Billy Corgan

So, yeah, so I think we can get into some of the politic if you want now or later.

But one thing that was distinctive in the Gen X generation is you weren't going to succeed if you weren't different.

But one thing that was distinctive in the Gen X generation is you weren't going to succeed if you weren't different.

There was no incentive to be like Nirvana or Pearl Jam or Alice in Chains.

There was no incentive to be like Nirvana or Pearl Jam or Alice in Chains.

In fact, if you did try to do that, and many bands did, and sometimes we would even play with those bands, the audience would just be like, no way.

In fact, if you did try to do that, and many bands did, and sometimes we would even play with those bands, the audience would just be like, no way.

It'd be like, I want one of those and one of those.

It'd be like, I want one of those and one of those.

So the Gen X politic was you had to distinguish yourself, almost you had to create your own world and your own ecosystem.

So the Gen X politic was you had to distinguish yourself, almost you had to create your own world and your own ecosystem.

So that was very shocking to the Gen X crowd, at least it was to me, when that seemed to go away in the 2000s and it became more about people almost starting to sound the same, same chord changes, same production.

So that was very shocking to the Gen X crowd, at least it was to me, when that seemed to go away in the 2000s and it became more about people almost starting to sound the same, same chord changes, same production.

That was wild to us from the alt side because it was like, why would you want to sound like each other?

That was wild to us from the alt side because it was like, why would you want to sound like each other?

I think that, I think that, I think the dangerous thing, uh, uh,

I think the dangerous thing, uh, uh,

If you're in your, I'm in my fifties, I think the dangerous thing is to look at another generation and sort of lump it all together.

If you're in your, I'm in my 50s, I think the dangerous thing is to look at another generation and sort of lump it all together.

Yeah.