Tag Archives: Matt Sweeney

Following dissolution from the Smashing Pumpkins in December 2000 and a short stint moonlighting with New Purchase, Billy Corgan quietly come up with his first official post-Pumpkins task in late 2001, a quartet referred to as Zwan. And in addition, Corgan opted to enlist on drums his longtime musical foil …

The angular indie rock unit Chavez was led by singer/guitarist Matt Sweeney, the former frontman of New Jersey’s Skunk. Following a group’s demise, Sweeney became a member of the brand new York music group Wider, including onetime Live Skull drummer Wayne Lo; when Wider dissolved in 1992, Sweeney started using …

Some people might think Soldiers of Fortune certainly are a music group, but that isn’t just how they view it; SoF happily proclaim these are an “anti-band,” focused on producing music without composing music, rehearsing their materials, or making information. Obviously, they’ve fallen brief on that last stage, but they’ve …