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recent journey into the past while working on their latest release, 2024\'s <a href="https://www.audacy.com/national/music/join-us-for-an-audacy-check-in-with-the-smashing-pumpkins"><em>Aghori Mhori Mei</em></a>. &quot;It\'s curious,&quot; says frontman Billy Corgan, &quot;because we sort of abandoned the way we worked mid-\'90s, so to try to go back to the old way we worked was a curious thought. But I think it worked out pretty well. It feels good.&quot;', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm4r5bu5o008l3b7pbqy6a7dy@published'}, {'data': {'text': "&quot;For me, at least from an internal ideology standpoint,&quot; adds drummer Jimmy Chamberlain, &quot;it's reignited the Rock focus of the band. I think when we play now we're more on the balls of our feet rocking, as opposed to a tentative kind of calculus. Now we're just trying to rock again.&quot; Billy adds, &quot;Yeah, we're definitely back to the Rock,&quot; followed by guitarist James Iha, who says simply, &quot;Rock feels good, yes.&quot; Touching on the state of the genre, Billy admits, &quot;I think Rock is about to have an explosive comeback. First of all, we've erased the gatekeepers that told everybody the hipster stuff in the basement was where music was going. If you look at who goes to see concerts in large numbers -- look at the tour we just did with <strong>Green Day</strong>, the tour sold over 800,000 tickets -- people want to hear music played by bands, young or old, and Rock is always at the foundational spirit of that.&quot;", '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm4r8v46z00e83b7pm2ekfjo0@published'}, {'data': {'text': "&quot;Of course, there's Rock in every other genre,&quot; Billy continues, &quot;but Rock is very specific to a specific audience for a specific set of reasons and we've had to hear for 25 years a bunch of hipsters tell everyone that Rock is not as meaningful as what somebody is doing in their basement. I'm sorry. So, now we're back to the point where the business has finally woken up and realized that the sleeping giant they've been looking for is at KROQ and is with the great Rock bands.&quot;", '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm4r9fwdf00ew3b7p0dy42ztr@published'}, {'data': {'text': '<div itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/VideoObject"><meta itemprop="name" content="Almost Acoustic Christmas 2024: Beck" /><meta itemprop="description" content="Beck takes some time before his set to join us live backstage at Almost Acoustic Christmas 2024!" /><meta itemprop="uploadDate" content="2024-12-15T05:11:46.000Z" /><meta itemprop="thumbnailUrl" content="https://s2.dmcdn.net/v/XXFe21dNf2iwv7EUO/x120" /><meta itemprop="duration" content="P303S" /><meta itemprop="embedUrl" content="https://geo.dailymotion.com/player/xv78y.html?video=x9atdz6" /><script src="https://geo.dailymotion.com/player/xv78y.js" data-video="x9atdz6"></script></div>', 'isIframe': False, 'componentVariation': 'html-embed', 'fbInstantArticleHtml': '<div itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/VideoObject"><meta itemprop="name" content="Almost Acoustic Christmas 2024: Beck"><meta itemprop="description" content="Beck takes some time before his set to join us live backstage at Almost Acoustic Christmas 2024!"><meta itemprop="uploadDate" content="2024-12-15T05:11:46.000Z"><meta itemprop="thumbnailUrl" content="https://s2.dmcdn.net/v/XXFe21dNf2iwv7EUO/x120"><meta itemprop="duration" content="P303S"><meta itemprop="embedUrl" content="https://geo.dailymotion.com/player/xv78y.html?video=x9atdz6"><script src="https://geo.dailymotion.com/player/xv78y.js" data-video="x9atdz6"></script></div>'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/html-embed/instances/cm4r5cnqz009y3b7pucb0gmlv@published'}, {'data': {'text': '<strong>Beck</strong><br />Hosts <strong>Megan Holiday</strong> and <strong>Nicole Alvarez</strong> teamed up to talk with <a href="https://www.audacy.com/topic/beck">Beck</a> first looking back at his experiences in Los Angeles when getting his start. “The first show was probably at like a little coffee shop or a bar downtown or something like that,” he remembers. Born and raised in L A., Beck is the perfect person to act as a tour guide on this double date scenario he’s been thrust into. “I\'ll have to pull up in my Hyundai first,” he explains, “take you up to Glendale for a real good meal. You know, in L.A., the party doesn\'t really start until 11:30 at night, we could maybe grab a late dinner.&quot; As far as how the night ends, “it could go five different ways,” he says but “sitting by the fireplace here with you guys with a melted disco ball,” is just perfect.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm4r5bxo400913b7pbrvw0rbr@published'}, {'data': {'text': "Curious as to what exactly Beck does to keep his brain in check, while staying mentally fit and well, he tells us, “A good friend of mine got me some TM (Transcendental Meditation) classes, which I did but I haven't been doing it so I have not transcended unfortunately. But I really would like to. I don't know. I'm probably a bit of a nature person… you know, just being with my friends.&quot;", '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm4rbhvb100f23b7pv8lk2qd6@published'}, {'data': {'text': "Finally, looking ahead Beck has been making music and will be hitting the road as well, however he admits if he were to lay down the guitar for another venture outside of music, “I would love to make a movie. I wish I was a painter. I'm not, I can't do that. I think you're born with that talent… I'm not making a film, but I'm scared of the idea of making a film,” he adds, “because I have friends who are filmmakers and they see, it takes a little piece of their body and soul. 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