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Zwan

LYRICby ZWAN
Zwan was Billy Corgan (vocals/guitar), Matt Sweeney (guitar), David Pajo (guitar), Jimmy Chamberlin (drums) and Paz Lenchantin (bass). Billy Corgan formed his previous band, The Smashing Pumpkins in 1988. Smashing Pumpkins split in 2000, and in 2001 Billy Corgan formed Zwan.

Matt Sweeney led the New Jersey punk group Skunk during the end of the eighties into the early nineties. In the nineties, he formed Chavez with Clay Tarver, Scott Masciarelli, and James Lo.

David Pajo, originally from Kentucky, was a member of Slint (a Steve Albini group). After Slint's breakup, he toured with Stereolab, Royal Trux, King Kong, Palace, and Will Oldham. David Pajo joined Tortoise in 1996. He is currently a member of the band Papa M (previously known as Aerial M) and continues to work with them while in Zwan.

Jimmy Chamberlin was, as mentioned above, also one of the founding members of Smashing Pumpkins. The Smashing Pumpkins was the first rock band he joined. Apart from a brief periode in the late nineties, he played with the Pumpkins until they split in 2000. Following the band's breakup, he collaborated on the album The Last Hard Men with Skid Row's Sebastian Bach, The Breeders' Kelley Deal, and Jimmy Flemion of The Frogs.

Paz Lenchantin, bass player of A Perfect Circle, joined Zwan on their April/May 2002 tour. She left the band in August 2003. More on Paz here.

Zwan realeased it's first, and final, album - Mary Star of the Sea - in January 2003. Singles were Honestly (released in January) and Lyric (released in April).After cancelling their Europe tour due to "family matters", Billy Corgan announced the break-up of Zwan in September 2003.