The Vault: The Newest Smashing Pumpkin’s Shoegazy Past

noah | May 23, 2007 12:55 pm

Now that the names of the people subbing for D’Arcy and James Iha in Smashing Pumpkins have been revealed, the scramble for information about them has begun. Below, we’ve posted two songs from past projects of brand-new guitarist Jeff Schroeder, who’s been kicking around the Christian alt-rock scene for the past 10 years or so. “El Rey,” by Schroeder’s shoegazer outfit the Lassie Foundation, has giant pillows of guitar as its foundation, while a good 50% of the writeups we found for the 1996 album by the Violet Burning, which featured Schroeder on guitar, referenced “Siamese Dream-era Smashing Pumpkins.” That should provide some comfort to anyone worried about this Pumpkins incarnation’s version of “Silverfuck”:

The Lassie Foundation – El Rey [MP3, link expired] The Violet Burning – Arabic Radio Tremolo [MP3, link expired]