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Smashing Pumpkins Tickets
16 February 2008
Smashing Pumpkins Tickets
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THE SMASHING PUMPKINS have announced the completion of new material with
American Gothic, a four-song acoustic EP to be released digitally via the iTunes
Store on 2 January 2008. Featuring the songs "The Rose March," "Pox, "Again,
Again, Again (The Crux)" and "Sunkissed," the EP will be available for
individual purchase on iTunes or as part of a deluxe iTunes version of the
band's critically hailed 2007 album Zeitgeist. In the U.S., iTunes is the
exclusive retailer; elsewhere in the world, American Gothic will be available as
a physical product at retail. Fans will also be able to download the EP artwork
for free via
www.smashingpumpkins.com
American Gothic was produced by Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin, with one
song co-produced by Roy Thomas Baker. The songs were recorded at the Pass Studio
in Los Angeles, CA while the Pumpkins were on a break between their 2007
national tour and upcoming 2008 European tour.
"We have always regretted not recording more in between tours because albums
have never caught the full story of the group...it's sort of Zeitgeist+," says
Billy of American Gothic, the title of which is "continued comment on the state
of our country."
"I had written a bunch of material during the residencies in Asheville and
San Francisco [earlier this year]," continues Billy, "and fans kept asking us if
we were gonna put any of that stuff out. iTunes came to us wanting to do
something together, so it just felt right."
"I have performed 'The Rose March' occasionally solo on tour, and the
response from the audience always seemed to indicate the song had the 'X'
quality." The song had an early unveiling in November 2006 when BILLY performed
it at the Hotel Café in Los Angeles as part of a series of shows assembled by
Pete Townshend's girlfriend and songwriter partner Rachel Fuller. "Afterwards,
Pete came up to me and asked me if we were putting that song on Zeitgeist. I
told him we weren't, and he told me I was crazy. That stuck with me--Pete
certainly knows more than I."
Smashing
Pumpkins
Discography
American Gothic
Zeitgeist
Billy Corgan - The Future Embrace
Jimmy Chamberlin - Life Begins Again
Zwan - Mary Star of the Sea
Machina II / The Friends And Enemies Of Modern Music
Machina / The Machines Of God
Adore
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Pisces Iscariot
Siamese Dream
Gish
Smashing
Pumpkins
websites
Official
Smashing
Pumpkins website:
www.smashingpumpkins.com
Smashing Pumpkins Tickets
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