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FRUIT BATS – ” Siamese Dream ” Smashing Pumpkins Covers

Posted: July 24, 2021 in MUSIC
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You may recall that Fruit Bats covered Smashing Pumpkins’ classic second album, “Siamese Dream“, in full last year for the Sounds Delicous collective , and that’s now been shared to streaming services. Eric D. Johnson gives the alt-rock classic a decidedly Fruit Bats spin. He talks a little about the album and his version:

In 1993, I was the prime age to be swept up in alternative radio. But truth be told, while I loved Nirvana and Jane’s Addiction, in my heart I was still secretly wearing a hole in my cassette copy of Steve Miller Band’s Greatest Hits 1974-78. Somehow, Smashing Pumpkins spoke to all sides of me angsty on the surface but really filled with a kind of Midwest mysticism that spoke directly to my 17-year-old-kid-from-Illinois brain. It’s also the first tape I ever listened to while driving a long distance alone. I’m pretty sure my version of this album is based on subconscious memories of that drive.

I played all the instruments on this. And no, of course I’m not going to be able to recreate Billy Corgan’s crushing, epic guitar tone. Nor could I dream of touching Jimmy Chamberlin’s floaty (yet ever-shredding) drumming. This version is all about hazy memories for me, and how Corgan’s brilliant pop hooks can travel through time and exist in any possible instrumental configuration.

Fruit Bats are playing Newport Folk Festival this weekend, and they’ve just announced a few October 2021 dates, They’ll be back in for a more extensive 2022 tour 

Fruit Bats released “The Pet Parade” earlier this year and are also contributing to the upcoming Neal Casal tribute box set.

FRUIT BATS have digitally released their full-album cover of Siamese Dream by Smashing Pumpkins! Recorded between the albums “The Pet Parade” and “Gold Past Life” and originally released on vinyl last summer via Turntable Kitchen, the Fruit Bats version of Siamese Dream can now be heard in full on your stream or purchased in the Merge Records store.
“Johnson navigates the songs with intimacy while freely straying from the record’s blueprint. In the original, high drama and explosive washes of guitars greet listeners at every turn. Muting both elements, Johnson strips the songs of their grandeur and amplifies their air of loneliness. The effect is poignant, as if the singer is communing with his younger self.” —New Yorker

Released July 23rd, 2021

The SMASHING PUMPKINS – ” Solara “

Posted: June 10, 2018 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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The Smashing Pumpkins have released “Solara,” the first song by the classic lineup’s partial reunion and the first to feature Billy Corgan, James Iha and Jimmy Chamberlin since 2000.

“Solara” is one of the eight titles Billy Corgan revealed earlier this year that resulted in studio sessions with producer Rick Rubin and longtime collaborator Jeff Schroeder in place of original bassist D’Arcy Wretsky.

Other titles include “Alienation,” “Travels,” “Silvery Sometimes,” “With Sympathy,” “Marchin’ On,” “Knights of Malta” and “Seek and You Shall Destroy.” The band said it was hoping to release the material on two EPs.

“I would say this is the happiest time of the band,” Corgan told The New York TImes recently. “It’s a bit akin to trying to rekindle a romance almost two decades later. The love is there, but, you know, is the language? Is the magic there?” It seemed to be, after the music “just poured out” and, he said, “pick[ed] up where this unit left off.”

Corgan noted that he had become unnecessarily outspoken as the band fractured in the ‘90s, which had left him appearing to be a “class-A heel.” “To my discredit, I didn’t realize that that formula only works if you’re winning commercially,” he admitted. Once that was no longer the case, “you’re just a jerk with a bad message.”

The Smashing Pumpkins start their Shiny and Oh So Bright North American tour on July 12th in Glendale, Ariz.; it runs through September. 9th in Edmonton. The shows mark the band’s 30th anniversary and feature material from across its catalog along with a selection of some of the new tracks

The first recording in over 18 years to feature founding members Billy Corgan, James Iha, and Jimmy Chamberlin. Recorded in Malibu, CA at Shangri La Studios with producer Rick Rubin and longtime Smashing Pumpkins guitarist Jeff Schroeder.

WATERS – ” Tonight, Tonight ” Smashing Pumpkins Cover

Posted: January 9, 2015 in MUSIC
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“Tonight, Tonight” is a song by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins, written by the band’s frontman, Billy Corgan. It was the third single and second track on the first disc from their third album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness,  “Tonight, Tonight” was critically acclaimed and commercially well-received upon its release. The music video accompanying the song was also successful and won several awards.

A shorter acoustic version of the song, titled “Tonite Reprise”, was included as a B-side to the single and on the triple LP version of Mellon Collie.
Waters are Van Pierszalowski, Brian DaMert, Greg Sellin, Andrew Wales, Sara DaMert based in San Francisco their debut album
“It All Might Be Okay” came out at the end of last year