GoTV Networks’ Altitude’s Possum also interviewed Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin while they were at Bain Capital’s Guitar Center’s Hollywood’s RockWalk. Clearly it was Altitude’s elaborate post-production, including the superimposition of a gyrating “Hollywood Hottie” and a slow zoom-in on Melissa auf der Maur’s hazel eyes, that took them so long. But the questions weren’t bad at all; here’s a sample:

Possum: Is the band the way it is now, is it intact, the same one you used on last tour, is it gonna be…you gonna use this band for the future, or you might change things up?

Billy Corgan: I think we’re looking at it as sort of a project-to-project thing. We no longer feel the need to sort of present, like, “This is the band.” Even, like, when Melissa auf der Maur was in the group, uh, in 2000, we sort of felt the need to sort of say, “She’s with the group.” I don’t think we feel the need to do that anymore. I think, um, if we feel like we need to get ten more people in to do ten different things, I think we’re going to start doing that. More of a collective mentality, or a duo with a collective, or a collective duo?

P: You mean like a Queens of the Stone Age situation, where Josh brings in certain players, maybe for each record?

BC: Yeah, I think that’s a good comparison. Because I think, you know, no matter what, there’s really only one version of the band that makes sense that way, and that’s the four original people. So without that, um, trying to recreate that in any way really on a certain level doesn’t really work, because you’re always on some level kind of comparing experiences. So I think you just have to go towards a different direction.

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