The Smashing Pumpkins played a two night show in NYC at a club and a bit of controversy sparked while there. Billy Corgan and the band were booed by the fans. Not only that, a fan from the crowd got on stage, speaking through the mic, harrasing Billy Corgan about how much their show sucked because the band Smashing Pumpkins hardily ever played their biggest hits played on the radio. The Pumpkins mostly played their obscure material, in other words, songs that aren’t hits. That’s what the fans were upset at the band about.
Blabbermouth reports:
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=108618
In defense for Billy and the band, the fans are just being whiny pussies. This is why the major label industry sucks. Most of the so called fans only want to hear the “hits” at concerts. They seem to get bored at any obscure song being played by a band, any band, not just the Pumpkins.
Understand the truth, music fans. Bands play what they fuckin’ want to play at their shows. It’s their show, their music. Don’t like it? Then why did you go? I personally love it when bands play obscure and not well known songs at their concerts. In fact, I would be bored to death if a band played nothing but hit songs you hear 20 times a day on the radio. It’s good to have a variety of setlists at your shows. Bands simply don’t want to be playing the same damn songs at every show and that’s where the Pumpkins come from.
I go to a band concert to hear music and enjoy myself. I don’t care what song a band or artist plays, I just want to hear them playing live. That’s the Pumpkins job. They are a live band. The Pumpkins didn’t do anything wrong here. Just fans whining. That’s all I’m seeing.
Billy said so himself, the 20 year Anniversary of the Smashing Pumpkins is a celebration of where the band is, not where they’ve been. Meaning that the tour is supposed to celebrate the music of the Pumpkins of the last 20 years, it is not about their mainstream success. Which means you won’t be hearing a lot of radio hits of the Pumpkins on this tour and Billy admits this will take a lot of heat from the fans by saying “Enjoy if you will, we realize it’s not for everybody”. Makes perfectly sense to me.
Those “fans” are not actual fans of the Smashing Pumpkins, they are probably radio fanboys that want to hear nothing but hit songs. A true Smashing Pumpkins fan would let the band play whatever they wanted. Fuck the hits. I want to hear the music, like a piece of art and experiencing the buzz of a live performance, that’s what it’s all about.
Kev
K'Brocking 
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