Me too!! I thought it would never happen...although billy doesnt need james to make an epic pumpkins album james can definitely make it better and more epic with being in the mix
I always see Leokimvideo on music videos and stuff like that which I enjoy. It’s funny because I used to watch his Thomas the tank videos from when I was a kid. Small world I guess
Yeah. I wish I could say the same about when I was growing up but sadly that's not the case. I recently got introduced to their music by a close friend. And I am loving it. Welp better late than never
Billy circa Siamese Dream at the Grind in Phoenix - "Our slow songs are NOT a chance for you to all stand there and talk!!" Me - "No, but they're a great chance to go to the bathroom!!" As i turned to go run to the restroom, and heard the whole crowd laugh, i watched as Billy Corgan stared daggers at me. ;) When i came running back right when they started Siva, he still gave me the ol' stink eye. Those WERE the days man. God bless ya Bill!
@Paul John Who cares? I mean maybe it's hard to ever go back, but it's really fun working with people that you have some level of friendship with. I'll bet he takes that over any of the replacement pumpkins.
Just came here from that Manson, Limp Bizkit, & Corgan video. Where they were all chill w/ each other. Random but I hate it when ppl just start making random, superficial comments about artists. Maybe it's a bit sexist, I'd expect it more from males. But it's like no, females do this too. In relation to opposite sex's. But sometimes I'll be looking at comments like 🤔 I mean, r u trying to be a groupie or what? Bc I don't get the purpose or point. Idrgaf what artists look like, I mainly only care about the message. Or if it puts me in good spirits. How somebody looks is irrevelant. I mean, I'm sure looks help. But then again that lost prophets guy is physically handsome... The f? I feel like looks r just a bonus. But it's not rare or anything, idk. I'm just too busy trying to look beyond that sh. Not that I'm big on any of those bands either but 🤷 Its not like I ever claim to be great at ass kissing... Ill comment that smashing pumpkins takes lead tho. Even tho I know like this many songs by them 👌😁
Legend has it, if Billy brought D'arcy back into the band, Courtney Love's witchcraft spell would be broken, and Billy's hair would grow back. So the Gish guitar has told me in my Siamese dream.
from what i read he was totally wanting her to return but warned her about the scrutiny people would have on her after not seeing her for many yrs. im guessing shes aged liked they all have, maybe put on weight, and he wanted her to be ok with being in the spotlight and having negative attention on her from fans who only know the darcy from the 90s and how she looks now, 20 something yrs after the image they have in their memories.
When Melvoin and Chamberlin overdosed... I thought Smashing Pumpkins were done.... Zeitgeist was a reboot for the band, I went their promo concert and a University Student died crowd surfing. Billy talked to the crowd after the concert, and eventually had to cancel several concerts. Shit Luck.
@@henrythegreatamerican8136 It was nice to see him being less weird/arrogant. I find if anyone else is featured in an interview he just talks right over them too. That's not cool- however Rock 'n' Roll you are!
Man, he really is. I hadn’t listened to any interviews by him since probably 1997 or so until last night. TH-cam suggested his Rohan interview (and then countless other recent interviews after) and his clarity of thought and memory is impressive. I haven’t listened to early interviews but time has given him some immense wisdom.
This guy has access to the best guitars normal people can only dream about. And to see his affection for this very modest Strat, from the worst Fender era by many accounts, says a lot about what makes a true musician and a great artist. Cheers
Indeed. If you watch the full video he talks about how he searched hundreds of others guitars off the same year model and none had the exact sound. Every guitar is different. Sometimes it’s not the most expensive guitar that makes the right sound. In fact it hardly ever is lol
Mid-70's Strats are good strats. The 'bad' ones are from 1979 to around 1981,. I have a 1979 Strat.It has aged wonderfully, not bad at all , heavy in weight but not bad. Even The Edge used one on all the great early U2 albums. Each guitar is different anyway.
When I was 13 I saved all my money and ordered a Harmony "Stratocaster" from the Sears Wishbook. Played it with a friend as often as we could get together. He got killed in an accident when we were 15. Another friend who worked part-time in the jewelry store engraved the guitar's neck plate for me with a memory of him. About ten years ago a burglar kicked in my back door and took the guitar from me. He might have gotten $25 for it at a pawn shop---it was nothing special as far as an instrument. I am glad Billy got his Fender back.
I think I have that same guitar - red Strat knockoff from the Sears catalog. Got it when I was about 14, played with various "garage bands" consisting of whatever high school/college friends actually knew how to play an instrument. We would basically just sit around in someone's bedroom, or basement, and try to figure out how to play a few songs together and not sound like complete crap. I haven't played that damn guitar in about 22 years, but I still know where it is, and it would be an absolute gut punch to lose it. It's hard to describe why certain physical objects hold so much meaning. It doesn't make any sense... just like when Billy says, "it's just a piece of wood and some wires, but it means so much more to me". I hope you get your guitar back someday.
Me too, really striking...I would love a copy of the Gish stems... just Billy's guitar would be fine for starters...could listen to it in isolation and probably enjoy it almost as much as the finished record
Congratulations Billy! I lost a unique crucifix pendant my grandmother gave me years earlier. It was missing for 9 years. I checked flea markets, garage sales, even pawn shops. I then started checking out eBay. That was the longest shot, but I had nothing to lose. After 9 years of searching, I actually found it. There was no doubt it was the one. The turquoise flecks were identical. The seller was in Texas... I am in California! It was $36 and I of course bought it immediately. When it came in the mail, I felt complete again. Like a part of me that was missing, was returned. I am wearing it was I write this. May your guitar never again leave you, and may you make more beautiful music with her for years to come.
The 60's, 70s and 80s were hotbeds of insane creativity of biblical proportions where some of it is still way ahead of it's time. 90s artists grew up with all of that swirling around them and they channeled it into their work.
Not surprising Billy can put into words how much that guitar meant to him. We are all happy to hear it again. It really does have a signature sound. Full circle much deserved.
Everyone needs to find a person who looks at them the way Billy looks at his guitar. I'm so happy you found your guitar. Hearing you play it makes my heart happy. 💗
Billy is dead on regarding the relevance of “The Gish Sound”. The beautiful jangley clean tones mixed with the amazing fuzz infused almost out of control tone of that Strat through the old Marshall’s up against James Iha’s chunky Les Paul tones was a recipe for one of the best guitar combo tones ever recorded. I was actually at the show at Saint Andrews hall in 1992 where this guitar got stolen and the show was absolutely unbelievable, one I will never forget! Without a doubt absolutely had an influence on me as a musician for the rest of my life. Not only is it awesome that he got this guitar back, it actually seems as though it sat hanging on the basement wall somewhere basically unplayed until it was returned to its rightful owner 👍
My only successful band built its entire sound around the mix between my layers of Strat w a humbucker and the other guitarists Les Paul tapestry--- The mix we fell in love with listening to SP....even if it took a decade to realize where we had stolen it..... This whole video is super Cathartic and its not even my guitar......must be the music.....
Alright, first of all let me tell you that my wife laughed at me because I almost cried but it's true, the moment I read about this I was so damn happy for Billy that I just couldn't help it. This might look like a meaningless event for some people, slightly meaningful for others, but only a guitarist knows that feeling when you finally find your sound and no matter what, even if you switch guitars you still have the ONE that makes you feel like a kid in a candy shop. Some people swap pickups, or sell their guitar and find what they're looking and some don't and they spend months, even years triying to get that magic back... And they might never get it back. So, Billy, from one grown up kid to another grown , hope you never lose it again
Fucking right on man. I was moving around alot in my early 20's and pawned a Jackson original and a '74 Les Paul. The Paul I replaced later and sounds the same but that Jackson - FUCK!! I CANT SEEM TO FIND ANOTHER ONE WITH THE PLAYABILITY, FEEL, SMELL, WHATEVER! And I dont have Billy money but if I ever found it again I'd definitely pay the owner WAY more than it's worth for it back!!
Billy has the rare ability to articulate the things in life that are profoundly meaningful to creative types in such a straightforward, relatable way. As a '90s child - my first show I ever went to at 10 years old was Smashing Pumpkins in 1995 at the height of the Mellon Collie phenomenon - it's so cool to be able to watch these kinds of videos now. They really have come full circle, and it's a beautiful thing
Nothing funnier than Billy mentioning that they're recording the next Smashing Pumpkins album which is "very much a guitar record" and every single they've released recently is synth pop did a real 180 there bro
@@cdreyes81 i don't have a problem with them recording synth pop (even though their newest album kinda sucked), i mean my favorite band is animal collective and they're overwhelmingly electronic, i just think it's funny billy called it a "guitar record" when it ended up not being one. stop being a weird dick
I saw you play this guitar in 91 at the now long gone I-Beam on Haight st. Hole opened up. There were about 35 people in the audience and, in all honesty, I was forever changed by the experience.
corey fisher Man I remember the I-Beam! Those late 80’s-early 90’s were such a fertile time for music in the Bay Area. I remember Primus playing at the Nightbreak.
Pretty sure I just heard Billy say the next album is going to be a “guitar album”....and he has the Gish guitar again. Holy smokes, I’m hyperventilating from the excitement! Go get it, rock god!!!
My best friend growing up had parents who owned a concert club and Weezer came thru on their first tour. They asked us if we could help load their gear into the bus and Rivers hands me, a total stranger, his guitar case. While I never thought about stealing it, I was shocked at the trust. Of course if it went missing it would have been obvious who took it and they knew where I lived etc. But I couldnt imagine handing my guitar to a stranger and I'm nobody. They gave us a cheese and cracker spread with some cokes along with t-shirts and autographed flats for helping which I would have gladly done just for the experience! Great guys.
7:33 Drown wasn't on Gish. But it was probably recorded with this guitar. Same time frame. If there was ever a guitar story to make a grown man cry, this is it.
@@blonkeddleharvey2308 I dug up the wiki on Drown. It was recorded after Gish was originally released, but Drown was included on the 2011 re-release version of Gish. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drown_(The_Smashing_Pumpkins_song)
Caught the same tour in Burlington VT. One of my friends went up to the PJ guys on the bleachers after their set to have them sign a bootleg t-shirt. They all signed it anyway and I overheard the comment that it was the first bootleg Tshirt they had ever seen before of their band. In my friend's defense, he was 13 and had no idea what a bootleg t-shirt even was. He though it meant "cool" or "rare".
All. The. Feels. Butterflies in my stomach, heart fluttering, goosebumps all over!! This is just AMAZING! So, so happy for Billy!! 🤩💖 James cracking me up with “I feel like we’re on Antique Roadshow.” 😂 Thanks for sharing this moment with the world!!
I still can't believe Billy and James are playing and recording together again. it's great. and I still can't get used to them being older, the spirit of the band was always so youthful.
Youth is less about age and is more a state of mind. And it seems like the boys have recaptured some of that youthful spirit. Thankfully, the new album really does have some of that old Pumpkins magic.
Its nice to know how buzzy his guitar sounds. I can hear the strings rattling in the saddles and the frets and I can relax about my guitars making these sounds.
things that made me happy in this video: 1. Having the gish guitar returns! 2. seeing Billy and James together in this video! this is basically new reasons why I love this band so much! ❤️❤️ (still excited for shiny vol. 2)
The guitar sounds on Vaseline by Stone Temple Pilots were set up for them by Frank Zappa and Billy Corgan. Not to be underestimated in my opinion, more like iconic.
drown almost sounds like a love song about this guitar . "no matter where you are ..." "all of those yesterdaze --- coming around." drown in thee guitar sound !
Drown is how I ended up in love with them. I heard it on the radio and drove around Dallas all day buying everything by them I could find. Finally found it on the Reality Bites soundtrack but by then I'd listened to everything else...and the rest, as they say, is history. My god their music was a lifeline for me during the insanity of my 20's. And it all started with that one song. "No matter where you are I can still hear you when you dream You traveled very far You traveled far, like a star And you are..."
@@tobas9515 People didn't have video cameras in their pockets back then. I wish I had video of a band I toured with for a couple years back in the early 1980s but almost nobody had a video camera then (and if they did they weren't taking it into pubs and clubs).
You can see in Billy’s face the joy and memories coming back to where he started from and I’m glad there are people out there who were just as happy to give it back to him !! Curious to see if this guitar will reflect some of his new material on their next album
back in the 90's i was a wee adolescent in college. the Smashing Pumpkins were so rad and wild and downright dark. very much innocent yet quite ironic too. 27 years later, Gish is reborn.
Those riffs - that sound! I listened to Gish pretty heavily while attending college in Chicago circa 1991 - right as the band broke. That guitar is absolutely something special.
Seriously shitty thing to do, but even worse, there's always the chance someone had no idea what they were stealing, and sold it for next to nothing, which would piss me off even more! Especially because some instruments are literally irreplaceable, you can't put a price on that exact instrument, no matter how common!
my college roommate had his violin stolen out of locked storage at the school. It was a family heirloom passed down through at least a couple generations and was worth a couple hundred thousand dollars. Police get involved, nothing. More than 10-years later he is scrolling through instrument auctions and notices a violin up for auction through Christies; he thought it was his. Anyway, they go back and forth verifying that he was the rightful owner. He ended up both getting the violin back, and catching the thief in the process. It was a visiting professor and it apparently wasn't the only school he had done this at; the same guy my roommate had suspected from day one.
@@jamesoxford4260 I find that hard to believe but then again I don't know you. Why would your roommate even take a chance at using/leaving that at school knowing what the value is and where it came from even if it's in locked storage? Was it a stradivarius?
@@Uncannyguitar It is. I have one. Its nothing flashy but all the parts are solid. Its like a USA Strat but the finish will naturally relic itself quicker.
I still recall the first time I heard Gish when my younger brother turned me on to it. I was blown away right away. Loved the lush, psychedelic sound of that album right off the bat. Only got to see you guys once, at The Blue Note in Columbia, MO about 25 years ago. So happy for you getting your guitar back after all those years. I can relate to your sense of recapturing the "certain sound" of that guitar, as well as a piece of your youth which it symbolizes to you.
I still remember how I felt when I put GISH into my cassette deck of my old Chevy Monza! It was life changing, still my favorite Pumpkins album! So happy for Billy!
Thanks for sharing this story! Gish got me through one of the most difficult times of my life, and just seeing the guitar and hearing that sound again is amazing! So glad you were finally able to get that missing piece of your past, in essence, a missing piece of your soul. Your true fans know that you've been sharing pieces of your soul with the rest of us since day one. Your music, your lyrics and your honesty have always set you apart from the rest. ❤️
I was at that show in 1992! At the end of the show the drummer through his sticks out into the crowd and one hit me in the eye socket. I had a black eye for a week. I still have the stick.
That is an amazing fucking story. The best part was seeing you and James together with the lost guitar.. I would love to see you guys do an antiques rock roadshow together. Maybe when you are older.
Love that he closed out the video with "Drown". I've been sitting on my couch with my guitar trying to get this song "right". My 11 year old son looked over at me and said "that's sounds really cool". He''s right, because it's such a beautiful song.
I remember when Fender did a Billy Corgan Stratocaster a few years ago, that people were going "Huh, I never saw him as being a Strat-guy!" The truth is that he hardly played anything else.
@@nickfanzo I saw them during the "Adore" tour and Billy was playing a Black Gibson ES-335 and an Ibanez Universe seven string for the whole show and James was playing Gibson SG's which sound brighter than Les Pauls. According to a recent Guitar World interview, when the rehearsals for the new tour started, with Billy playing Reverend models, the sound wasn't right and James actually said "Where's your strat?" So Billy at first said that his reverend was tweaked to sound just like his strat but just to make sure, he had his crew fetch him his Blue strat. Billy plugged it in and there it was: THAT sound.
Has always played a Strat in Smashing Pumpkins- and a KT- 88 tube based Marshall amp :) And I know Billy...used to be-- way into Electro Harmonix BIG Muf pedals!
@@clevdawglb288 My current primary. Love it. Got it as a floor model at a Best Buy that briefly had higher end guitars.. they discontinued that department and sold this thing to me for like $600.
So happy to hear you got the Gish guitar back Billy! Such a great album that started it all! Can't wait to hear the new record! Long live the Pumpkins!
I remember being in my car driving home but I would circle the block so that I could continue listening to Gish. Such a distinct sound during that era.
Thats killer billy got his guitar back and when he strung it up i knew hr he would kick in to siva.one of the best rhythms ever written.happy for ya billy.rock on
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It still makes me happy to see James and Billy together again
Yeah
Me too!! I thought it would never happen...although billy doesnt need james to make an epic pumpkins album james can definitely make it better and more epic with being in the mix
Thor Carlton
but without D'arcy though 😣😣😟😔
@@rainblaze. that's what she gets for years of shit talking Billy
Me too!
Gish reminds me of jeans, Docs, flannel/t-shirts, record stores, coffee shops, and cheap concert tickets. I miss those days.
A few weeks can go by fast, huh?
so... portland, or? 😂
Jeans and t shirts magically disappeared after the 90s ended
Sounds like what I was doing before Covid hit. And will do again!
im with ya. at least we have the music of those days to help us relive that time...
This story is worthy of a Netflix doco
At least say HBO, Netflix will make a documentary about a slight gust of wind.
Netflix is a joke. He wouldn't do it.
@@thinkforyourself828 You mean the festival?
A small series or perhaps a single doc including others like Joe Perry and Slash having one of his Gibsons.
I always see Leokimvideo on music videos and stuff like that which I enjoy. It’s funny because I used to watch his Thomas the tank videos from when I was a kid. Small world I guess
“Sound of my youth and a few other peoples”..., bit of an understatement.
That's no shit.
No doubt. I'm a metal fan but Smashing Pumpkins has been in my musical roots as a musician.
Yeah. I wish I could say the same about when I was growing up but sadly that's not the case. I recently got introduced to their music by a close friend. And I am loving it. Welp better late than never
Alien Schumer raised my hand!!
Me too
@@LightYagami-wt1jw congratulations Sweetie 💖 💖 welcome to the club! 🤘✊💖
someone will say what is lost can never be saved
Lmao love that ....comment gold
Nice
and you know you're never sure
but you're sure you could be right
little different context...but a good one! lol
Despite all my rage I am still just a strat in a case
never been a huge Pumpkins fan, but seeing Corgan this relaxed and maybe even happy is very comforting somehow
I'm with you
I prefer him melancholy
billy: "i got my gish guitar back"
gish guitar: "i got my billy back"
Despite all my rage billy is best
I got my billy back billy back billy back......chiiillllllliiiii'sssss billy back ribs
Hahahaha
Billy circa Siamese Dream at the Grind in Phoenix - "Our slow songs are NOT a chance for you to all stand there and talk!!"
Me - "No, but they're a great chance to go to the bathroom!!"
As i turned to go run to the restroom, and heard the whole crowd laugh, i watched as Billy Corgan stared daggers at me. ;)
When i came running back right when they started Siva, he still gave me the ol' stink eye.
Those WERE the days man. God bless ya Bill!
It’s like Andy and Woody
It’s so good watching billy and James as friends again.
@Paul John Who cares? I mean maybe it's hard to ever go back, but it's really fun working with people that you have some level of friendship with. I'll bet he takes that over any of the replacement pumpkins.
"Friends"
too bad darcy can't clean her act up
Just came here from that Manson, Limp Bizkit, & Corgan video. Where they were all chill w/ each other. Random but I hate it when ppl just start making random, superficial comments about artists. Maybe it's a bit sexist, I'd expect it more from males. But it's like no, females do this too. In relation to opposite sex's. But sometimes I'll be looking at comments like 🤔 I mean, r u trying to be a groupie or what? Bc I don't get the purpose or point. Idrgaf what artists look like, I mainly only care about the message. Or if it puts me in good spirits. How somebody looks is irrevelant. I mean, I'm sure looks help. But then again that lost prophets guy is physically handsome... The f? I feel like looks r just a bonus. But it's not rare or anything, idk. I'm just too busy trying to look beyond that sh. Not that I'm big on any of those bands either but 🤷 Its not like I ever claim to be great at ass kissing... Ill comment that smashing pumpkins takes lead tho. Even tho I know like this many songs by them 👌😁
@@ahhwe-any7434 Shut up.
Legend has it, if Billy brought D'arcy back into the band, Courtney Love's witchcraft spell would be broken, and Billy's hair would grow back. So the Gish guitar has told me in my Siamese dream.
from what i read he was totally wanting her to return but warned her about the scrutiny people would have on her after not seeing her for many yrs. im guessing shes aged liked they all have, maybe put on weight, and he wanted her to be ok with being in the spotlight and having negative attention on her from fans who only know the darcy from the 90s and how she looks now, 20 something yrs after the image they have in their memories.
@@starfox1 I can see that. After leaving the bad she got a lot of plastic surgery and she looks... different.
This comment was beautifully crafted! 🤘🏻
Holy lol
When Melvoin and Chamberlin overdosed... I thought Smashing Pumpkins were done....
Zeitgeist was a reboot for the band, I went their promo concert and a University Student died crowd surfing.
Billy talked to the crowd after the concert, and eventually had to cancel several concerts. Shit Luck.
So glad you documented this 😍 hearing those riffs again on that guitar took me way back
No kidding, hearing Drown at the end really hit home. Bloody great to see it back in his hands!
Way back, whilst reading N64 magazines? Me too my friend, me too.
Ben Williams those were the days 👍
@@henrythegreatamerican8136 It was nice to see him being less weird/arrogant. I find if anyone else is featured in an interview he just talks right over them too. That's not cool- however Rock 'n' Roll you are!
Josh Gimblett it’s always funny when you come across other channels in the comments of other peoples videos 😂
Billy is so good in interviews. So articulate. He sounds like a nerdy fan of the band.
Eduardo Sturla Ferrer no one can love you or what you do if you don’t yourself
Man, he really is. I hadn’t listened to any interviews by him since probably 1997 or so until last night. TH-cam suggested his Rohan interview (and then countless other recent interviews after) and his clarity of thought and memory is impressive. I haven’t listened to early interviews but time has given him some immense wisdom.
Haha he’s a nerdy fan of himself. I love how technical he is and i also hate how technical he is at the same time. 🎸⚡️✨
This guy has access to the best guitars normal people can only dream about. And to see his affection for this very modest Strat, from the worst Fender era by many accounts, says a lot about what makes a true musician and a great artist. Cheers
Indeed. If you watch the full video he talks about how he searched hundreds of others guitars off the same year model and none had the exact sound. Every guitar is different. Sometimes it’s not the most expensive guitar that makes the right sound. In fact it hardly ever is lol
Haha, hard out. The dude could have guitars from my wildest dream. Strange though. My favourite is a 89 Samick LP, probably worth $100.
@@neonflowersofficial definitely agree, and somtimes its very subtle, but you would definitely be able to tell those minute differences
allrain...I could not agree more!
Mid-70's Strats are good strats.
The 'bad' ones are from 1979 to around 1981,.
I have a 1979 Strat.It has aged wonderfully, not bad at all , heavy in weight but not bad.
Even The Edge used one on all the great early U2 albums.
Each guitar is different anyway.
Omg when he starts playing Drown at the end of the video😩 the feels man
Same!
Exactly!
Fuck me dead there it is
Yes!
When I was 13 I saved all my money and ordered a Harmony "Stratocaster" from the Sears Wishbook.
Played it with a friend as often as we could get together.
He got killed in an accident when we were 15. Another friend who worked part-time in the jewelry store engraved the guitar's neck plate for me with a memory of him.
About ten years ago a burglar kicked in my back door and took the guitar from me. He might have gotten $25 for it at a pawn shop---it was nothing special as far as an instrument.
I am glad Billy got his Fender back.
Hold on mate
K
I think I have that same guitar - red Strat knockoff from the Sears catalog. Got it when I was about 14, played with various "garage bands" consisting of whatever high school/college friends actually knew how to play an instrument. We would basically just sit around in someone's bedroom, or basement, and try to figure out how to play a few songs together and not sound like complete crap.
I haven't played that damn guitar in about 22 years, but I still know where it is, and it would be an absolute gut punch to lose it. It's hard to describe why certain physical objects hold so much meaning. It doesn't make any sense... just like when Billy says, "it's just a piece of wood and some wires, but it means so much more to me".
I hope you get your guitar back someday.
If you reported it, pawn shops always check police records to see if items are stolen. Hope you get it back someday
Sorry to hear that, hope it returns to you!! Peace
The sounds that guitar made are so damn iconic. It just sent chills down my spine when I heard Billy play it.
It was quite a sound. I remember thinking I've never heard a guitar sound like this.
I wonder if he'll use it on a future album or while they play on stage.
especiall when he played Rhinoceros
Seriously. I've been sitting here smiling like a fool the whole time and I'm not Even a smashing pumpkins fan!
Me too, really striking...I would love a copy of the Gish stems... just Billy's guitar would be fine for starters...could listen to it in isolation and probably enjoy it almost as much as the finished record
Made me more happy when I realized that James Iha was cheking out the guitar with him
Yeah man! Dreams do come true! Never in a million years did I think Billy and James would bury the hatchet
This guitar has more personality than a vast majority of bands nowadays.
Jerry Cantrell graffiti guitar
Miguel Melchior Same with drums nowadays.
Heatwaves you say that like his band was good
lateralustrated they were good,very good.
you mean a vast majority of bullshit modern music
"The sound of my youth." Such a touching story.
Everytime I hear that guitar riff from "Drown".. It makes me smile:-) Ahhh..To be young again..
Its like that riff was meant for THAT guitar. Soon as he played a riff on it, I knew I had heard that axe before.
Remember listening to this song while watching a lightning storm....summer 1995..I was 17
Loving those riffs off Rhinoceros, Siva and I Am One!!!!!
Trey Myles Cherub Rock too and Today!
Drown, my favorite song!
“You can’t fake that wear pattern”.
*fender custom shop trying to sell signature version for 6k- “hold my beer”
Ha. Right?
lol
Hahahaha. I can hear a luthier sanding away right now
Right look what ibanez did with the new replica jem for Vai
hahaha!! I used to own an Eddie Bumble B guitar too. (for real, never could prove it, got stolen)
Congratulations Billy! I lost a unique crucifix pendant my grandmother gave me years earlier. It was missing for 9 years. I checked flea markets, garage sales, even pawn shops. I then started checking out eBay. That was the longest shot, but I had nothing to lose. After 9 years of searching, I actually found it. There was no doubt it was the one. The turquoise flecks were identical. The seller was in Texas... I am in California! It was $36 and I of course bought it immediately. When it came in the mail, I felt complete again. Like a part of me that was missing, was returned. I am wearing it was I write this. May your guitar never again leave you, and may you make more beautiful music with her for years to come.
yes but that was really his guitar lol
I think the guitar decided that it was time to make a new Pumpkins record with his old buddy Billy.
Bryan Conner Like the ring: "It's heard it's master's call"
The 90's seemed to have an endless supply of great songwriters.
Radiohead were at their peak in the 90's.
@@yutehube7633 no they werent
The 60's, 70s and 80s were hotbeds of insane creativity of biblical proportions where some of it is still way ahead of it's time. 90s artists grew up with all of that swirling around them and they channeled it into their work.
@@leonl1559 kid A, OK computer, Pablo Honey..... All came out in the 90s... They were DEFINITELY at their peak in the 90s very early 00s
Mike Justice I like how you didn’t mention The Bends, a vastly superior album to Pablo Honey
Not surprising Billy can put into words how much that guitar meant to him. We are all happy to hear it again. It really does have a signature sound. Full circle much deserved.
Everyone needs to find a person who looks at them the way Billy looks at his guitar.
I'm so happy you found your guitar. Hearing you play it makes my heart happy. 💗
You look miserable.
@@misterj9619 👈 found the white knight beta orbiter
My sentiments, exactly! :-)
Mine too, so much. I teared up for him. What a beautiful reunion.
Word for word, Exactly my comment thanks for re-writing it ,thanks Astrid
I smiled through this entire video. ❤️ I’m so happy he found his guitar.
🤘😂 #metoo
It was great to hear those old riffs again.
We're it not for my severe bells palsy I would have as well
Wish he could find D'Arcy again
Billy is dead on regarding the relevance of “The Gish Sound”. The beautiful jangley clean tones mixed with the amazing fuzz infused almost out of control tone of that Strat through the old Marshall’s up against James Iha’s chunky Les Paul tones was a recipe for one of the best guitar combo tones ever recorded. I was actually at the show at Saint Andrews hall in 1992 where this guitar got stolen and the show was absolutely unbelievable, one I will never forget! Without a doubt absolutely had an influence on me as a musician for the rest of my life. Not only is it awesome that he got this guitar back, it actually seems as though it sat hanging on the basement wall somewhere basically unplayed until it was returned to its rightful owner 👍
Did James actually lay down parts on Gish? I'm under the impression that Billy played most of the actual recorded parts on the album
My only successful band built its entire sound around the mix between my layers of Strat w a humbucker and the other guitarists Les Paul tapestry--- The mix we fell in love with listening to SP....even if it took a decade to realize where we had stolen it.....
This whole video is super Cathartic and its not even my guitar......must be the music.....
@@michaelgraham9774 Billy and Butch have both talked about Billy using James’ guitar for layering parts on Gish.
Periphery is a modern metal band with a huge influence and following. They do this too, single/split coil tones atop humbucker crunch.
Alright, first of all let me tell you that my wife laughed at me because I almost cried but it's true, the moment I read about this I was so damn happy for Billy that I just couldn't help it. This might look like a meaningless event for some people, slightly meaningful for others, but only a guitarist knows that feeling when you finally find your sound and no matter what, even if you switch guitars you still have the ONE that makes you feel like a kid in a candy shop. Some people swap pickups, or sell their guitar and find what they're looking and some don't and they spend months, even years triying to get that magic back... And they might never get it back. So, Billy, from one grown up kid to another grown , hope you never lose it again
Brother I hear you!! Full body chills & heart feeling like I'm falling in love! What an impact SP has had on our gen. ♥️
Fucking right on man. I was moving around alot in my early 20's and pawned a Jackson original and a '74 Les Paul. The Paul I replaced later and sounds the same but that Jackson - FUCK!! I CANT SEEM TO FIND ANOTHER ONE WITH THE PLAYABILITY, FEEL, SMELL, WHATEVER! And I dont have Billy money but if I ever found it again I'd definitely pay the owner WAY more than it's worth for it back!!
Well, I cried a little. It's too exciting!
Seems like you were more moved by this than Billy himself. He barely seems excited about it!
@uni blab what lmao
Great story and if the new album sounds like Gish then we all win.
IYTS MY SONG BRAIN HAKE EEEE
Quasar
Billy has the rare ability to articulate the things in life that are profoundly meaningful to creative types in such a straightforward, relatable way. As a '90s child - my first show I ever went to at 10 years old was Smashing Pumpkins in 1995 at the height of the Mellon Collie phenomenon - it's so cool to be able to watch these kinds of videos now. They really have come full circle, and it's a beautiful thing
This is such a crazy story. So happy for you man!
I like seeing shit like this because Billy and James actually look happy.
Nothing funnier than Billy mentioning that they're recording the next Smashing Pumpkins album which is "very much a guitar record" and every single they've released recently is synth pop
did a real 180 there bro
all i could think was maury saying ‘the lie detectors determined that was a lie’
It's ok to change styles while writing. Maybe if you stay back in the 90s you'll be happier. The rest of us will move on
@@cdreyes81 i don't have a problem with them recording synth pop (even though their newest album kinda sucked), i mean my favorite band is animal collective and they're overwhelmingly electronic, i just think it's funny billy called it a "guitar record" when it ended up not being one. stop being a weird dick
I saw you play this guitar in 91 at the now long gone I-Beam on Haight st. Hole opened up. There were about 35 people in the audience and, in all honesty, I was forever changed by the experience.
corey fisher Man I remember the I-Beam! Those late 80’s-early 90’s were such a fertile time for music in the Bay Area. I remember Primus playing at the Nightbreak.
Lucky.
Pretty sure I just heard Billy say the next album is going to be a “guitar album”....and he has the Gish guitar again. Holy smokes, I’m hyperventilating from the excitement! Go get it, rock god!!!
My thoughts exactly!!!
I think he means the volume 2 of SAOSB
cdreyes81 right
Yea that makes this next album, got me thinking its hopefully gonna be like gish and siamese dream had a baby
He's said that about every recent album, guitars guitars guitars, it's never the layered wall of sound style we all crave though
My best friend growing up had parents who owned a concert club and Weezer came thru on their first tour. They asked us if we could help load their gear into the bus and Rivers hands me, a total stranger, his guitar case. While I never thought about stealing it, I was shocked at the trust. Of course if it went missing it would have been obvious who took it and they knew where I lived etc. But I couldnt imagine handing my guitar to a stranger and I'm nobody. They gave us a cheese and cracker spread with some cokes along with t-shirts and autographed flats for helping which I would have gladly done just for the experience! Great guys.
WOW I LOVE WEEZER AND THATS SO COOL
I hope it inspires him to create Gish, Pisces Iscariot and Siamese Dream style music again. That was the best era. The early years.
Siamese dream is my favorite album of all time
@@bloodboiling3951 it’s an AMAZING record. Sonically joyous and tragic. A roller coaster of emotions in that album of pain, loss, anger, and love.
Got into the Pumpkins with Gish but Mellon Collie is my favorite album by far.
The raw energy and angst of GISH makes it my favorite. Best is a subjective term.
@@doctorsteveb4906 Gish is my favorite. Only tour I saw them on.
7:33 Drown wasn't on Gish. But it was probably recorded with this guitar. Same time frame. If there was ever a guitar story to make a grown man cry, this is it.
Drown is a really good song. I don’t know why it didn’t make the album. Some deluxe versions of Gish have it as a bonus track.
It wasn't recorded until 1992 which was after Gish came out.
@@blonkeddleharvey2308 I dug up the wiki on Drown. It was recorded after Gish was originally released, but Drown was included on the 2011 re-release version of Gish. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drown_(The_Smashing_Pumpkins_song)
It is on the Singles soundtrack though.
I bet it was definitely written on it though
This video makes me smile so hard inside. And Billy's joy is priceless.
I saw SP open for RHCP with Pearl Jam at Roseland nyc in ‘91. Glad it’s back home.
PJ sucks
That sounds like a fuckin dope concert
I saw that tour when they came to DeKalb IL.
@@MrJackal43 no you
Caught the same tour in Burlington VT. One of my friends went up to the PJ guys on the bleachers after their set to have them sign a bootleg t-shirt. They all signed it anyway and I overheard the comment that it was the first bootleg Tshirt they had ever seen before of their band. In my friend's defense, he was 13 and had no idea what a bootleg t-shirt even was. He though it meant "cool" or "rare".
I got goosebumps hearing the tone from that guitar when he was playing "Drown". What an awesome story!
Word, that takes an old man back 25 years to young man days...
I just left a message saying a similar thing. Goosebumps indeed!
“I feel like we’re on antique road show”. Billy. “ yea ok cool”
I stopped the video at that (came back to it later thou ).
All. The. Feels. Butterflies in my stomach, heart fluttering, goosebumps all over!! This is just AMAZING! So, so happy for Billy!! 🤩💖 James cracking me up with “I feel like we’re on Antique Roadshow.” 😂 Thanks for sharing this moment with the world!!
I still can't believe Billy and James are playing and recording together again. it's great.
and I still can't get used to them being older, the spirit of the band was always so youthful.
Youth is less about age and is more a state of mind. And it seems like the boys have recaptured some of that youthful spirit. Thankfully, the new album really does have some of that old Pumpkins magic.
Yeah they certainly seem more like the old Pumpkins again.
Nice to see him and James 😁
I got the chills when he started playing Siva. Probably in my top 5 of my favorite SP songs.
The guitar is so old it remembers when Billy still had hair.
That guitar came with a bag of Pepperidge farm cookies.
@@jmag579 pepperidge remebers
Long hair in fact
yeah he admitted defeat to losing his hair really early..
Lol!!!
I had Gish on Cassette. Then Siamese Dream was one of my first CDs... those were the days.
Siamese Dream was my first CD. That and the No Alternative compilation. Best memories. 😌
Such a wicked story, with a very happy ending almost 27 years later.
The universe works in mysterious ways, bringing things together and sometimes, back together.
Its nice to know how buzzy his guitar sounds. I can hear the strings rattling in the saddles and the frets and I can relax about my guitars making these sounds.
It's completely normal, but it's all about your pick attack. The lighter, the less noise. Some people are just heavy handed... But it's normal.
things that made me happy in this video:
1. Having the gish guitar returns!
2. seeing Billy and James together in this video!
this is basically new reasons why I love this band so much! ❤️❤️
(still excited for shiny vol. 2)
One of the most underrated guitarist ever.
The guitar sounds on Vaseline by Stone Temple Pilots were set up for them by Frank Zappa and Billy Corgan. Not to be underestimated in my opinion, more like iconic.
How is he underrated? He isn't Hendrix but certainly not underrated.
Such a beautiful and sensitive person. I love his introspective view on life. Long live.
That does have a beautiful tone i understand why he missed it.
Almost shed a tear at "Drown" intro
drown almost sounds like a love song about this guitar . "no matter where you are ..."
"all of those yesterdaze --- coming around." drown in thee guitar sound !
it's almost too much
Drown is how I ended up in love with them. I heard it on the radio and drove around Dallas all day buying everything by them I could find. Finally found it on the Reality Bites soundtrack but by then I'd listened to everything else...and the rest, as they say, is history. My god their music was a lifeline for me during the insanity of my 20's. And it all started with that one song.
"No matter where you are
I can still hear you when you dream
You traveled very far
You traveled far, like a star
And you are..."
@@christysosmitty4534 love your story and love the song. For me Drown wasn't the first but it was one of my favorites.
Hazy Daze - same for me! I finally found it on the Singles soundtrack.
Seeing Corgan get this back brings a tear to my eye. Pumpkins had such a massive effect on me in the late 1990s.
And he ends the video playing perhaps my favorite Pumpkins song of all time.
can you please tell me the name of the song? I m getting crazy trying to find it :)
@@olgamondejar3080 that song's called "Drown"
thanks @@Windchill512
@@nickkuhl3426 singles soundtrack
@@nickkuhl3426 Be sure to listen to the full 8 minute version. The ending is the best part.
Listening to Billy playing drown in the end... magic :)
I was at the ‘92 St Andrews show. Loved the show. I didn’t steal any guitars.
Thank God
do you know where i can find any videos from that show
@@tobas9515 People didn't have video cameras in their pockets back then. I wish I had video of a band I toured with for a couple years back in the early 1980s but almost nobody had a video camera then (and if they did they weren't taking it into pubs and clubs).
You can see in Billy’s face the joy and memories coming back to where he started from and I’m glad there are people out there who were just as happy to give it back to him !! Curious to see if this guitar will reflect some of his new material on their next album
back in the 90's i was a wee adolescent in college. the Smashing Pumpkins were so rad and wild and downright dark. very much innocent yet quite ironic too. 27 years later, Gish is reborn.
It gave me a rush to hear Billy play some riffs with that guitar. It's my favourite Pumpkins album and i still listen to it.
Those riffs - that sound! I listened to Gish pretty heavily while attending college in Chicago circa 1991 - right as the band broke. That guitar is absolutely something special.
Stealing somebody's instrument is a whole kind of different low
Seriously shitty thing to do, but even worse, there's always the chance someone had no idea what they were stealing, and sold it for next to nothing, which would piss me off even more! Especially because some instruments are literally irreplaceable, you can't put a price on that exact instrument, no matter how common!
I'm ashamed it happened at one of my most beloved local venues
my college roommate had his violin stolen out of locked storage at the school. It was a family heirloom passed down through at least a couple generations and was worth a couple hundred thousand dollars. Police get involved, nothing. More than 10-years later he is scrolling through instrument auctions and notices a violin up for auction through Christies; he thought it was his. Anyway, they go back and forth verifying that he was the rightful owner. He ended up both getting the violin back, and catching the thief in the process. It was a visiting professor and it apparently wasn't the only school he had done this at; the same guy my roommate had suspected from day one.
wow, a professor@@jamesoxford4260
@@jamesoxford4260 I find that hard to believe but then again I don't know you. Why would your roommate even take a chance at using/leaving that at school knowing what the value is and where it came from even if it's in locked storage? Was it a stradivarius?
Amazing story. As soon as he started playing it took me right back. 100 percent, that strat is the gish sound. So cool. Congrats billy
Fender is probably working on a custom shop version for the low price of $25,000 lol
no, it will a be a fucking Squire pos tribute
Chris T and they'll make a limited run of 550 thousand!!
Nah Billy said fender was horrible to work with. I played his signature strat a couple times and it was a really good guitar though
@Cas van der Wal well you convinced me to STFU . Good game.
@@Uncannyguitar It is. I have one. Its nothing flashy but all the parts are solid. Its like a USA Strat but the finish will naturally relic itself quicker.
This plus the OG Muff and the SOUL JCM800 head and BOOM! InstaGish! Hope that combo ends up on the record.
I still recall the first time I heard Gish when my younger brother turned me on to it. I was blown away right away. Loved the lush, psychedelic sound of that album right off the bat. Only got to see you guys once, at The Blue Note in Columbia, MO about 25 years ago. So happy for you getting your guitar back after all those years. I can relate to your sense of recapturing the "certain sound" of that guitar, as well as a piece of your youth which it symbolizes to you.
I feel like were on Antique Roadshow...
Thanks Mom..lol
"Drown" at the end pure eargasm
Don't think I've ever seen him so relaxed as in this feature.
Aww, I'm glad this came full circle. Can't wait to hear the new album
No matter where you are
I can still hear you when I dream. Hope the best, love SP, hope to see you again
I absolutely love James Iha. He's the goodest boy ever, God bless.
Wish Jimmy was in the video too..
I am happy that Billy got his guitar back, but it sent a chill down my spine when I saw James and Billy smiling together.
I still remember how I felt when I put GISH into my cassette deck of my old Chevy Monza! It was life changing, still my favorite Pumpkins album! So happy for Billy!
Billy is such a badass. Burned so many bowls back in the early 90s to the sounds from this guitar. Glad he got it back!
frontsoldatmm His habit?
Burnin one listening to it now!
Same man !
Hell yeah weed biometrics
I miss the 90's...I must have listened to Siamese Dream thousands of times. I still do from time to time; it is in my top 10 favourite albums.
Thanks for sharing this story! Gish got me through one of the most difficult times of my life, and just seeing the guitar and hearing that sound again is amazing! So glad you were finally able to get that missing piece of your past, in essence, a missing piece of your soul. Your true fans know that you've been sharing pieces of your soul with the rest of us since day one. Your music, your lyrics and your honesty have always set you apart from the rest. ❤️
I saw it up close at a tiny bar in Sacramento CA right after Gish came out! Was awesome! Glad you got it back Billy.
This brought tears, thx for this. Thx to the honest people who gave it back
It is a little strange, and almost fated that he'd find the guitar after he reunites with James and the others.
Hey next tour now you can please play Gish in its entirety!!!
Dude! Sweet idea! Maybe they could throw in some Gish era tracks that didn't make the cut. Starla, Plume, Obscured, La Dolly Vita etc.
Billy: No
I love Gish, Iove that guitar... so glad Billy got it back
Billy is a hero of mine for his good spirit and longevity...very glad to see the gish guitar back with him where it belongs
So emotional. Grew up listening the sound of that guitar. Dropped a tear.
I was at that show in 1992! At the end of the show the drummer through his sticks out into the crowd and one hit me in the eye socket. I had a black eye for a week. I still have the stick.
Still a better love story then most movies.
Is it just me or does he get a little choked up when he says “of life and gratitude really “ there at the end?
I’ll never forget February 94’. In my best friends apartment. My day off-4am, the pumpkins.
I’m so happy they’re making music again. Billy is one of my favorite voices of all time.
That is an amazing fucking story. The best part was seeing you and James together with the lost guitar.. I would love to see you guys do an antiques rock roadshow together. Maybe when you are older.
Love that he closed out the video with "Drown". I've been sitting on my couch with my guitar trying to get this song "right". My 11 year old son looked over at me and said "that's sounds really cool". He''s right, because it's such a beautiful song.
I remember when Fender did a Billy Corgan Stratocaster a few years ago, that people were going "Huh, I never saw him as being a Strat-guy!"
The truth is that he hardly played anything else.
As someone who saw them live early on...always a strat. James played les Paul's.
@@nickfanzo I saw them during the "Adore" tour and Billy was playing a Black Gibson ES-335 and an Ibanez Universe seven string for the whole show and James was playing Gibson SG's which sound brighter than Les Pauls.
According to a recent Guitar World interview, when the rehearsals for the new tour started, with Billy playing Reverend models, the sound wasn't right and James actually said "Where's your strat?"
So Billy at first said that his reverend was tweaked to sound just like his strat but just to make sure, he had his crew fetch him his Blue strat. Billy plugged it in and there it was: THAT sound.
Ive owned a corgan strat.. they're badass! Pickups are amazing.
Has always played a Strat in Smashing Pumpkins- and a KT- 88 tube based Marshall amp :) And I know Billy...used to be-- way into Electro Harmonix BIG Muf pedals!
@@clevdawglb288 My current primary. Love it. Got it as a floor model at a Best Buy that briefly had higher end guitars.. they discontinued that department and sold this thing to me for like $600.
“Definitely a guitar record” what he means is this next album is gonna rock 😍🤘🏼
So happy to hear you got the Gish guitar back Billy! Such a great album that started it all! Can't wait to hear the new record! Long live the Pumpkins!
I remember being in my car driving home but I would circle the block so that I could continue listening to Gish. Such a distinct sound during that era.
Don't mind me, just cutting some onions watching this
Thats killer billy got his guitar back and when he strung it up i knew hr he would kick in to siva.one of the best rhythms ever written.happy for ya billy.rock on
@7:31 is like hearing the voice of an old friend for the first time in a long while.
Or a new friend - I don't think I heard Drown when it came out, but that was an excellent way to end the video.
Brings back some thing great