{"id":80399,"date":"2025-07-21T10:46:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T10:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/80399\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T10:46:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T10:46:11","slug":"smashing-pumpkins-respond-to-my-chemical-romance-cover-with-billy-corgan-and-gerard-way-lookalike-memes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/80399\/","title":{"rendered":"Smashing Pumpkins respond to My Chemical Romance cover with Billy Corgan and Gerard Way lookalike memes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/the-smashing-pumpkins\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Smashing Pumpkins<\/a> have responded to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/my-chemical-romance\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">My Chemical Romance<\/a> covering their track \u2018Bullet with Butterfly Wings\u2019.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/billy-corgan-interview-smashing-pumpkins-podcast-magnificent-others-black-sabbath-mellon-collie-anniversary-3838124\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Billy Corgan on his new podcast \u2018The Magnificent Others\u2019: \u201cI\u2019d like to celebrate people in the culture who are misunderstood\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The emo giants<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-my-chemical-romance-kick-off-long-live-the-black-parade-tour-and-play-classic-album-in-full-3877830\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0are currently on their \u2018Long Live The Black Parade\u2019 tour<\/a>, celebrating the 20th anniversary of their seminal 2006 album. During Saturday\u2019s (July 19) stop at San Francisco\u2019s Oracle Park, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-my-chemical-romance-cover-the-smashing-pumpkins-bullet-with-butterfly-wings-3879452\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the band performed a surprise cover of the Pumpkins\u2019 1995 hit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/billy-corgan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Billy Corgan<\/a> and co have responded by sharing a series of TikTok memes about the band on their Instagram, specifically about the likeness between Corgan and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/gerard-way\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gerard Way<\/a> \u2013 who fans frequently joke is his son.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside the post, the band have included the caption: \u201cFor any MCR fans who may have come here from the cover of \u201cBullet With Butterfly Wings\u201d. Yes Billy is equally proud of his sons :)\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DMW1D6RMTo3\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The relationship between the two bands goes back years, prior to My Chemical Romance forming. In a previous interview with Rock Sound, MCR bassist Mikey Way recalled seeing the Pumpkins on their 1996 \u2018Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness\u2019 tour, which he credited with inspiring him to form a band.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started to think about almost everything a little differently after that night. I was like, \u2018Man, I don\u2019t think there\u2019s maybe anything else I\u2019d rather do in life than maybe do what they\u2019re doing,&#8217;\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember that and the energy in the room. I was so awestruck, that they were playing Madison Square Garden a day after or two days after, and I was like, \u2018I gotta go again,&#8217;\u201d he continued, adding that he wanted to bring his brother Gerard to the second show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think my brother had that same kind of revelation I did that night when we saw the Madison Square Garden show,\u201d he continued. \u201cI remember nudging him and being like, \u2018This is what I want to do. This is what we\u2019re gonna do \u2014 and we\u2019re gonna play in this room.\u2019 And I remember him completely agreeing with me at the moment and being like, \u2018You\u2019re absolutely right.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mikey Way tells us how seeing The Smashing Pumpkins live with his brother Gerard made them want to form My Chemical Romance <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tn4zVGeFIi\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/tn4zVGeFIi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rock Sound (@rocksound) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rocksound\/status\/1461499471121027076?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Gerard has also publicly spoken about the advice and help Corgan has offered him, telling <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/gerard-way-of-my-chemical-romance\/id1474410204?i=1000538322852\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">My Turning Point<\/a> podcast host Steve Baltin: \u201cHe\u2019s so smart, and he\u2019s said so much to me over the years in the times that I\u2019ve hung out with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s just been really good to me,\u201d he continued. \u201cAnd when I moved to LA, he would go to vintage rooms with me to try out amps, [because] I was looking for a heavier sound. He would go and try the stuff out with me. But he\u2019s given me advice over the years. Some of it I wasn\u2019t ready to hear, some of it I had to find out for myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gerard also reflected on the experience when he interviewed Corgan in 2020 for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altpress.com\/smashing-pumpkins-gerard-way-magazine-cover-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Alternative Press<\/a>, telling him: \u201cOther times, you\u2019ve given me advice, which I didn\u2019t always understand at the time. It would later make sense as I tried to slip further out of the machine that I felt trapped in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne time we spoke about the machine of being in a big band,\u201d he continued. \u201cYou referred to it as a train, from what I remember. The train is going, but it\u2019s rusting, and it\u2019s getting rustier as you continue on that train. But no matter what, that train won\u2019t stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@thesmashingpumpkins\/video\/7284295361307462958\" data-video-id=\"7284295361307462958\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\"><p>\n <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@thesmashingpumpkins\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@thesmashingpumpkins?refer=embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@thesmashingpumpkins<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>proud of my boy! <\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c Dear Theodosia - Leslie Odom Jr. &amp; Lin-Manuel Miranda\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/Dear-Theodosia-6704977033597814785?refer=embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u266c Dear Theodosia \u2013 Leslie Odom Jr. &amp; Lin-Manuel Miranda<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Corgan then responded: \u201cI do. It took me a long time of accepting things and, at the same time, making peace with my own ambition. I was so ambitious when I was young. [\u2026] What I\u2019m really hopeful [about] is that we\u2019re probably the last generations that are going to have to do whatever that was,\u201d Corgan added. \u201cAnd that the next generation coming will have a different opportunity. Now they may choose to want to be in the machine because it\u2019s a lazier option.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe weren\u2019t given the option of \u2018not the machine\u2019. The point is: The younger generations coming will be given the option of the machine or not. I would love to see the power of the next genius that comes down the line. A 20-year-old, just beginning, has all the brilliance that you need.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">THE SMASHING PUMPKINS COVER <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MCRSF?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#MCRSF<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ozmido7EKo\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Ozmido7EKo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 avery \ud83d\udde1\ufe0f mcr chicago (@gorebugs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gorebugs\/status\/1946806146594922895?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In other My Chemical Romance news, the band <a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/my-chemical-romance-2025-north-american-stadium-tour-sells-out-in-hours-with-365000-tickets-sold-3814142\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">made headlines when tickets to the tour completely sold out within hours of going on sale<\/a>, as fans became convinced the emo legends \u2013 who recently\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/my-chemical-romance-announce-2026-asia-tour-dates-tickets-3876298\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announced a slew of 2026 dates in Asia<\/a>\u00a0and a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/my-chemical-romance-announce-2026-the-black-parade-alive-mexico-show-3863599\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">massive concert in Mexico that same year<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 were\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/are-my-chemical-romance-teasing-new-music-3877343\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">teasing new music<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Their ongoing tour also features\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/fans-and-artists-react-to-my-chemical-romances-huge-support-acts-for-2025-us-stadium-tour-3812340\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">diverse array of support acts<\/a>, which sparked polarising reactions online. Each show features a different hand-selected artist as opening support, including\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/Violent-Femmes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Violent Femmes<\/a>,\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/100-Gecs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">100 Gecs<\/a>,\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/Wallows\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Wallows<\/a>,\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/Garbage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Garbage<\/a>,\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/Death-Cab-for-Cutie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Death Cab for Cutie\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/Thursday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Thursday<\/a>,\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/Alice-Cooper\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Alice Cooper<\/a>,\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/Pixies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pixies<\/a>,\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/Devo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Devo,<\/a>\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/IDLES\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">IDLES<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/Evanescence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Evanescence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, MCR have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/my-chemical-romance-announce-deluxe-anniversary-reissue-three-cheers-for-sweet-revenge-3854055#\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announced the deluxe 21st anniversary reissue<\/a>\u00a0of their classic second album, 2004\u2019s \u2018Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>As for The Smashing Pumpkins,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/smashing-pumpkins-share-details-machina-25th-anniversary-reissue-3873667\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">they recently shared details about the upcoming 25th anniversary reissue of their 2000 albums<\/a>, \u2018Machina\/The Machines of God\u2019 and \u2018Machina II\/The Friends &amp; Enemies of Modern Music\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>They also announced\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/smashing-pumpkins-announce-2025-london-gunnersbury-park-show-and-more-buy-tickets-3836579\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a huge upcoming show at London\u2019s Gunnersbury Park<\/a>\u00a0on August 10, alongside a trio of other UK dates. The Gunnersbury Park show will also feature\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/skunk-anansie\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Skunk Anansie<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/white-lies\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">White Lies<\/a>\u00a0as special guests, and you can\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster-uk.tm7559.net\/c\/2862475\/431519\/7559?sharedid=NME&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.co.uk%2Fthe-smashing-pumpkins-tickets%2Fartist%2F736143\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">visit here to buy tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Smashing Pumpkins have responded to My Chemical Romance covering their track \u2018Bullet with Butterfly Wings\u2019. 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