{"id":284641,"date":"2025-11-26T16:23:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T16:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/284641\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T16:23:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T16:23:08","slug":"watch-smashing-pumpkins-billy-corgan-hear-geese-for-the-first-time-before-suggesting-they-should-fight-goose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/284641\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan hear Geese for the first time \u2013 before suggesting they should fight Goose"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Smashing Pumpkins<\/a>\u2018 frontman Billy Corgan<\/a> has listened to Geese<\/a> for the first time, and suggested that they should have a fight with Goose.<\/p>\n

The singer, podcaster, and icon in the wrestling world was introduced to the New York band for the first time during a new appearance on the YouTube series Track Star*. During the episode, the Smashing Pumpkins legend had his music knowledge put to the test as he was played different songs and asked to identify the title and the artist.<\/p>\n

Near the end of the game, he was played a snippet of Geese\u2019s hit song \u2018Au Pays du Cocaine\u2019, and found himself stumped, simply highlighting that there was a \u201cSpringsteen<\/a> thing going on there\u201d.<\/p>\n

After being told by host Jack Coyne who the band behind the song was, Corgan laughed and wanted to make sure he wasn\u2019t confused with the Connecticut-based rock band Goose.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey should have a fight,\u201d he quipped. \u201cGoose versus Geese. Winner takes all.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The episode also saw the \u2018Zero\u2019 hitmaker share his love of artists including John Lennon<\/a>, Joy Division<\/a>, Siouxsie And The Banshees<\/a>, and more, and reveal how they shaped his own music over the years.<\/p>\n

After hearing Lennon\u2019s solo track \u2018Mind Games\u2019, he went on to discuss how he still considers The Beatles<\/a> as \u201cthe greatest band of all time\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think anyone will ever beat them. What\u2019s unfair is that The Beatles were the perfect band at the perfect time. It was that combination of cultural influence,\u201d he said, adding how it was Lennon who proved to him that selling millions of albums doesn\u2019t make someone less of an \u201cartist\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cLennon was the ultimate guiding light for me because [he proved] you can write those songs that change the world and you can sell records. There\u2019s nothing wrong with that,\u201d he shared.<\/p>\n

Joy Division were another band he described as \u201cone of the greatest bands of all time\u201d, and he went on to praise Siouxsie And The Banshees as \u201cone of the most underrated bands of all time\u201d and \u201ca huge influence on my music\u201d.<\/p>\n

Check out the full episode above, where Corgan also shared how he sees common ground between KISS<\/a> and the world of wrestling, as well as his fondness for country stars like Tammy Wynette and jazz icons including Thelonious Monk.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u2018Au Pays du Cocaine\u2019 featured on the tracklist for Geese\u2019s latest album \u2018Getting Killed\u2019, which was given a five-star review<\/a> from NME and described as \u201cnot so much proving they deserve all the accolades and fervent fanaticism bubbling around them, but demanding it\u201d.<\/p>\n

Praise for that album also came from Nick Cave<\/a>, who last week hailed it as music that makes him feel \u201chappy\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the band kicks into the chorus \u2013 I mean, my God, those drums \u2013 and Cameron Winter<\/a> screams, again and again \u2013 \u201cThere\u2019s a bomb in my car! There\u2019s a bomb in my car!\u201d \u2013 all worry is laid to waste,\u201d Cave explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe endorphins rushing wild from the freezing water, the music pounding through my body, the caffeine, the fucking ducks and the God-roiling sky \u2013 no what-ifs, no yeah-buts, no what-abouts, no caveats, at all.\u00a0 I am made happy, and that happiness is entire and incontestable.\u201d<\/p>\n

The New York band will tour the UK next year, and have added two extra concerts<\/a> in Glasgow and London due to high demand. Get any remaining tickets to upcoming shows here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As for Corgan, The Smashing Pumpkins recently kicked off the seven-night takeover of Lyric Opera House in their Chicago hometown<\/a>, which sees them reimagine \u2018Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness\u2019 alongside a 60-piece house orchestra.<\/p>\n

Just before then, the \u201890s icons released the 30th anniversary deluxe reissue of \u2018Mellon Collie\u2019<\/a>, which included a 6LP package that offers over 80 minutes of unreleased audio from the album\u2019s accompanying 1996 tour. Speaking to NME back in February, Corgan touched on \u2018Mellon Collie\u2019 turning 30<\/a> and joked: \u201cIt\u2019s weird because I can\u2019t believe it\u2019s been 30 years. I\u2019m really excited, but at the same time, I\u2019m like \u2018What happened over these last 30 years?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Smashing Pumpkins\u2018 frontman Billy Corgan has listened to Geese for the first time, and suggested that they…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284642,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[25065,96,3583,128,3584,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-284641","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-alternative","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-indie","11":"tag-music","12":"tag-rock","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}