Billy Corgan Is Doing Commercials For Wrestling (Or Possibly Furniture) Now

02/21/2013 11:00 am by

billy corgan1 590x407 Billy Corgan Is Doing Commercials For Wrestling (Or Possibly Furniture) Now

Attention fellow oldsters: EVERYTHING YOU LOVED AND THOUGHT EVEN VAGUELY “COOL” IN YOUR YOUTH IS NOW SO MUCH SULLIED TRASH ON THE SCRAP HEAP OF HISTORY. Want proof?  Well, before I show you the (insane, somewhat depressing) commercial alluded to in the headline of this post, here is a reminder that once upon a time there was a guy named Billy Corgan and he used to rock the shit out of things. Like so:

Then Billy Corgan went and, umm…jeez, where we do we start? Probably with when he did the song for the George Clooney Batman movie:

And so now here’s the Billy Corgan of today, making local commercials for Walter E. Smithe, the Nathan Huffhines of the greater Chicago metro area. Corgan is apparently a big fan of wrestling, having tried to follow in the footsteps of Vince McMahon by launching his own wrestling federation, Resistance Pro Wrestling. And what better place to promote one’s own wrestling federation than a furniture ad, right? Watch the results below.

If you need me, I’ll be in the corner, weeping over the grunge arena-rock revival of the 90′s, which is surely dead at last.

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  • http://twitter.com/jennamariebee Mrs. Jenna

    Back in the days of “Cherub Rock”, *this gal* had a crush on Billy Corgan like nobody’s business. Then, a head was shaved and there was much anger and less crushing and now I just wish D’Arcy and Iha would come back and pet my head and tell me things will be like the way they used to be.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=635682430 Jason Avant

      I think the lesson here is that despite all our rage, we are still just rats in a cage.

  • Melissa Anderson

    I sent this video to my husband, a serious Smashing Pumpkins fan. His response was “I can’t believe you made me watch that…” Hard to stay if he’s still a fan now.

    • http://twitter.com/xotrace Tracey G-P

      My best friend sent this to me this morning saying “I’ve watched this FOUR TIMES and I still cannot believe it’s real.” Sadly, yes, yes it is.

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=635682430 Jason Avant

        Unless Billy Corgan is really Andy Kaufman.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=619110218 Liz Gumbinner

    What. The.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=635682430 Jason Avant

      He actually looks like a bald Fred Willard.

  • http://twitter.com/CanadianDadBlog Canadian Dad

    I think my soul just died along with his. He’s supposed to be dark and mysterious, not this! I blame you, Jason. I would have never known without this post.

  • http://twitter.com/betadad beta dad

    As much as I used to love the Pumpkins, I could never take Corgan seriously again once I realized that he sounds exactly like Eric Cartman. Seriously. Listen to Tonight Tonight and picture Cartman singing it.

    • HeatherMSM47

      BWAHAHAHAA, omg that made my week

  • Mara

    Two words: Tila Tequila.

    Billy Corgan cannot shock me anymore.

  • http://www.facebook.com/hypnotyza Mark ‘Hypnotyza’ Raich

    here’s the story with the wrestling tie-in.

    Corgan’s half-brother suffers from CP and tourettes, and has a great affinity for wrestling, which they apparently bonded over for many years, prior to Corgan starting this Resistance Pro thing as a regional upstart.

    http://espn.go.com/blog/playbook/sounds/post/_/id/1933/billy-corgan-finds-influence-in-wrestling-2