Traduza\\ SMASHING PUMPKINS Announces New Bassist

SMASHING PUMPKINS welcome a new member to the band: bassist Nicole Fiorentino.

The Los Angeles musician has been in such bands as VERUCA SALT, SPINERETTE, RADIO VAGO, TWILIGHT SLEEP and LIGHT FM. The latter group appeared at a Los Angeles benefit concert last November headlined by the Billy Corgan-led band BACKWARDS CLOCK SOCIETY (proceeds from that show went to Laura Masura, the former head of the SMASHING PUMPKINS fan club who was injured in a motorcycle crash).

Fiorentino will perform with the PUMPKINS on their world tour later this year, a trek that will include headline performances at two Summer Sonic festivals in Japan: August 7 in Tokyo (Marine Stadium) and August 8 in Osaka (Maishima).

Recently, the PUMPKINS released — online, for free — the swirling, psychedelicized "Astral Planes", the final song to be issued for the EP "Teargarden By Kaleidyscope Vol.1: Songs For A Sailor"; it is the first of an eventual 11 EPs to be sold in record stores. "Teargarden By Kaleidyscope Vol. 1: Songs For A Sailor" is set for official release on May 25 through Martha’s Music/Rocket Science Ventures. This very limited-edition collector's EP will be packaged in a beautiful silk-screened wooden box. Each box will contain a 4-song CD, a vinyl 7" and a hand-carved obelisk from the shadows of the Incan ruins in Machu Picchu.

Photo below courtesy of SmashingPumpkins.com