To restate DRybes; dross is all the imperfections of molten metal. Dross is about other musicians who basically have out lived their "hey-day", and are jsut around to suck ass, sit in a rocking chair and say "Remember back in the day? I was somebody.... they called me Chinggy. I was KING!!" [inside joke, sorry about the poor use of a "rock star".] The whole song revolves around the idea of what "metal" is in it's purest form; molten; liquid; burning; everything that we the people envision it to be. It's hot, it's right now, it's in your face, and you can feel the heat as it comes up to you, asks you the question, and waits for your answer. It goes into my theory that the Smashing Pumpkins broke up BECAUSE of the sucess they had on Mellon Collie and the Infinte Sadness; the could never top it as far as alterno-indie-rock goes, and they did not want to forever be remembered by "Bullet With Butterfly Wings". I remember hearing Dross as a live track from the Adore tour, and waiting for Adore to come out, being denied, and then waiting for Machina to come out, again being denied. Finally Machina II comes out, [for free, i might add, which is perhaps the single coolest thing a rock group has ever done for me], and I had my copy of this idea that has been passed around, and from the looks of it, been missed. Some days I really wish Billy Corgan was reading these just to get back to everyone. Sorry if I sound harsh.
To restate DRybes; dross is all the imperfections of molten metal. Dross is about other musicians who basically have out lived their "hey-day", and are jsut around to suck ass, sit in a rocking chair and say "Remember back in the day? I was somebody.... they called me Chinggy. I was KING!!" [inside joke, sorry about the poor use of a "rock star".] The whole song revolves around the idea of what "metal" is in it's purest form; molten; liquid; burning; everything that we the people envision it to be. It's hot, it's right now, it's in your face, and you can feel the heat as it comes up to you, asks you the question, and waits for your answer. It goes into my theory that the Smashing Pumpkins broke up BECAUSE of the sucess they had on Mellon Collie and the Infinte Sadness; the could never top it as far as alterno-indie-rock goes, and they did not want to forever be remembered by "Bullet With Butterfly Wings". I remember hearing Dross as a live track from the Adore tour, and waiting for Adore to come out, being denied, and then waiting for Machina to come out, again being denied. Finally Machina II comes out, [for free, i might add, which is perhaps the single coolest thing a rock group has ever done for me], and I had my copy of this idea that has been passed around, and from the looks of it, been missed. Some days I really wish Billy Corgan was reading these just to get back to everyone. Sorry if I sound harsh.