# Billy Corgan on Reddit (u/iamBillyCorgan)

Part of Celebrities on Reddit, researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-06. Interactive version: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/celebrities-on-reddit/billy-corgan

Billy Corgan: Singer and songwriter, frontman of the Smashing Pumpkins.

- Reddit account: [u/iamBillyCorgan](https://www.reddit.com/user/iamBillyCorgan/) (AMA only)
- How we know it's theirs: [His 2014 r/IAmA AMA, posted from this account](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2os94f/i_am_billy_corgan_of_the_smashing_pumpkins_and/)
- Where they post, in the records we retrieved: r/IAmA (51)
- Known activity in the posts we found: 2014 to 2014
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Corgan

## Moments

### u/iamBillyCorgan in r/IAmA, Dec 9, 2014 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> The song 1979 absolutely transports me back to the happiest time in my life. Was that song based on an actual experience you had? Do you remember how that song came to you?

> Sometimes I write a song from a particular sense-memory.
>
> And 1979 came from a memory where I was sitting at a traffic light on a rainy day, and that's all I remember.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2os94f/i_am_billy_corgan_of_the_smashing_pumpkins_and/cmq1o0y/ · 1,221 points as of Nov 6, 2026

### u/iamBillyCorgan in r/IAmA, Dec 9, 2014 · AMA answer

Replying to the post "I am Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins and Madame Zuzu's. AMA.".

> Someone asked about how much it meant to have the crowd sing along with my newest music at a concert, and how their coworkers were debating whether it didn't matter to me and it was just about me doing the show and getting paid:
>
> Your coworkers' cynicism is endemic of the culture's cynicism.
>
> To assume that "what I get paid" has any influence on my emotional experience shows that they do not understand the path of an artist.
>
> One of the most disappointing aspects of the last 7 years has been the assumption that i have made music that is not worth listening to.
>
> And so, nothing thrills me more than seeing a young crowd react to new Pumpkins music.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2os94f/i_am_billy_corgan_of_the_smashing_pumpkins_and/cmq24wn/ · 1,680 points as of Nov 6, 2026

### u/iamBillyCorgan in r/IAmA, Dec 9, 2014 · Funny

Replying to a redditor:

> I read somewhere that the voice actors who play Spongebob Squarepants (Tom Kenny) and Plankton's computer wife (Jill Talley) are the couple in the Toinght, Tonight video. How did you guys meet? Have you been in contact with them since the video was produced? Edit: corrected…

> That is true.
>
> And I have seen them on occasion. They're wonderful and obviously talented people. And it's a great thing to tell nieces and nephews that I know Spongebob.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2os94f/i_am_billy_corgan_of_the_smashing_pumpkins_and/cmq0p9a/ · 1,020 points as of Nov 6, 2026