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The Rise and Fall of Nirvana
"There was actually not really a precedent to imagine that you would become huge in any meaningful way," says Billy Corgan. "So I don't know what causes smashing pumpkins to get super famous because this does sound like a band that just wants to play the bigger club in Chicago." He adds, "I think the very broad and oversimplified way to say it is there was nothing and then there was Nirvana".