10 Best Joe Rogan Experience Episodes With Musicians
9. Billy Corgan (Episode 1038)
Billy Corgan, front man for the Smashing Pumpkins, is one of the biggest rock stars in the world, but you wouldn't have thought so from listening to his conversation with Joe Rogan. He is clearly a down to Earth guy who doesn't too much care for the fame fortune as much as he does his art.
From the difference between a crowd of 250 people to 50,000 people, to signing a contract that included coverage in all discovered and undiscovered universes, to Napster costing him 30-40 million dollars, Billy Corgan talks about a lot in just two hours.
There is a vulnerability to the star as he talks about the questions he has had throughout his career about where to go next, and living up to the expectations set by others. Though he clearly still loves his job as a musician, there is a lot of resentment toward the industry for changing so much. He became a rock and roll star as a form of rebellion and breaking the rules, but now if he plays a set the fans don't like, he'll get crucified for it on Twitter.
Not all their chat revolved around music, as the two discuss UFC, partying in Las Vegas with Dennis Rodman during the NBA Finals, and the fact that Corgan is a huge wrestling fan. He used to be the President of TNA, and is now the owner of NWA!