Teargarden by Kaleidyscope
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Teargarden by Kaleidyscope is a music project by alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins that was started in late 2009 by frontman Billy Corgan following the second departure of original drummer Jimmy Chamberlin. The project initially was conceived as a 44-song concept album loosely inspired by the Tarot, with each song being released individually as a free download.[5][6] By August 2018, after 34 tracks had been released, Corgan announced via Instagram that the project had been abandoned.
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Released | December 8, 2009 (2009-12-08) – December 9, 2014 | |||
Recorded | September 15, 2009 – July 2014 (abandoned) | |||
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Length | 139:11 | |||
Label | Martha's Music/Rocket Science | |||
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In 2009 and 2010, Corgan and new drummer Mike Byrne recorded and released two EPs, Volume 1: Songs for a Sailor and Volume 2: The Solstice Bare.[7][8] Following the addition of bassist Nicole Fiorentino to the band, the band recorded two additional songs as a quartet with guitarist Jeff Schroeder, after which the free download approach was abandoned in favor of more conventional album releases.[9] In 2012, Oceania was released as an "album-within-an-album" and was met with generally positive reviews.
In 2014, Byrne and Fiorentino exited the band, and Corgan and Schroeder began work on the final two Teargarden releases. Monuments to an Elegy, which features Tommy Lee of Mötley Crüe on drums, was released in December 2014 while its more experimental companion album Day for Night was shelved and remains unreleased. By 2018, the entire project had been scrapped.