kept secret of the other members problem?

[@blviking56]

Wow ive never seen billy that animated before great stuff man!!!

[@2hi2dye]

I think it was nerves, you could tell it was awkward for him talking about it and definitely didn't want to go there

[@PatrickTK21]

You could see Tabitha Soren lighting the powder keg when she asked "why do you need him so badly?" and he just snaps back "LISTEN!" haha

[@TheLockdownKidNYC]

This is...a lot of private info to share with the media. I think it should've been handled differently.

[@russellloomis4376]

HappilyWithMonotony it was the 90s. Before everyone became fucking cry babies.

[@betsybabf748]

They first kept it private...then learned that is how people die. Addicts count on people to keep it quiet. When you know better, you do better and stop being that stupid, not hiding anything and making people accountable.

[@despicabledog]

BA BF bullshit. Throwing people under the bus is not going to stop them taking drugs. Only they can.

[@betsybabf748]

You don't seem to comprehend it. It is not "throwing them under the bus" (and seriously, we're not 7th graders), but placing all responsibility and ownership on them, as they are the only ones who can do it, which only happens when all responsibility and ownership lies openly with them.

[@despicabledog]

BA BF you're an idiot. I AM an ex-heroin user, and I've been one for 6 years before I finally was able to quit. Do you know what happened when people revealed my issues to other people? I told them to fuck off, and, if anything, I'd do more H because I was pissed off. I quit because I wanted to, not because people were talking behind my back (or not). Revealing private things such as drug addiction in an interview that is going to be watched by millions of people is not lying responsibility and ownership upon a person, it's being a scumbag. If they really cared they would have helped him, first by having a serious discussion and not pressuring people that have drug issues by asking them constantly "have you taken drugs?? are you sober??" like these idiots admitted they did, which only makes a person want to get high even more, and, secondly, having him rehabilitated in a facility that supplies buprenorphine or methadone (I don't know about the US but it's free here... and even if it wasn't, they have enough money to pay for one). They are scumbags (which I expected from Billy but not James and D'arcy) and no one should ever put individuals who have serious issues such as drug addiction and likely depression under public scrutiny. It has never helped and never will. Quitting opioids is hard, it's a lifelong battle, and has little if nothing to do with responsibility. When your addicted to heroin and you don't take it you feel sick and you need a long acting opioid like methadone to stop the withdrawal symptoms and to be able to taper off and gradually recover (upregulate) the opioid receptors. All the media coverage and pressure will not make any difference if a person is sick. They could have avoided Jonathan's dead but they did nothing even though they knew he had overdosed a few months earlier and this was after Kurt Cobain death so they all knew the risks involved in heroin addiction. They just didn't care, and the way Billy talks about him and Chamberlain shows what a little man he is.

[@moisescordeirofalcaomoises2720]

Billys Honesty is Legendary.....Love them all...all 4 of them!!!

[@Monchi2006]

I remember this stuff. I was 12. Smashing Pumpkins seemed to be on top of the world. This was the beginning of the end for them.

[@DeeLee-v4c]

I’m same age as you. I was there. I think the music changed. Maybe they ran out of good tunes. Like Placebo after 2 albums.

[@US395Official]

i feel like Iha did the least drugs

[@sorrystateout]

D'arcy was a little drug addict.

[@Zappappappappa]

She Didn't partake in hard drugs until 2000.

[@sorrystateout]

I don't doubt it.

[@loganphelps4916]

Daniel Mcgreevy How in the world do you know that? Lmao

[@projecticeman365]

Billy and james both. Billy only did drugs on gish

[@SimAlex20000]

billy is so earnest and passionate here. great archival material from a truly epic band

[@andrewrodriguez625]

"Running a rock band with junkies in it" Harsh.

[@michaelinglis8516]

Andrew Rodriguez Thank you, I thought the same thing. What a bitch. They don't say that kind of shit these days. They really didn't say it in the late 90s either she's just.....a bitch. Did I say she's a bitch? Cause, well, you know.....

[@Withcare111]

billy is a seriuos guy......a professional.why would he want to be in a band with a junkie who lied to him who could die onstage or tour????wake up

[@leighfoulkes7297]

I blame heroin as the major reason that Rock died in the late 1990's. I mean come on, how many songs about being a depressed junky and how many of your heroes can die from the crap, before you get disgusted of it?

[@Uhohlisa]

Michael, both D'Arcy and Billy said harsh truths in the interview. Why is she a bitch but Billy, who is actually KNOWN for being insanely difficult to be around, not an asshole? For saying the same things?

[@2hi2dye]

Thats rock n roll Corgan ,and yes....you signed up for it

[@davidr1620]

Thru the Eyes of Ruby is perhaps the most underrated SP song. It's beyond epic. Heavy, beautiful, mesmerizing, groovy, nostalgic, creative, dreamy, and emotional.

[@kiekosanchez3853]

I agree, Thru the Eyes of Ruby is VERY underrated and actually my personal favorite Pumpkins tune, and that's saying a lot..... as there is not a song from Gish to now in the year 2020, that I truly cannot recite every single word to. Have seen them 14 times and of those..... they have played it 3 times live. It was 3 of the most amazing moments and memories in my life!!! AMAZING STUFF!!!

[@Acujeremy]

@@kiekosanchez3853 Porcelina on the Vast Oceans add to that.

[@kingexclusivo]

David R - Either Rocket or Hummer are the most underrated songs.

[@Acujeremy]

@@jwebb6352 Yeah after Melon Collie that original Pumpkins era ended. Too bad it couldn't last forever.

[@Missfitted]

It’s gorgeous. Super mesmerizing. When I first heard it I was in awe

[@2hi2dye]

A rock band with drug users, who'd a thought!!!??? Where the hell were you for that past 30 years. I love Pumpkins music but always thought Corgan may be a bit pompous. Its like working at a bar and saying these people drink too much...

[@kingexclusivo]

Sydaball - The fact that many bands do drugs doesnt mean it’s ok. Drugs destroys things.

[@kingexclusivo]

@Benjamin S Exactly

[@gregorybaillie2093]

The only drummer who has filled Jimmy's shoes is Mike Byrnes. I'm stoked for Jimmy in that he's now recovered from his addiction. And stoked for the Pumpkins that they didn't break up but continue to create good quality music.

[@blucat4]

I'm amazed. I didn't realise that Jimmy and James were back in the band

[@jeffdarnell3154]

I met the Pumpkins in Nashville in 92, and Billy is one strange dude...he's also about 6'6" tall, which surprised me.

[@NiueanHoney]

In which way??

[@caseyclausen2627]

@@NiueanHoney Probably vertical.

[@samcarter3017]

I love the pumpkins but as someone whos been battling with addiction for a while Billy corgan has no idea how drug addiction works

[@MrReham1058]

Corgan is impressive - business man who is coherent and well spoken . Im impressed .

[@danellae.perezschmieloz5958]

Yeah

[@DeeLee-v4c]

He also plays guitar apparently

[@throesofrejection4012]

When you wake up from a drug stupor with your friend not responding, It will sober your ass up with the quickness lol

[@shaunkerr8721]

"... and you never paid for drugs. Not once!"

[@jonrobbin170]

The irony that Darcy was probably just getting into her drug phase at this time. I've never heard her talk so much in an interview where she is not only eager to answer questions but giving all kinds of extra information on the topic.

[@ihavesoul4real]

“Tuuuweer”

[@entertain7us148]

I feel dirty watching this. They're talking about addiction like it's this moral failure. Billy only frames the story about Jonathan's death and Jimmy's overdose around how they were such a super inconvenience to him and his schedule.

[@LockedInWithLovebirds]

And this is why celebs today (or anybody at this point) cannot not speak frankly. Crystal Generation.

[@entertain7us148]

@@LockedInWithLovebirds It’s not that celebrities can’t talk frankly (and if that were the case I’m not exactly crying on behalf of those poor oppressed celebrities). It’s more that we’ve come a long way in the past 20 years in our clinical and public understanding of how addiction works.

[@LockedInWithLovebirds]

@@entertain7us148 you said I feel dirty. Do you understand how stupid this sounds?

[@entertain7us148]

@@LockedInWithLovebirds it’s called an opinion…?

[@LockedInWithLovebirds]

@@entertain7us148 you sound like a child speaking like that.

[@garrethboland]

Never liked Walker's drumming for the Pumpkins. Not jazzy enough.

[@brianconlon8302]

It makes me sad that one of the Best bands of All time will never be seen again .

[@guapofrapo8485]

this aged well

[@t045tSKT]

​​@@guapofrapo8485you're being snarky but coming off dumb af cause the band didn't get back together. D'arcy never came back.

[@sarahoshea9603]

Back when u could get to know a band, as humans.

[@84kjk]

We dont see interviews like this anymore. EVERYTHING is choreographed with a PR team with boilerplate questions and answers.

[@manifestgtr]

Hahahahaha I love that Billy’s basically lecturing/goofing on a dead guy when he starts talking about the last overdose discussion they had... He’s about as 90s style lacking in self awareness as it gets here. Ugh....I miss these days

[@PedroYippeekayaye]

That news report was blatantly and unashamedly disrespectful were talking about human being dying by referring to the deceased as a Junkie. I guess that was the war on drugs or her just not being a very nice person. I'm not a misogynist before anyone decides that.

[@megazoned3973]

A different time dude.

[@matthewmclaughlin4787]

Fantastic band and mixed feelings about Corgan. On the one hand, he is a super-talented singer-songwriter (one of the best of his day alongside Cobain and Stephen Malkmus, Jeff Buckley and many others) and is clearly very intelligent and articulate and I love their music but sometimes I just wish he would shut up and let the others get a frickin' word in. I don't know if it's his ego or just his mind going too fast or what.....maybe a bit of both.

[@adkinsclarissa6392]

Swear when he said "we aren't going to retool the band around matt" I was reminded what a pretentious cunt he really was in the 90s😂

[@mhayes848]

That moment when Darcy is speaking quite compellingly and Billy keeps trying to bring the attention back to him.

[@discardmyfriends]

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

[@zachawav]

she kind of seemed like a concerned mother during that part

[@bohemiandream6259]

I think he just was just eager to speak...he tends to have a lot to say

[@Dana-wq5tp]

And then in the polar opposite Universe, James sits there in utter silence.

[@elbettto]

I guess nobody can play better for the Smashings than Jimmy... The Smashing Pumpkins is Billy, Jimmy, James and Darcy, period. The Pumpkins by 2012 was only Billy with other musicians trying to play The Smashing Pumpkins song's. It cannot be the same without them.

[@elbettto]

The Internet Killed Music Maybe you preferred to listen Back Street Boys or NSynch at that time and you couldn't understand The Pumpkins music, what a pitty....

[@elbettto]

The Internet Killed Music its what I mean... Even more dumb ass yourself who pays to watch a band that you even understand...

[@elbettto]

The Internet Killed Music Boring... Maybe your life... I saw them life also... I recorded an album in the same studio they recorded Gish and I talked and worked with the people that recorded with them, Butch Vig included... They talked also about them and boring was never on their list of adjectives. Boring your comments

[@mishellerauth1966]

As for D'arcy ~ she should be with the band on the new reunion tour!

[@UseYourNikesBro]

Mishelle Rauth she had all the chances in the world, she didn't want to

[@02R96]

It's not judgmental to me; It sounds like a lot of anger about all of the problems and baggage Jimmy brought along. Playing erratic and out of meter (as D'Arcy said), can make a band sound like crap.

[@Phillip713]

Iha looks so annoyed when Darcy is talking. He kind of rolls his eyes or starts moving in his seat. Ha. He does this in videos throughout the years.

[@kustomhooligans]

Is that Dimebag's guitar @ 1:12??? Was Billy friends with Pantera?

[@rocktrollr.i.p2451]

yeah I saw the slime pretty sure it's the Washburn not the dean

[@warshipsatin8764]

billy corgans attitude and honesty is more helpful to drug addicts than pretending it isnt their fault

[@Estorium]

Billy can be an asshole, yes. But here you can clearly see that he is incredibly angry and hurt and lashing out, not trying to he an egotistical ass. He just had to fire and cut possibly his best friend out of his life, and lost another friend. I too would be angry and hurt.

[@triciajohansen7124]

It's called venting and it is a great way to release your thoughts and emotions.

[@triciajohansen7124]

He was angry, but he was more hurt than anything. There was a love between the two friends and bandmate and Billy felt betrayed by what happened to Jimmy and the late Jonathan Melvoin. Thank God Jimmy pulled through and looks and sounds wonderful and healthy. God bless the Smashing 🎃🙏

[@cdreyes81]

Amazing success story. Think of all the greats that didnt exit the 90s....

[@donaldhardy4407]

Omg D'arcy looks so damn cute

[@the_emmo]

Looking back to what happened some years after, it's so sad to listen to this (10:16) coming from Billy. Only if he knew...

[@spaceengineer1452]

Then Darcy did the same drug...

[@Withcare111]

The toll the pumpkins was taking on darcy which estranged her from billy corgan for over 10 years is evident here. shes worn out and full of frustration.

[@davidkeetz]

jimmys nose was so swollen in that interview at the beginning of the tour compared to what it looks like any time he's been clean since - just kind of an odd little observation.

[@kymberlishea2036]

Nice to see billy seem so open real and raw with emotion. I hate the circumstances but it was what it was. And it was a looong time ago. I'm so thrilled that Jimmy got his shit together. Now him and Billy are back! Billy's new album is amazing as well. Love this band so much 🤘✌️❤️

[@billy169]

Damn, never knew it was the guy from the Zero video that died.

[@rogermurray8553]

If I were in a band with a leader this clear-headed, talented, and driven to succeed, I'd make it a daily priority to behave myself.

[@caroldesbiens5499]

Lol clear-headed? We are talking about Billy Corgan

[@rogermurray8553]

Herbert Colin Well, I challenge you, Herb, to name a single living rock musician who's as articulate and well-reasoned in both opinion and argument , particularly on matters of interpersonal relationships and the workings of the music business, two issues whch dominate his interviews, than our Billy. Now you could say Dylan but he's only ever said about 2% of what was on his mind, and don't say Zappa. He's been dead for generations. Townsend? Maybe. But he can no longer hear the questions. Peace.

[@devilman7670]

roger murray 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@rogermurray8553]

a.m. remorse I'm sure you can justify those choices. I've never heard Reznor speak. Brian Eno creates very boring ambient discs and has collaborated musically with people whose significance will far outlive his. I've heard him interviewed praising the great Scott Walker though, which I thought was nice.

[@Uhohlisa]

roger murray, are you serious? Like, please Google this, it's well accepted that Billy Corgan is not only one of the most difficult people to get along with, that he is a walking contrarian who has contradicted himself about almost every celebrity he's ever dealt with just to get a headline or cash-grab. I mean, we're talking about a man that swears on his life that he knows lizard people are real because he saw someone once transform into another person in front of him. The band stopped making good music shortly after this interview, with Ava Adore being critically and commercially a flop, and Billy doing anything he can since then to maintain the status he once so enjoyed. I love early SP, but it's like you're from 1999 and haven't read a single headline regarding Corgan since then..

[@jessefillmore]

"Billy, why did you fire D'racy?" ...Billy takes out phone and plays this 1:24 LOLOLOL

[@dadygee]

Being an addict myself I learned that the first rule to keep the addiction up is to be a good liar. "we all thought you was in ctrl".. yeah, because I lied too good.

[@just4thevids]

Drug addicts never lie !!! What are you saying ? Can I barrow $100.00 bucks

[@k_ir3868]

Can you barrow me tree fiddy

[@NeurAd2531]

1:23 "the drummer mat who is our drummer" lmao

[@secondchildhood1142]

13:12 Stage of Grief: Denial. He sounds like he’s trying to convince himself everything is going to be fine lol “is there gonna be any changes to the band” yeah. Everything 🤦‍♂️

[@the_katman2181]

Billy is really thoughtful and well spoken. And when you listen to interviews with Jimmy, that's also what immediately strikes you about him. I can see why they got along and made such great music together.

[@squirrelwirral1616]

Trivia - Prince released a great song called 'The Love We Make' for Johnathan Melvoin as Prince knew him as he was Revolution members Wendy Melvoins brother....

[@worldofaccounting8259]

Dickie Holmes I didn’t know that, I know who Wendy is she was a long time member with Prince.

[@ducktapepilot]

Back in the day when MTV had music and interesting music related shows. Sad.

[@FrenchOysters]

More clips! You're doing great work!

[@jessesilver8234]

4:24 James' look when Billy says "That's more bullshit drug addict excuses.." is priceless

[@Nathan-gd7xq]

Huh? His expression barely changed.

[@mishellerauth1966]

Great interview. Felt bad for the band. Firing a friend is hard. Thought the interview was intensely honest

[@ragtimegals]

poor james lol

[@Soadium]

Jimmy is top 5 in the world

[@Moskau43]

You would never see a celebrity talk honestly and passionately like this today.

[@tylerphillips6523]

I was thinking the same thing

[@andrewhudson7108]

Back then there weren’t media backlashes and angry fans unless you said something truly awful. But now with even innocuous things being twisted out of context and social media allowing people to harass and bully others, I can understand why entertainers would be more guarded during interviews.

[@friendofp.24]

@@andrewhudson7108 Celebrities had balls back then. Billy still has balls, judging by recent interviews. You talk shit to him and he'll fling some right back.

[@SentimentalApe]

Check out Rick Beato’s interviews.

[@owenhill-ring555]

Anybody else notice how freakishly big Billy’s hands are?

[@meredrums1]

The Wayback Machine.

[@eddieaguilar644]

Damn this shit is old Tabitha Soren and Kurt Loaded 😂😂

[@kmasonsos]

They kinda threw jimmy under the bus. doesnt even seem like they care jonathan DIED. this changed the course of music history.

[@chrism4247]

The term genius is used too much inappropriately a lot of the time however Billy Corgan is a genius and Mellon Collie is a no frills dark side of the moon!

[@Myrslokstok]

The SP whent from a drum-machine to Jimmy if that is not a tuch of god what is.

[@MarlauNezti]

"You didnt know if he was dead or at a R.E.M concert" loool

[@blucat4]

😄 Which is worse?

[@matthewramey5677]

Rem are rock super legends. Millions a miles ahead of this pretentious mess of a band.

[@abigaelrubion3014]

Reality really hurts.. Some people cant handle it. For whatever the issue the smashing pumpkins had or still have, im still their number one fan in music..

[@lastfewtokes]

Billy doesn’t come off good here. Losing Jimmy Chamberlain was the worst thing that happened to that band and their success or (lack thereof) after his departure tells it. Billy seems like such a little punk.

[@mikekay7509]

He looks like the spongebob voice actor

[@DeeLee-v4c]

James and Darcy, with their vacant stares added huge mystic and presence in music videos and live shows. Billy knew this.

[@RobertSlover]

"vacant stares added huge mystic presence"???

[@winkstar9265]

Jimmy was the greatest influence for Jonathan Melvoin death.

[@hazysativa3045]

And the SP were never the same after he left. Jimmy was the unsung hero of the SP who could match Billys riffs perfectly...

[@Twotontessie]

No class to throw their mate under the bus publically to the media.

[@BlaztfromdaPazt]

Twotontessie to do that in the media is no class, just fire them and move on

[@spscotto]

I have a love/hate feeling with what you said because I can see it both ways. It used to bother me with Stone Temple Pilots whenever they threw Scott under the bus after every slip up. I wanna say "keep things private, don't smash someone in the public eye when you might end up working with them again." However, I can understand the frustration that comes along with putting up with someone's drug abuse day in and day out. The thought that someone's addiction (and some would say selfishness) will derail your livelihood, and having to put up with that on a constant basis is exhausting. I think what the band said was out of anger, hurt, and sadness that someone on their tour is dead. I'm sure it was cathartic to say to everyone that they're not putting up with it anymore.

[@Uhohlisa]

Totally, completely disagree. There's a difference between "throwing a mate under a bus" and being completely honest about a situation. Watching this, I kept thinking about how today's celebrities are so removed from reality, pampered, softballed every step-of-the-way, refusing to do interviews unless producers consent to asking only the most bullshit of questions & putting them on a pedestal. It was so refreshing to see people talking head-on, and Jimmy himself said he needed to be exposed like this, so to speak, removed of all the artificial edifice of celebrity before he saw the truth of the situation he had put himself in.

[@betsybabf748]

Keeping things private is how people die. After they tragically learned this, they stopped. Addicts count on those around them to think like you and not know better.

[@humanactivated1017]

The pumpkins owe millions of dollars of marketing to Jonathon for the free publicity the band got from his overdose .

[@johnnyguitar7921]

SOMething does not add up here ,,, "it was not real, it was a cliche",,,

[@davidi9625]

2:04 parking in 1996 was just $1.25 what the hell! Today parking is about $40 if you are lucky. Dam corporate overtakings!!!!!👿

[@smilsmff]

THIS IS REALLY ironic to Hear this and the D'arcy not being there NOW on the Reunion Tour @10:00

[@smilsmff]

yep he speaks almost same way about Her Now, F it we go on without her

[@ExcitedAnacondaSnake-hg8ec]

What an earnest bunch of guys/girls. This was the beginning of the end of rock and roll as something fun. It was getting too earnest after peppers and late 60s thankfully early 70s the dolls resurrected the levity that rock began with. Slowly the pomp and pretentiousness of peppers and prog faded away by the late 70s thanks to the dolls, hair metal, and punk. Then Kurt and grunge killed the fun again by 91”. Too bad.

[@TheSoloAsylum]

The dope ended up getting D'Arcy as well...

[@runawaydogs]

Omg I’ve seen this on MTV 20 years ago.... I had that Zero T-shirts too.