My favourite all time. probably the most grossly underrated rock band to ever exist. They belong in the pantheon with the Who and Zeppelin, Floyd etc. One of the greatest of all time.

Jimmy Chamberlin best drummer in the world

Jimmy’s posture is perfect through the whole interview lol

My Grandma bought 8 of her grandkids, 10-16 years old, Smashing Pumpkin Tickets for Christmas for the Mellon Collie Tour. Wondering the streets in SF without supervision, waiting hours at Cow Palace so we could be in the front row, and the concert itself have been defining moments for my cousins, siblings, and myself. Smashing Pumpkins music defines a generation we can't be labeled or boxed in.

I love that Jimmy Chamberlin is weighing in so often, he is so invested. Without him, SP wouldn't have taken off back in the day!!!

Jimmy looks and sounds healthy, which is awesome for a guy in his 50's who was addicted to heroin at one point in his life. Kudos JC, we love you, man!

I was so poor I couldn't afford to buy an expensive album, I had a Wife and two little ones to provide but all those memories put a more awesomeness to my Mellon Colly and infinity sadness era💝🤗🤗🤗 I loved Billy's music since Desarm, his voice was unique and so powerful that it took me along the ride all this year's, I feel I know him like my life time friend👍🤗

Jimmy looks amazing! Good on ya mate!

It’s actually unbelievable how constant and disruptive the ads are on this. WOW

You know one of my college buddies turned me on to Smashing Pumpkins and he said listen to that which was Gish and I was blown away because to me they didn’t sound like anyone else. Billy’s vocals were very unique, his and James guitar 🎸 playing very original and inspirational, Darcy with her own ice Queen vibe, and Jimmy’s very unique approach to playing aggressively and then quietly and then amazing dexterity with ghost notes on the snare and toms with jazz flavoring! So to sum up they didn’t sound like any group at their time not grunge, soft rock, not alternative, not Progressive rock just their own unique sound which was unheard before ala Van Halen or Jimi Hendrix where right of the Shute as a listener you were going what’s this? I don’t know but I like this! Saw the Gish tour and then Siamese Dream tour as part of LOLLAPOLOOZA! Love the guys! I do miss Darcy though! Just sayin 💔

Siamese Dream ❤ 2020 and still listening! 👍😎

I love the album. I was 23 years on 1996. Beautiful memories. Good era of music. Stay healthy guys. Tonight, tonight... 🎶🎶🎵🎧💜

Legendary music here

I wore these tapes out...twice! Then I got a CD player!

You can tell how much love and respect they have for each other. Awww 😍 Best band in history!

Love these in depth candid conversations.....a peek behind the magic curtain. MC&TIS is a masterpiece that should be talked about in depth and preserved for historical record. It is one of the greatest albums ever made. SP-A great band that people do not appreciate enough.

I bought ME&TIS on cassette in 1996 and they always came with me. In 2008 i had a car accident, falling by a cliff, rolling over about 5 o 6 times. First thing i asked when i woke up in the hospital wasnt about my car (total loss) or my health, it was "where are my Pumpkins´s cassetes?". Lost them forever. Glad you are back guys and thank you for all your music.

Been a lonely boy, and a fan for over 22 years. Love you guys. forever.

Mellon Collie is my all time favorite-even have #19226. Saw them in Sept of 96 at 17 years old. Took a girl with me who I was in love with-unrequited of course-absolute perfect memory

Truly enjoyed this. Thank you for sharing!

26 years later. Thank You.

Saw them in their early days, and still go to their concerts ( so happy "original" band is together again) i Play their songs every day and still not get bored of it after 30+ years...

That was a great interview. I never really heard Jimmy in depth before, and I'm glad I tuned in. Of course Corgan is always insightful and entertaining, but Chamberlain was a pleasant surprise for me tonight. Be well, stay healthy.

I’m a huge fan of The Smashing Pumpkins. It’s always been my dream to sit down with a rock star and here stories about the old rock days. I’m a 14 year old who is in love with all music especially rock music. The downside is being a 14 year old in 2020 I haven’t got the true experience a rock fan got in the 90s.

I loved every moment of this. So insightful and heartfelt. Polarising in the best sense of the word

I’ve bought this album (MCIS) at least 10 times. (Scratched CDs, lost lyric books, etc) I was a teenager when I discovered it and now I’m middle aged hearing it with new (older) ears. I guarantee I’ll be listening on my deathbed. This era of studio work and live SP band was absolutely otherworldly and elevated…it’s beautifully possessed art. Great interview. Eternally excited for the next chapter of these cats.

I could listen to this forever.

This is great. Been a fan for a long time. I’m so exited for Cyr and another MCIS sequel.

This band got me through so much. Love you guys. Thanks for all you do.

What a beautiful conversation. Thank you so much for this, what has been, and what is to come.

This was an absolutely magnificent, thoughtful conversation, Thankyou 💜✨

I will love the smashing pumpkins now and always will every since 1992 ❤️‍🔥

I'm glad it was both Jimmy and Billy. I loved hearing Jimmy's input on everything since we've mostly gotten everything from Billy over the years. Massive respect for both of these guys. I'm so excited they are making new music and it's still amazing.

What a great discussion, thankyou!

I have a deep LOVE for your music guys..trully means the world to me.

A legend in 🎼 I love listening to you & glad you’re still doing great 👍💓

Love you guys so much! Excited for your upcoming albums, really a dream come true🤩 I hope when you’re able to tour again, you come back to Tampa, Florida!🙏🏼🤞🏼

i finally get to see Jimmy Chamberlin live!!! a dream came true! greetings from patagonia, argentina

I love the musical partnership and friendship between WPC and JC! This is a great interview that covers so much ground -- past, present, and future. Such a gift for fans!

You know...that is probably one of the best interviews I have seen those fellas do. I have enjoyed watching the band's entire journey up to this point. The two things that really stood out to me during this interview are 1. Billy's reference to how a single day can accurately symbolize an entire life...that is such a wonderful statement of hope. 2. If I understood the context accurately, I get that Mellon Collie might be the most honest representation of the band from a, "Jazz" approach...but those Gish, Siamese days were also just as good from a fan's viewpoint. I kind of look at Mellon Collie as ya'll just went in the studio as 5-star chefs throwing your ingredients together and making a stir-fry that really "Popped", whereas Siamese...even Gish is when you went in with your bakers hat with very measured out ingredients to create such a great desert that couldn't have been made any other way! I guess what I'm trying to say is don't throw out those years. I understand it may have been a bit painful and time consuming for it all to come together on those records. But, its the same people under the hats! Sometimes, play "Jazz" and sometimes get ultra focused and precise. You guys are good at both and it's great to hear both coming from the band! On a different note...for some reason when I watched our Sunday sermon yesterday, I couldn't help but picture you two guys at the pulpit...it was totally about, "Speak Love, Teach Truth, and Live Pure". Those are qualities I have always felt the Pumpkins had and it's always great to cross paths with people like that....there don't seem to be many left these days. Anyway, just thank your for sharing your art with us over the years. If you wanted to indulge me and watch that sermon, here it is: ukposts.info/have/v-deo/g4qBdp2Nj5ub0n0.html

Thks for putting out a new album. We all need it right now.

You Guys are amazing !!! I was there !! I am your fan !! to the end !!! oh How much I love your music and your artwork !! Thank you so much for all you do !!

Billy's background looks like the set off Zero's music video.

Absolutely amazing interview!! Great way of describing your music and characters to create the music!! Very spiritual on how we live in certain narratives defined by us.

LOVE THIS!!! Thank you Pumpkins!!! MORE!!! ❤️🎃❤️

I really love the content vibe they have now a days.

Incredible to hear this, 25 years on. You've no idea (maybe some idea by now) what Melon Collie did and continues to do for me. Some albums make you who you are. Other people may not see it, but you know it inside, you feel it. That's what Melon Collie did for me, man it's tied up with so many memories. I can instantly be transported to my room as a teen, stealing that album from my older sister's collection, putting it in my CD player and listening, and listening, and being immersed in sonic pleasure. (footnote: also thinking Smashing Pumpkins comprised of 2 lead vocalists due to Billie's stylistic tonal dynamics. Refer: Bullet With Butterfly Wings).

I'm just happy they are still around making music ❤️

I remember now how much I loved this band and this era. I never stop liking them. Just reminded. One of the best pieces of music ever recorded.

Happy 25th years of my favorite and most influential album! this music literally changed my life and make me a better person! Love SP forever!

25 years!!! Godammit where the hell has time gone? Love all the iterations and meanderings of this legendary band. Can't wait to see where you go next!

Appreciate this Billy!♥️

Jimmy is so cute and his laugh is lovely

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on such a lovely era .... I feel blessed to have been part of it and now it has awaken such a wonderful feeling and appreciation for your music ... thanks for sharing your music to the world !!! I’m deeply inspired by you

It's an awsome masterpiece of art in music, word, artworks and technique all in one album. Thanks SP for giving us this for all of us who recieved this album in the 90' and thanks for all the generations who could listen to it and appreciate the meanings behind it in the future.

Watched the whole thing. All were very very lucky to have Flood. I think about how he came in at the right time. We all need someone in our live to give us that Beautiful Affirmation. What ever you are.... I want that.

Omg, they were my all time favorite with Mellon Collie & the Infinite Sadness & those following while I was in high school. Never a CD that I bought that I ever regretted. Their boxed set had some gems in them too...where I got to see their identities more pronounced. Had a very private feel. So...their lyrics were plastered on all of the yearbooks I signed. So excited to see them again. Thank you!!!

Once again, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!

I enjoyed immensely this peek behind the curtain. Really enjoyed to know better and more about SP. 😍 I also liked to bear witeness of the friendship between billy and jimmy because it's so heart warming. Thank you guys for this Q&A! 💗💖

This was a lot of fun to watch

Fantastic interview!

Keep up the good work you guys! Hope to see you live real soon.🎸✌️♥️🎃🎶💪✌️

Thank you so much for saying we can all come out the other side. Love you guys.

Ahh love the Ode To No One guitar throwing ending story!! 🤩🙌🏼

Very interesting to hear Billy talk about his album/onstage personas and how he crafted that and became more conscious of it. It makes me think trippy thoughts about ego and what a person’s identity really is.

Billy said "Jellybelly" sounded like crazy people... Did he forget they made TALES OF A SCORCHED EARTH?! Why is this song treated like it doesn't exist? It's by far more angsty, reckless, noisey, and violently crazy than Jellybelly! I read once Billy said they couldn't even play it live because it was to fast to play and sing at the same time (something to that effect; not verbatim of course) I would die to hear TOASE live one day. Shoot, play Jellybelly again, why the hell not? What do they have to lose anymore? (Nothing)

“... the fact that any one of those songs you could put them on and it sounds like the Pumpkins ... “ yes, yes - the breadth of SP’s abilities, substance, and sound - not just remarkable, but legendary! This is why the music will always transcend time... 🖤✨

Can't wait to hear the new🎶 album! Thanks for working so hard. I ❤️ you Billy, Jimmy, Jeff and James!

Great interview. Wonderful insights. MCIS one of the great albums. I got the story....and wished at the time it was a triple album. Adore was hrilliant but still is too sad for me. And Machina.....man, i remember the joy of Jimmy being back and buying the album. Then realising it was over....the narrative. And all these years later how they came out the orher side as good as ever. Its so uplifting. What a band.

I love this.

I love this interview so much! Billy, you're one of my heroes! thank you for being such an inspiration and the influence! and Jimmy, you're my favorite drummer ever and i'm happy that you partake in this interview cuz I get to hear your thoughts and stories! ♥️ Thank you Smashing Pumpkins for putting out amazing songs, I want you all to know that you're my most favorite band ever. ♥️♥️♥️♥️ Happy anniversary to my favorite album of all time: Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness! also SP forever! ♥️🤘

Great interview

Just got my old Sony receiver back. Thought i cooked it. Tonight seems like a good time to revisit the album.

This is one of the few bright spots of a crazy 2020

Who remember their song Tarantula?

Love all the connections to tarot and alchemy in this conversation✨So happy to see you guys so inspired and passionate about your work. This is why Smashing Pumpkins are my favorite band. You guys are extraordinary

Two so talented individual musicians Some people are just born with it

James Iha should be the next to do a Q/A 🙏 Glad to heard Jimmy Chamberlin. I know how the songwriting of Billy Corgan is incredible but without the unique drumming skills of Jimmy and the touch of James Iha this band couldn't be the same. D'Arcy gaves a deep bass tone and Jeff is an amazing musician

I still love all the old stuff from the beginning.

I was there live last night. Awesome webinar!!!🤘🤘🤘

I would love to be able to sit with them and listen to all their crazy tales of their years with the band.

Wonderful.

It’s beautiful that these q&as exist. Amazing insight to the process. And agreed, XYU is heavy. Where Boys Fear and Zero too. I wish there was video of the tracking.

That was Amazing.

I love how Jimmy the drummer has a stack of awesome guitars behind him. Classic Pumpkins

INTOXICATED WITH THE MADNESS IM IN LOVE WITH MY SADNESS

Jimmy looks so good! Anxiously awaiting your next work! PISCES POWER BILLY!

Machina has been my favorite album of all time for 20 years. I love hearing Jimmy speak fondly of it (he's said before its musically his favorite era of the band). Billy has basically ignored it forever, because he's so caught up with popular reception. I think deep down he knows how brilliant that album is.

Awesome experience

Oh man I love these guys!! And the insight to ME is priceless...kick ass!👊💥🤘

22:17 “If everyone will indulge me for a second” 😂😂 Isn’t that what already happens any time we hear Billy in an interview?

I worship these men.

Love the Empire State Building reference. It make so much sense, considering how important the Art Deco style has been in a lot of Smashing Pumpkins artwork since Mellon Collie. The Shiny tour also incorporated this very much. It was absolutely lovely to experience that concert in Antwerp. WPC talking about his Belgian/Flemish ancestry, and of course Belgium being quite an important country for the Art Deco style.

I agree with you guys, you were/are a unique band. “Balls to bones!”

Damn Jimmy is looking good for his age! (Also, surprised to see so many guitars in a drummer's house!)

Would be the best to hear The Pumpkins in Canada ASAP!! Great Band with Darcy too!!

Great Conversation

Jimmy we love you damn hard! Epic drummer

Two of the VERY best of their generation!!

My favorite music of the 90s. Great songwriting and sound.