@@Joachim01 His wife had been accused of being like Yoko Ono and monopolizing Billy, sort of an inside joke. Yelena was accused of the same thing though
@@tonidill5197, I have never heard that before and I am a huge fan of this band and watched/read tons of interviews with them and articles written about them.
D'arcy was such a stone cold stunner in the early 90's. So damn sad how drug addiction robbed her of not only her looks but her sanity. Didn't have to go down like that. Heartbreaking.
Bad surgery robbed her of her looks. Even in that infamous picture she had great skin considering her age, her heavy drug use and the fact that she wasn't wearing makeup.
@@TheKitchenerLeslie wow, these comments just seem to be getting nastier and nastier after a comment I made 3 years ago. There’s an old saying, “if you have nothing nice to say, keep it to yourself.” 🙄
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Everyone talks about how awkward this interview is, but there's something I love about it. Maybe it's Billy's dorkiness here that saves it. Like the way he rambles and kinda flails the mic around
I has been in love with this Woman since 1991 and i genuinely hope that she is well and had beating her demons. She was an incredebly good bassplayer and i feel a little bit sad everytime i hear Smashing Pumpkins nowdays. Be well my dear D’arcy!❤️
@@TheKitchenerLeslie Probably really, yea. Your boy Norm probably also was crushing on her, go look up what she looked like when they played Bullet w Butterfly Wings on the show during Norm's era.
Absolutely, whatever people say which is not important, she gave us a lot of great moments and she deserves the best. I believe she has a horse farm, hope she is having a great time.
if your out there girl pick your guitar up and start plucking again. I know I speak for your fans when isay we miss you. you have been through it I know but get back and kick ass again love from your fans
@@jasfreeman26 well in a interview Billy said that wasnt true and that they DID call her back but the money wasnt enough. Iha said the same but was more...reserved about it. Billy said he kept calling her and trying but... Didn't work out. So idk.
This industry is brutal. It's almost better to be a one hit wonder, make your money, then get out with your health/sanity, intact. I hope she can or has been able to get back too good.
if i had to sum up 90's alternative culture in the context of one person, it would be D'arcy. seriously, she embodied that decade. complete attitude and vibe.
The harder side of alternative at least. There was artists like Hope Sandoval of Mazzy Star, whose shy disconnect onstage created sort of a breathy style that Jasmine Thompson works with. That also played upon the ethereal dream-like ambience of the Mazzy Star songs.
I watched this video probably many times over the years since Smashing Pumpkins get themselves smashed. At that time D'arcy probably had made her mind to leave the band. She is the coolest female bass player ever. It makes me feel really sad when I think about the mugshot news of her...wish her well.
Billy once said he felt very strongly that D'arcy was the strongest person in the group, and I sense he was dead right after watching this. Even though Billy is asking the questions, D'arcy is the dominant one in this interview and he just about caves under her very skeptical eye. A brief window into the inner chemistry of this troubled band.
He actually said that? I'm surprised, I feel like his ego would hold him back from admitting something like that. She definitely has a strong aura to her, and the fact that she's managed to stay out of the public eye for so long now is definitely a sign of strength.
D'arcy looks clearly fed up with Corgan and unhappy during this interview. I have read in several places that he was hard to work with- a perfectionist and would make them rehearse for hours, but the fruit of their labor is such amazing music- I'm so thankful for this band.
Their relationship started to melt away during the recording of Siamese Dream, where Billy played pretty much all D'arcy and James Iha parts. Obviously both members didn't take this very well. Billy stated in an interview that he did that because they have limited studio time and that he could play their parts faster (and -my note here- better). Siamese Dream is masterpiece because of Corgan's perfectionism.
@@knivesout33 their best album. why ? coz billy could play their instruments better than they could. don't think he can play the drums better than jimmy though.
@Andy Hall Yet James was an accomplished guitarist already and D'Arcy was classically trained. I don't think he was better, he FELT he could record their parts to his liking.
Man, don't you get it, people? She's not feeling fine and comfortable because of the camera. I don't think it's because the "chemistry" between her and Billy.
I know it was a bit and they were probably playing it up but they genuinely seem uncomfortable with each other, like classmates in high school from different cliques who have to work on a group project together. They seemed that way in other group appearances together as well. The band seemed to be Billy and Jimmy on one side and James and D'arcy on the other. It's no accident that James and D'arcy have had little contact with the band since they left. They're both very independent, sharp and sensitive and seemed to not really want to play ball being the side musicians for Billy's band after a while. They seem to genuinely despise Billy and his enormous ego.
+zyxwut321 They do! During a interview in 98, D'arcy and James admitted that they find Billy a little bit too "self centered" or something like that and while Billy was talking, D'arcy was rolling her eyes sometimes.... so yeah Billy and D'arcy weren't so closed to each other and even if Billy said he loves her (as his ex bandmate) they don't seem to talk to each other so much.
It's always tense in bands like that when they get big. The media basically concentrate on the singer/songwriter of the band. Everyone contributes something to the band, but one person gets asked all the questions and his/her answers get listened to. That person, at least back before everyone just stole music, made a lot more money from the songwriting credits usually, which could add to it. And the thing is, most laid back, unassuming people just don't have the ego required to drive something like that forward. They just don't. That's why a lot of people in history who we think of as 'great' weren't great because they were really nice people. They were 'great' because they were willing to basically push their thing forward to success, and inevitably other people get stepped on and/or destroyed in the process. And every member of a big band will end up with a halo of sycophants around them, telling them that they are really the person who matters most in the band, or that they are not appreciated as much as they should be, and so forth. These people can't control you until they've disconnected you from the people who got you there. Throw in the fact that almost every popular band is made up of people who are too young to have the life experience to really deal gracefully with these types of situations. And all they have to do is hold out their hands and someone will happily fill it with whatever drug they want. It's pretty much a perfect storm, which is why the number of really big bands that stay together for decades with the original members, or almost all of them, is really quite small. There is that thing where the first cousin of the last guy still alive from the original band takes the name and goes on tour, but that's not the same thing.
I used to work with a set of identical twins who looked and acted exactly like D'arcy Wretzky. Same mannerisms, awkwardness, same color blond hair, build, etc. I bet if you compared their DNA to D'arcy Wretzky they shared a common ancestor. The messed up part is both of the twins ended up as train wrecks just like D'arcy: One stole a bunch of money using someone else's ATM card (caught on video; no one believed it). The other walked out on her husband, moved in with her sister, and left her entire family behind. I would say genetically, D'arcy Wretzky had demons and couldn't deal with them. Just like the two twins I worked with, I'm sure D'arcy got used to getting everything she wanted handed to her and was never told "no" or ran into hardship until much later in life. I don't know much about D'arcy's childhood but that is why it's so important for parent(s) (that's right, plural) to keep their kids grounded.
I used to think like Billy about not having to be inspected by someone due to gender but having see as I have grown how so many females are talked down their whole lives to the point that some things just stop being a possibility in their heads altogether, has shown me why representation has an impact and the fact D’Arcy represents something important to so many people tells you more about what’s going on around those people that one might realise
i was just thinking how nothing has changed, like Billy said, it shouldn't have to be that way, that you have to acknowledge that it's a woman, but it still is. we still have to cheerlead women in all forms.
Being in a band is like being in a marriage and sometimes the relationship goes sour and it's best to end it. Fans wanting the original lineup is understandable but it's also like in-laws trying to get divorced couple back together again even when the relationship is poisonous.
i fully agree.. I haven't seen them but from the live footage, she's pretty solid. a good bass player knows it's not about sticking out and showing off with trippy over-the-top riffs, it's about complimenting the melody, sometimes that's simple root notes, sometimes it's walks and fiddly little bits. In the case of the pumpkins, what she did was what they needed. simple as that. that is what makes her good in my opinion. I hope she gets help too, she's a cool person... just made mistakes.
they all complete each other they're all that one final piece that brings the smashing pumpkins together and makes them whole its like the infinity gems time, space, reality, mind, power, and soul without all of them it's infinite sadness.
It's no coincidence that the Smashing Pumpkins line-up from 2005 to today hasn't really hit the heights without D'arcy and James iha. Once i heard that they wouldn't be returning i knew Smashing Pumpkins wouldn't be the same. So D'arcy and James gave the band a lot of credibility even if they didn't write any of the songs.
Amazing! They both look HAPPY! That's incredible for the Smashing Pumpkins. I wished they had continued on the "good" path instead of the drugs and resentment one.
D'arcy Wretzky, Wherever you are, you are a whole, you are the best, and you make my heart beat, how to forget your pretty eyes, how to forget your smile, how to forget that agility in the bass, I can't forget you and that amazing bass, never, never. You are a fantastic woman. D'arcy, wherever you are! You are my inspiration. and.... As I would like to see you play that bass again. with love. D'arcy forever ❤️
I´ve never seen SP live but as far as I know she did a decent job with playing the songs live. apart from her playing she did contribute a bit of singing and of course her cool persona to the band. I dont really care if she smoked crack and let her horses run amok. I hope she gets the help she needs and manages to stay out of trouble once shes gotten her current situation worked out.
D'arcy you're beautiful here ! and maybe shy...like it! :) Sad to hear about all those stories afterwards, with your drug addiction,arrests and alcohol. Hope you are doing well these days.
It’s too bad I was only 2 years old at the time of this interview, I only got to appreciate the 90’s from 97 onward. I kinda wish sometimes I wish I was born in 1982 and not 92 to appreciate the full decade of the 90’s
As someone born in 1982 who did appreciate the entirety of the 90’s from the early 90’s alternative to the late 90’s techno scene, it was great and I only appreciate it more, now. It’s still awesome that I can just go on yt and relive it all in seconds. Couldn’t even fathom doing that in the 90’s. It’s nice to hear someone wish they were born back then, so thanks for making my day.
Holy shit... Smashing Pumpkins was a huge musical part of the 90's for me. There was always so much focus on Billy that I never realized how attractive she was. Great band ... amazing music.
I remember that Corgan stated that she quit the band in the late '90s to do an acting career. He insisted to her that you can't just fall into in an acting career with no training or experience-- "she hadn't even been in a student film." Cut to twenty years later, and she is just a meth head living in rural Michigan. Corgan= wise sage.
Uhhh... twenty years later, Billy Corgan's kind of a total asshole, a crazy conspiracy theorist, and has lost his mind a lot. Financially he may be doing well and he's surely well-known, but he's really not such a great person. D'Arcy having left the public eye is the best thing she could have done. I don't know how she's doing- I hope she's off of meth or at least improving. It's for the best that she stays away from the news and media, and I applaud her for successfully doing so. Shame her acting career didn't lead too far.
Darcy is not a meth head, she's a total sweetheart and really down to Earth. Corgan states a lot of things about others when he should be shutting his mouth.
Billy wasn't wise... he tried to minimize her on every aspect of her career. You can notice that even on this joke interview... pay attention to what he says about her being inspirational for others... he has a huge problem with women being better than him at something.
@@RonyFish I saw them many times in the 90's, but in 2000, Idk why but it was different without D'Arcy. Probably nostalgia and the fact that I had a high school crush with D'Arcy, Billy, well all of them. Melissa Auf der Maur was great, but nostalgia kicked in and I was no longer in high school. But I did get to meet all of Pumpkins after that concert in 2000 💛
@@amandala00 Yeah nostalgia I get what you mean, this happened to me too but not circa 2000's I saw them three times for the machina tour and I really enjoyed the music. Zwan was awesome too and I found Melissa and Paz to be awesome Bass player. But when they came back for Zeitgeist they played a special show in Paris but the magic was gone so yeah I get what you mean but it wasn't just the bass it was the whole thing. I met Billy twice once with the whole band but with Melissa. I remember Jimmy was super nice. The second time it was Billy alone it wasn't for a show : he sent a message on myspace saying he wanted to meet people in Paris but in a casual way. I got many bootleg from the 90's and 2000's if you're interested.
Bro her music was right on her style was right on and the way she held herself is right on. Yea it wasint just because u are a chic... u are talent... u r light! Peace from Texas
D'arcy is absolutely stunning both with her attitude and personality. I wish we could of heard her talk more, she seems like she'd be down to earth as fuck.
KrisFrosz133 more like The Smashing Pumpkin. I hate they still try to use that name. It's like Sublime with Rome but it's only one original member. Just change the damn name
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@@Memnoch_the_Devil James Iha and Jimmy Chamberlin have been back in the name for a couple years now.
In 1994, everyone had a crush on D'arcy.
I wasn't living around that time but there's always videos and yeah Darcy was pretty
Kim deal was the deal
She was my high school celebrity crush.
I was 3 and had had a crush on her
SKYE NICOLAS, I didn’t
The "kooky" shifting off kilter camera angles are the most 90s thing about this.
Don’t miss that
That font might be a close second!
I think it was an MTV trademark, they did it everywhere back in the day, the “too hip to hire professional camera people”
Definitely kept it interesting when there was nothing to say, lol
Yeah, it has the psicological efect of making you think it was recorded at a party and the camera man already had 3 beers.
Billy really looked like Kirsten Dunst back in the day.
No she didn't.
ROFL... Never noticed until you said it but yeah. Lol
It’s the teeth, namely those jacked up lateral incisors.
He should have played Claudia in Interview With a Vamp
🤣🤣🤣
"It's Wretzky-Brown... or Brown-Wretzky."
"I'm Ono-Corgan." LMFAO
I dont understand this. Any1 explain please?
@@Joachim01 His wife had been accused of being like Yoko Ono and monopolizing Billy, sort of an inside joke. Yelena was accused of the same thing though
@@tonidill5197, I have never heard that before and I am a huge fan of this band and watched/read tons of interviews with them and articles written about them.
@@photofriend44 He said it in an MTV exclusive. I think the video is on UA-cam somewhere. He tries to be funny and say "I'm Yoko Ono"
@@photofriend44 Here's part of it, he explained it later on in more detail, but I can't find it on youtube. ua-cam.com/video/1qIhtKkrnuM/v-deo.html
D'arcy was such a stone cold stunner in the early 90's. So damn sad how drug addiction robbed her of not only her looks but her sanity. Didn't have to go down like that. Heartbreaking.
Bad surgery robbed her of her looks. Even in that infamous picture she had great skin considering her age, her heavy drug use and the fact that she wasn't wearing makeup.
Yes, I concord, she was so beautiful, but the drug robbed her
yes she went off the rail prety bad lmfao
@@burnedoils yes
@@burnedoils it made you laugh your fing a$$ off 🤔
billy interviews billy, w darcy listening in lol
She had the best smile.
He had/has :)
the most amazing one. love it. so sad all the crap that happened to her.
Ikr
Meth is a helluva drug
Meth is a helluva drug
How did Billy Corgan go from looking like a tall Tom Cruise to looking like Billy Corgan?
he shaved his head
Time
What drugs were you doing that made you think he looked like Tom Cruise? 🤣
Maybe Tom didn't get that memo about how you can never, ever leave without leaving a piece of youth.
Or he's just had more plastic surgery.
@Verify Controversy And "gravity always wins", but now I'm shoehorning 90s lyrics
She was always dreamy. So damn beautiful and so cool. Love her backing vocals. She had a silky smoothness with her delivery. Miss her so much
Really?
lol
She looks like Axl Rose's lesbian lover at the trailer park now. He's Barb, she's Peg.
@@TheKitchenerLeslie wow, these comments just seem to be getting nastier and nastier after a comment I made 3 years ago. There’s an old saying, “if you have nothing nice to say, keep it to yourself.” 🙄
@@Mike081082 Stop touching kids, bro. Is that too much to ask?
Sooooo uncomfortable. Amazing nonetheless!
Cow
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God she was a princess
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Still is.
Dilbert Doe look her up now, looks like a complete crackhead
Dilbert Doe haha.... wait are you being serious.
When I was a teenager, naively I thought she was some sort of a cool supermodel-musician... Oh, boy... time has passed since then.
beautiful girl and hot
Everyone talks about how awkward this interview is, but there's something I love about it. Maybe it's Billy's dorkiness here that saves it. Like the way he rambles and kinda flails the mic around
Definitely a dork.
It's not awkward, its the natural aesthetic of that era
Still thinking of you D'arcy. Hope all is well.
D'arcy & Peter Steele are the two reasons why I fell in love with bass guitar.
@Muskabeatz 1212 likewise. Been into both since '92🤘
@Muskabeatz 1212 for sure
Paul McCartney wasn't an inspiration?
Love how Billy is “interviewing” Darcy and speak 90% of the time 😂
Its curious
He did 90% of the bass playing too, lol.
Because she not really wanted to talk. She is too serious there...but it's ok 🤷♀️
She's pretty much bored the whole time. As always.
I like how he called her “somewhat inspirational” dick lol
It's always sad when beauty isn't everlasting, D'Arcy was one of the most beautiful women in Rock.
Temesvári Hunor yes she looks cute
Maafa 1619 Hardly beautiful? Some makeup and you'd be calling her beautiful...
Maafa 1619 a personal taste at the end of the day. So kindly keep it to oneself
Hmmm. Don't know about "most beautiful".
What a bunch of shallow, stupid and ridiculous hypothetical comments you ppl!
She’s so shy. Too cute.
I has been in love with this Woman since 1991 and i genuinely hope that she is well and had beating her demons. She was an incredebly good bassplayer and i feel a little bit sad everytime i hear Smashing Pumpkins nowdays. Be well my dear D’arcy!❤️
Really?
@@TheKitchenerLeslie Probably really, yea. Your boy Norm probably also was crushing on her, go look up what she looked like when they played Bullet w Butterfly Wings on the show during Norm's era.
@@HockeyNationHD Nah, he was banging Elle Macpherson at the time. Not everyone is a simp like you, bro.
Absolutely, whatever people say which is not important, she gave us a lot of great moments and she deserves the best. I believe she has a horse farm, hope she is having a great time.
I just love the way they look so awkward with each other because reminds me of myself with people often in life
Same, I suck at people skills . Most of the time
He is an unusual guy
they hated each other
if your out there girl pick your guitar up and start plucking again. I know I speak for your fans when isay we miss you. you have been through it I know but get back and kick ass again love from your fans
Well Said, and agreed. We Miss You D'ARCY.
Billy won’t let her
*you're (you are) out there
@@jasfreeman26 Billy tried often, but like most addicts she would not get off her arse and try.
@@jasfreeman26 well in a interview Billy said that wasnt true and that they DID call her back but the money wasnt enough. Iha said the same but was more...reserved about it. Billy said he kept calling her and trying but... Didn't work out. So idk.
This industry is brutal. It's almost better to be a one hit wonder, make your money, then get out with your health/sanity, intact. I hope she can or has been able to get back too good.
She prolly has eversince stepped out of the limelight which it takes time but is definitely worth it
if i had to sum up 90's alternative culture in the context of one person, it would be D'arcy. seriously, she embodied that decade. complete attitude and vibe.
agreed!
CXMusicProductions personally I would probably go with Kurt Cobain. He ruled the 90s!
Yep, that awkward coolness and didn't really want to do anything. Also, not thinking about pr at all, but being quite reserved about their choices.
The harder side of alternative at least. There was artists like Hope Sandoval of Mazzy Star, whose shy disconnect onstage created sort of a breathy style that Jasmine Thompson works with. That also played upon the ethereal dream-like ambience of the Mazzy Star songs.
@@patkawasaki and thats literally how it is now tbh
Their last smiling is the cutest thing ive seen in a while. It tickles me. Love the way he teases at her
both so young and glowing, hard to believe it now
Time keeps on slipping slipping slipping...
I miss the 90’s.. to go back and be a teenager in the 90’s..I won’t take it for granted this time! I promise!
I watched this video probably many times over the years since Smashing Pumpkins get themselves smashed. At that time D'arcy probably had made her mind to leave the band. She is the coolest female bass player ever. It makes me feel really sad when I think about the mugshot news of her...wish her well.
Her basslines are super elementary. I play bass and picked up her basslines day one.
Billy wrote some of her lines, and usually played bass on the records. She’s great but I think she was more eye candy than musician
You're not a Sonic Youth fan, I can tell.
The look she gives him at 0:26 is priceless
God she was so pretty back then!!!!
Darcy, we love you. You're amazing. Come back.
Back when MTV was something and I miss D'arcy.
Billy once said he felt very strongly that D'arcy was the strongest person in the group, and I sense he was dead right after watching this. Even though Billy is asking the questions, D'arcy is the dominant one in this interview and he just about caves under her very skeptical eye. A brief window into the inner chemistry of this troubled band.
He actually said that? I'm surprised, I feel like his ego would hold him back from admitting something like that. She definitely has a strong aura to her, and the fact that she's managed to stay out of the public eye for so long now is definitely a sign of strength.
@Crunch Bar There's skepticism there. You can tel by how she's looking at him
He’s the man asking her the questions doesn’t really seem like she’s the dominant one.
@@shillian4770 He's deferring to her. Asking the questions doesn't make him dominant.
@@BlueSky... this is just a joke interview. In reality, Billy dominates and controls everything about Smashing Pumpkins.
Man I miss the ‘90’s so much. Look at any festival Bill from 1991 - 1998
I’ve always had major hots for Billy, man.
Me too! Apparently he said he wasn’t considered good looking in the 90s
D'arcy looks clearly fed up with Corgan and unhappy during this interview. I have read in several places that he was hard to work with- a perfectionist and would make them rehearse for hours, but the fruit of their labor is such amazing music- I'm so thankful for this band.
From the interviews with her that I have seen, I‘d say that fed up is just the way she generally appears to be.
Their relationship started to melt away during the recording of Siamese Dream, where Billy played pretty much all D'arcy and James Iha parts. Obviously both members didn't take this very well. Billy stated in an interview that he did that because they have limited studio time and that he could play their parts faster (and -my note here- better). Siamese Dream is masterpiece because of Corgan's perfectionism.
Who lasts long in a band when you’re in each others faces all the time?
@@knivesout33 their best album. why ? coz billy could play their instruments better than they could. don't think he can play the drums better than jimmy though.
@Andy Hall Yet James was an accomplished guitarist already and D'Arcy was classically trained. I don't think he was better, he FELT he could record their parts to his liking.
D'arcy is perfection 🙌🏻💙
Man, don't you get it, people? She's not feeling fine and comfortable because of the camera. I don't think it's because the "chemistry" between her and Billy.
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She doesn't like him a lot.
I know it was a bit and they were probably playing it up but they genuinely seem uncomfortable with each other, like classmates in high school from different cliques who have to work on a group project together. They seemed that way in other group appearances together as well. The band seemed to be Billy and Jimmy on one side and James and D'arcy on the other. It's no accident that James and D'arcy have had little contact with the band since they left. They're both very independent, sharp and sensitive and seemed to not really want to play ball being the side musicians for Billy's band after a while. They seem to genuinely despise Billy and his enormous ego.
+zyxwut321 They do! During a interview in 98, D'arcy and James admitted that they find Billy a little bit too "self centered" or something like that and while Billy was talking, D'arcy was rolling her eyes sometimes....
so yeah Billy and D'arcy weren't so closed to each other and even if Billy said he loves her (as his ex bandmate) they don't seem to talk to each other so much.
It's always tense in bands like that when they get big. The media basically concentrate on the singer/songwriter of the band. Everyone contributes something to the band, but one person gets asked all the questions and his/her answers get listened to. That person, at least back before everyone just stole music, made a lot more money from the songwriting credits usually, which could add to it.
And the thing is, most laid back, unassuming people just don't have the ego required to drive something like that forward. They just don't. That's why a lot of people in history who we think of as 'great' weren't great because they were really nice people. They were 'great' because they were willing to basically push their thing forward to success, and inevitably other people get stepped on and/or destroyed in the process.
And every member of a big band will end up with a halo of sycophants around them, telling them that they are really the person who matters most in the band, or that they are not appreciated as much as they should be, and so forth. These people can't control you until they've disconnected you from the people who got you there.
Throw in the fact that almost every popular band is made up of people who are too young to have the life experience to really deal gracefully with these types of situations. And all they have to do is hold out their hands and someone will happily fill it with whatever drug they want.
It's pretty much a perfect storm, which is why the number of really big bands that stay together for decades with the original members, or almost all of them, is really quite small. There is that thing where the first cousin of the last guy still alive from the original band takes the name and goes on tour, but that's not the same thing.
so sad what happened to d'arcy. drugs ruin you. God she was so beatiful. I really hope she's in rehab..... I just want her to play music again :(.
+katie cobain Well hey, Courtney Love seemed to have cleaned herself up a bit so perhaps, D'arcy has as well?
+Decadent Gamer D'arcy doesn't deserve to have that murdering psychopath in the same sentence, nor anyone for that matter.
Yeah she rox
well she is for what i heard
She did drugs?!
you know this must be old when they actually show footage of real musicians on mtv! man, i wish darcy still looked this healthy
D'arcy was SOOO adorable.
Drugs suck.
She's beautifull,...i would easily fell in love with her back then
Definitely a hot girl back then.
Check her out now
and Billy was really handsome
hair does that to a man.
Now looks like Uncle Fester
screw you, it's called ageing!
He kinda looks like a young Vincent D'Onofrio here.
He was!
wow they have the worst fucking chemistry ever... amazing that she lasted as long as she did with the Pumpkins..
Stoogemeister420 How do you figure?
+Stoogemeister420 Maybe she is just shy.
they were awkward on purpose lmao
Samantha Donaldson Yep I also would have if I was a Teenie around that age.
+Samantha Donaldson it's the opposit. They didn't really liked each other, especially D'arcy.
She has had a rough go since then. Sending love. None of us are perfect.
Hope she gets her shit together. Lots of people clean up their mess. Look at Robert Downey Jr.
+Kharimi Nougat
Robert Downy Jr. didn't totally fuck up his face.
She is so hot and talented!!!
She was cute. Several plastic surgeries later, she looks like the Cat Lady.
Look at Vinnie Vincent. Now Vinnie's back, clearing up the past, and getting back into music. I hopeful that D'arcy can do the same.
I used to work with a set of identical twins who looked and acted exactly like D'arcy Wretzky. Same mannerisms, awkwardness, same color blond hair, build, etc. I bet if you compared their DNA to D'arcy Wretzky they shared a common ancestor. The messed up part is both of the twins ended up as train wrecks just like D'arcy: One stole a bunch of money using someone else's ATM card (caught on video; no one believed it). The other walked out on her husband, moved in with her sister, and left her entire family behind. I would say genetically, D'arcy Wretzky had demons and couldn't deal with them. Just like the two twins I worked with, I'm sure D'arcy got used to getting everything she wanted handed to her and was never told "no" or ran into hardship until much later in life. I don't know much about D'arcy's childhood but that is why it's so important for parent(s) (that's right, plural) to keep their kids grounded.
I used to think like Billy about not having to be inspected by someone due to gender but having see as I have grown how so many females are talked down their whole lives to the point that some things just stop being a possibility in their heads altogether, has shown me why representation has an impact and the fact D’Arcy represents something important to so many people tells you more about what’s going on around those people that one might realise
i was just thinking how nothing has changed, like Billy said, it shouldn't have to be that way, that you have to acknowledge that it's a woman, but it still is. we still have to cheerlead women in all forms.
She was so beautiful. I recently saw her mugshot, and honestly I would've never recognized her.
this is the best video ive ever seen to see d'arcys face!
Being in a band is like being in a marriage and sometimes the relationship goes sour and it's best to end it. Fans wanting the original lineup is understandable but it's also like in-laws trying to get divorced couple back together again even when the relationship is poisonous.
i fully agree.. I haven't seen them but from the live footage, she's pretty solid. a good bass player knows it's not about sticking out and showing off with trippy over-the-top riffs, it's about complimenting the melody, sometimes that's simple root notes, sometimes it's walks and fiddly little bits. In the case of the pumpkins, what she did was what they needed. simple as that. that is what makes her good in my opinion. I hope she gets help too, she's a cool person... just made mistakes.
Oh my god this makes me so sad. She was so beautiful
they all complete each other they're all that one final piece that brings the smashing pumpkins together and makes them whole its like the infinity gems time, space, reality, mind, power, and soul without all of them it's infinite sadness.
It's no coincidence that the Smashing Pumpkins line-up from 2005 to today hasn't really hit the heights without D'arcy and James iha. Once i heard that they wouldn't be returning i knew Smashing Pumpkins wouldn't be the same. So D'arcy and James gave the band a lot of credibility even if they didn't write any of the songs.
Wrong....
She was such a gorgeous woman. Seriously, what the fuck happened to her??
+1godlessmonkey Drugs
Fame.
+Mikael CHALIAN She's completely clean now.
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she was on meth and it fucked her up. idk about now tho?
That girl is cute. And so is D’arcy!
Billy hired to interview D'arcy, ends up basically interviewing himself.
Ego.
You can feel D'arcy’s disdain for Corgan
Amazing! They both look HAPPY! That's incredible for the Smashing Pumpkins. I wished they had continued on the "good" path instead of the drugs and resentment one.
Aww, I wish they were still like this.
D'Arcy is so beautiful!
"Some one should be inspired musically and not because they are a male or female" -Based 90's Corgan
She was very pretty and he is highly intelligent
God bless her, i really hope she gets well
D'arcy Wretzky,
Wherever you are, you are a whole,
you are the best, and you make my heart beat,
how to forget your pretty eyes,
how to forget your smile,
how to forget that agility in the bass,
I can't forget you and that amazing bass, never, never.
You are a fantastic woman.
D'arcy, wherever you are!
You are my inspiration.
and....
As I would like to see you play that bass again.
with love.
D'arcy forever ❤️
dude she was such an angel... omg
i love how he sounds TOTALLY different when he sings lol ily guys!
Gorgeous D'Arcy!
I´ve never seen SP live but as far as I know she did a decent job with playing the songs live. apart from her playing she did contribute a bit of singing and of course her cool persona to the band.
I dont really care if she smoked crack and let her horses run amok.
I hope she gets the help she needs and manages to stay out of trouble once shes gotten her current situation worked out.
I Really Miss 90's
She was so nice, it's sad she's not around anymore :(
Happier days.
Billy was so cute!
God she was so beautiful and healthy
She was such a beautiful girl... sad that she turned into such a train wreck. omg this was 1994 it gives serious flashbacks
she turned into a train wrecktzky lolol
D'arcy you're beautiful here ! and maybe shy...like it! :) Sad to hear about all those stories afterwards, with your drug addiction,arrests and alcohol. Hope you are doing well these days.
It’s too bad I was only 2 years old at the time of this interview, I only got to appreciate the 90’s from 97 onward. I kinda wish sometimes I wish I was born in 1982 and not 92 to appreciate the full decade of the 90’s
As someone born in 1982 who did appreciate the entirety of the 90’s from the early 90’s alternative to the late 90’s techno scene, it was great and I only appreciate it more, now. It’s still awesome that I can just go on yt and relive it all in seconds. Couldn’t even fathom doing that in the 90’s. It’s nice to hear someone wish they were born back then, so thanks for making my day.
She was so beautiful, and had such a bright smile. It's so sad to see what drugs did to her. 😭
They look happy. Miss them
I miss d'arcy..James came back this year.hopefully d'arcy can make her way back for at least one show
She's so shy.
She's so D'elightful and D'elicious
Holy shit... Smashing Pumpkins was a huge musical part of the 90's for me. There was always so much focus on Billy that I never realized how attractive she was. Great band ... amazing music.
so beautiful
I remember that Corgan stated that she quit the band in the late '90s to do an acting career.
He insisted to her that you can't just fall into in an acting career with no training or experience-- "she hadn't even been in a student film."
Cut to twenty years later, and she is just a meth head living in rural Michigan. Corgan= wise sage.
Thats about right from what I understand. Did nothing since 1999 but a lot of dope
Uhhh... twenty years later, Billy Corgan's kind of a total asshole, a crazy conspiracy theorist, and has lost his mind a lot. Financially he may be doing well and he's surely well-known, but he's really not such a great person.
D'Arcy having left the public eye is the best thing she could have done. I don't know how she's doing- I hope she's off of meth or at least improving. It's for the best that she stays away from the news and media, and I applaud her for successfully doing so. Shame her acting career didn't lead too far.
Darcy is not a meth head, she's a total sweetheart and really down to Earth. Corgan states a lot of things about others when he should be shutting his mouth.
Billy wasn't wise... he tried to minimize her on every aspect of her career. You can notice that even on this joke interview... pay attention to what he says about her being inspirational for others... he has a huge problem with women being better than him at something.
@@marilu19918 As far as music she is no better than him and never was these are facts.
I didnt realized D'arcy was that pretty!!💞💞💞
D'arcy before she quit music and starred in Daria
She was pretty chill.. like her personality.
Corgan's hair looks so cute ..
D'Arcy was so beautiful and talented and I wish she was still playing 🎸 I saw the Pumpkin's play in like 2000-2001 and it wasn't the same without her
I saw the pumkins many times and she never made any difference to me.
@@RonyFish I saw them many times in the 90's, but in 2000, Idk why but it was different without D'Arcy. Probably nostalgia and the fact that I had a high school crush with D'Arcy, Billy, well all of them. Melissa Auf der Maur was great, but nostalgia kicked in and I was no longer in high school. But I did get to meet all of Pumpkins after that concert in 2000 💛
@@amandala00 Yeah nostalgia I get what you mean, this happened to me too but not circa 2000's I saw them three times for the machina tour and I really enjoyed the music. Zwan was awesome too and I found Melissa and Paz to be awesome Bass player. But when they came back for Zeitgeist they played a special show in Paris but the magic was gone so yeah I get what you mean but it wasn't just the bass it was the whole thing.
I met Billy twice once with the whole band but with Melissa. I remember Jimmy was super nice. The second time it was Billy alone it wasn't for a show : he sent a message on myspace saying he wanted to meet people in Paris but in a casual way.
I got many bootleg from the 90's and 2000's if you're interested.
His jawline can cut glass
Bro her music was right on her style was right on and the way she held herself is right on. Yea it wasint just because u are a chic... u are talent... u r light! Peace from Texas
most adorable awkwardness. I love them both.
She's so mean spirited for real. I hope she is happy wherever she is.
Jeez, she really didn't like him, did she.
idk it seems like more of a camera shy thing to me
Your right I don't think anyone in the band liked him really considering how douchey he was too them
@@wawewa2075 if it wasnt for him she would never be famous. he played for her, wrote for her...
@@Liamnerfdude1 true but now like the guy you know
Typical awkward talented American girl
They are so awkward together. You can feel the tensions brewing even at that point.
D’arcy made me fall in love with the concept of women in bands.
D'arcy WayneGretzky.
Damn, I didn't know Jesse Eisenberg was in a rock band in the 90s.
they're not similar at all but whatever
Leo B their voices are
hank no
Um no
He’s bald now
D'arcy is absolutely stunning both with her attitude and personality. I wish we could of heard her talk more, she seems like she'd be down to earth as fuck.
Such a shame the band members didn't get along from here onward. Now it's only Billy Corgan in The Smashing Pumpkins.
KrisFrosz133 more like The Smashing Pumpkin. I hate they still try to use that name. It's like Sublime with Rome but it's only one original member. Just change the damn name
@@Memnoch_the_Devil
James Iha and Jimmy Chamberlin have been back in the name for a couple years now.
ダーシー可愛い！