Daily Archives: February 18, 2009

Article: One Pumpkin, One Fountain, One Trick And A Hanson Add Up To Tinted Windows

By | February 18, 2009

Published by James Montgomery on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 at 6:44 pm. Take one graying former Smashing Pumpkins ax-man, a Hanson brother-turned-father, a 57-year-old Cheap Trick drummer and the Fountains of Wayne bassist, and what have you got? Tinted Windows, the music world’s latest, relatively head-scratching supergroup. That’s right — James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins), Bun… Read More »

Official Word from Taylor…

By | February 18, 2009

First off, we hoped to be the first to officially tell you guys about it on hnet, but there was a mixup…anyways. Over the last couple years, Adam Schlesinger from fountains of Wayne and James Iha have been working on this project – We first met Adam years ago when we were making Middle Of… Read More »

Article:Tinted Windows: a ‘supergroup’… featuring Hanson

By | February 18, 2009

Does Smashing Pumpkins’ James Iha know MMMBop? Tom Porter, Wed 18 Feb 2009, 11:25 am UTC The term ‘supergroup’ is often thrown around rather loosely, to say the least. Tinted Windows is the latest band to attract the moniker, and it probably does deserve it. Regardless of its eyebrow-raising lineup… Former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James… Read More »

More on “Tinted Windows”

By | February 18, 2009

Former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha, Cheap Trick drummer Bun E. Carlos, Hanson’s Taylor Hanson and Fountains Of Wayne bassist Adam Schlesinger have formed a new band, Tinted Windows. The group has recorded its debut album at Stratosphere Sound Studios in New York, which Schlesinger and Iha co-own with Ivy’s Andy Chase. The set is… Read More »