Smashing Pumpkins In Their Own Words - 'Cherub Rock'

In this episode, Smashing Pumpkins' front man Billy Corgan, Drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, and Producer Butch Vig give their insights into the creation of the hit song "Cherub Rock".

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[keithwhatley]

I see a lot of people hate on Billy for being arrogant, but listen to what he's saying there. There's an intelligence there that you don't get from a lot of these other bands from his era. You would think people would respect the amount of thought he put into it and the independence he showed making it the way he wanted. I know I respect it.

[le_th_]

As a Gen Xer, I feel totally and completely spoiled. Christ, we had no idea how good we had it being born into such an incredible era of rock and then coming of age into shoegaze, and moving into late adolescence and early adulthood in alternative, grunge, and indie.

[leof]

I could listen to this drumming all day long.

[robertwest]

Jimmy Chamberlin’s drumming is absolutely melodic. It’s unreal. You can hear the entire melody ofCherub Rock in just his drums.

I never realized how much of the musicality of that song was coming from Jimmy. This guy is an absolute genius.

[arbiehill]

Fucking love Cherub Rock. Probably the fault of 80% of my tinnitus. JC the best and looking so good!

[thebigjimmyd]

I could hear the Cherub Rock riff perfectly with Jimmy's drumming.

[rome]

Jimmy Chamberlain comparing the one-handed hits to downpicking is a brilliant analogy. I could tell Rick got genuinely excited in that moment.

[lostinpa-dadenduro]

These interviews should be added to library of Congress.

[SupermanNew]

The Smashing Pumpkins have been my favorite band since late 94' when I was 12yrs old. My friend's older brother was being deployed overseas and came in the house with a giant box of cassette tapes one day and plopped them on the floor in front of us. Bands in the box included Weezer, Pearl Jam, AiC, Soundgarden, Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots, NIN, Green Day, many other bands and of course The Smashing Pumpkins. We immediately put the Siamese Dream album into the player because we thought the album cover was funny. Life changing moment. Everyone should go watch these full interviews, they're great. All of Rick's interviews are great. Have a good weekend everyone.

[ckmoore]

Man, the riff and tone of Cherub Rock, is legendary.

[rextopher]

God damn. 30 years later, he remembers the way Butch wanted him to play it. What a beast.

[williest]

What a great time to be alive!! So spoiled as a teen in the 90s, had NO IDEA how far we had it

[livinginoklahomacityofficial]

I would watch 1000 hours of content talking about this record. What an album ❤

[okalright]

Jimmy Chamberlin is one of my favorite drummer's. To me he was a huge part of the Pumpkins sound. Great interview Rick Thank You.

[the_katman]

Jimmy Chamberlin is my all time favourite drummer. And I love listening to him talk about his drumming.

[Squidward_Tikiland]

2:00 “we just wanted to be Boston and Queen”…

WE LOVE YOU BILLY 🎉 🎉🎉

[recklesstoboggan]

This type of detail, power, nuance, consistency, inconsistency/feel, variety, and conversationality is exactly why Jimmy Chamberlin is the most natural, diverse, exquisite, subtle, powerful, improvisational, inspirationtional, and legendary drummer ever.

Yes.

Ever.

[Soldano]

Jimmy is such a powerhouse.
The drums on this song always amazed me what an absolute road roller.

[KayButtonJay]

God he is so good at drumming. It’s unreal. Tastiest sounding stuff ever

[ThePeoplesFabricator]

His vocals were really fantastic on this album as well as how it was captured and produced 🔥