Paz Lenchantin compared her Pixies firing to Josh Freese’s Foo Fighters firing.
Paz wrote to Freese on Instagram, “Imagine 10 years and no reason.” Paz and Freese are former A Perfect Circle bandmates.
Paz also played with Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan in Zwan, with an ugly split in 2003.
Last year, Smashing Pumpkins and Green Day embarked on a tour together across North America. Reflecting on their joint tour in a new interview with Rolling Stone, Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan had nothing but praise for Billie Joe Armstrong and co.
“It was awesome. The crowds were great. Green Day was so gracious. We couldn’t have had a better summer. It was one of my favorite tours of all time,” Corgan said. “I obviously knew the Green Day guys since we did Lollapalooza together back in ’94. They used to laugh at me when I would play basketball against the monks, and snicker like the punks they are.
“But they’ve obviously gone on to such tremendous success, and they were so gracious in being hosts, not only to us, but to Rancid and the Linda Lindas. The vibe on the tour was incredible. It was just the spirit of what it’s supposed to be when you put bands together. It was one of the best experiences we’ve ever had, and we’re forever grateful to them. They were such great ambassadors.”
Corgan continued, saying that he thinks Green Day have eclipsed the Ramones in becoming one of the biggest punk bands in history:
“And speaking of Green Day, in a living and beautiful light, I had this feeling the other day, and maybe I’m very late to this party… I think it had something to do with the fact that they just got their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. I’m watching them get their star, and they certainly deserve it. I had this moment where I was reminiscing and I was like, ‘Wow, I’ve known these guys for over 30 years, and we just did this tour. Oh, my God, they’re bigger than the Ramones.’
“What I mean by that is that in the world I grew up in, the Ramones were number one. In a way, they always will be number one because they were first. But then I realized, ‘Oh, my God, Green Day has actually done it. They are bigger than the Ramones. Their influence is greater, their reach is greater, and certainly their success is greater.’
“And that’s all power to them. I’m late to that party at 58 years old, and I’ve known them and watched them and listened to them and been a competitor, right? But even I have to go, ‘Wow, they’ve done it.’
“I think we’re going to go through a lot of interesting assessments in the next 10 to 20 years about the contribution of Courtney [Love] and the contribution of Gavin [Rossdale]. There will be a lot more contributions noted once the boomer shadow is off of us.”
