Billy Corgan Sues Band Photographer
Smashing Pumpkins front man Billy Corgan is once again suing someone. This time it’s a photographer who was commissioned to take photo’s and video of Billy Corgan, he claims that his work is unsatisfactory.
“According to Corgan, Cohn has only shown Billy a little bit of his footage, but what he saw “was completely unsatisfactory and not completed in a professional, workmanlike manner in accordance with the standards of a music filmmaker.”
It goes on. The Tribune reports that Corgan twists the knife a bit by claiming that Cohn “misrepresented his filmmaking expertise and does not deserve the money he was paid.” Billy’s looking for a cool $100,000 in damages, plus the return of all footage. Corgan’s lawyer says that Billy sought to use the footage to “create works in different media.”
Smashing Pumpkins original members D’arcy and James Iha are now suing Virgin Records over un-paid digital royalties. To me the Smashing Pumpkins still have not reunited, cause it would take all 4 members being together to constitute a reunion for me. After seeing stories like this about the ego-maniac Billy Corgan its no wonder why they didn’t participate in the reunion.
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what a cry baby drama queen. i bet his hair didnt look just right or something
Haha, that is too funny. Cry baby indeed!
Shame indeed, but perhaps try and look at it in a professional manner. Suing is a bit far fetched but if the work is terrible, there should be a way of solving it. And this has nothing to do with arrogance or ego. D’arcy and James weren’t asked, that’s why they aren’t in the band.
Get your facts straight.
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