SMASHING PUMPKINS News: THE SMASHING PUMPKINS' CORGAN: 'I'm Very Excited To Be Playing My Music'

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Jonathan Zwickel of The Seattle Times recently conducted an interview with THE SMASHING PUMPKINS leader Billy Corgan. An exceprt from the chat follows below.

The Seattle Times: It's hard hearing music from your childhood without nostalgia or sentimentality overshadowing immediacy and true appreciation.

Corgan: Yeah. The thing I've learned over the years is to play in the moment you're in. You can't go back. You have to play those [old] songs, when you do play them, with a 2010 perspective. You can't try to recreate the mosh pit in '92. It's just not gonna happen.

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