Rock n’ roll and testosterone usually go hand in hand, particularly when the rock stars equate thrashing guitars with smashing personal effects. And speaking of smashing, Billy Corgan had his angsty mitts on quite a few rage rockers over the years. Perhaps the most famous of these is “Bullet with Butterfly Wings,” which gave us the prominent line, “Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage.” Fits any random act of rebellious violence, yes? Well, what if that act of violence was more controlled…say, faked? What if “Bullet with Butterfly Wings” could coexist with “professional” wrestling? Apparently it can, though the cohabitation is uncomfortable. We know what wrestling brings to the table, but who knows what Billy’s gonna show up with. Turns out, it’s a love for 8 Mile. Or so it seems. Corgan acting like Eminem and half-heartedly promoting a Pay Per View wrestling event? Believe it.
A high tolerance for wrasslin’ and a higher tolerance for Corgan shenanigans is needed to transform that promo into what it intended: something that would actually make you want to pay money and see this thing. Based on his plea for more money and his allowance for his song to become the theme for the TNA Lockdown event, I’m wondering if the economy is really starting to affect him.
Oh, is “Bullet with Butterfly Wings” not enough? Check out the music video for Zeitgeist’s “Tarantula” below. It’s not the official video, but was sanctioned, and aired in support of an apparently different TNA event. Maybe I’m naïve to corporate greed, but is Billy Corgan really the best representative of this sort of thing? There’s gotta be some over-toured hair metal outfit in Europe right now that would fit into the niche better. They probably wouldn’t look as ridiculous as Corgan does in a hoodie, either. Well, scratch that, they’re probably still rocking the mullets and spandex. But wrestling fans probably love big hair almost as much as big muscles, and a pale, bald, nasally guy can’t be cutting it for them, can it?
