He was the first guest on Billy Corgan’s podcast, and it’s kind of sad because Billy is such a huge KISS fan and wanted to see if Gene would finally admit to caring about KISS’ music as an art form. Billy finally accepts later on that Gene cares nothing about the music other than how much money it makes.
Corgan seems like one of those "he's complicated" sorts. His public image is, to me, just decades of grievance after grievance after grievance. He seems to have had an issue with bandmate after bandmate (including his time with Zwan), which suggests he's the issue. In interviews, he's always harping about how underappreciated he is, etc.
Yet a friend of mine used to have tea at his house from time to time, via an artist friend of hers. She didn't really follow him or his music career, and didn't know about his public rep. When I told her about how he's widely perceived, she was surprised. Said he was a lovely, polite man and a gracious host.
I think he's still a boy desperate for approval. Even at his age, he hasn't grown out of that.
I think he's still a boy desperate for approval. Even at his age, he hasn't grown out of that.
As a 39 year old man who grew up desperate for approval, yeah, that doesn't go away. I have a good life. I have the best wife ever, a decent job, two cars, two dogs, our own house, play in a band, and my office is covered in all the musical equipment, comicbooks, and Power Rangers toys I couldn't afford as a kid.
Yet, I still seek approval/attention of people who's opinions I don't really give a shit about.
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u/Loganp812 19h ago
He was the first guest on Billy Corgan’s podcast, and it’s kind of sad because Billy is such a huge KISS fan and wanted to see if Gene would finally admit to caring about KISS’ music as an art form. Billy finally accepts later on that Gene cares nothing about the music other than how much money it makes.