Billy Corgan thinks Smashing Pumpkins are “one of the most misunderstood bands in the history of rock ‘n’ roll”

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Billy Corgan has revealed that he thinks The Smashing Pumpkins are “one of the most misunderstood bands in the history of rock ‘n’ roll” – see why below.Corgan appeared on a recent episode of Joe Rogan’s podcast to talk about a myriad of topics, including the band’s music.

During their discussion, the Smashing Pumpkins frontman spoke about bands like Nickelback and Creed now finding newfound support of years of “hate”.“You’re about to see that Nickelback and Creed are about to go on a huge run of business… They survived [the hate], and now comes the inevitable moment of, ‘It was really good’… they wrote a lot of great songs.”Corgan went on to add that he thinks Smashing Pumpkins will receive more love from the music scene as time goes on: “It’s kind of how I feel about my musical life.

Time will tell my story much better than I did.”Later on in the chat, Corgan says: “We’re probably one of the most misunderstood bands in the history of rock ‘n’ roll.

That sounds like a wrestling statement, but it’s fairly accurate.”He went on to explain: “I think it has a lot to do with the issues of Gen X, and it has a lot to do with a relationship that I set into motion with the media when I was a very young person, playing kind of a funny game — like doing my own my own version of Andy Kaufman or Bob Zmuda.