Teargarden by Kaleidyscope
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Cover art for the project featured on the official website
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| Studio album by The Smashing Pumpkins | ||||
| Released | December 8, 2009 – present | |||
| Recorded | September 15, 2009 – present | |||
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| Label | Martha's Music/Rocket Science | |||
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Teargarden by Kaleidyscope is an ongoing studio album cycle by the alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins that was started in late 2009 by frontman Billy Corgan following the departure of original drummer Jimmy Chamberlin. The project was conceived as a 44-song concept album loosely inspired by the Tarot, with each song being released individually as a free download.
In 2009 and 2010, Corgan and new drummer Mike Byrne recorded and released two EP's, Volume 1: Songs for a Sailor and Volume 2: The Solstice Bare. Following the addition of bassist Nicole Fiorentino to the band, the band recorded two additional songs as a quartet with guitarist Jeff Schroeder, after which the free download approach was abandoned in favor of more conventional album releases. In 2012, Oceania was released as an "album-within-an-album" and was met with generally positive reviews.
In 2014, Byrne and Fiorentino exited the band, and Corgan and Schroeder began work on the final two Teargarden releases. Monuments to an Elegy, which features Tommy Lee of Mötley Crüe on drums, was released in December 2014, and an upcoming album with no planned release date.
The Smashing Pumpkins reformed in 2006, after a six-year hiatus, releasing the studio album Zeitgeist in 2007. Although Zeitgeist went gold, which Billy Corgan considered an achievement given the state of the music industry, Corgan and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin decided in 2008 that they would not make another traditional studio album, citing changing listener habits.
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