Wow this guy gets it. What a refreshing interview. Absolutely loved it. Thanks.

Kenny's enthusiasm is contagious. Great energy!

The Adore tour versions of that album is another whole animal, a whole new artistic creation. Who else does that but the Pumpkins? Adore as an album is a masterpiece. Then the live versions of almost all the songs were completely epic, jams and dynamic extended monsters... Just other worldly. There are "Adore Live" compilations on YT, but there could still be an official studio-curated Adore album of the live versions that would be too awesome.

@sunsetsoundrecorders

2 жыл бұрын

🔥🔥🔥

Kenny talks as if he was a young, adoring fan of the Pumpkins who managed to work his way up to playing in a band he worshipped in school, but instead pretty much the opposite is true. Pretty wild.

Ive met Billy a few times so far in person and I can barely speak when i see him. He is one of my personal musical hero's. What an amazing musical genius,

@magneto44

2 жыл бұрын

you misspelled “egotistical jerk”

Kenny -you CRUSHED that tour! I absolutely love the live recordings of the Adore tour. Very unique. Dark swelling jams, soft and then crazy intense. I would really love a live album collection. The KZread concerts are fantastic.

I saw this live and i dont usually register drums or bassist, its all the same to me, but i vividly remember this drum performance.

EPIC INTERVIEW

Kenny is one of the greatest drummers and one of the coolest rock musicians and a super humble and low profile guy.

As a drummer myself, Jimmy Chamberlin is my absolute hero. I attended a Smashing Pumpkins show with Kenny. I have to say I left the arena after a few songs. The Pumpkins' feeling wasn't there. Because of what? Kenny? The Pumpkins as a whole? I don't know. But the heart of the Pumpkins wasn't there that night.

@TC-lk2ev

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like when I saw mars volta 2 nights after they fired Jon theodore. It was the same band, but the soul was gone.

@robertfoshizzle

2 жыл бұрын

I'm also a drummer, albeit a drummer without an ounce of the talent or notoriety of Jimmy or Kenny. Both are great drummers -- I don't even think I could or would want to try to say one is better overall than the other, but Jimmy was/is the perfect drummer for the Pumpkins. Here's the thing -- a guy like Kenny can play ANYTHING, and he played those Pumpkins songs admirably. But he can't replace the years of chemistry Jimmy had with the band, nor the passion and emotion he has for music he helped write, record, tour, etc. for years. The blood, sweat, and tears, the feel for music you know intimately, just the overall fit... you can't just replace that. Not Kenny's fault, but I think he did about as well as anyone could. I doubt they could have found anyone who would be a 1-for-1 replacement for Jimmy, but Kenny was great. Assuming that you've played in bands, I'm sure you understand all of this, but just wanted to add my perspective.

@akira_kei_

5 ай бұрын

In hindsight you clearly made the wrong choice.

Great interview! I loved Kenny's work during the Adore era, and I always wondered how he felt about working with the Pumpkins, especially during a hard time of their career. He expressed a lot of enthusiasm while playing with them (in music videos, live, etc.), so I had a feeling he was happy, but you know, a gig is a gig, and he's a professional with a lot of experience behind him. He's always going to bring his A-game, so maybe it was just another job... That's clearly not the case, though, and he looks back fondly on the years he spent with them. It's cool that they're still in touch too.

Saw the Adore tour at the Fox Theater in Atlanta and it was the best Pumpkin's concert I've seen to this day and that includes the Siamese Dream and MCIS tours.

I saw that 1998 tour in Houston. About 10 rows from the stage, near the center. Kenny was killing it!!

I remember seeing Kenny back in the late 90s early 2000s and was really impressed with his style of drumming, hearing this confirms that he is one cool dude

Drew great interview! Is there more? I could listen to you both for another hour. 2 authentic people sharing fandom and side stories with unparalleled enthusiasm, it doesn't get better.

I saw the Pumpkins in Seoul in 2010. What a show.

Although Jimmy is probably my favorite rock drummer (George Hurley, close second) Kennys playing with The Pumpkins was really great.

Every band I’ve been in has always had an ethos that we’re in it together. Equal shares and equal say. But it seems more and more apparent to me that when you get big and you’re asked to join a big band like this, that it’s almost like getting your dream job. And you’re hired to do the job, and you could be fired from the job, because you have a manager. And the manager in this case was Billy Corgan.

My fav 90’s band.

This is amazing.

Kenny is a cool cat. I met him in 09' in NYC after a Fogerty gig. Hung out a bit, shot the shit, and signed a gig used drumstick! Thanks Kenny! I didn't write tunes then but I do now and to somehow someway have Kenny play on one of my tunes would be bitchn!:-)

@davidcalderon5291

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe at first glance. I knew the percussionist on that tour, RIP. Had nothing nice to say about KA and I believed him. Paul Schaefer-way cooler!

@ryanjohnson985

2 жыл бұрын

I’d ask him. You’d have to pay him his rate but I bet he’d do it.

I loved the Adore era Pumpkins. Probably the best documented part of their live history. Kenny was great, but he was right, those other two percussionists were a waste

@turdzillaatemysn

2 жыл бұрын

i always assumed the adore tour was billys sarcastic / fed up answer to people wanting a loud sound of wall following MCIS & the poor reception of Adore. it was a “ you want loud, well give you loud. supersized adore”

@whatdothlife4660

2 жыл бұрын

@infoslinger Hard to make Machina when your drummer isn't in the band.

great interview.. Love his energy

I went to like 6 shows on that tour, it was fantastic.

Love The Smashing Pumpkins Adore Album. Didn't know it was tracked at Sunset Sound.

such a great drummer!!

Humble guy 👏 and great drummer

Kenny the Beast. The Energizer Bunny . . . Never Stops.

This was the greatest interview I've seen in a long while

All the love in the world to Kenny. What a trip to fill in the seat for such a legend as Jimmy. He did an amazing job.

Another amazingly great interview! Drew...you're like an encyclopedia! Lol. Love it! Thank you!

Wow!! Infectious & entertaining-this dude is a a player & a fan.

I have Smashing pumpkins on the cover of Stomp and Stammer newsletter from last year.

Greatest advice from a master. Thanks for these. Even at 54 he inspires me to go beat my cans right now!

These KA vids are my favorite interviews I'm seen on this channel. I had never seen him talk this long, but he's such a character, entertaining, and just an awesome dude. Not to mention a great drummer.

Just saw Kenny about a month ago with John Fogarty on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa reservation. Great gig!

Remember this dude in paper in fire?

Adore was gorgeous. I saw that your at Universal Amphitheater. I loved how it started dark and quiet and kept building until a huge flash of light and the rock came in. Was a magical night.

Loved it! Cool interview! Kenny is one chill dude and a very talented drummer!

Saw them 3 times during the Adore tour.

Great interview- loved hearing the background. The Adore concert in Dublin was in the Olympia Theatre and I remember it being recorded as well as I think during To Shiela or another song you can hear an old friends name being shouted out in the audience during the quiet part

Should have asked him why he dressed like he was on the Tour De France

Kenny is a very cool cat, great player.

I thought this was just going to be a 10 second video with Kenny pointing at his dome.

That’s funny that he initially thought Cherub Rock was on Gish.

I like hearing Kenny swear. Out of the Box and Onto the Stage was a Tama drum video that came with the kit's, and there was no swearing allowed in that shit. That's how I most know Kenny.

It took me a min to realise who he was. So he was the guy after matt walker? both were amazing drummers.

“Send us your resume.” 😳 SP pulled the same crap with Josh Freese post-Jimmy and asked him to fly to Chicago to audition on his own dime. Josh blew them off. I’m glad Kenny jumped through their hoops to audition in NYC and absolutely killed the SP gig though. Reference: “Nashville Scene” interview.

@feramires

2 жыл бұрын

Never happened

@inthesand

2 жыл бұрын

Was that for the Adore era tour or post Zeitgeist breakup? Damn, Josh would've been fantastic with the Pumpkins.

@foodog777

2 жыл бұрын

@@inthesand I believe the offer to Josh was in 1996 but Chicago native Matt Walker (no airfare required) finished the Mellon Collie tour on drums (1996-1997). Kenny toured for Adore in 1998.

I was 5 years old when Mellon Collie was released. Had it on tape cassette. I would stack piles of books and jars as a makeshift drum set and jam to the album beginning to end until my parents got me my first drum set. Jimmy Chamberlain is the reason I became a drummer. And Corgan wrote some of the most beautiful songs of all time on that album. And I’m a big Kenny Arnoff fan as well. It’s cool knowing he learned every Pumpkins song in preparation because even by the Adore era, their discography was prolific

I love Jimmy C. The guy keeps time like a Swiss watch

Video description says "Billy Morgan" - you might want to fix that :) Great vid, Kenny seems like a top dude

I discovered the pumpkins in 1998 and didn't know anything about the JC overdose/original drummer at the time. The first time I saw them play live on TV I thought Kenny was the original drummer and he looked like the coolest person in the band.

Kenny was the right dude for that gig... It's too bad Jimmy had to go off in the addiction land during that time. That's why kenny was brought in.

At this point, I'm pretty sure he gets the gig because he's Kenny Aronoff.

Behold the nightmare... was done on THAT piano? Sir I envy you❤️🎃

I was wondering why he was talking up the smashing pumpkins on the axis channel

I heard the name Matt chamberlain mentioned but I better hear about Matt walker!

I think he means Cliff Burnstein, not Sid.

Matt Walker was Jimmy Chamberlins replacement. He is a stellar drummer and plays drums on most of Adore, like 90%. Kenny got the gig with the Pumpkins because Matt left to do his own band, Cupcakes.

@sunsetsoundrecorders

2 жыл бұрын

What about Matt Cameron?

@BIZARBIES

2 жыл бұрын

@@sunsetsoundrecorders he a great drummer too.

@iliveinsin

2 жыл бұрын

@@sunsetsoundrecorders Matt Cameron played on For Martha, but essentially just re-recorded the same drum part that Matt Walker recorded beforehand. There is a bootleg version of the song floating around with Walker playing.

Lucky drummer

I'm not only a fan but I've also smashed more than my share of Dumpkins over the years. There is a strange love hate thing with these guys. I love to like them myself, but I can fight if I get in a pinch. Thanks to my older brother, God rest his soul.

Pearl Jam ? Who? Lmao best answer EVER!!

"Smashing" for the Drumming Pumpkins, eh?🙃😁😎

Jesus...was Buddy Rich not answering his p[hone that day, or was the entrance to the cemetery cut off by construction cones?

Did he really learn every Smashing Pumpkin song in less than a month? I wonder

Did Kenny do a how I didn't get the gig w/Tom Petty episode? No pun intended but that would have broke my heart. Maybe he's too much of a hired gun and they were looking for more of a band mate and Steve Ferone fit the bill better.

Wait didn't Kenny used to play with John Mellancamp. If not got him confused with another bald drummer.

@skythemusic

2 жыл бұрын

That’s how he first got known.

I like Kenny but Jimmy was the best rock drummer of the nineties.

I miss D’arcy

Really inspring they hired a blind drummer!

I`m a much BIGGER fan of Kenny Aronoff than, I could ever be of Smashing Pumpkins

@guitaristssuck8979

2 жыл бұрын

Your loss lmao

He thought cherub rock was on gish......

lol 'billy morgan'

As soon as he said "Oh yeah Cherub Rock!?" I was done listening to this conversation. He played with them and doesn't know what the fuck he's talking about!?

@sunsetsoundrecorders

2 жыл бұрын

See ya

00:16:40 I'd have gotten fired for knocking you out, Kenny.

@sunsetsoundrecorders

2 жыл бұрын

?

@JacksonAxe

2 жыл бұрын

@@sunsetsoundrecorders Star or not, you don't speak to people like that.

@joemccambridge7704

2 жыл бұрын

Im sure you did

@JacksonAxe

2 жыл бұрын

@@joemccambridge7704 Learn to read.

@akira_kei_

5 ай бұрын

?

cocaine

Adore was NOT a pinnacle album. It was a letdown after what preceeded it.

@sunsetsoundrecorders

2 жыл бұрын

To each their own

@SonicVisionX

2 жыл бұрын

@@sunsetsoundrecorders gish, siamese dream, melon collie...those were pinnacle Pumpkin albums.

@sunsetsoundrecorders

2 жыл бұрын

@@SonicVisionX you’re wrong

@SonicVisionX

2 жыл бұрын

@@sunsetsoundrecorders Adore is not even in the same universe as the 3 previous records. The sales back up my claim.

Adore is not a pinnacle album.

@sunsetsoundrecorders

2 жыл бұрын

For us it is.

@hazysativa3045

2 жыл бұрын

@@sunsetsoundrecorders Siamese Dream here. Adore was a flop, lost in an electronic mess.

@sunsetsoundrecorders

2 жыл бұрын

@@hazysativa3045 once upon a time is a masterpiece, behold the nightmare, Ava adore, to Sheila, some of the best writing ever. You’re obviously someone who just likes what they play on the radio. Awesome

@hazysativa3045

2 жыл бұрын

@@sunsetsoundrecorders I met them in Madison Wi in 91 when I was staying with my cousin. They were recording Gish and played a few local shows. Later on a buddy of mine opened for them in Montreal on the Gish tour and I was there for that as well.. I am a huge SP fan. Just not a fan of that album at all. Billy wanted to express himself more in the Trent Reznor sounscape on this album and it misses the mark. Im glad you like it.

@sunsetsoundrecorders

2 жыл бұрын

@@hazysativa3045 well you should say “I don’t think “Adore” is a pinnacle album”

2 minutes in and there's already 2 unforgivable mistakes smh No Kenny, Matt Chamberlin was playing with Tori Amos in 1998, wtf No Kenny, you played Tonight, Tonight every night, not Today (played only once or twice during the Adore tour), so it makes 5 songs from Mellon Collie, not "3 from those records" The "radio thing" was the Joy Division cover, Transmission, never heard of Ian Curtis? Hey Kenny, if you have two percussionists at your sides who can't hear each other, why the hell do you bash those cymbals like there's no tomorrow? Hunger for guitars high frequencies?

@tribeshift

2 жыл бұрын

Plus he thought Cherub Rock was on Gish. Clearly a great drummer, but purely a session guy for hire, not a creative band member like Jimmy was and is.

@guitaristssuck8979

2 жыл бұрын

@@tribeshift yep, that's the first mistake right at the beginning

@AhYesIndeedItsFunTime

2 жыл бұрын

This guy was never a good fit for SP

@guitaristssuck8979

2 жыл бұрын

@@AhYesIndeedItsFunTime Matt Walker was better indeed, got the gig because he lost a drum stick during a song and finished it anyway

@felipecavalera8729

2 жыл бұрын

Relax man, that was a long long time ago, ppl cant even remember what they have for breakfast this morning. He is one of the best in the industry jeeeesssssuuusss

LOL I always thought this guy was Jimmy Chamberlin but bald

@sunsetsoundrecorders

11 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂