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Post subject: A remarkable hour with Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:04 pm
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We just posted what I personally feel is our most remarkable video clip from this weekend. Soon-to-be Fender signature artist Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins stopped by the booth for one hour, and in the course of his visit he signed autographs for an all-out horde of fans; he was reunited with one fan whose child appears on the cover of the band's breakthrough release, Siamese Dream; and he met and conversed with Fender's CEO Bill Mendello and Electric Guitars Marketing Manager Justin Norvell about the success of his new relationship with Fender.

We caught the whole darned thing on tape and just got it cut, edited, and posted. Check it out over at our new Fender Front Row™ blog.

Even if you don't care for Corgan's playing or for the Pumpkins, you gotta admit that this kind of behind the scenes coverage is pretty hard to beat, eh? :-) Incidentally, you can see myself and Steven Crouch throughout this clip circulating around Corgan and making sure we're capturing the action -- normally we'd cut parts like that out but we wanted to preserve as much of this footage as we could!

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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 7:08 pm
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corgan is a great musician... i love the stuff hes been doing with the smashing pumpkins over the years


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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 7:26 pm
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That's some cool footage. Thanks for all your work these past few days Brad.


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Hooray!!!!!


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That's some fine work ya did there Brad! :p
No, Thanx seriously! :D

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Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 1:23 pm
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that's a great video and Billy Corgan is very a talented musician/song writer!
I loved the moment when the fan who comes says that it's her daughter who posed for Siamese Dream!

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Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 1:47 pm
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Wild_Rose wrote:
that's a great video and Billy Corgan is very a talented musician/song writer!
I loved the moment when the fan who comes says that it's her daughter who posed for Siamese Dream!


Yeah, as a Pumpkins fan I was stoked about being able to capture that particular moment you mentioned on camera!

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Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 2:12 pm
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I'm a pumpkinhead too! :lol:
thanks for the video Brad!!

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Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 7:48 pm
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I firmly believe that Siamese Dream is one the top 10 guitar albums of all time. Don't believe me? Slap on some headphones and hear for yourself!


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Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 3:04 pm
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Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness is pretty amazing as well... 24 songs, all different but special and rocking hard!!!

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Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 12:27 pm
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their ok,
im as serious as can be, im lestening to a smashing pumkins song as i'm whriteing this :D

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