Billy Corgan Deserves Your Mockery, Not Your Money

Billy Corgan is an asshole. In case I need to explain why this is so, he has broken up two bands because he's too difficult to deal with, he constantly praises his own talent and laments over how his former Smashing Pumpkins bandmates aren't as talented as he is, and-to top it off-when he took out an ad in the Chicago Sun-Times to announce a Smashing Pumpkins reunion, two of the band's members found out about the reunion by reading the ad. What a guy, right?

While it's generally known that Corgan is an impossible person to deal with in a professional and creative sense, now he has turned his wrath upon you, the consumer. According to a recent Pitchfork news story, in preparation for the release of Zeitgeist-the new SP album preceded by the awful single "Tarantula"-Smashing Pumpkins and their label Reprise have decided to release four different versions of the album: the standard version will be available in most stores, but Best Buy, Target, and iTunes will each get a version with a different bonus track. Thus, theoretically, to hear the entire album, a consumer will have to submit his or her anal virginity to Billy Corgan at least three times.

In a day and age in which giant electronic stores and corporations are putting the independently-owned record store out of business, Billy Corgan has made it perfectly clear where his allegiance lies: on the side that gets him the most money. While it seemed pretty obvious to me that the fake Smashing Pumpkins reunion was an attempt to cash in (as most reunions are), I had hoped that Billy Corgan would at least afford some respect to his fans. Apparently not!

If this is Billy Corgan's statement to music fans everywhere, I feel it is time that we made a statement to him. I urge anyone who comes across this blog to BOYCOTT THE SMASHING PUMPKINS IN ALL THEIR ENDEAVOURS. Do NOT do any of the following things:

-Pay to see them on tour.
-Buy their records, even the old ones. If you must hear them, download them through a file-sharing service.
-Watch their television apperances.

It's time that the music industry heard us. Smashing Pumpkins may just be one band, but one band is enough to send this message to the music industry of America: We're not buying your bullshit.



Don't give your money to this asshole.