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description: Zwan was an American alternative rock band that was formed by members of The Smashing Pumpkins, Slint, Tortoise, Chavez, and A Perfect Circle. Zwan was started in late 2001 by Billy Corgan, lead singe ...

Zwan was an American alternative rock band that was formed by members of The Smashing Pumpkins, Slint, Tortoise, Chavez, and A Perfect Circle. Zwan was started in late 2001 by Billy Corgan, lead singer and guitarist of the Smashing Pumpkins, after the Pumpkins disbanded in December 2000. The band released only one album, entitled Mary Star of the Sea. The group disbanded acrimoniously after their 2003 world tour.

Songs:

01 Jesus, I/Mary Star Of ..《Mary Star Of ..》96
02 Come With Me (Albu..《Mary Star Of ..》93
03 Desire (Album Version)《Mary Star Of ..》76
04 Baby Let'S Rock! (Alb..《Mary Star Of ..》53
05 Endless Summer (Albu..《Mary Star Of ..》100
06 Heartsong (Album Ver..《Mary Star Of ..》48
07 Ride A Black Swan (Al..《Mary Star Of ..》55
08 El Sol (Album Version)《Mary Star Of ..》53
09 Honestly (Album Versi..《Mary Star Of ..》175
10 Settle Down (Album V..《Mary Star Of ..》78
11 Lyric (Album Version)《Mary Star Of ..》136
12 Yeah! (Album Version)《Mary Star Of ..》111
13 Declarations Of Faith (..《Mary Star Of ..》68

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History
Formation and first shows

Following the breakup of the Smashing Pumpkins, Corgan and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin joined forces with Matt Sweeney (formerly of the bands Chavez and Skunk) to start Zwan. Corgan had been friends with Sweeney since early in his career and Sweeney was thanked in the liner notes to The Smashing Pumpkins album Siamese Dream. Sweeney recruited David Pajo (member of Slint, Papa M., Stereolab and many Drag City acts) as a bassist.[1] The band debuted as a four-piece in late 2001.
True Poets of Zwan

Zwan had two different incarnations. The first, and more common, version, the True Poets of Zwan (or simply "Zwan"), used three guitars, bass guitar and drums. Zwan's only album, Mary Star of the Sea, is attributed to the True Poets of Zwan in the liner notes.[2]
Djali Zwan

Djali Zwan, an acoustic incarnation of Zwan, which also featured cellist Ana Lenchantin, was to film and record the making of a new album in the studio in the fall of 2003, with an album and DVD to be issued in early 2004. Corgan spoke with Rolling Stone about his plans: "We're going to do it Let It Be-style," Corgan said, referring to the documentary about the 1970 Beatles album. "The album would be recorded live, with the cameras rolling. When you get the DVD, you can watch the takes on the album being done." He described the songs he'd written for Djali Zwan as "more folk-driven, rooted in traditional music. I don't want to compromise veins of material to fit into an electric band, which I often did in the Pumpkins. With Djali Zwan, I can write an acoustic song and not worry how it's going to stand up against some rock epic."[3] Billy Corgan, Linda Strawberry, and Matt Sweeney came together to create the soundtrack for the movie Spun, directed by Jonas Åkerlund, and were credited as The Djali Zwan.
Break-up

Billy Corgan announced the band had broken up on Chicago's WGN, on September 15, 2003. "I really enjoyed my experience with Zwan, but at the end of the day, without that sense of deeper family loyalty, it just becomes like anything else," Corgan said.[citation needed]

On April 24, 2005 in the Chicago Tribune, Corgan commented briefly on the breakup of the band: "The music wasn't the big problem, it was more their attitude... Sex acts between band members in public. People carrying drugs across borders. Pajo sleeping with the producer's girlfriend while we were making the record."[4]

In the May 27, 2005 edition of Entertainment Weekly, Corgan elaborated on his version of what went wrong:
“    Sex and drugs and junk. Tick off the list: heroin, band members having relationships...You don't trust the person next to you. I'm on the bus. I send an email to somebody and I throw my BlackBerry in my little day bag. The next day, my ex-girlfriend calls me screaming. Somebody in the group went into my BlackBerry and forwarded her an e-mail that another girl sends me. I mean, that's the kind of stuff we were dealing with.    ”

Pajo denied Corgan's accusations in the same article. "Pretty much everything that he said has been exaggerated and blown out of proportion," he said. "The drug stuff in particular. I know there was no heroin." Adds Lenchantin, "I believe that we were a really good team. I am moving on and onward. I hope that our paths will meet again in peace."

In the same Entertainment Weekly article, Corgan disclosed that things went wrong at some of the very first recording sessions. "...it was like, 'What do you mean the guitar's out of tune? What do you mean I have to be there at 11? What do you mean I can't order $100 of lobster every day?' I mean, like, bad. But it was too late. It was already public. The album was going out. So I did what I always did: try to make the best of a situation and start covering up. Put on a good face. And honestly, I'm glad the thing didn't sell, because if it had sold well it would have been really tough. I would look like I was going to walk away from something that I'd just built."

He also stated that he can no longer listen to Mary Star of the Sea, because to him it sounds like "thousands of lies upon lies upon lies. It's a shame because there's tons of music unreleased that will just sit in a box until I can stomach it." When asked which of his two former bands would ever reform, he said, "Pumpkins. You'll never see Zwan. I'll never go anywhere near those people. Ever. I mean, I detest them. You can put that in capital letters. Bad people. James and D'arcy are good people. They might be misguided people, but they're good people."[5]
Discography
Studio albums
List of studio albums, with selected chart positions Title    Album details    Peak chart positions
US
[6]    AUS
[7]    CAN
[8]    GER
[9]    IRL
[10]    ITA
[11]    NLD
[12]    NZ
[13]    SWE
[14]    UK
[15]
Mary Star of the Sea

    Released: January 28, 2003 (US)[16]
    Label: Reprise
    Formats: CD, LP, digital download

   3    6    4    17    10    14    30    10    17    33
Singles
List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title    Year    Peak chart positions    Album
US
Bub.
[17]    US
Alt.
[18]    AUS
[7]    CAN
[19]    GER
[20]    IRL
[10]    ITA
[21]    NLD
[12]    SWE
[14]    UK
[22]
"Honestly"    2002    3    7    26    17    86    42    18    92    35    28    Mary Star of the Sea
"Lyric"    2003    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    44
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

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