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| Billy Corgan; So, that happened... | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 2 2011, 05:11 AM (424 Views) | |
| Mutant Couch | Dec 2 2011, 05:11 AM Post #1 |
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/leorgalil/2011/11/28/smashing-pumpkins-billy-corgan-sort-of-steps-into-the-wrestling-ring/ Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan is an entertainer. He came to prominence when his band made it big in the early ’90s, a time when alternative rock and its subversive underpinnings became an unexpected mainstream cash-cow. (EMI is reissuing the Pumpkins’ first two albums, Gish and Siamese Dream, on Tuesday.) While The Smashing Pumpkins churned out some of the most accessible and memorable tunes of that era, Corgan’s public image appears disarmingly at odds with the anti-establishment mentality that’s come to define rock music in the early ’90s. Or maybe Corgan’s brand has transformed into something entirely different since then. A lot has changed for Corgan since the end of the ’90s: The Pumpkins broke up, he started another group called Zwan, Zwan broke up, he released a poetry book and a solo album, and the Pumpkins got back together. Rather, Corgan and the Pumpkins’ original drummer, Jimmy Chamberlin, went back to performing and recording new material as The Smashing Pumpkins with a rotating cast of musicians. (Chamberlin found himself rotating out of the group in 2009.) Alternative reunions have been all the rage since The Pixies returned to the stage in 2004, but The Smashing Pumpkins–and Corgan in particular–seemed to catch more heat than other beloved, formerly disbanded groups for appearing to blatantly cash in on something that’s basically become de rigueur. While words like “cred” and “sincerity” get tossed around during debates about musical reunions, terms like “entertainment” tend to be missing from the conversation. Perhaps Corgan sincerely wants to be the best entertainer he can be, and reuniting the Pumpkins was one way of doing that. That might certainly be a driving force behind his latest venture, a new indie wrestling organization called Resistance Pro. Oddly enough he seems more at home in the world of wrestling than alternative rock, which is a revelation that popped up in an interview Corgan recently did with Time Out Chicago which covered the differences and similarities between the two worlds: Wrestling helped me understand success with a crowd. In wrestling, booing is just as powerful as cheering. So I learned that I can work a crowd from positive to negative and back. Unfortunately, most rock audiences aren’t sophisticated enough to understand they’re watching a performance. Corgan doesn’t wrestle, but he’s very much the face of Resistance Pro. While Corgan didn’t make it out to Resistance Pro’s debut Friday night–he’s in the middle of a European tour–his face appeared at the center of every TV monitor, sandwiched between the organization’s namesake. Fortunately, Corgan’s absence didn’t hang over the event as one might have expected: His name came up only a couple times and at the very end of the night, when the crowd began chanting “Billy Corgan” after the announcer made a reference to the “owners in the back” making a decision about extending time for the final match and when wrestler Kevin Steen invoked Corgan’s name when he wanted said match to end. (Kudos to one attendee for shouting the name of Smashing Pumpkins co-founder James Iha early in the evening–that guy went the extra mile.) The crowd came to see wrestling, not a rock show. They came to be entertained and that’s exactly what happened. For its debut, Resistance Pro offered everything one could want out of a wrestling event. Hard slaps and punches that crack the air with a bang; muscular dudes in spandex leaping from balconies onto other muscular dudes stricken with looks of horror; fast-paced, acrobatic maneuvers and take-downs that leave contestants writhing in pain; visceral, violent moves executed with such vigor and ferocity it can make one question which hits were fake and which ones will leave wrestlers straining for days; wrestlers that hardcore fans recognize, performing signature moves that fans can happily cheer on; and blood, sweat, and tears. The event wasn’t without its faults, and its biggest issue comes down to infancy–it’s hard to get emotionally invested in a match for the heavyweight championship of an organization that just started. Fortunately much of the on-stage action swept problems like audio feedback and weak between-match dialogue aside. The night’s best match, a three-way fight that featured beloved cult wrestlers Colt Cabana and Necro Butcher (who is best known to non-fans for a particularly violent and pivotal match in Darren Aronofsky’s Oscar-nominated 2008 film, The Wrestler), saw its wrestlers toss a little Vaudevillian humor into a barrage of painful-looking smack-downs for one engrossing, highly amusing affair. Needless to say, Resistance Pro’s big debut was quite entertaining. Despite some juvenile jeering and technical setbacks that come with hosting a wrestling event in a space with a gigantic disco ball permanently affixed to the ceiling, the event featured plenty of performers that could elicit crowd-wide gasps with a thundering smack to their opponent’s chest. It’s not exactly the kind of performance one might have expected from something with Billy Corgan’s name attached to it, but it sure is a crowd-pleaser. So... anyone find clips on Youtube yet? I think I might want to go to Chicago soon, because I'm just too curious. |
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| March Haire | Dec 2 2011, 05:14 AM Post #2 |
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As soon as video is released, I'm gonna download the shit out of this show. Apparently he lets Raven book. What could go wrong? |
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| Mutant Couch | Dec 2 2011, 05:17 AM Post #3 |
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That sounds incredible. WGN needs to see about televising it, really. Mostly because I think we still get WGN here. |
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| March Haire | Dec 2 2011, 05:28 AM Post #4 |
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I'm too lazy to Google map anything, but how far from Columbus is Cleveland? If you're inside two hours, might I suggest making the trip up for this group called Absolute Intense Wrestling? They're completely retarded in ways that are impossible to describe. Colin Delaney's brother almost crushed a crippled child at the show I went to, and Portia Perez told a 9 year old to suck her dick. |
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| Mutant Couch | Dec 2 2011, 06:25 AM Post #5 |
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It's about two hours give or take either way. The Girls Night Out event sounds interesting, but Cleveland in January does not. I'll definitely look back in a few months. Abusing cripples and children is in my top five favorite things. |
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| March Haire | Dec 2 2011, 04:38 PM Post #6 |
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Weirdly enough, I'll be doing commentary on a match at the next Girl's Night Out. There will be many "How much does dis fella weigh?" and "He's got a bicycle!" moments, probably. |
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| Mutant Couch | Jan 21 2012, 07:28 AM Post #7 |
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So, I just showed my boyfriend what he's doing for my birthday and he wasn't nearly as excited as the moment called for.![]() As if it's not brilliant enough with just Brutus and there being a Nancy Wilson Way, it also has Skee-Ball. I so hope they have a plastic ball bin match. |
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| Lance | Jan 22 2012, 07:52 PM Post #8 |
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Next time you get bored of your lives, gimme a call and I'll come round and KILL YOU.
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For some reason, I've always hated Greg The Hammer Valentine, even before I knew who he was. I don't think I've ever even seen him wrestle, nor do I know anything about him. Oh, and Happy New Year, or whatever. |
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| March Haire | Jan 24 2012, 02:30 AM Post #9 |
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You need a new boyfriend. I suggest Beefcake. |
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| Mutant Couch | Jan 27 2012, 06:19 AM Post #10 |
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I was just going to offer him $50 to give me a haircut. I'll try out your suggestion instead. Of - I'm a big fan of irrational dislike. I support it any form. |
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