Zwan

Zwan was a short-lived "indie supergroup" that formed in 2001 and disbanded in 2003.

Related Topics:
Indie - Supergroup - 2001 - 2003

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It featured:

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• Billy Corgan (vocals/guitar), formerly of The Smashing Pumpkins.
• Matt Sweeney (guitar), formerly of the bands Chavez and Skunk. He has also played with Cat Power and Guided By Voices, and collaborated with Will Oldham on an album.
• David Pajo (guitar), formerly of Slint, also the driving force behind Papa M. He has also played with Tortoise, Stereolab, Royal Trux and Will Oldham.
• Paz Lenchantin (bass), also of A Perfect Circle. She has also played with Papa M.
• Jimmy Chamberlin (drums), formerly of The Smashing Pumpkins.

Following the breakup of the Smashing Pumpkins, Corgan and Chamberlin joined forces with Sweeney to start Zwan. Sweeney recruited Pajo, and the band debuted as a four-piece in late 2001. Lenchantin completed the group in spring 2002.

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Widely seen as a vehicle for Corgan's prolific songwriting, Zwan used an intricate three-guitar attack to craft a sound often compared to that of the Smashing Pumpkins album Siamese Dream, albeit more melodic and shot through with an upbeat gentleness. Zwan performed about 50 new original Corgan songs on its several brief, acclaimed tours, but released only one studio album. The album was largely viewed as a disappointment for various reasons, including: poor quality, not meeting expectations set by prior Smashing Pumpkins albums, being less than the sum of its parts talent-wise, and poor production quality that Billy Corgan claimed was designed to "sound like vinyl".

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