SMASHING PUMPKINS Inducted Into HOLLYWOOD'S ROCKWALK; Video Footage, Photos Available

April 24, 2008

Dean Goodman of Reuters reports: SMASHING PUMPKINS frontman Billy Corgan reluctantly accepted a low-grade honor in Hollywood on Wednesday (April 23),after revealing that he had spent a lot of time wondering whether it was "a silly thing."

Corgan and bandmate Jimmy Chamberlin placed their hands in wet cement for the Hollywood's RockWalk, a shrine of sorts outside a music instrument shop. A hundred or so fans turned up, outnumbered by the media and assorted band hangers-on.

"I'm so used to bad vibes, people hating our band and throwing things at us. So it's strange to be honored," Corgan told the crowd.

"I had to think about it. I had to really lay in bed and think, 'Is this a good thing? Is this a silly thing?' I'm really honored. I'm really touched."

Read the entire report at www.reuters.com.

Check out pictures from Wire Image, Getty Images.

Fan-filmed footage recorded at yesterday's event can be viewed below.

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