NASHVILLE |MARCH 22, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
EXCLUSIVE PRE-SALE FOR THE SMASHING PUMPKINS LIMITED-EDITION EP
"TEARGARDEN BY KALEIDYSCOPE VOL. 1: SONGS FOR A SAILOR"
Coast to coast, fans visiting select local independent record stores on RECORD STORE DAY, Saturday, April 17, will have an opportunity to preorder the new, limited edition EP by The Smashing Pumpkins, Teargarden by Kaleidyscope Vol 1: Songs For A Sailor. The pre-order is exclusive to independent record stores. By preordering the EP, fans will be guaranteed to own the EP and will immediately receive a collector's edition Smashing Pumpkins black light poster, while supplies last.
Says Smashing Pumpkins band leader Billy Corgan: "I used to work at an indie record shop so I'll always have a soft spot for the places where I still go to find the most vital music, whether new or still hidden."
Additionally, as part of the Record Store Day celebration, Rocket Science Ventures and Amoeba Records in Los Angeles will present the Pumpkins' fans with an opportunity to see an exclusive performance from the band. The first 250 fans who pre-order the Teargarden… EP on Saturday, April 17, will receive the limited edition black light poster as well as a wristband giving them entry into The Smashing Pumpkins performance from Amoeba and Urban Outfitters Space 15 Twenty later that day.
Director of Marketing for the Music Monitor Network and Record Store Day organizer Carrie Collition adds, "Many of Smashing Pumpkins' fans, not to mention record store employees like myself, first embraced the band and their debut album, Gish, inside the walls of an independent record store. We are thrilled that Billy Corgan is publicly recognizing the part those stores played, and continue to play, in the Pumpkins story."
The Smashing Pumpkins' TEARGARDEN BY KALEIDYSCOPE VOL. 1: SONGS FOR A SAILOR is set for official release on May 25th thru Martha's Music / Rocket Science Ventures. This very limited edition collectors EP will be packaged in a beautiful collector's silk-screened wooden box. Each box will contain a 4-song CD, a vinyl 7" and a hand-carved obelisk.
Record Store Day, is managed by the Music Monitor Network in partnership with the Coalition of Independent Music Stores (CIMS), and the Alliance of Independent Music Stores (AIMS) and celebrates the culture of independent record stores by playing host to in-store events/performances, signings and special product releases on a global scale. It takes place on Saturday, April 17, 2010.
Rocket Science Ventures expands on the label services concept by adding release funding coupled with a Sony/ RED distribution option – while providing artists and management the ability to maintain ownership and control of content. www.myrocketscience.com
Record Store Day Sponsors:
Crosley Radio, EMI Distribution, Fontana Distribution, Gotta Groove, NARM, RED Distribution, Rocket Science Inc, Sony Music, Universal Music Distribution, Vivendi Entertainment, WEA Distribution, and Warner Bros. Records.
For more information on exclusive Record Store Day events, products and participants, visit www.recordstoreday.com
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(r) 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). 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."
For press inquiries about The Smashing Pumpkins, contact Todd Brodginski or Alexandra Greenberg at MSO, 818 380 0400 or toddb@msopr.com and agreenberg@msopr.com
For any press inquires, comments or thoughts regarding Record Store Day, please contact Perry Serpa at Good Cop Public Relations, Phone (718) 846-0518 or perry@goodcoppr.com or Cristina Parker at NoiseNY Public Relations. Phone (917) 684-0452 or email: cristina@noiseny.com
For more information on exclusive Record Store Day events, products and participants, visit http://www.recordstoreday.com.
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