and if so what did you talk about. what kind of vibes did you get from him. i think he's kindof sinister. he's got something to hide.

I have met him several times. The funniest was once in 2000 when they played here in SC. All I said to him was to ask if he'd give a letter to James. He looked kind of stunned and asked me to repeat what I had said. But he took the letter and gave it to James when he got on the bus. I figured he would just toss or something, but not the case.

must've thought the letter said you wanted to do james and he got jealous.

first time was before the 4/28/00 show in fairfax virginia, and i didn't technically meet him. it was a group of about 20-30 fans at the venue very early, and bill came out of the bus to talk to them, which was pretty coll. however, most of them shouted things like "billy, you saved rock" and "fuck christina aguillera" and "play soma tonight", and it didn't make for very good conversation. he was having soup, i think it was in a thermos or something. some girl wearing wings siad she missed her prom to be here and bill picked her up and gave her a hug. i remember thinking it was cool that he acknowledged us, and that the interaction itself was probably frustrating for him. someone gave him a stuffed animal, and as he was walking back toward the bus, it dropped, and he kicked it.

second time was after the 12/02/00 show, he was talking to family. after most of the family was gone, he was talking to fans, who kind of lined up. i remember there were some people who flew in from japan before me. i remember thinking that whatever i was goign to say would sound dumb and he's already heard it tons of times before, so i just said i thought it was cool when they played a bit of spiteface at the show, and he laughed more loudly than i expected. then i just siad it was a great show and thanks and left.

third time was in 2001 at the area one tour when he was playing guitar with new order. i was backstage with some friends, and i was wearing an sp shirt. bill was talking with other people, but had his guy come over and give me an sp guitar pick. when he was done with that convo he made his way over to our group and talked. he knew my friend previously, so they said hi and caught up, and my friend introduced me and said i went to the last show. from the context of the intro, bill said 'oh yeah! i read your review on the internet' and i thought he was just making fun of me since he always seems to bag on internet fans, so i didn't really acknowledge that comment. in hindsight, i think he was being serious, i had written up a long review of the show and it got posted on the official site, and had some of the context from the intro given. anyhow, this conversation was cool. he was talking about how nice it was to be free of the pumpkins, becasue he found the expectations that came with the entity to be very limiting on his freedom and creativity. he was talking about old material they had recorded though and how he wanted to release it. he mentioned they did a cover of some song about masturbating. i asked him about a rumor that was going around at the time, about him and chino moreno collaborating for some benefit, and he said that this was the first he had heard of it. (the next day on the o-site he clarified that he respects chino as an artist but that no offer of a collaboration ahd been made, and it was the news outlets running with a rumor.) another guy who was with us mentioned that bill called him on stage in austin when they played there in 1996 during the song 1979, and bill jokingly said yeah, i remember you man. totally, your'e the guy from austin. it was kind of funny i guess, but pretty condescending. we chatted a bit more and then he left, his parting words were "see you in austin!"

i've met billy a few times in chicago. both times he seemed very laid back but kind of shy in a way. i really didn't say anything interesting to him, it was mostly "the show was great, i love the album", but overall i was happy to meet him.

best time---in boston for TFE tour. i gave him a gift basket with a bunch of junk in it, and a note with my phone number and he actually called me just to thank me for the gift, which frankly shocked the living shit out of me and my friend. we also talked to him again after the show with some other fans. he was VERY nice. too nice.

the second time was in asheville, which sucked. he bitched about gas prices and the vast conspiracy against him within the music press. he acted like he couldn't wait to get the fuck out of asheville, and i couldn't blame him.

however, the best part of asheville was when me and erik "bumped into" jimmy. we were walking to the orange peel when we both did a double take, realizing we just walked by jimmy. basically, all we had time to do was exclaim "jimmy!" and he said hi and then was rushed to get into the van by BC's bodygaurd.

meet him a handful of times.
Machina era twice
talked about my cresfallen video for a second

Zwan era twice
Nothing really.

TFE era 3 times
Can't even recall


SP2 *shrug* a few times i guess
i forget.. but i posted about it here

3 different times in one day. kinda all of a blur now. I remember him saying something funny to me but I seriously can't remember what it was. The first 2 times he was really nice but when there's a huge crowd, he seemed agitated.

the first time i met him, it was for his poetry reading and i got to briefly say "thank you for everything" to which he replied "no, thank YOU." i was rather young and nervous and didn't know what to say, so i said "you're welcome!" and felt very stupid afterwards.

then during the future embrace tour, i got a chance to meet him before and after both shows at the fillmore. my friend was in radiation treatment for cancer and i asked him to write a get well card for her, and i was rather surprised and very happy that he was willing to. he told me about a friend going through a similar thing, and we talked a little.

this time around i was able to attend 5 pumpkins shows (again at the fillmore) and mostly just listened while other people yelled their questions, but on the 28th i gave him a picture i had drawn (cliche of course, but i wanted to anyway.) he was rather gracious but i still assumed he'd probably just throw it away. however, when i watched the "a day in the life" videos i noticed it propped up on a chair in his hotel room while he was playing "the rose march." i certainly wasn't looking for or expecting that. my friend also got to thank him for the card, and he was very kind to her. that's about the best i could ever hope for.

oh yeah and i met him when i was 14 during the machina tour, i called david letterman a boring old bastard, and BC literally said something like "honey, you're gonna have to deal with a lot of boring old bastards in your life". he gave me a gross limp handshake. in the few times the man has laid his hand on me on any way, in was like a dead fish. anyone notice that?

when he shook mine, it was firm.

and nice story dollwhispers. I should of sent him my sketches! I wrote him a lame letter and because i was so excited i forgot to give it to him personally.

i met him after the melbourne TFE show- but he wasnt in the best of moods :erm:

he was in such a good mood when i met him during TFE, it makes me wonder if he wasn't on ecstasy. i have two pics of me and b0lly that my friend allen took, but we both look hideous in them.

though he lacked a good business handshake, i did recieve a really awkward hug before the photo. he seemed really shy! but in classic BC form, he had an air of self-importance in asheville.

he was in such a good mood when i met him during TFE, it makes me wonder if he wasn't on ecstasy. i have two pics of me and b0lly that my friend allen took, but we both look hideous in them.


post em' anyway


i wouldn't say i ever "met him".. waited for what felt like 2 hours outside of the Orphium in boston on 3/27/2003 with a small group of people after a zwan show.. he started to walk over towards us, but then his dude shoved him onto the tour bus. As the bus drove by, he walked up to the front and waved to us thru the door, and we made eye contact and i said something stupid like "billy you're the man, i love you!", and he smiled and nodded.

Waited in the massive crowd of people in asheville on 7/5, but i wasnt in the right spot when he walked over, and other people were all yelling out crap, so i just stood and observed.

I would jump at the chance to meet him and have his attention for just 30 seconds though.. i think the only thing i really want to say to him is to thank him for all the music that he has made.

www.myspace.com/rainbowsrule

people here have seen them before. they're so bad.

i never met him, but he did tell me he he loved me back after i yelled it during MSOTS during a zwan show. i fapped to that :rofl:

www.myspace.com/rainbowsrule

people here have seen them before. they're so bad.


cool.

oh yeah and i met him when i was 14 during the machina tour, i called david letterman a boring old bastard, and BC literally said something like "honey, you're gonna have to deal with a lot of boring old bastards in your life". he gave me a gross limp handshake. in the few times the man has laid his hand on me on any way, in was like a dead fish. anyone notice that?


Atleast he shook yours, i put my hand out at the poetry book signing thing and he just looked on to the next person. He kinda gave me that look like i had lepricy.

Though my dad did say like 20 seconds before
Billy where are the silver pants!!!

Billy just repiled uh not today sir...

then i got my shitty book signed and walked on.

when my friend offered his hand to billy, BC looked at him like "uhh...are you serious?" and half-shook it like allen had leprosy. you're not alone!

when my friend offered his hand to billy, BC looked at him like "uhh...are you serious?" and half-shook it like allen had leprosy. you're not alone!


I lol'd so hard at your myspace.

I never thought a woman would share my love of the cheese that is puppet master. :rofl:

haha i LOVE puppet master.

doesn't billy look super weird in that pic? i know i look bad in it, but still.

doesn't billy look super weird in that pic? i know i look bad in it, but still.

He looks like you said something increadablly ackword right before tak'n the pic. Like you said "When i masterbait i think of you and magilla gorrilla going at it"

either that or he just took a fat hit and didnt want to blow it out yet.

good pic though

best time---in boston for TFE tour. i gave him a gift basket with a bunch of junk in it, and a note with my phone number and he actually called me just to thank me for the gift, which frankly shocked the living shit out of me and my friend. we also talked to him again after the show with some other fans. he was VERY nice. too nice.


wait wait, are there photos of this on flickr? because i saw photos of this girl giving billy a gift basket on flickr a long time ago. IS THAT YOU JESSIMERCURY??? :)

edit: oh wait, i didn't finish reading this thread before posting that... it is you! i saw those photos like two years ago, lol!

YES

my friend allen took the photos, it would be his account :)

i've thoroughly enjoyed my bc handshakes.

me too, even though his hands are always super clammy.

i think i saw them just doing a search for billy one day. funny!

i'm not caught up, i'm just sayin'. i'd feel weird touching strange ass people, too.

I met him during the TFE tour. I live in New Zealand so we dont get as many chances down here as americans do. It was pretty cool, said hi, got an album signed but didnt really know what to say to him.
At the end of the show he always shook peoples hands in the front rows, I was the first person he shook hands with and he just gave me a sly smile of acknowledgement that was actually better than meeting him outside before the show.

I only met the man, the myth, the legend once, this was at the Philadelphia stop of the Resume The Pose tour in 2000. I remember it was a couple days after the release of MACHINA, and I had everyone sign the backcover of the CD booklet (funny how the backcover of that booklet was conveniently left blank). Billy was the last of the four to sign, when he got a hold of the booklet a huge smile came to his face, he looked at me and exclaimed: "I'm so happy to see one of these. I'm glad to see someone has bought this album." :p

his was kind of mad when i met him, after a fillmore show, i flew from colombia just for the ocnceert, i told him that and he just sayd "iok, ok "

yeah its kinda gross. especially diry goth chicks.

of which there are many to be found at SP concerts.

i can't blame him about touching people. think of all the weird strangers that probably wanna touch him all the time; i'd probably have some crazy germ thing if i were famous...

so i've told my meeting billy story before, but i'll go again, i like it.

just ate a coupla slices of pizza and then strolled down the sidewalk to see how the line for the show was, a few hours before the doors were opening (this was the tfe tour). I glance up to see a familiar bald skull moving towards me. I sort of whispered 'oh shit' under my breath and my friends looked up and saw him too. As he passed us, my friend kody said hi to him, and then he stopped to talk to us. I stood there like a FUCKING IDIOT, not saying anything. staring at the red laces in his shoes. mesmerised by the motherfucking laces. Thinking to myself, "shannon, you're standing on the sidewalk with billy corgan. standing. on the sidewalk. with billy corgan." paralyzed. "Say something!!!!" (this is my inner dialog, yo). Couldn't speak. Don't know what they were talking about, couldn't focus.
anyway, at some point kody mentioned that he didn't have a ticket to the show, and hoped to find a scalper. billy says, "nah, don't do that, i'll put you on my list." So he gets kody's name, and then looks at me and says, "do you want me to put you on the list too?"

OOOH! billy's talking to me! say something!! SHANNON! TALK!!
"um....no thanks i have a ticket" (what did you just say??? hello??)

so, he gets our names anyway, then stops talking to us to sign something for a guy who spotted him, then says, well i gotta go or something like that. So a few hours later, this guy who worked at the club comes out and finds us, says billy sent him out to get us. I was kinda shocked that he remembered. he drags us through the crowd and to the front of the line yelling, "they're on billy's list, let us through". it was kinda awesome.

met him again after the show and it was the same deal as the other people who meet him after the show; the crowd was moronic and he seemed agitated. he signed some paper for me without even looking up at me. it was cold and impersonal, and i wished that i only had the first meeting to remember.

so yeah, meeting my hero apparently turns me into a mute. :(

his was kind of mad when i met him, after a fillmore show, i flew from colombia just for the ocnceert, i told him that and he just sayd "iok, ok "

isn't this on monte's video?

man, that kind of sucks. I'm sorry. :(

its all captured here (when i "met him" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JukQmelFRYc

his was kind of mad when i met him, after a fillmore show, i flew from colombia just for the ocnceert, i told him that and he just sayd "iok, ok "


i saw that on youtube. that pissed me off, to tell the truth. on one hand, he's not obligated to make a big deal out of it. but still, he could at least have been decent. he was rude and dismissive. it seems he only really fully acknowledges girls.

it seems understandable that after more than a decade of dealing with fans he'd be desensitized, but that was still unpleasant to watch. no joy, pretty rude. hope you still enjoyed the show.

isn't this on monte's video? not sure,
its on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JukQmelFRYc

people always laugh way too loud at stupid shit he says. :) that made me remember something funny from assville.

wasn't he really sick at that time? maybe that factored into it. Still it would suck terribly to travel so far and be blown off like that.

isn't this on monte's video? not sure,
its on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JukQmelFRYc

yeah that's the one i saw that monte posted.
were you pretty pissed? I would've been so disappointed.

honestly, i wish i hadn't bothered staying after the shows in asheville. he was in a really bad mood, and i don't think he should deal with the crowd if he doesn't feel like it. seeing that video of him blowing the guy off made me cringe. i understand BC not feeling up to dealing with fans, but it's like...don't then.

yeah that's the one i saw that monte posted.
were you pretty pissed? I would've been so disappointed

well, i gave him a letter, that was big, but he was mad, i think... but the good thing is that...
THEY ARE MAYBE COMMING HERE ! to colombia... on the south america tour

nope but i'd really like to

yeah, i agree. back in the mcis days, you pretty much DIDN'T see the band hanging out after the show (well, i didn't, and not from lack of trying!) I agree completely that if they don't feel up to it, they should skip it altogether. Why bother leaving a shitty impression on your fans? surely he knows what it means to be a fan of someone, and would hate it if he met someone for the first time and was blown off like that. He's gotta know that sucks for people. Next time I meet him I'll take this up with him. "Billy, don't be a prick!" haha

yeah that's the one i saw that monte posted.
were you pretty pissed? I would've been so disappointed

well, i gave him a letter, that was big, but he was mad, i think... but the good thing is that...
THEY ARE MAYBE COMMING HERE ! to colombia... on the south america tour

well you have a pretty good attitude about it!
when he tells you that he flew from america to columbia you should say, "ok" and walk away. give him a taste of his own medicine.

skipgo, i m sorry are u going to any show on the fall tour dates ?

i'm scared of him now. TFE tour left me with a false sense of self-security around BC. now it's all been shot to hell. haha.

people always laugh way too loud at stupid shit he says. :) that made me remember something funny from assville.


the thing is i think he said that he thinks the Raiders are "due" and people laughed. I think people thought he said doom

well you have a pretty good attitude about it!
when he tells you that he flew from america to columbia you should say, "ok" and walk away. give him a taste of his own medicine.

hahahahhahahahahah yeah!!! but i really hold on to the idea he was mad, or maybe he was bothered i cryied on the concert, i dont know if that pisses him of...

the thing is i think he said that he thinks the Raiders are "due" and people laughed. I think people thought he said doom

it wasn't really anything particular in that video, it just reminded me of after the shows at asheville how he would be mean to everyone, then make some stupid joke and everyone would laugh like it was the funniest thing they'd ever heard. :erm:

hey monte, were you at the fillmore on july 16 ?
did u post the video or something ?

hahahahhahahahahah yeah!!! but i really hold on to the idea he was mad, or maybe he was bothered i cryied on the concert, i dont know if that pisses him of...

i do think monte mentioned that he was sick? so maybe he wasn't feeling well and wanted to go rest or something. maybe you'll get another chance soon!

i'll be seeing them in november, i don't know if i care about meeting him again, I'd probably still not know what to say. I'd like to meet jimmy now :)

oh, i guess i could say "oh hey b0lly, i'm the girl who made your myspace layout". That's about all i have to say. Besides the usual, I love your music, you're awesome, etc. :)

i do think monte mentioned that he was sick? so maybe he wasn't feeling well and wanted to go rest or something. maybe you'll get another chance soon!

i'll be seeing them in november, i don't know if i care about meeting him again, I'd probably still not know what to say. I'd like to meet jimmy now :)

oh, i guess i could say "oh hey b0lly, i'm the girl who made your myspace layout". That's about all i have to say. Besides the usual, I love your music, you're awesome, etc. :)

me and my best friend briefly ran into jimmy in asheville and totally froze. all we both were able to say was "jimmy?!"

skipgo, u are strangly kind (for a netphoria thread).... were u at any fillmore ocncerts(tell me, how many concerts have u been? ')

actually i shook his hand when in line for the solo show but i didn't get to talk to him or anything... i hope i will be able to one day

skipgo, u are strangly kind (for a netphoria thread).... were u at any fillmore ocncerts(tell me, how many concerts have u been? ')


thank you snaildc :)
i didn't get to go to the fillmore shows, my work wouldn't let me leave. Plus I didn't have enough money. I've seen sp 5 times and billy's solo show once. I haven't seen SP play live since 1997, so i'm really excited!

I can't believe the blowoff to the Colombian guy... WOW... that shows that Billy has no idea of what that means. Fucking idiot now sings about a "revolution" and he didn't even acknowledge someone that traveled so far to see him. That's why he's such a bastard and you fags can't understand it, he doesn't live up to what he preaches. He can go fuck himself, that pissed me off so much.

And to the question, yeah I met him once, he was very nice to me actually, it was back in the day when I liked the guy... still... fucking can't believe how he despised the Colombian dude...

i was kinda pissed he wouldn't sign my mary star vinyl. The chick with him even said omg a zwan shirt... a vinyl 2?

He just kinda smiled a smirk like wtf is this fat kids probelm.

that solo show was really fun. it was a good time.

tAFH: i am the colombian boy, and i know he has not nice, but the thing is, maybe he was in a bad mood... (whic is bad)... and i will tell you something (i dont know if you will beli3eve me or not, who cares... i sold gummywomrs at my school for 1 year and a halve in order to go to the concert, i had to save more than 2000 solars, u may say "there was no sp 1 and a half years ago" but.. bc had already sayd he was going to come back, so i started saving money and selling just to go to the concert.... im 15 years old, though, maybe i can meet him many other times

edit: solars = dollars

damn. i'm kinda mad at billy now. seriously.

thats very cool skipgo, i hope u enjoy the shows... and i REALLY HOPE they come to colombia!! that would be perfect

yeah well he's in a bad mood alot or has been in the past... but really he just needs to smile and say thank you. but who knows it must be rough one people to famous and he works alot. all work and no play makes billy a grouchy boy... he needs a nice bubble bath and a few hamburgers

skipgo, do u believe me (i swear for my life its true )?

i think i do believe you snaildc. That would be a pretty weird story to make up, so I believe you. (not that it's a good reason to believe something, but for some reason i do)

thank u for beleiving me skipgo... i think i really have a problem.. i am way tooo into sp... i think sp means more to me than it is sane... but well, its a love which pays...

its amazon though, how nowdays no one likes smashing pumpkins no more!!!! zeitgeist is wayy gooood!"!!

i think you are right.... i would never sell gummy worms for a year to see anyone in a concert
though i did spend 600 bux to go to chicago and see the solo show. which was way too much money and i wont be doing that again ever but i was glad that i went

amazon eh?

i seriously can't believe billy reacted like that. i would think hearing something like "i flew all the way from columbia to see you play" would lift a person out of a bad mood, or at least allow someone to overcome their bitchiness for a couple seconds to show some gratitude. it just seems really mean.

yeah, i think its worth it, it was worth it!!! no doubt about it!!!!

that's what i'm sayin'. I think snaildc really has a great attitude about the whole thing, I wouldn't have been so forgiving. Especially if i sold gummyworms for a year! for real.

but i do love those smashin' pumpkins. yeah.

ok now i am mad....jessimercury, u are wright!! billy was a motherfucker with me that day... he was a son of a bithch and i gave my time and money and pecially my heart to him... he fucked that... he fucked in my face ... he is not a good person

he fucked in my face ... he is not a good person


lol at that quote there. :rofl:

i'll be able to overlook BC's attitude during meetings asheville without any problems. i mean, it comes with the territory. he's really up and down. i guess it's just the luck of the draw with his moods, it's nothing personal. but it still hurts watching that video.

ive been trying to prove myself wrong and tought about amillipn reason why he has 2mad" but fuck, he was mean... now im mad and sad as hell

shit, now i feel bad for making you upset about it again. i hope i'm not being trolled, i'm so gullible today.

you're right, he was totally a motherfucker with you! however, like i said, his bitchiness can't be taken personally. his estrogen level is just abnormally high.

if it's a troll, it's being pretty creative. gummy worms?

u are wright jessie mercury

haah! my friend once told me billy looks like he has a hormone problem.

if it's a troll, it's being pretty creative. gummy worms?

absolutely. i like this guy.

dont worry... skipgo and jessie mercury are nice people.... but i really feel sad now... but i hope i can see him again and teel him... ok., theres no problem....
and look: i used to buy a pack of 300 gummy worms for 12 dollaras or something (is use pesos as a coin) and sold teh whole package individualy each worm, so for each pack i used to win like 20 dollras, and i used to seell like 3 2 packs of 300 gumms a day..
so i earned A LOT OF MONEY !!!

on another note, my cat is extremely upset from moving into this new apartment. he's meowing. a WHOLE LOT.

edit: 2 packs of 300 gummys a day

j

i hpe you re cat gets comfortably in your new home, and i hope its already a home, not only a house (happy face )

i need to quit my job and take up selling gummy worms.

jessi, when i moved last month my cat disappeared :( keep a close eye on him... I'm still really sad about my kitty. I had to try to explain it to my daughter, she's so bummed about losing her friend.

in his eyes
time welcomes
a thosand smiles
in my eyes
a million seconds
drawing hours

I FEAR AFRAID, and lay ashamed
this boold and aching hours
to remember my way back home
you are the coldest movement
the shiest kiss
a million second
drawing my eternity

2 thing foe skipgo: below is an unfinished poem i wrtote tday, what do u think about it ?
and secon, are u a mother ??? thats sooooooo coll!! and u also like the pumpkins!!! yeay!!!

edit foe= for

i s jeff's d after the second fillmore show

you're right, he was totally a motherfucker with you! however, like i said, his bitchiness can't be taken personally. his estrogen level is just abnormally high.
:rofl:

hey skipgo, what do you think of the poem ??

dont worry... skipgo and jessie mercury are nice people.... but i really feel sad now... but i hope i can see him again and teel him... ok., theres no problem....
and look: i used to buy a pack of 300 gummy worms for 12 dollaras or something (is use pesos as a coin) and sold teh whole package individualy each worm, so for each pack i used to win like 20 dollras, and i used to seell like 3 2 packs of 300 gumms a day..
so i earned A LOT OF MONEY !!!


i see a sprouting entreprenuer (sp?)

i see a sprouting entreprenuer (sp?)
???? im sorry, i dont understand what spouting nor entreprenuer means.. ??

i see a sprouting entreprenuer (sp?)
??? what does sprouting and entreprenuer mean ? i dont understan

it means you'll be a good business major..study business

ok skipgo... u dint say anything about the poem, so im leaving to sleep..

hahahaha maybe.. i hope i get money to travel and see concwerts!!!!

good poem

skipgo -- the poem. your thoughts. we're waiting

*taps foot impatiently

now i'm scared of the cats getting out :/

i have two, bugs and brub.

ok, so skipgo dint see it.. what do you thin about it ??

you = anyone

ok goodnite

met billy 4 times.

first was completely random at ohare in 1997 with yelena (told the story on here before), next was resume the pose, then the lyric video shoot, then the TFE release party at the planetarium.

anyway, he was totally normal in 97 and was very cool. the other 3 situations were saturated with other fans, so he was more in his "mode" than when i saw him at ohare randomly.

jimmy has always been amazingly cool, easy going, etc. he just makes you feel instantly welcome and comfortable when speaking with him.

I met him once. Before the 4/14 Zwan show. To be honest, he was kind of a tool. There were a few of us just chilling out in a park and I asked him like two questions (one was why they chose Indianapolis & Michigan for the Djali Zwan shows, and the other was about the songs from the first 4 shows ever) and he gave me some bitchy response about how they scrapped the early songs because they were too much like the Pumpkins and that everyone wants him to release another Siamese Dream... blah blah blah

He actually said something to the effect of "If someone comes up to me and says 'Siamese Dream saved my life' it doesn't really matter to me, because that was then and this is now..." Then he said that he had given me too much information and that I was just fishing for stuff to put on the internet. Funnily enough I've never mentioned it until now (four years later).

So he was a tool. I've never actually looked at him the same way since, actually, although he did give me a handshake and I thanked him for his time, which he was rather taken aback about. He said you're welcome.

The other sort-of-time was at the Dallas BC show, when he came out of the bus. We all went over to the fence and I had a copy from the Chicago Sun-Times of the "Message to my fans" thingy about reforming SP, and I jokingly yelled "hey, d'you write this?" even though I knew he did. I expected him to be surprised that I had a copy, but all he did was look at me with a "fuck off" face. Haha. Oh well...

jimmy has always been amazingly cool, easy going, etc. he just makes you feel instantly welcome and comfortable when speaking with him.
This is definitely true. Really nice guy.

i s jeff's d after the second fillmore show

Awesome. I'm expecting Jeff's next "now reading" post to be SF Craigs List M4M forum.

1st time 1994, helped him load a tv into his truck at BB on Lincoln.

2nd time, stalked him @ a Checkers drive through in Lakeview @ 2am. He just was staring @ me as I was blasting "Ugly" from my FBody.

3rd time, adore tour I was yelling "rock" during a snoozer set and after the show he straight up called me out in front of about 30 fans back stage and say "hey you....we don't play rock anymore...go home"

yea...bill pwnd me before it was cool.

I've met Billy about 6 times. Any time after 2000, he was miserable as hell. I honestly think Billy is an extremely depressed bitter person, not sure why. I don't know how he can only release relatively upbeat material when he makes Ian Curtis look like Strawberry Shortcake.

And yes, he's very nice to girls and stink-eyed to males, not that that bothered me much.

Billy goes off in interviews and lyrics about the way society is, yet he acts(not is, I don't know him) he acts like a self-absorbed superior to everybody but maybe his close friends.
Shit, I listened to TFE for maybe the 25th time yesterday, but damn if I don't have an impression of Billy.
What a miserable, arrogant, hypocritical, deeply misanthropic puss. Of course, he'd deny it, for as the lyrics of the last 11 years show, he is through with introspection and self-analysis. His shit doesn't stink, but his fans do.

my dad looks like jimmy

1st time 1994, helped him load a tv into his truck at BB on Lincoln.

2nd time, stalked him @ a Checkers drive through in Lakeview @ 2am. He just was staring @ me as I was blasting "Ugly" from my FBody.

3rd time, adore tour I was yelling "rock" during a snoozer set and after the show he straight up called me out in front of about 30 fans back stage and say "hey you....we don't play rock anymore...go home"

yea...bill pwnd me before it was cool.

Ha! I think we have one of the reasons why Billy can be shitty to fans right here folks

Ha! I think we have one of the reasons why Billy can be shitty to fans right here folks

Fucking LOL at Blasting Ugly from an FBODY in the parking lot of a Checkers...IN FRONT OF BILLY :D

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I hope the sound system was totally blown out!

edit: AT 2 AM nonetheless!!! !!! Geek USA! this HAS to be true...

i can picture it now...sitting in those bucket seats with MCIS B-Sides blaring from the tape deck, and just totally deadpan mean-mugging Bolly Corgan...

a little squint of your eyes...it's so spaghetti western.

I bet he froze dead in his tracks.

never met him. don't really care to either. i don't have anything to say, and i don't want to bug him with freakish questions.

he shook my hand at his solo show in gent though: he was on the stage and i was in the front row. dunno if that counts as "meeting". i think not.

me and billy hang out and it's always raining

I had a golden opportunity to meet him once and I completely blew it. It was before the second of the three Zwan shows in St. Louis in April 2002. My friends and I were the only people browsing in the used bookstore next to the venue...and then the entire band came into the place. So for about 20 minutes or so, it was just me, my friends and Zwan in this bookstore...and I was completely starstruck to the point of paralysis the entire fucking time, so I couldn't bring myself to bother any of them. Its still by far the best and worst moment of my entire life.

I did manage to get Billy's autograph at the Dallas TFE show, so that kinda makes up for it I guess. But in that case I was just one of the throng of people holding out random things for him to sign.

I had a golden opportunity to meet him once and I completely blew it.

i'll say

Its still by far the best and worst moment of my entire life.


fair enough

My story isn't as cool as all of yours but after the last concert I saw them at, Billy came out on stage after the show and I got to shake his hand. He seemed pretty humble, shy and appreciative of the crowd.

The other sort-of-time was at the Dallas BC show, when he came out of the bus. We all went over to the fence and I had a copy from the Chicago Sun-Times of the "Message to my fans" thingy about reforming SP, and I jokingly yelled "hey, d'you write this?" even though I knew he did. I expected him to be surprised that I had a copy, but all he did was look at me with a "fuck off" face. Haha. Oh well...

this was the same day i met him and got put on the guest list. how 'bout that.


hey snaildc, sorry i didn't reply about your poem, i went to bed before you posted it. I think it's nice :)

I did manage to get Billy's autograph at the Dallas TFE show, so that kinda makes up for it I guess. But in that case I was just one of the throng of people holding out random things for him to sign.

yep, i was part of this "throng", it sucked.

lol @ selling gummy worms for one year and a half.

also, i didn't watch the youtube clip, but maybe billy thought you came from one of the usa cities that are also called columbia? there seem to be quite a lot of those...
U.S. cities or towns

* Columbia, South Carolina, the state capital
* Columbia, Alabama
* Columbia, California
* Columbia, Connecticut
* Columbia, Illinois
* Columbia, Iowa
* Columbia, Kentucky
* Columbia, Louisiana
* Columbia, Maryland
* Columbia, Mississippi
* Columbia, Missouri, home of the University of Missouri
* Columbia, New Hampshire
* Columbia, New Jersey
* Columbia, New York
* Columbia, North Carolina
* Columbia, Pennsylvania
* Columbia, Tennessee
* Columbia, Virginia

After reading all your stories, the impression I get is that he's a guy, sometimes he's off, sometimes bitchy, sometimes grateful, sometimes nice. I get that it must be awful for fans to meet him and be such a disappointment. If we're not ok, we can go out and be moody and snappy with strangers and nothing happens. It's different when he does it. I don't know if there's a "fan meeting etiquette" he should follow. Even if you're not expecting a grand gesture from him, I don't know, it must be hard to put up a facade after the millionth fan encounter.

I've never met him. I think I'd like to. Hopefully, I'll be lucky and he'll be in a good mood.
Also, I'm a girl, which, apparently, gives me some points.

it wouldn't take much effort to NOT blow off someone who flew from another country to see your band play. i think he gets off on being a dick to his own fans sometimes. i think he doesn't get that it's not 1995 anymore, and he should be a little bit grateful about the fans that have actually been loyal to him and his projects. that's just me, though.

when i met him away from the crowd, he was a very nice guy. when he gets in front of a crowd, it's like he tries to assert his dominance over everyone in a really weird way. my point is, he should stay away from his fans if he doesn't feel like dealing with their bullshit instead of going in and acting like a douche.

he should stay away from his fans if he doesn't feel like dealing with their bullshit instead of going in and acting like a douche.


YES!

it wouldn't take much effort to NOT blow off someone who flew from another country to see your band play. i think he gets off on being a dick to his own fans sometimes. i think he doesn't get that it's not 1995 anymore, and he should be a little bit grateful about the fans that have actually been loyal to him and his projects. that's just me, though.

when i met him away from the crowd, he was a very nice guy. when he gets in front of a crowd, it's like he tries to assert his dominance over everyone in a really weird way. my point is, he should stay away from his fans if he doesn't feel like dealing with their bullshit instead of going in and acting like a douche.

everything you've said here is pretty much spot on. I completely see what you mean about him asserting his dominance in a crowd. He probably has some major insecurity issues and it makes him feel better about himself of something. Or maybe he feels some weird emotional/mental threat when confronted with a crowd and has to compensate by acting the way he does. I definitely noticed a huge difference in his demeanor between the first time I met him and the second time, and they were only a few hours apart! I wonder if he even has a clue that his fans feel this way? Maybe he doesn't even realize that he comes off this way. I've known plenty of people who are clueless that they aren't exactly socially graceful....

i'm not sure how he could NOT KNOW...but then again, i don't think many people have called him out right to his face about his behavior. i think he just likes ego-tripping. in asheville, i tried to give him another funny giftbasket to be nice and basically say congrats on zeitgeist. BC barely acknowledged it, whereas during TFE tour he fucking called my cell phone to say thanks and have a short, awkward chat. also, in assville, the basket had to go through his security gaurd...who felt the need to give me a long explanation as to why. as if many people are aiming terrorist attacks at BC. this same security gaurd was right in front of me at the concert the second night, and felt no need to kick out a drunk ass douchebag who grabbed me, hit me, and tried to take my spot.

I wonder if he even has a clue that his fans feel this way? Maybe he doesn't even realize that he comes off this way. I've known plenty of people who are clueless that they aren't exactly socially graceful....


It wouldn't surprise me if he didn't; maybe that's why he thinks that the media is so 'out to get him', because he doesn't realize that he's not exactly being "socially graceful" (or at least doens't mean to be, and it just comes across that way, nonetheless) a lot ot the times, therefore he just thinks that the media/fans/the universe is just picking on him for no good reason.

i'm pretty sure he just expects people to love him and everything that encompasses him at face value, and is shocked when people...don't!
he's a complicated man, and i'm not sure how i would react in countless fan situations, either. but as i've said...stay away then. he's the kind of person who more often than not is better off keeping their mouth shut, for his own sake.

JessiMercury, when you're right, your're right

I think he realizes that he should just sometimes shut-up, he just can't help himself, and if I'm not mistaken he's said that he's not good infront of a crowd of fans (when not playing of course, just interacting), so I also agree that he should just stay away, because I really do believe that he is very grateful and appreciative but his interactions with fans sometimes, a lot of the times just say otherwise

I've met him a few times.


1st time: The San Diego Resume the Pose signing. He signed the field picture in my Adore booklet "to ben, Billy Corgan," then we shook hands and I got a picture with him. I thanked him for making such an amazing album(Adore), and he clapped his hands and bowed to me.

2nd time: Before and after the Zwan show in Seattle. Before the show, I caught him walking into the Paramount. I said hi, he waved, and then my friend asked him if we could have backstage passes. He smiled and then said "Hmm... I don't know if you're good looking enough for back stage passes," then walked inside. After the show, I met him outside again, we took a picture together, and that was that.

3rd time: Before the book signing at the University Bookstore in Seattle. I was first in line, and as such, the local news cameras filmed Billy and I conversing about this picture I handed to him, which was drawn for him by one of my kindergardeners I teach. This being the third time I'd run into him, he remembered me... said he couldn't remember my name, but thought he'd seen me in southern California. I told him I was 1st in line at the Roxy show in Hollywood, we shook hands, I left.

4th time: After the poetry reading and acoustic performance at the Mirabeau room in Seattle. I was sitting at the middle of the only three tables in the club, in front of all the other people there, which pissed them off. Billy laughed at them and told the crowd that they should have gotten there early like we did, lol. Then he used my copy of Blinking with Fists to read from when he forgot the words. After the show, he thanked me, told me it was nice to see me again, then shook my hand and I left.

5th time: After the TFE show at the Moore. I was given a VIP pass and met him during the after party. He actually remembered me again, including my name, saying "Hey Ben," and we shook hands. I told him "Well, welcome back to Seattle..." to which he scoffed and was like "Heh, yeah, right." Then we preceeded to talk about how he hates Seattle because of how the the crowds here are always too hard on him. I told him that I wouldn't really know, and he was actually like "Oh that's right, you're from California, right?" So that was cool. He told me it was good to see me again, then he later signed a poster for me, and I left.

Basically, everytime I'd had a chance to talk with him, he's been incredibly kind, but also really, really shy. Even when I had an extended amount of time to talk with him one on one after the TFE show, he was so quiet and meek. His handshake is terrible... very insecure and weak. His hands are so frail, too... very boney and thin. When you converse with him, you start to think that if you weren't careful, you might break him into a dozen pieces just by looking at him. He also doesn't appear as tall as he really is... he slouches a lot, doesn't stand up with much confidence. But again, he seems pretty nice. And I've been really surprised to see that he remembers me, and my name... he must have a pretty great memory, which makes for cool repeat interactions with him.

I'll be at the San Diego show, which is on my birthday, as well as the Ridgefield show up here in Washington on the 21st, so maybe I'll bump into him again, heh.

i'm pretty sure he just expects people to love him and everything that encompasses him at face value, and is shocked when people...don't!
he's a complicated man, and i'm not sure how i would react in countless fan situations, either. but as i've said...stay away then. he's the kind of person who more often than not is better off keeping their mouth shut, for his own sake.

the thing is...he's constantly berated with affection and not knowing what is tangible and what is just part of the territory. His mind is pretty much in a lucid state of perma-consciousness and he often times has difficulty reaching a common ground with anybody.

He loved the hippies in asheville tho! I bet it was the fact that they just treated him like a person. It's not about social hierarchy, and, once in a while people need to feel that, so they can in turn reciprocate that love to others.....or maybe they just dosed him with some paper!

he seemed really uncomfortable with people yelling "billy you're a god!" and shit like that, even saying something to the effect of "no i'm not a god". I can't begin to wrap my mind around how surreal it must be to live his life, so in the end, i don't know if i can really judge him fairly. I agree with jessi that maybe he shouldn't talk to fans in situations that make him uncomfortable. Maybe he does that because he feels like he should, I mean, maybe part of him realizes that he owes a lot to the people who support him. Actually, I'm kind of torn on that myself. He doesn't really OWE us anything, but we do support him, we're the ones who keep him rich and famous. He'd still have all the talent without us, but if we weren't around, no one would know or care. So maybe he does owe us something as far as meeting with us, and maybe he doesn't. I don't even know what i think about that, honestly. But I do think that at the heart of it all, he's a decent guy who DOES care about his fans. He has his bad days and good days just like the rest of us, but he's under constant scrutiny that the rest of us luckily don't have to deal with.

and reyngel, you guys are practically best pals by now, huh? :)
i think it says a lot for him that he remembers names of fans after meeting them a few times, it shows that he's paying attention, and that we do mean something to him.

jimmy has always been amazingly cool, easy going, etc. he just makes you feel instantly welcome and comfortable when speaking with him.
exactly. meeting jimmy is a totally different experience. he was honestly excited to hear that my friend had come from a few hours away to see the jimmy chamberlin complex, complimented me, and we all just had a normal conversation - i had been afraid to go up to him because i hadn't wanted to bother him, but he seemed very gracious. i didn't have anything with me for him to sign, so he signed a dollar bill and drew a mustache on the face (illegal, i know.)

He actually said something to the effect of "If someone comes up to me and says 'Siamese Dream saved my life' it doesn't really matter to me, because that was then and this is now..." Then he said that he had given me too much information and that I was just fishing for stuff to put on the internet. Funnily enough I've never mentioned it until now (four years later).
wow. i think that goes a bit above and beyond just being socially awkward and slightly unappreciative. i'm going to pretend that you're lying so i feel better. :erm:

his was kind of mad when i met him, after a fillmore show, i flew from colombia just for the ocnceert, i told him that and he just sayd "iok, ok "
that was frustrating, especially considering how amazing your story was. i guess billy can't have known that, but even just coming from columbia alone, without all the rest of it, is still quite a thing to do.

i was the girl behind you during the show, by the way. hello :)

About the Columbian guy - it could be Billy simply didn't hear clearly what he said.
His hearing must be pretty fucked especially after a show

i worked at one of the bookstores where he did a signing and before he started he was hanging out in the back room, waiting for everything to be set up. i remember him being incredibly bitchy at first, commenting that people were simply there to sell autographed copies on ebay.

during a lull in the conversation i randomly mentioned the metro dvd and he appeared surprised and said "i'm talking to different companies about it" then went silent for a few minutes.

after that weird silence he started bitching again about making sure we posted a sign saying he wouldn't be shaking hands because it was flu season. he was adamant about it.

it was a weird experience.

good job asking about the dvd^

germophobe.

i met billy at his D.C. stop for blinking with fists. he did a book signing before his show at 9:30 club. i walked up and i said, "hey billy, i'm dave" while shaking his hand. he kind of cocked his head and said "every dave i've ever known has been a troublemaker. yeah, let's throw the tv out the window. yeah, let's light the bed on fire." he seemed pretty pissed that my name happened to be dave.

i was also lurking in the dark at 9:30 club during his TFE soundcheck (i work at the club). during soundcheck he spit a huge loogie right onto the floor of the club. afterwards he went to our food area. gooch told him that we were serving steak, and he said "yessssss" and did the arm pump thing, home alone style.

was he really pissed about your name or was he just kidding? i think a lot of people take what he says seriously when it's not meant to be taken that way.
lol at the home alone gesture over steak. germophobic meat eater.

so basically, to sum up most of your experiences with corgan, he doesn't have the best manners, can be bitchy, and is paranoid/thinks everyone's out to get him

during soundcheck he spit a huge loogie right onto the floor of the club.

what the hell

hi there skpgo and sjessimercury
am back from scholl!!! (today sucked, geometry and history at las 2 hours...)

so basically, to sum up most of your experiences with corgan, he doesn't have the best manners, can be bitchy, and is paranoid/thinks everyone's out to get him

you're leaving out the good stuff...sometimes there's good stuff too :) Sometimes he's nice, silly, generous, all that jazz.

hi there skpgo and sjessimercury
am back from scholl!!! (today sucked, geometry and history at las 2 hours...)

welcome back snaildc! i must admit, i'm happy to be done with high school! Although now i just sit here in front of this computer 40 hours a week melting my brain and reading netphoria, so it's not much better, haha!

yeah, he's not all evil. just half.

you're leaving out the good stuff...sometimes there's good stuff too :) Sometimes he's nice, silly, generous, all that jazz.

use one word to describe corgan based upon this thread

cause i don't feel like reading it all

EDIT: please

germophobe.
don't you remember he got laryngitis in that period. his fear was justified!

god forbid anything happen to that gorgeous voice.

ah, i think i do recall the laryngitis now that you mention it!
It's okay, I'm a bit of a germophobe myself :)

exactlythesame, let's see....

billy is....

confusing.

no wait.

neurotic.

jessi i think you're pretty pissed at billy aren't you?

moody is prolly the best word.

lolz no, i'm not pissed at billy. his voice actually is sounding better. it's just fun to take jabs at him.

yep schools sucks, but i guess work is worse.. i cant believ that people more than 25 are still really into the pumpkins, it hard to understand for me (i am 15)

yep schools sucks, but i guess work is worse.. i cant believ that people more than 25 are still really into the pumpkins, it hard to understand for me (i am 15)

i'm in way too deep. i'm 21 now, and my SP fanaticism started in 1995, during the height of mellon collie. there's no turning back after a certain point.

ah, i think i do recall the laryngitis now that you mention it!
It's okay, I'm a bit of a germophobe myself :)

exactlythesame, let's see....

billy is....

confusing.

no wait.

neurotic.

American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source
neu·rot·ic (nŏŏ-rŏt'ĭk, nyŏŏ-) Pronunciation Key
adj.

1. Of, relating to, or affected with a neurosis. No longer in scientific use.
2. Informal Overanxious: neurotic about punctuality.


n.

1. A person suffering from a neurosis. No longer in scientific use.
2. Informal A person prone to excessive anxiety and emotional upset.

Definition 2. under noun certainly suits him well.

See The Marked tune "Scary Neurotic Song" for more proof.

yep theres a p0ont when u are just too deep to go back, ut ir sures feel icwe to be inside

well snail, i'm 33, been a fan since i was 17. I should probably grow up already, but where's the fun in that? I don't look old yet, so until I do, I'll keep up this whole smashing pumpkins thing. I found a gray hair once, but i pulled that sucker out! Take that gray hair!
most of my close friends range in age from 20 to 40, so I've learned that age doesn't mean much, it's just a number.

I met him a few times:
1 - first time was back in 1998, the day after the pumpkins concert in sao paulo, and he was extremely nice to all fans, talking and signing stuff. He was not taking any pictures, but he was very nice to all of us
2 - second time was June 20, 2005 in ny, after he left the Letterman recording, he didn't say nor signed anything (although there were just few fans, less than 10...he said he was late to take a plane) but when he was in his car about to leave, i tried to give him a letter and he leant all over to take it, which was very nice of him...
3 - then i met him in chicago the day after in TFE release party and then he recognized me, told me he had read the letter (i basically had written that i was from Brazil and that I was in the US because of him and I was going to 4 concerts of his tour) he thanked me for the letter and spontaneously hug me. he was really, really nice.
the day after the release party i got an email from his assistant telling me that bc had read the letter and that he was giving VIP passes for the concerts
4 - then i met him again after philly's concert he was very nice again and we had a short conversation
5 - after the 1st ny concert, i had the VIP and then we talked again and he took a pic with me. and he asked if i was enjoying the concerts and thanked me for going to the concerts
6 - last time was after boston concert, i told him was my last concert because I had to go back home and he thanked me again, hug me and wished me a safe trip back to home.
so I always had very nice meetings with him, he was always so cool, except after the paris concert that he didnt talk to anyone, but I really didnt care...i was just so excited of being there

skipgo, thats the coolest thing i vhave ever heard !!1 yeah sucjer gray hairs!!!! yeay!! and do you have kids (whic like sthe pumpkins ?)

i have a 7 year old daughter, she likes the pumpkins a little bit. She likes to tell her friends that her mom has a crush on billy corgan, she thinks it's funny. Of course her friends have no idea who that is!

that's really cute.

hahahahah thats great!!!!!!!!! yreasy!! i want to be like that .... what songs does she enjoy ?

does she like 33 ? (thats a perfect song)

i know she really likes here is no why. And death from above... she usually likes their heavy stuff, funny enough. She's a cool kid. She tells me to turn up the radio in the car when a good heavy song comes on. She likes bowie and pink floyd too... and pat benetar. BUT, she likes a lot of poppy stuff like gwen stefani, christina agulera and similar people as well, so she's not perfect, lol!

Ok this thread has completely cracked me up. Thanks netphoria

if i were bill, this thread would weird me out and make me not want to meet fans anymore. some pretty great posts in there though

first time was before the 4/28/00 show in fairfax virginia, and i didn't technically meet him. it was a group of about 20-30 fans at the venue very early, and bill came out of the bus to talk to them, which was pretty coll. however, most of them shouted things like "billy, you saved rock" and "fuck christina aguillera" and "play soma tonight", and it didn't make for very good conversation. he was having soup, i think it was in a thermos or something. some girl wearing wings siad she missed her prom to be here and bill picked her up and gave her a hug. i remember thinking it was cool that he acknowledged us, and that the interaction itself was probably frustrating for him. someone gave him a stuffed animal, and as he was walking back toward the bus, it dropped, and he kicked it.

second time was after the 12/02/00 show, he was talking to family. after most of the family was gone, he was talking to fans, who kind of lined up. i remember there were some people who flew in from japan before me. i remember thinking that whatever i was goign to say would sound dumb and he's already heard it tons of times before, so i just said i thought it was cool when they played a bit of spiteface at the show, and he laughed more loudly than i expected. then i just siad it was a great show and thanks and left.

third time was in 2001 at the area one tour when he was playing guitar with new order. i was backstage with some friends, and i was wearing an sp shirt. bill was talking with other people, but had his guy come over and give me an sp guitar pick. when he was done with that convo he made his way over to our group and talked. he knew my friend previously, so they said hi and caught up, and my friend introduced me and said i went to the last show. from the context of the intro, bill said 'oh yeah! i read your review on the internet' and i thought he was just making fun of me since he always seems to bag on internet fans, so i didn't really acknowledge that comment. in hindsight, i think he was being serious, i had written up a long review of the show and it got posted on the official site, and had some of the context from the intro given. anyhow, this conversation was cool. he was talking about how nice it was to be free of the pumpkins, becasue he found the expectations that came with the entity to be very limiting on his freedom and creativity. he was talking about old material they had recorded though and how he wanted to release it. he mentioned they did a cover of some song about masturbating. i asked him about a rumor that was going around at the time, about him and chino moreno collaborating for some benefit, and he said that this was the first he had heard of it. (the next day on the o-site he clarified that he respects chino as an artist but that no offer of a collaboration ahd been made, and it was the news outlets running with a rumor.) another guy who was with us mentioned that bill called him on stage in austin when they played there in 1996 during the song 1979, and bill jokingly said yeah, i remember you man. totally, your'e the guy from austin. it was kind of funny i guess, but pretty condescending. we chatted a bit more and then he left, his parting words were "see you in austin!"


I WAS THERE!!!!

haha edit: 4/28/00 before the show

i wish i was rised with the pumpkins... but still, i hope trhey are here long enough

I WAS THERE!!!!

haha edit: 4/28/00 before the show



do you remember when he kicked the stuffed animal? it was a tweedy bird or something. it was pretty cool to see him up close for the first time, but it was a pretty lame exchange with all the "YOU SAVED ROCK BILLY!!" shouting

i bet YOU shouted that stuff!!!

whatcolor

i remember someone giving him like a yellow stuffed smiley face.

i didn't see him kick it :(

he smelled zestfully clean though!

I met him when Zwan played in Houston. It was my first time to see Billy live even though I'd been a fan for years (because I grew up in the middle of nowhere) so I was really excited. I was a student at Texas A&M at the time and made the short drive to Houston, got lost downtown trying to find the venue, became more lost after parking, and ended up wandering the streets in what I thought was the general direction of the Verizon Wireless theater.
I was walking down a sidestreet and the girl who I brought along was rambling in my ear and all the sudden I looked down the sidewalk and saw a tall, hunched figure walking my way. I said out loud, "Shhh. That's Billy Corgan, I think. Isn't that Billy fucking Corgan?" The girl laughed and kept talking and I said "NO...shut up a second, that's really him." There were scarcely any people around so once I encountered Billy I nervously said hello and spoke to him for a couple of minutes. He was really nice to me, which surprised me since I had read before that he could be mean to fans. We chatted and that girl clicked away on my disposable camera, and during one picture his security guy said, "ha, you two look like you could be brothers,". We both laughed, and it dawned on me that Billy and I were laughing at the same joke, at the same time, in the same place, and I almost peed a little.
Later at the concert I was on the front row and he was doing that badass guitar part from Settle Down and he looked up at me and did this nod and wink of recognition and I freaked out inside.
It was one of the best moments of my life, and I somehow feel it was to reimburse me that I never got to see SP1 in concert.


http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/gbe84/billyandme.jpg
I wish I had an excuse for my bangs in that picture, but I don't, and I'm not sure why they were doing that, so I'll just apologize. There's another funny picture that I couldn't find and for some reason, but the pose he decided upon was to act like he was whispering somewthing in my ear, but instead of doing the cupped hand at my ear he did the rock n' roll hand. It's weird/funny.

that picture is actually really cute.

edit: i say this because both BC and me look awful in the pic i have.

that picture is actually really cute.

edit: i say this because both BC and me look awful in the pic i have.


Well, thank you, anyhow.

In your picture Billy looks pretty out of it. Plus, the picture you don't look your best in is surrounded with all of those other pictures of you, so that's not fair. My bad one is all by itself, with nothing to redeem it.

it's probably one of the worst taken of me ever, and sadly, the one taken before it was worse. so bad, bc saw it on the allen's digital camera and was like "no, take one more". dead serious.

haha but it's cute regardless of the comparison to mine, didn't mean to make it sound bitchy

so why is he not taking photos with people anymore? not shaking hands i get, but why no photos? When i met him, i totally forgot i had my camera in my bag. I was completely paralyzed with fear. argg!

it's probably one of the worst taken of me ever, and sadly, the one taken before it was worse. so bad, bc saw it on the allen's digital camera and was like "no, take one more". dead serious.


Haha that's funny. How did we both get cursed to look bad in pictures with our idol?

Here's (http://www.geocities.com/thesolarquestion/juniorboys3.jpg) another misfortunate one, not because I look that bad, but because I look really happy and one of the dudes from Junior Boys looks genuinely disappointed or bored to meet me. Maybe the arm around the shoulder was a mistake.

lol. my dad has a picture of me, my boyfriend, and smokey robinson and me and my bf look depressed whereas smokey looks really happy. i don't know why we even look that upset, because we definitely were in good moods.

lol. my dad has a picture of me, my boyfriend, and smokey robinson and me and my bf look depressed whereas smokey looks really happy. i don't know why we even look that upset, because we definitely were in good moods.


I'd kind of rather that be the case, I think. Whenever I take photos with important people it's always the other way around, I expose my childlike joy and they play it cool.

Example 2. My wife and I looking happy to meet Christian from Crystal Skulls, and he looks like he wants to die.
http://photos-932.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v36/118/87/8319932/n8319932_33393446_740.jpg

Next time I meet someone cool I'm going to try really hard to frown in the picture like it's totally no big deal.

try to look more pissed than the star himself, therefore increasing the relative appearance of happiness on their face.

I think the problem is that I'm very outgoing and touchy-feely, and when I meet someone I like, even if it's someone higher on the foodchain, I still want to shake their hand/hug them/pat them on the back, and most artistic geniuses I know tend to be guarded and defensive of their personal space, likely because their tragic childhood or innate hypersensitivity which makes them substantive artists also makes them adverse to human contact.

try to look more pissed than the star himself, therefore increasing the relative appearance of happiness on their face.


Exactly. But, I think I might need to feel really important or be on something to look pissed off in photos. Hmmm.

i wouldn't say celebrities are higher on the food chain or anything.

i bet YOU shouted that stuff!!!

hey man you've got the funniest avatar I've seen on this forum :cool:

i wouldn't say celebrities are higher on the food chain or anything.


Well, maybe they're not, in a humanistic way. But, no one has ever rushed up with a camera and pleaded to have a picture taken with me, other than my mom.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/gbe84/billyandme.jpg


nice story 7 shades

seriously Billy fucking stand STRAIGHT, his posture never really bothered me before, but for some reason in this picture it really pisses me off (I know there are like a ton of other worse ones but something about his posture in this pic....)

nice story 7 shades

seriously Billy fucking stand STRAIGHT, his posture never really bothered me before, but for some reason in this picture it really pisses me off (I know there are like a ton of other worse ones but something about his posture in this pic....)

During the Zwan phase, before he went on the Olsen Twins diet, his bad posture often revealed his belly, like in the photo I posted.

so basically, to sum up most of your experiences with corgan, he doesn't have the best manners, can be bitchy, and is paranoid/thinks everyone's out to get him

that sounds more like the time i met Dave Chappelle.

that sounds more like the time i met Dave Chappelle.

you crazy cracka

hey man you've got the funniest avatar I've seen on this forum :cool:


thanks man. luke de spa made it for me

my musings from meeting Billy at Jimmy's show in LA in 2005:

It started out with a desire to see the Jimmy Chamberlain Complex at the Troubadour... for those who are unfamiliar with them, Jimmy was the drummer for the Alt. Rock icons The Smashing Pumpkins (and Zwan)... Post Zwan, Jimmy decided to form his own band fronted by him... This new band a melting pot of Rock and Jazz was performing for the 2nd time in LA at the Troubadour on Santa Monica... Being a huge fan of Jimmy's drumming and enjoying my first experience seeing them I decided to buy tickets... So upon arriving and walking in the door, immediately to my Left is Billy Corgan standing there unassumingly, just people watching... Dumb struck I extend my hand for a handshake and my mouth drops my eyes widen and I manage to muster out "Good to see you". He says thanks with a firm shake and a genuine smile.

To say I was in heaven would be an understatement, I retreat to my friends to tell them about it and I can barely think straight. Some other fans request some pictures and they move into the light as he graciously agrees to the snapshot. Unfortunately there was a novice behind the controls of a "complicated" cell phone camera. After three attempts for a photo Billy almost gives up and I step in and take the picture for her.

After they depart their photo session I mention that I am looking forward to his Solo CD and I'm excited to hear what he's created and my mind is free of expectations. He mentions that he had been playing songs for his close friends and they commented on how "different" it sounded, and you could tell he relished that, he wanted to be accepted on his terms not on preconceptions or judgments based on his past music. I asked him if he changed in response to any of their input and he said "No, I wanted to keep it different". I told him that I felt that was a good choice and how I knew many people were hoping for a Siamese Dream II but that I was glad he wasn't content rehashing his old sound. He said that that was a period that could never be reproduced, that it was a special time and he wasn't interested in recreating that. He said he would leave that up to bands like Muse (and that they probably did a better job anyway). I said "I beg to differ" and nodded and walked away, so others who were anxious to talk to him could have their moment. Somewhere in that conversation I asked if he was a guest vocalist tonight on Loki Cat and he said “Yes, and I’m playing guitar on one other song” the excitement that created was intense.

After letting the past 5 minutes recite through my brain over and over and rehashing my conversation with my friends I decided to purchase a concert shirt. When I got to the table there was Billy sitting on the booth chit chatting with other fans. I managed to get in front of him again and he welcomed me with a smile. I expressed my gratitude to him for being so accessible to people “like me”. For being willing to actually talk without rock star pretension. His response was “I’m too old to be hiding anymore”. And I again said “you have no idea how much it means to be able to talk to the #1 person you have wanted to talk to for the past 12 years.” And he shook my hand blushing with his charming smile and a nod of his head and said “Thank you”. Again I left to reflect on my surreal experience.

After waiting yet another 5 or so minutes the urge to re-approach Billy was irresistible. There was my hero, my musical God, making himself genuinely available for conversation. Being too much to resist I approached him once again. He was being slightly bombarded with picture requests, but cordially complying. After that died down I asked him, “Do you mind if I ask you a couple questions?” smiling, and seeming genuinely honored he said “sure”. I told him that I had read a few years back that he did most of his writing right after waking up in the morning while in a lucid surreal state. He nodded saying “I still do”. Sensing he was about to dive into conversation I squatted beside his seated frame, like a student looking up to his master. He delved into how I should immediately upon wakening begin writing in a journal, streaming the words without judgment, without logical or critical thought. He said “don’t make coffee, don’t do anything but maybe take a leak, just start writing”. I told him that I often approach it logically but I have had those moments when I wake up and I’m never prepared to write. He said, “get into the habit of doing it.” I asked him about writing melodies, what was his technique. He said he did the same thing, he woke up and grabbed a guitar and just let his hands flow. He stressed to keep playing even if it’s shit, to not judge it, to remove oneself from judgment and to just play. I asked him if he notated what he played and he said, “not really I have a photographic memory” he said at most write down the progression but don’t focus on that, focus not on thinking but on just playing. He addressed my earlier comment that my own music sounds too much like SP. He said don’t mimic what’s been done, use it as a basic foundation, but create your own journey. He explained that if I tried to end up with a product that sounded like his, then I haven’t been true to myself and that it’s not the end result I should focus on but the journey that takes me there. I nodded in agreement while trying to maintain composure while experiencing utter amazement that I was receiving tips on writing music from my one and only hero. This was mind blowing to say the least. During the entire conversation he was looking me in the eye, speaking from his heart, and conveying his passion for music to me. This moment surpassed any previous single moment I had experienced thus far.

After this 3rd exchange I decided I had taken as much of his time as reasonable and I literally was in a state of shock. The actual concert was amazing, but nothing really could ever match those 15 minutes with Billy.

my musings from meeting Billy at Jimmy's show in LA in 2005:

It started out with a desire to see the Jimmy Chamberlain Complex at the Troubadour... for those who are unfamiliar with them, Jimmy was the drummer for the Alt. Rock icons The Smashing Pumpkins (and Zwan)... Post Zwan, Jimmy decided to form his own band fronted by him... This new band a melting pot of Rock and Jazz was performing for the 2nd time in LA at the Troubadour on Santa Monica... Being a huge fan of Jimmy's drumming and enjoying my first experience seeing them I decided to buy tickets... So upon arriving and walking in the door, immediately to my Left is Billy Corgan standing there unassumingly, just people watching... Dumb struck I extend my hand for a handshake and my mouth drops my eyes widen and I manage to muster out "Good to see you". He says thanks with a firm shake and a genuine smile.

To say I was in heaven would be an understatement, I retreat to my friends to tell them about it and I can barely think straight. Some other fans request some pictures and they move into the light as he graciously agrees to the snapshot. Unfortunately there was a novice behind the controls of a "complicated" cell phone camera. After three attempts for a photo Billy almost gives up and I step in and take the picture for her.

After they depart their photo session I mention that I am looking forward to his Solo CD and I'm excited to hear what he's created and my mind is free of expectations. He mentions that he had been playing songs for his close friends and they commented on how "different" it sounded, and you could tell he relished that, he wanted to be accepted on his terms not on preconceptions or judgments based on his past music. I asked him if he changed in response to any of their input and he said "No, I wanted to keep it different". I told him that I felt that was a good choice and how I knew many people were hoping for a Siamese Dream II but that I was glad he wasn't content rehashing his old sound. He said that that was a period that could never be reproduced, that it was a special time and he wasn't interested in recreating that. He said he would leave that up to bands like Muse (and that they probably did a better job anyway). I said "I beg to differ" and nodded and walked away, so others who were anxious to talk to him could have their moment. Somewhere in that conversation I asked if he was a guest vocalist tonight on Loki Cat and he said “Yes, and I’m playing guitar on one other song” the excitement that created was intense.

After letting the past 5 minutes recite through my brain over and over and rehashing my conversation with my friends I decided to purchase a concert shirt. When I got to the table there was Billy sitting on the booth chit chatting with other fans. I managed to get in front of him again and he welcomed me with a smile. I expressed my gratitude to him for being so accessible to people “like me”. For being willing to actually talk without rock star pretension. His response was “I’m too old to be hiding anymore”. And I again said “you have no idea how much it means to be able to talk to the #1 person you have wanted to talk to for the past 12 years.” And he shook my hand blushing with his charming smile and a nod of his head and said “Thank you”. Again I left to reflect on my surreal experience.

After waiting yet another 5 or so minutes the urge to re-approach Billy was irresistible. There was my hero, my musical God, making himself genuinely available for conversation. Being too much to resist I approached him once again. He was being slightly bombarded with picture requests, but cordially complying. After that died down I asked him, “Do you mind if I ask you a couple questions?” smiling, and seeming genuinely honored he said “sure”. I told him that I had read a few years back that he did most of his writing right after waking up in the morning while in a lucid surreal state. He nodded saying “I still do”. Sensing he was about to dive into conversation I squatted beside his seated frame, like a student looking up to his master. He delved into how I should immediately upon wakening begin writing in a journal, streaming the words without judgment, without logical or critical thought. He said “don’t make coffee, don’t do anything but maybe take a leak, just start writing”. I told him that I often approach it logically but I have had those moments when I wake up and I’m never prepared to write. He said, “get into the habit of doing it.” I asked him about writing melodies, what was his technique. He said he did the same thing, he woke up and grabbed a guitar and just let his hands flow. He stressed to keep playing even if it’s shit, to not judge it, to remove oneself from judgment and to just play. I asked him if he notated what he played and he said, “not really I have a photographic memory” he said at most write down the progression but don’t focus on that, focus not on thinking but on just playing. He addressed my earlier comment that my own music sounds too much like SP. He said don’t mimic what’s been done, use it as a basic foundation, but create your own journey. He explained that if I tried to end up with a product that sounded like his, then I haven’t been true to myself and that it’s not the end result I should focus on but the journey that takes me there. I nodded in agreement while trying to maintain composure while experiencing utter amazement that I was receiving tips on writing music from my one and only hero. This was mind blowing to say the least. During the entire conversation he was looking me in the eye, speaking from his heart, and conveying his passion for music to me. This moment surpassed any previous single moment I had experienced thus far.

After this 3rd exchange I decided I had taken as much of his time as reasonable and I literally was in a state of shock. The actual concert was amazing, but nothing really could ever match those 15 minutes with Billy.

The devil on my shoulder wanted me to accuse you of making that story up to quell my raging envy, but I'll be nice and just say that that must have been totally phenomenal. I wish I would have had the time or opportunity to re-approach him, because the second he walked off I realized I DIDN'T ask him all the stuff I should have.

Fucking LOL at Blasting Ugly from an FBODY in the parking lot of a Checkers...IN FRONT OF BILLY :D

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I hope the sound system was totally blown out!

edit: AT 2 AM nonetheless!!! !!! Geek USA! this HAS to be true...

Well, it was more liek this.....................

http://www.goingfaster.com/spo/86taproject.jpg

and well yeah, I was a crazy kid back then. I pretty much scared the hell out of him I'm sure. He was in the drive thru and I just pulled up around front and cut it up to 11 hoping for his acknowledgment. I got it in a WTF kind of way I guess. After a 10 second stare down I busted out and blew about 5 lights cause I though for sure he was going to follow me or call the cops or something.

I can't remember exactly when this was, I am pretty sure it was before he had the big iron gate installed around his house though. 1996? I moved back to Detroit from Chicago in 1997 so it was before that.

my musings from meeting Billy at Jimmy's show in LA in 2005:

you should have asked for his e-mail address so you could become e-buddies

but that was a cool story anyway. good tips.

I've waited post-show for Billy in Paris and Glasgow now, and hes said jack all to the fans on both occasions, has he stopped to talk to anyone after shows since the reunion?

great story melodic skys, thanks for sharing

thats a cool picture of you and Bill^

I asked him if he wanted to have gay sex and he said yee alright hop on gov'nah!

never actually met him but this might be interesting, met him twice in my dreams, cant remember them well, but recently had a dream which involved him though not meeting him. in it i was going to a concert of his, and when i went there there were two girls hanging on me, hot girls whose legs where touching mine and one was hanging on me and it was cool, then the band came out and billy was on drums, but i remmber when he hit the drums guitar sounds came out so i assumed his drums were electric, then in the dream i was sitting on a step just in front of an open seat, some fat guy sat on the seat and put his feet on my head, i got pissed and punched the guy and i became afraid he would call the police or something but he didnt , instead he followed me to every seat i went and i got really pissed i sat in a seat that already had two people beside me. he got sad and said that no one wanted to site beside him which was true, then he got so pissed he took out a pen and threatened to stab me with it, then i took the pen with him using my strength and threw it, but when i threw it it took trajectory and landed straight into someones head like a missile would, but then it turned out the person was wearing a red helmet so i was good and diddnt have to worry about murder, well then after that and darcy being lead singer came a group of teens playing football, and it took over the concert... wenever u have two dreams in one night the second is guaranteed to be weird, i wont even tell you the first one...

Pictures from the night i wrote about yesterday (Link to Post (http://forums.netphoria.org/showpost.php?p=2945826&postcount=204)) I didn't want to be obnoxious like all the other people asking him to pose so i took pix with my camera phone from a distance..


http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a58/mskys/Random%20MySpace/Image044.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a58/mskys/Random%20MySpace/Image052.jpg

I think the problem is that I'm very outgoing and touchy-feely, and when I meet someone I like, even if it's someone higher on the foodchain, I still want to shake their hand/hug them/pat them on the back, and most artistic geniuses I know tend to be guarded and defensive of their personal space, likely because their tragic childhood or innate hypersensitivity which makes them substantive artists also makes them adverse to human contact.

:rofl: :)

never actually met him but this might be interesting, met him twice in my dreams

yeah i have to admit I've had 10 or more dreams with BC in them. Interesting ones too.

yeah i have to admit I've had 10 or more dreams with BC in them. Interesting ones too.

I dont dream about anything anymore these days....unless i havn't shot my load in a while then i get kinky dreams.

Im sure you were all dyin to hear about that.

over the years i've had a lot of dreams where i'm at an sp show waiting for them to play. and i just wait and and wait, and they never come out. then i wake up and am pretty bummed. damn dreams.

I dont dream about anything anymore these days....unless i havn't shot my load in a while then i get kinky dreams.

Im sure you were all dyin to hear about that.

totally

About the Columbian guy - it could be Billy simply didn't hear clearly what he said.
His hearing must be pretty fucked especially after a show

I agree. He probably heard someone calling something out that he quite didn't understand and just gave what he thought was a neutral, non-commital response. I think some folks here are making too much of this.

I also agree with whoever says that he should stop hanging out with people after the shows. If I was him, and I knew that every random, awkward comment or move that I make is going under the microscope, or on Youtube. I'd hide in the tour bus and pull the sheets over me head until we skipped town.

I can't believe the blowoff to the Colombian guy... WOW... that shows that Billy has no idea of what that means. Fucking idiot now sings about a "revolution" and he didn't even acknowledge someone that traveled so far to see him. That's why he's such a bastard and you fags can't understand it, he doesn't live up to what he preaches. He can go fuck himself, that pissed me off so much..


Yeah, maybe he would've liked to acknowledge the fans who were humble and patiently waiting for him... WITHOUT VIDEO CAMERAS ATTACHED TO THEIR HEADS!

I think it's a little weird that all these videos are being caught on tape -- it's a little... invasive. I think Billy really despises the platform of "celebrity" and I think video cameras pointed at his face at all times probably freaks him out. It would freak me out.

It's obvious he's very aware of the video camera -- he avoids looking into it because it's super awkward. Anyway. I think meeting someone is not something for the archives -- it's something to relish if it meant something important to you.

I met him when Zwan played in Houston. It was my first time to see Billy live even though I'd been a fan for years (because I grew up in the middle of nowhere) so I was really excited. I was a student at Texas A&M at the time and made the short drive to Houston, got lost downtown trying to find the venue, became more lost after parking, and ended up wandering the streets in what I thought was the general direction of the Verizon Wireless theater.
I was walking down a sidestreet and the girl who I brought along was rambling in my ear and all the sudden I looked down the sidewalk and saw a tall, hunched figure walking my way. I said out loud, "Shhh. That's Billy Corgan, I think. Isn't that Billy fucking Corgan?" The girl laughed and kept talking and I said "NO...shut up a second, that's really him." There were scarcely any people around so once I encountered Billy I nervously said hello and spoke to him for a couple of minutes. He was really nice to me, which surprised me since I had read before that he could be mean to fans. We chatted and that girl clicked away on my disposable camera, and during one picture his security guy said, "ha, you two look like you could be brothers,". We both laughed, and it dawned on me that Billy and I were laughing at the same joke, at the same time, in the same place, and I almost peed a little.
Later at the concert I was on the front row and he was doing that badass guitar part from Settle Down and he looked up at me and did this nod and wink of recognition and I freaked out inside.
It was one of the best moments of my life, and I somehow feel it was to reimburse me that I never got to see SP1 in concert.


http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/gbe84/billyandme.jpg
I wish I had an excuse for my bangs in that picture, but I don't, and I'm not sure why they were doing that, so I'll just apologize. There's another funny picture that I couldn't find and for some reason, but the pose he decided upon was to act like he was whispering somewthing in my ear, but instead of doing the cupped hand at my ear he did the rock n' roll hand. It's weird/funny.

aww you're cute..it looks like you're holding hands


i've met him twice

first time he sort of "scolded" me if you must
and then he must have felt bad because he tried making short conversation
overall i thought he was generous, nice, funny, and VERY beautiful

second time i kissed him on the cheek
in the act i remember thinking "your face is bony"
but really his face is delicious
oh and i made him laugh (it was during the TFE era and i told him he should pose topless more often)
and it was the most beautiful, corgany laugh ever

I've read through some of these stories, and they're all really cool. I actually live in Asheville, and I go downtown pretty frequently, however I never spotted or met any of the Pumpkins or Billy.

Has anyone ever met D'arcy?

I've read through some of these stories, and they're all really cool. I actually live in Asheville, and I go downtown pretty frequently, however I never spotted or met any of the Pumpkins or Billy.

Has anyone ever met D'arcy?

no one care

ive met billy 3 times and twice we hung out and talked for awhile. he was really nice except for the fact that he never let me get a picture with him. i dont know what it was, but jimmy wouldnt either. they were still great guys and answered my questions very thoughtfully. we talked about the pumpkins, about guitars, about pink floyd and reunited bands. it took talking to him about it to get me genuinely excited about the pumpkins being back.

I've read through some of these stories, and they're all really cool. I actually live in Asheville, and I go downtown pretty frequently, however I never spotted or met any of the Pumpkins or Billy.

Has anyone ever met D'arcy?


Downtown where? Chi-town? I thought they kind of live in LA now. For me Chicago is more interesting right now. I have an aversion to LA for various reasons

no one care

:rolleyes:


Downtown where? Chi-town? I thought they kind of live in LA now. For me Chicago is more interesting right now. I have an aversion to LA for various reasons

No no downtown Asheville, but I've been to Chicago, too. Each time I would keep an eye peeled for Billy :p

I got front fucking row at Glasgow and at the end I did a bowing movement to him worshipping him as he was saying bye to the fans as he was about to go off stage and he turned towards me and did that nod and point thing he does sometimes..I got appreciation from the b0lly..If you make him feel like God he will appreciate.

Was probably the best moment ever (and then I found 40p..) Hell yeah.

ive met billy 3 times and twice we hung out and talked for awhile. he was really nice except for the fact that he never let me get a picture with him. i dont know what it was, but jimmy wouldnt either. they were still great guys and answered my questions very thoughtfully. we talked about the pumpkins, about guitars, about pink floyd and reunited bands. it took talking to him about it to get me genuinely excited about the pumpkins being back.

Sounds good, any details? What was his opinion about band reunions?

in 1996 i threw a rose on the stage at a concert in NY along with another girl who threw a rose too and he bashed it on his head i think or the microphone while singing to silverF**K. i was 15 at the time and it was so cool and i found a pick on the floor which i was happy about. i still have it :)

Billy kicked me in my junk once...it's wasn't too bad.

I met him when Zwan played in Houston. It was my first time to see Billy live even though I'd been a fan for years (because I grew up in the middle of nowhere) so I was really excited. I was a student at Texas A&M at the time and made the short drive to Houston, got lost downtown trying to find the venue, became more lost after parking, and ended up wandering the streets in what I thought was the general direction of the Verizon Wireless theater.
I was walking down a sidestreet and the girl who I brought along was rambling in my ear and all the sudden I looked down the sidewalk and saw a tall, hunched figure walking my way. I said out loud, "Shhh. That's Billy Corgan, I think. Isn't that Billy fucking Corgan?" The girl laughed and kept talking and I said "NO...shut up a second, that's really him." There were scarcely any people around so once I encountered Billy I nervously said hello and spoke to him for a couple of minutes. He was really nice to me, which surprised me since I had read before that he could be mean to fans. We chatted and that girl clicked away on my disposable camera, and during one picture his security guy said, "ha, you two look like you could be brothers,". We both laughed, and it dawned on me that Billy and I were laughing at the same joke, at the same time, in the same place, and I almost peed a little.
Later at the concert I was on the front row and he was doing that badass guitar part from Settle Down and he looked up at me and did this nod and wink of recognition and I freaked out inside.
It was one of the best moments of my life, and I somehow feel it was to reimburse me that I never got to see SP1 in concert.

I wish I had an excuse for my bangs in that picture, but I don't, and I'm not sure why they were doing that, so I'll just apologize. There's another funny picture that I couldn't find and for some reason, but the pose he decided upon was to act like he was whispering somewthing in my ear, but instead of doing the cupped hand at my ear he did the rock n' roll hand. It's weird/funny.

We probably met him within 20 minutes of each other. Seriously. lol And I was in the front row, too. SO WEIRD.

(sorry to revive thread)

http://b3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/00133/39/83/133703893_l.jpg

note: before meeting Billy, do not mess up your hair and make bad Robert smith impressions.

is that you kahlo?^ that's a nice shot though

hehe. BC looks like he's trying to figure out what a camera is.

hehe. BC looks like he's trying to figure out what a camera is.
:rofl: :)