PHWOARR- Smashing Pumpkins bassist edition

[Nice Relaxing Poo]

Sort of belongs in here and sort of doesn't but hey ho:

(Young) Darcy



Melissa Auf Der Maur



Ginger Pooley



Nicole Fiorentino




I'm going to include Paz Lenchantin even though she was only in Zwan




Knows his attractive lady bassists does old moon face Corgan. I choose Auf Der Maur btw but Paz has a look of being great fun in all the pics I've seen of her from days of yore, the kind of girl who would be good fun at the pub while you looked at her dreamily thinking you had a chance.

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[drummersaredeaf]

I'll sidestep the lecherous aspects of the above, but I quite liked the first Auf der Maur solo album. I saw her supporting APC, and then on her own a bit later. No idea if the follow up is any good though.

[Neville Chamberlain]

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[kngen]

Yeah, but how many of them have won an Oscar? Kira Roessler has!



Black Flag > SmaPum. QED.

[Pauline Walnuts]

Didn't the Wedding Present have a series of low end hotties as well? [/ironic sexism]

[BlodwynPig]

I'll sidestep the lecherous aspects of the above, but I quite liked the first Auf der Maur solo album. I saw her supporting APC, and then on her own a bit later. No idea if the follow up is any good though.

imho the second album was superior, but its been ages since I listened to it.

[PaulTMA]

Didn't the Wedding Present have a series of low end hotties as well? [/ironic sexism]

Um, well I think they continued to have female members after Terry de Castro left to cover the backing vocals from Cinerama onwards

[Lisa Jesusandmarychain]

Didn't the Wedding Present have a series of low end hotties as well? [/ironic sexism]

Keith Gregory in his prime wasn't too bad. Sort of Luke a sexy Skeletor.

[The Culture Bunker]

Looking at above pics, is it telling that my conclusion was more that Corgan insists his bassists have to play a Fender?

(can't tell in the Auf Der Maur pic, sure someone will correct me)

[Technique]

in fairness to Corgan, the current bass player for the pumpkins is a fat male Mancunian.

[buzby]

Looking at above pics, is it telling that my conclusion was more that Corgan insists his bassists have to play a Fender?

(can't tell in the Auf Der Maur pic, sure someone will correct me)

Auf De Maur had many custom P-Basses ,but the one in the picture is her most unique one, a silver glitter-finish body with a mirror pickguard:


Fiorentino started using Reverend Decision and Justice basses as well as P and Jazz Basses towards the end of her time in the Pumpkins. Early on Darcy used a Musicman Stingray, Yamaha BB3300 and Epiphone ET-285 before settling on P- and Jazz Basses.

Of course, the reason they all used Fender basses is probably down to that's what Billy used in the studio recordings (he played almost everything except the drums on their albums pre Mellon Collie) and having to reproduce his sound live.

[drummersaredeaf]

She'll P-Bass by the time I'm finished with her.

[Lisa Jesusandmarychain]

They've all used Fender basses by the time....oh never mind.

[Spiteface]

Auf De Maur had many custom P-Basses ,but the one in the picture is her most unique one, a silver glitter-finish body with a mirror pickguard:


Fiorentino started using Reverend Decision and Justice basses as well as P and Jazz Basses towards the end of her time in the Pumpkins. Early on Darcy used a Musicman Stingray, Yamaha BB3300 and Epiphone ET-285 before settling on P- and Jazz Basses.

Of course, the reason they all used Fender basses is probably down to that's what Billy used in the studio recordings (he played almost everything except the drums on their albums pre Mellon Collie) and having to reproduce his sound live.

Most likely - the bass D'arcy's using in the pic up top is probably Corgan's. Pretty sure I saw a photo of him with it when he and Jimmy Chamberlin were recording Zeitgest.

As for Reverend, not sure why Nicole made the switch, but Corgan has used Reverend guitars since Machina, and after falling out with Fender and Gibson has started using them again, with his main live guitar being a signature model, although the old blue strat is also seeing use.

Jeff Schroeder for years was playing Les pauls, mainly because that's what James Iha used, then he slowly started moving away from that, also using Reverend stuff.

[SteveDave]

in fairness to Corgan, the current bass player for the pumpkins is a fat male Mancunian.

Son of Hook