BILLY CORGAN: In a candid chat with Amy Jo Martin on her “Why Not Now” podcast, Corgan admits he felt his early achievements with the Smashing Pumpkins and their debut album Gish were overshadowed by the “massive” popularity of Pearl Jam’s “Ten” and Nirvana’s “Nevermind” classic, which hit retailers just a few months later. Billy Corgan battled “suicidal depression” at the start of his Smashing Pumpkins career because rock rivals Nirvana and Pearl Jam were huge.