The Smashing Pumpkins have received more than 10,000 applications after advertising a new guitarist position in the band.Earlier this month the group launched a search for an additional guitarist, and anyone interested was encouraged to apply.The position came up after longtime guitarist Jeff Schroeder announced that he’d decided to leave the band last October.The alternative rock band revealed in a social media post today (January 17) that “the band has received over 10,000 submissions for the position of an additional guitarist”.It continued: “Currently, there are 8 people working full-time to review each and every one.”Update pic.twitter.com/J2GoayuBvw— The Smashing Pumpkins (@SmashingPumpkin) January 17, 2024In a statement announcing his departure from The Smashing Pumpkins, Schroeder wrote: “It’s easy to say now that when I joined The Smashing Pumpkins in 2007 I had no idea what I was getting into.
The opportunity seemed to have come out of nowhere. I was at UCLA working on my doctorate in comparative literature when a close friend messaged me and said The Smashing Pumpkins were looking for a guitar player.”“Being a huge fan of the band, the audition was something I threw myself into,” he continued.Schroeder sad that it was “one of the best decisions I’ve made in my life” but that he’d “decided to leave the band to make some space to explore a slightly different path”.The guitarist joined The Smashing Pumpkins in 2007, touring the album ‘Zeitgeist’, in place of band co-founder James Iha.
When Iha rejoined in 2018, Schroeder stayed on.A post shared by The Smashing Pumpkins (@smashingpumpkins)He went on to record six albums with the group, including their recent the three-part rock opera ‘ATUM‘.
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