Smashing Pumpkins Tribute band?

Mina Loy

Heydy ho,

A friend said they saw a poster up for an SP tribute band playing somewhere soon (poster was in wicklow street) Anyone any idea when/where/name of??:v: :v: :v: :v: :v: :v:

jericho1

Yeah, the Squashing Pumpkins are playing Saturday 21st January at the Voodoo Lounge

http://www.squashing-pumpkins.tk/

garthv

Saw these guys in Whelans a few weeks ago,damn good gig!

Mina Loy

Yay I'm going!

Den_M

Downloaded their tracks from the website. Not bad I guess. Sounds like your first cousins playing the songs or something. Wish I could go. But it would be a long drive just for a tribute band!

cormie

There's also The Smumpkins who do quite a good cover set. They mainly concentrate on the heavier material. What's the mix of the Squashings like?

bumblebeemouth

We're actually called Mashing Pumpkins now Cormie!! Our old title just confused too many people!

cormie

Yeah I wasn't too gone on Smumpkins, who's that anyway? Moe?

EDIT: The name Smumpkins, great cover band:D You guys should get some samples up, I tried record you a few times but made a balls of the recordings.

ronano

a) I'm going
b) how much
c) lordy do some pr would ya,online pr!

im an idiot its early hush

Prezatch

Can ya get tickets on the door?

Mina Loy

JoeyD wrote:

Can ya get tickets on the door?

yeah its voodoo tis grand

Mina Loy

wow they rocked! i seemed to be the only one singing along to every song and a little drunk though hummm;) :v:

astradelphinus

are you joking? they sucked .. did you notice how they didnt manage to nail the lyrics .. fans eh!!
i would say the mashing pumpkins are so much better .. they sound like the pumpkins and hey guess what .. as it should be .. billy plays guitar **
i would advise sqaushing pumpkins to never play again .. but thats only my opinion ..

Mina Loy

oh give it a rest! no cover band should be taken that seriously dude,..unlike these charming men which was ****ing scary as people were trying to clamber on stage to rape the guy because they actually believed he was morrissey (like he probably did himself) SP are an incredibly hard band to cover due to the fact every song is different, reverse ****ing guitar and synth with really difficult riffs. I know people who have been playing since they were 10 and in their 30's now who still can't pull off some of their stuff so they don't even bother!

I thought it was fun and lighthearted and exactly what it was supposed to be..a tribute :P MJEH.

ronano

Eh

I enjoyed them but they were not anything brillant(i agree tho tribute band cant expect much however aussie nirvana were always fantastic :P) 10 euro in tho when i thought it was 5 euro,boo!

It reminded me how much i love silver****

Prezatch

astradelphinus wrote:

are you joking? they sucked ..

Well that's buls**t. They are a very talented band. The singer had Billy's vocals down to a T, and the drummer was great. I thought the last 3 songs were a bit mushy sounding though. The Everlasting Gaze didn't sound right at all. But apart from that they rocked.

Mina Loy

I thought it was tres amusing when he didn't know the lyrics to 1979 hehehe..of all the songs to not know the lyrics...:rolleyes:

astradelphinus

yeah i guess it is true that a cover band should be taken lightheartedly and all that .. however if they have the cheek to charge ten euro in and then not even play the songs well .. that sucks!!
i disagree with anyone who says they rocked .. they didnt!! simple!! lets hope they never ever try pull that off again in a hurry .. and 1979 .. they didnt know the lyrics!! dude .. weak

ronano

I could've sworn this thread said 5 euro!

i thought the guy missed his cue to come in on 1979

astradelphinus

na twas indeed ten euro in .. steep i think! i saw mashing pupkins in themusic centre a while ago .. and they were amazing man .. and as far as i remember they were under 5 .. well worth it .. i think the fact that there billy plays guitar really adds to it .. they totally rock out :cool:

cormie

I've seen Mashing Pumpkins a few times, I know the guys pretty well from house parties and stuff, they do a great cover set, the lead singer is obsessed with pumpkins which is good too:) I'd really prefer to see them in a strictly pumpkins venue, the only place I have seen them, which has been quite a few times, is at house parties and in TBMC where there would be different bands on, so I've never actually seen them with a strictly pumpkins crowd, just friends of theirs and friends of the other bands playing:o I'd say they could shake up a pumpkins crowd no problem though:) They also do viewphoricness too and other live covers, not just covering note by note from album tablature etc which is good:)

I'm in no way comparing them to Squashings here as even though I've listened to their demos which sound ok I couldn't judge them until I saw them live, as that's what cover bands generally are, for the live element, nobody is really going to buy an album by a cover band covering word for word in the exact same style as the original band.

ferdi

i was at the voodoo lounge gig, pretty good. didnt expect the gay night afterwards though....

astradelphinus

was it like a real gay night like for .. gay people .. or just a crap one

garthv

astradelphinus wrote:

was it like a real gay night like for .. gay people .. or just a crap one

Stfu tbh.
If you think you can do any better than be my guest

spaceboy

I went to the gig on saturday,thought it was ok.
the guy had billy's voice down to a tee,but his stage prescence was zero(no pun intended:D ) the rest of the band where average,tbh,the guitar solo in stand inside your love was out of key & horrible!
what they lack badly is a bit of passion & energy when on stage,& the 10 euro charge was a bit steep also,
not a bad gig but I would'nt go out of my way to see them again!