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"The photograph of Billy Corgan with the guitar, I had gone out to Chicago because they were just about to record melon collie and the infinite sadness and they were doing a couple of shows in town to try out their new material. Billy was sitting in the backstage area of the back door with his guitar and their producer, flood, walked in. I remember not knowing who flood was and I kept thinking, "oh, there's a great shot of Billy, but this guy is in my way.", and I was trying to cut him out of the picture the whole time. Billy was playing "cupid" for him for the first time. I ended up cropping flood out of the picture. I like this picture because Billy looks really vulnerable and really sweet, which he really is. I don't think people really see that side of him." -- Danny Clinch, 1998 billy corgan (smashing pumpkins) february 1995 chicago, il