NASHVILLE |JUNE 29, 2011
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR SLAMS FOR THE SMASHING PUMPKINS’
UPCOMING ALBUM ‘OCEANIA’
THE SMASHING PUMPKINS’ MUSIC VIDEO FOR ‘OWATA’
TO MAKE DEBUT ON YAHOO! WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29 AT 9 PM PT
In the midst of promoting his current film On The Shoulders of Giants, basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has been gracing the internet with a special viral clip. The short piece features Kareem slam-dunking a pumpkin, crushing it in the process, and finishes with a shout-out for THE SMASHING PUMPKINS’ upcoming album OCEANIA, “an album within an album” that is part of the band’s in-progress 44-song work TEARGARDEN BY KALEIDYSCOPE (due in the fall TBA). The clip can be viewed at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIl7_WRdryE&feature=player_embedded
Meanwhile, separate from OCEANIA, THE SMASHING PUMPKINS' “Owata” music video will make its debut today, Wednesday, June 29 at 9 pm PT/midnight ET via Yahoo!. Directed by director Robby Starbuck (Metric, The Sounds, Escape The Fate), it’s the first music video from TEARGARDEN BY KALEIDYSCOPE and marks the first-ever video to be filmed with the Red Epic M camera, a landmark progression to the cutting edge of the music video industry. It stars famed wrestlers Cheerleader Melissa, Shelly Martinez and Raven. Teased The Pumpkins’ frontman BILLY CORGAN via twitter (@Billy) “…first cut is 12 min long, like a short film. Second cut will be music video only! Good fun.”
For more information, please contact:
For THE SMASHING PUMPKINS:
Mitch Schneider: mschneider@msopr.com
Todd Brodginski: toddb@msopr.com
Alexandra Greenberg: agreenberg@msopr.com
MSO: 818-380-0400
About THE SMASHING PUMPKINS:
The Smashing Pumpkins have created one of the most acclaimed bodies of work in musical history and sold over 30 million albums. Formed in Chicago in 1988, they released Gish, their influential (and platinum) debut in 1991, which was followed by more platinum and multi-platinum albums including the nine-time platinum Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness and the four-time platinum Siamese Dream as well as the platinum certified 1998 album Adore. The pivotal group’s many hits defined the alternative music era and continue to resonate on modern rock radio, influencing a whole new generation. The Pumpkins returned in 2007 with their gold-certified and acclaimed sixth album Zeitgeist, which entered the charts at Number 2 in the U.S. and in the Top Ten internationally. Since their triumphant return to the stage in 2007, the Pumpkins have headlined some of the biggest events around the globe including the Reading Festival, Rock Am Ring, and the V fest. In 2008, the band was inducted into Hollywood’s RockWalk. Their first post-major label release was the song “Superchrist,” issued via the Guitar Center CD Fresh Cuts Vol. 2. They subsequently recorded the song–the modern rock hit–“G.L.O.W.” for the Guitar Hero® World Tour game, marking the first time a band has recorded a new song exclusively for the franchise. In November 2008, the band released their first live DVD, If All Goes Wrong. In December 2009 The Smashing Pumpkins began releasing Teargarden By Kaleidyscope, a 44-song work with songs being released online one at a time for free (4-song physical EPs will be made available as the songs are released, such as the first one: Teargarden by Kaleidyscope Vol 1: Songs For A Sailor, issued May 25, 2010 thru Martha’s Music/Rocket Science Ventures). This was followed by a second EP–Teargarden By Kaleidyscope Vol. II: “The Solstice Bare”–released November 23, 2010 via Martha’s Music/Rocket Science Ventures. The group’s BILLY CORGAN has said the new music “harkens back to the original psychedelic roots of The Smashing Pumpkins; atmospheric, melodic, heavy, and pretty.”
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KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR SLAMS FOR THE SMASHING PUMPKINS’ UPCOMING ALBUM ‘OCEANIA’, MUSIC VIDEO FOR ‘OWATA’ TO MAKE DEBUT ON YAHOO! TONIGHT AT 9 PM PT
