Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan sees Kurt Cobain as the best to beat
Billy Corganleader of Smashing Pumpkinsrevealed feelings with the death of Kurt Cobain. The musician saw the vocalist of the Nirvana as the best at what he did as he explained in an interview with Zane Low at Apple Music 1 (via NME).
“When Kurt died, I cried because I had lost my greatest opponent. I wanted to beat the best. I didn’t want to win the championship because it’s just me and a bunch of jabronis [termo do WWE para se referir a bobos ou oponentes fracos]. It is like michael jordanmaybe the greatest competitor in sports I’ve ever seen in my life,” he said.
corgan reflected on the different bands that were successful in the 1990s and recalled that the Nirvana forced the Smashing Pumpkins step out of the comfort zone and keep improving.
the group of corgan released the debut album gish in 1991, but was overshadowed by Nevermindmade available months later. Siamese Dream (1993) and in utero (1993) were released with an even shorter time gap between them.
The first time the Smashing Pumpkins reached the top of the charts was after the death of Cobainwith the disk Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995).
Source: Rollingstone
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