Billy Corgan is an asshole. Billy Corgan is the singer, guitarist, and sole member left in the 90′s alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins – a band who at their peak were so good that their first four albums were heralded as classics.
However, Billy Corgan is an asshole. And assholeness begets asshole behavior: practically every member of the band quit over the years due to his insistence to take the gnarly awesomeness of their early to mid period work to this horrible, shitty, awful nu-metal of their last two albums. Once everyone left the band Billy decided to take the time to start another band – Zwan – but they sucked and nobody listened to Zwan. Their cover of Iron Maiden‘s ‘Number Of The Beast’ is one of the best covers of the last twenty years – and shockingly – Billy Corgan does not feature on the track.
Yes, that’s right. I’m sure a few of you are still fans of Billy. After all, dude wrote (and to his chagrin, still probably can write) amazing songs. But what if I told you that for a mere $40 every 3 months, you could see 25 MINUTES A WEEK of BILLY DOING THINGS. That’s right. Basically charging his fans for being fans – as opposed to keeping a fucking Twitter – Billy is charging his fans to essentially view his blog.
“I am excited to make this offer to anyone who might be interested in what goes on behind the wizard’s curtain. It is my goal to far exceed the normal documentary process and use the moment to create something that invokes synchronicity, electricity and faith into a moment that is ever unfolding.”, quoth the Corgan.
Billy, you are not a wizard. You are a tall bald dude with a guitar. You used to be pretty awesome, but your last studio album was the biggest pile of turd the world has ever seen. That’s right, the one you sold limited editions of exclusively at Target and Best Buy. If you didn’t already feel that Billy was trying to bend you over the hood of his metaphorical Camero and were still – shockingly – a current day Smashing Pumpkins fan and you wanted to hear all the “bonus tracks”, you’d have to have bought 4 separate copies of the album. One at Target, one at Best Buy, one on iTunes, and one somewhere else.
I’m sorry. I used to be the biggest Smashing Pumpkins fan ever and I can’t believe he’s doing this to his fans. What the hell are you trying to do, Billy?
billy’s been batshit for awhile now. few things surprise me about that guy. out of his mind most likely
I love you Ned. You don’t charge us for your wit.
Wit? What wit? I didn’t see any wit; just a lot of cursing. Do I have to pay for members-only access to a blog where there’s ‘wit’?
If fans can illegally download his music, he can legally charge them a fee to peek inside his lfe. It’s only fair.
you have no clue what u are talking about. do some research before you open your mouth. i know u write things like this to make your dick feel big but it is actually still VERY small. Oh, btw, you are the asshole. The fans you are talking about are very excited to get a professioal film of the recording process. Those that aren’t excited are f***ing idiots…like you.
Actually the music that came out after Zeitgeist thats not on cd yet is pretty amazing… up there with all his classics..
i think he knows people will illegally download it ne way, why not charge for it… i dont see a problem here
I’m sorry, are we still talking about Billy Corgan? I was under the impression he wasn’t relevant anymore.
Whadda douche
I did think it was fukd up to put different bonus tracks on each new zeitgeist cds but I bought the cd, I downloaded the extra bonus songs, went to the concert in PA and I thought it was fair concidering i ripped a torrent with everything the band ever released for FREE!! But I bought a $90 hoodie at the concert.
ouch!
i couldnt afford a flag ;(
yes, he is an asshole. and he plays the sitar!!! can you imagine? billions of hindustanis must be laughing their ass off!! sitar? i really dont think billy is even aware of any other tonal systems besides the western one (each note is divided in two) if he ever comes close to realizing that with the sitar, each note is divided in 12, his brain will explode. and we will all be the better for it
they had flags
they had flags
i saw no flags 
I used to be the biggest Smashing Pumpkins fan too but it’s true Billy IS an egotistical asshole. That bullshit frustrated rant 2 or 3 years ago proved it. Nobody cares about him anymore and if he rotted in a dark corner somewhere rocking back and forth talking to himself I wouldn’t lose any sleep.