We continue tonight on our 90's bender with what Johnny would call the best band of the 90's, Smashing Pumpkins. We know, we know Nirvana this and Nirvana that, but to be considered the best of a decade Johnny thinks you should be around for more than a couple years of said decade. Put out a few albums, have a few hits, make a few pretty cool videos. Johnny met Billy Corgan one night after a show in Ann Arbor where he foretold of the breakup of the band. Johnny mentioned how hard they had rocked that particular night and when faced with an onslaught of Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and boy bands galore, he told Billy "Rock seems safe with you guys around", to which Mr. Corgan replied "Yeah, at least for another eight months." A week later he announced after that current tour, the Pumpkins were history. It wasn't surprising, D'Arcy had just been replaced after her interest in crack outweighed her interest in the band, and Corgan had just allowed drummer Jimmy Chamberlain back into the band after his infamous drug case in which touring keyboardist Jonathan Melvoin (who was the brother of Prince cohort Wendy Melvoin) overdosed on heroin with Chamberlain present.
Here's Johnny's close personal friend, Billy Corgan and Smashing Pumpkins with 'Bullet With Butterfly Wings'.
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