the smumpkins!!!!! amazing!

melon_colly

HEY EVERYBODY!!!!

OH MY GOD IF YOU ARE A PUMPKINS FAN YOU HAVE TO GO AND SEE "THE SMUMPKINS" ... AMAZING .... ELECTRIFYING .... REBIRTH OF ONE OF THE GREATEST LIVE ACTS OF ALL TIME.

WITH A BASSIST THAT COULD BE BILLY ( ALMOST HIS TWIN ) .. DRUMMER THAT ****ING ROCKS!!! A SINGER THAT IS SO PASSIONATE THAT YOU CAN CLOSE YOUR EYES AND ALMOST IMAGINE THAT YOU ARE AT A PUMPKINS GIG , AND GUITARS THAT YOU CAN FEEL IN YOUR SOUL!!!

AMAZING ... GO SEE THEM.

THEY ****ING ROCK!!!! out of interest anybody else seen them ....

Doctor J

Hmmmm, you wouldn't be a member of this group pimping them would you? :rolleyes:

melon_colly

Im actually not!!! jus saw them last night and had to let everybody know! they were playing at a charity gig for the tsunami fund. And i was seriously taken aback.

Töpher

/not believing

Ph3n0m

melon_colly wrote:

HEY EVERYBODY!!!!

OH MY GOD IF YOU ARE A PUMPKINS FAN YOU HAVE TO GO AND SEE "THE SMUMPKINS" ... AMAZING .... ELECTRIFYING .... REBIRTH OF ONE OF THE GREATEST LIVE ACTS OF ALL TIME.

WITH A BASSIST THAT COULD BE BILLY ( ALMOST HIS TWIN ) .. DRUMMER THAT ****ING ROCKS!!! A SINGER THAT IS SO PASSIONATE THAT YOU CAN CLOSE YOUR EYES AND ALMOST IMAGINE THAT YOU ARE AT A PUMPKINS GIG , AND GUITARS THAT YOU CAN FEEL IN YOUR SOUL!!!

AMAZING ... GO SEE THEM.

THEY ****ING ROCK!!!! out of interest anybody else seen them ....

OMG capital letters, they must rock

cournioni

Never liked the Smashing Pumpkins anyway, so I would doubt if I would like that band.

melon_colly

im sorry but i refuse to believe that you have to be in a band to actually like them! if i got on here and said i was absolutely crazy about metallica .... would you suggest i was a member! didnt think so

cournioni

But to say you are crazy about a cover band is a different story altogether.

Doctor J

PORNAPSTER wrote:

But to say you are crazy about a cover band is a different story altogether.

I think the P C name is "tribute" band

eoin5

THE SMUMPKINS! sounds like some pisstake band name. Why wouldnt they call themselves Gish or Siva or something.

melon_colly

well considering the pumpkins dont gig anymore, as a huge fan im willing to cling on to the next best thing i can find ... cover or not ... its pumpkins songs played well.

cournioni

Doctor J wrote:

I think the P C name is "tribute" band

Nice inverted commas!

melon_colly

yeah agree with you on that one! the smumpkins is a bit of a **** name

garthv

im a big pumpkins fan myself so i wouldnt mind seeing these guys,
any idea where/when they are playing next?

melon_colly

no idea ... but dont worry if i find out ill post it up and let you know! and vice versa

Milkman Dan

OMG!
THE SMUMKINS ARE TOTALLY ROCK MAN DUDE TOTALLY LIKE

yeah, so, what?
its nice that you have a hobby dear.

melon_colly

dont be so rude ... like .... oh my god! a bit of respect for your fellow posters would not go astray smurf. .... like

evad_lhorg

sure leave the guy alone lads he's just informing us of a good cover band he saw and id be very interested in seein them. any idea when theyll be playin next?

Milkman Dan

melon_colly wrote:

dont be so rude ... like .... oh my god! a bit of respect for your fellow posters would not go astray smurf. .... like

sorry, that wasn't me, that was my tribute poster, smilky.
he's nearly as good though.

melon_colly

by the way ... im a lady

Milkman Dan

melon_colly wrote:

by the way ... im a lady

a "tribute" lady?

evad_lhorg

:eek: never knew girls had any taste in music

melon_colly

well you know now!!!!

meditraitor

Were did you see them,, how long was the set,, drink served? you really a lady?

Has the singer got dreads?

melon_colly

yeah the singer has got dreads ... and yep am a lady

meditraitor

were did they play?,

Saw them play in the TBMC. Absolutely brilliant. Never saw a "tribute" band get asked for an encore like that before. They have a proper light show, But the Bassist seems to be afraid of the light (He was huddled in a corner of the stage for most of the night) But the sound of their guitars were pitch perfect. It was really really good.

eljono

Do you know if they're a Dublin band or do they tour?

Dublin afaik.

melon_colly

yeah i was in the tbmc aswell ... totally wicked!

melon_colly

yeah as far as i know they are a dublin band

eljono

I never got to see the Pumpkins play and it is a huge regret. If this tribute band are as good as ye say, it would be worth going up to see them.

melon_colly

that is exactly the same as me ... i loved the pumpkins and never got to see them ... the smumpkins are seriously the next best thing! check it out for yourself ..

briano

Saw them play once or twice.

The old bass player sucked really badly. But he was a handsome devil.

melon_colly

the bass players not that bad ... but yeah hot damn he is the spitting image of billy corgan aint he! the singer is amazing so is the drummer

briano

No, They changed Bass players. The new one is MUCH better. But the old one was hot.

magpie

Do they play all the stuff off Gish and Siamese dream first so you can leave when they get into the later Billy Corgan 'The moon is made of cheese whimsy voyage to the centre of the earth pastiche video tonight tonight cello lurch from the adams family shaved head gothic nonsense' type material?

Is the Tribute James Iha as pointless/useless as the original?

melon_colly

i think youve got the wrong band ... all of the smumpkins are guys and always were! are you thinking about the actual real band the smashing pumpkins?

MAGPIE!!! You'll be pleased to know, when they played TBMC they stayed away from the whole Machina era. They Played the much rockier stuff and opened with a great version of I am one. As for Mr Iha. He's great on guitar, true, his solo album is turdacious.

briano

Nope, Pretty Sure its the right one.

cormie

I've seen this band a few times and I have to say they do an excellent job of covering the pumpkins.

I've known the bassist since nappies, were good friends. He does a great job and does look the image of billy (one photo in particular I saw I couldn't believe the similarities)

The Lead singer is a huge pumpkins fan, I thought I was bad until I met him, he went to America to see them tour, he went to about 8 different shows. He has met the band. He knows all the lyrics and can play the songs perfectly.

The drummer does an excellent job. The original pumpkins drummer is amazing and he does him justice.

Rythem guitar is perfect too!


The first few times I saw them they were slightly out of time and tune but they have progressed and sound exactly like the real thing. The lead singer puts all his heart into it and they do special covers you may recognise from live sets (ear/viewphoria and the likes). They mainly play the pumpkins heavy material. I myself do prefer the more melodic softer material but as far as heavy music goes, the pumpkins produce some great songs to rock out to. I just loved "Stand inside your love" performed at TBMC.

They only got to play about 4 songs last night but the crowd were cheering for more and going quite wild in the little space they had. The crowd react, if enough people knew about them they could certainly fill a venue and everybody would be impressed.

They are based in Dublin.

Keep an eye out as I will post the next time I hear about an upcoming gig. And if you know a pumpkins fan, let them know. I never got to see the pumpkins myself, I was too young and didn't know them at the times they played (except the last olympia tour, just didn't have the money to buy from a tout, checked their website about a week before tickets went on sale and there was no mention of it, when I saw an add on tv I jumped with excitement only to find out the next day that tickets had gone on sale a week prior and were sold out). This just about does it for me though.


The band has always been the same 4 guys from the start. Bass player has always been the same.

James Ihas solo album is good. It's not heavy but it's still good.

They played "Stand inside your love" - Machine era at TBMC.

magpie

They Played the much rockier stuff and opened with a great version of I am one

Excellent! I thought Gish was the shizzle when it came out, but everything they released after that was a slow laborious journey to the centre of Billy C's capacious rectum.

bumblebeemouth

eoin5 wrote:

THE SMUMPKINS! sounds like some pisstake band name. Why wouldnt they call themselves Gish or Siva or something.

Believe me man it took a seriously long time for us to all agree on name for the band. Gimme a decent suggestion (has to be a lot better than Gish or Siva though!) and we'll consider it!!!

Doctor J

Mashing Pumpkins?

We are one?

magpie

'D'arcy's Wretzkys'

magpie

magpie wrote:

D'arcy's Wretzkys

Hmmm D'arcy's Wretzkys... Fnarr fnarr

magpie

How about 'Billy No Mates' ?

magpie

'The Dashing Bumpkins'

Doctor J

Auf Der Mars Bar?