Comments on: Silversun Pickups- Carnavas http://frederickfoxtrott.com/2007/09/21/silversun-pickups-carnavas/ Music and Reasons Why Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:13:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: frederickfoxtrott http://frederickfoxtrott.com/2007/09/21/silversun-pickups-carnavas/#comment-20 Sun, 14 Oct 2007 06:34:01 +0000 http://frederickfoxtrott.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/silversun-pickups-carnavas/#comment-20 I too am a SP fan, but I really disagree with you on this one. First of all Brian Aubert is a guy not a girl and he plays guitar not bass. Like D’Arcy, Nikki sings backup. I really suggest you check out My Bloody Valentine, Ariel, and Elliot. SSPU (as they prefer to be initialed) owes so much more to the shoe-gazer scene. There is definitely an early-nineties influence on SSPU and certainly the Pumpkins can be included in that among others. However, it is far more likely that the vague link between SSPU and SP is James Iha’s guitar style not Billy’s. Thanks for the post. Let me know what you think about the other bands I mentioned.

]]> By: Brent http://frederickfoxtrott.com/2007/09/21/silversun-pickups-carnavas/#comment-17 Sun, 14 Oct 2007 02:29:44 +0000 http://frederickfoxtrott.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/silversun-pickups-carnavas/#comment-17 I am a huge Pumpkins fan, and finally got to see them a couple of weeks ago.

I like the Silversun Pickups, although not nearly as much as the Pumpkins.

I will say that they DO sound a lot lot like the Pumpkins IF D’arcy (the original Pumpkins’ bassist) were the lead singer. In fact, when I first heard them, I thought it was D’arcy’s new band. It wasn’t until I Googled the Silversun Pickups, that I realized that it was not her at all.

What’s funny is that the lead singer sounds just like D’arcy and I believe she also plays the bass guitar.

The Pumpkins unquestionably have their own sound, and if I’ve EVER heard a band that reminds me of the Pumpkins, the Silversun Pickups would be it. When I first heard them, the first thing I thought was that they reminded me of the Pumpkins.

By the way, the Pumpkins are my all-time favorite band. I have been listening to them since the early 1990′s.

The Pickups are cool. They do have the same initials as the Smashing Pumpkins (S.P.) Coincidence? I think not!

Think about it…

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