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It’s Electric! host Lars Ulrich chats with Billy Corgan about the Smashing Pumpkins reunion, recording with Rick Rubin and Metallica’s influence. Listen to Smashing Pumpkins on Apple Music: https://apple.co/-SmashingPumpkinsYT

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20 Comments

@coffeecomics3583 7 years ago

People forget. Listen to Siamese Dream over coffee on a Saturday morning. With no distractions. He is a genius.

@taraschumacker 6 years ago

Jimmy Chamberlin is a king among drummers.

@TheDentist27 8 years ago

Lars is somehow the best interviewer of musicians out there

@boone_chilton 8 years ago

25 years of listening to Pumpkins interviews, and this might be the best I've ever heard. I love hearing the inside knowledge of the songwriting process.

@mojopin2000 7 years ago

"Metal was telling me me about a world more closely aligned with the world I was living, than the one I was being told about".
Perfect.

@kidgiven 8 years ago

I absolutely love how Lars doesn't ask the usual questions. He gets to the core. I also like how he asks the "mechanical" questions. Like..."do you go write in a room, is there a particular cup of tea?". These are questions i want to know.

@Ozz77765 6 years ago

Lars is a listener, which makes a good interviewer.

@GlupiDecko 8 years ago

Man, Lars has some serious interviewing skills! Loved this!

@dzaijn 8 years ago

Lars does killer interviews.

@siddhant717 8 years ago

Billy has made some of the best music the world has ever known.

@thewedge8823 8 years ago

Wish Kurt never died... I could see him today coming on this show and talking to Lars, being super chill... dropping all kinds of knowledge. imagine how cool that would be

@JohnnyRei 8 years ago

This was an amazing interview. I could listen to Billy talk for days.

@maniswil2 8 years ago

Wow, Lars is an extremely EXTREMELY good interviewer. I'm kind of blown away.

@augenmaugen 3 years ago (edited)

Wow, I am blown away at how good of an interviewer Lars is! He obviously did his homework but most importantly, he LISTENS and leaves plenty of room for the interviewee to SPEAK!!! So many interviewers get that terribly wrong.

@INTOTHEFOLD 8 years ago

Who would had guessed that Lars is a great interviewer? Really cool.

@simonbarr9476 8 years ago (edited)

Its great how he gives due credit to the other musicians - even D'Arcy. Thats pretty impressive considering the ego monster that Billy became back in the day. Its also great how well he sums up the hypocrisy of hipster culture.

@marvinshenk 8 years ago

I was just like Billy with a cassette tape with Metallica on one side and The Smiths on the other while I was driving for Domino's pizza. Or The Pixies on one side and The Cure on the other. Or Wu Tang Clan on one side and Depeche Mode on the other. I love great music and the genre means little to me if it's a great song.

@MrHeliotropic 1 year ago

Lars can virtually interview anybody. Amazing well of knowledge and he listens.

@ronniepooch 8 years ago

I just saw the Pumpkins during the Oh So Bright tour, They were fantastic, and never sounded better. I think Billy Corgan is one of the greatest writer/song writers of our time, period. Right up there with Prince. His writing is like Poetry, he can also play many instruments. He's also one of the most underrated guitar players. His type of talent doesn't come around often. Maybe once every 40 years.

@jackbrizendinecats 2 years ago

Driving back home from Las Vegas to Louisville, Kentucky listening to this as I drive I realize and proceed to thank God for giving us people like Billy Corgan and Lars Ulrich. It’s so amazing the journey that they’ve gone through and are still going through and they can articulate so well to us how important it is and how much it means. Thank you guys.