If there's anything that warrants the term “life-changing,” it's Kiki Wong being handpicked by Billy Corgan and co. – out of more than 10,000 applicants – to join the Smashing Pumpkins. “Kiki’s audition was the first on this one day,” recalls Corgan in the latest issue of Guitar World. I remember looking at Jimmy, and I could tell he was surprised at how well Kiki played. “We have these times when it’s all improv,” she explains, “and hearing some of the voicings he uses… One of the things you strive for as a musician is developing your own sound, where someone will say, ‘Hey, that’s Kiki Wong!’ or ‘That’s Billy Corgan!’“But more than that, it’s ‘That’s Billy Corgan, and no one else can be Billy Corgan,’” she asserts. For more from Kiki Wong and Billy Corgan, plus new interviews with the Sex Pistols and Carlos Santana, pick up issue 595 of Guitar World from Magazines Direct.