.SmashingPumpkin have a new triple album coming out this week, and Billy Corgan is just happy if you listen to it. The newly optimistic frontman talks about leaving the past behind, his plans for a Zwan box set, and more.
Right. We’re past the point where an album’s success is judged by sales.
Yeah. The idea of selling out was always a pejorative, you “sold out.” Well, now it’s the opposite. You’ve bought in, you’re buying into your own thing. So the math onwas, I had people in the record business telling me, “It’s a terrible idea, don’t do the podcast.” And now here we are, not a year later, but months later, and everything’s great. Vibe is great. Numbers are up. Tons of people have listened to the music, people have joined the podcast, and life is good.
I approach it more like an actor, which is you have to allow yourself to be open to the emotions of what you’re feeling, but you also have to recognize the moment that you’re in. I can’t perform it mawkishly in the way I would’ve done it 30 years ago, and I can’t pretend that I’m the same person. But I can stand there and say, “I am the guy who wrote this song.”
You said recently that the Pumpkins were a “pile of wasted opportunity” if you look at them the right way. What exactly did you mean by that? James Iha has been back in the band now for five years. What’s it meant for you on the emotional and creative level to repair that relationship after so many years of estrangement?
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