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The song was written and recorded in 1997, after Hole's reported hiatus the previous year due to frontwoman Courtney Love's burgeoning film career. Love and Hole guitarist Eric Erlandson co-wrote the song with Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan, whom Love later said provided the main guitar riff. Lyrics
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- "I'll Stick Around" by The Foo Fighters. It's no secret that there's been mad drama between Love and Dave Grohl for years now, it's a feud that's pained me to watch, since I love them both dearly.
- "Bruise Violet" by Babes in Toyland. Kat Bjelland, Babes in Toyland's frontwoman, and Love have been best frenemies long before such a term existed. Both have been early perpetrators of the kinderwhore style, and there's been endless debate over who wore which peter pan collar dress first.
- "Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani. There are two articles I remember from Seventeen magazine. The first one was about rainbow parties (which, actually, is the only article ANYONE remembers from Seventeen).
- "Sad and Damned" by The Nymphs. Much like "Bruise Violet," there's nothing definitive that confirms this is a Courtney Love influenced song, though the music video definitely suggests someone's taking some swings at her.
- Today’ ‘Today’ on the Smashing Pumpkins’ 1993 album Siamese Dream was one of the most percipient songs of their entire career. Directly reflective of Corgan’s own battles with depression, anxiety and suicidal thought, ‘Today’ talked about the troubles he suffered.
- Spaceboy’ ‘Spaceboy’ was a song that Corgan wrote for his half-brother Jesse whom he was quite close to and who suffered from a rare medical condition as well as neurological disorders, which made him vulnerable to taunts and teasing by the people around him.
- To Love Somebody’ Originally released as a single by the Bee Gees from their debut album Bee Gees 1in 1967, this song was covered by Billy Corgan for his solo album TheFutureEmbrace in 2005.
- Bullet with Butterfly Wings’ “I have a tape of us from 1993 endlessly playing the ‘world is a vampire part over and over’, Corgan had said regarding a memorable refrain from the song ‘Bullet with Butterfly Wings’.
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- “Rain,” Breaking Benjamin (2004) Written by Billy Corgan and Benjamin Burnley. Following The Smashing Pumpkins break up after the 2000 releases of Machina/The Machines of God and Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music, Corgan began working on other projects, including collaborations with Taproot and the late Sky Saxon (1937-2009) of the ’60s psychedelic garage rock band The Seeds.
- “Lost in the Woods,” Taproot (2005) Written by Billy Corgan, Jarrod Montague, Mike DeWolf, Philip Lipscomb, and Stephen Richards. Known for their 2002 hit “Poem,” on their third album, Blue-Sky Research, alt-metal band Taproot pulled in Corgan for a few collaborations.
- “Pacific Coast Highway,” Hole (2010) Written by Billy Corgan and Courtney Love. Corgan had already worked with Hole in the late ’90s, co-writing five songs with ex-girlfriend Courtney Love for their third album, Celebrity Skin, including the title track—which hit No. 1 on the Billboard Alternative Airplay chart—along with “Malibu,” “Hits So Hard,” “Dying” and “Petals.”
Apr 27, 1994 · Smashing Pumpkins surprising fans with Courtney Love during an epic performance of "Celebrity Skin" celebrating their special 30th Anniversary Show on the Sh...
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Sep 7, 2018 · By ‘98 their history was well-documented — Live Through This, after all, opens with “Violet,” a kinda-sorta breakup song directed at Corgan. Nevertheless, Love invited Corgan to workshop ...
"Tonight, Tonight" is a song by American alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins, written by the band's frontman, Billy Corgan. It was the fourth single and second track on their third album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, and was released in May 1996 in Europe.
