Fans of great power pop can rejoice. A number of top purveyors of the genre are coming together to form a pop “super group” of sorts and Hitfix has exclusive details about recording plans. Tinted Windows is Hanson vocalist Taylor Hanson, Fountains of Wayne bassist Adam Schlesinger, former Smashing Pumpkins’ guitarist James Iha and Cheap… Read More »
When I heard that Smashing Pumpkins’ James Iha, Bun E. Carlos from Cheap Trick, Adam Schlesinger from Fountains of Wayne, and TAYLOR EFFING HANSON were forming a band, I had to check the date on my calendar. Alas, April Fool’s Day is a good month and a half away. So I guess this is either… Read More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
That’s James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins) on guitar, Adam Schlesinger (Fountains Of Wayne) on bass, Mr. Bun E. Carlos (Cheap Trick) on drums, and Taylor Hanson (um, Hanson) on vocals. They’re called Tinted Windows and the album will be out sometime this spring. Sounds power pop-tastic, doesn’t it? Source Another article The Born to Rock and… Read More »
Q: What happened to the Hanson brothers? Where are they are now? FRANCES TATE, Stone Mountain A: Hanson, the pop rock band from Tulsa, Okla., includes brothers Isaac, Taylor and Zac. They continue to make music, appearing last October at Atlanta’s Variety Playhouse as part of their “Walk Around the World Tour.” Before their performances,… Read More »
I’ve said before that I believe there is an art to creating the perfect mix tape. When you do it right, you’re playing DJ in a fantasy league, blending a fated cornucopia of ballads and bangers, with just a hint of ironic ’80s pop. When you do it wrong, you’re probably part of the brain… Read More »
Sometimes people are capable of having so many terrible ideas that the end result winds up being quite good. Hilary Duff and Faye Dunaway know that only too well. Between them, Hilary Duff and Faye Dunaway have had plenty of bad ideas – covering everything from Mommie Dearest to Aaron Carter – but now all… Read More »