Band Members From Hanson, Smashing Pumpkins And Cheap Trick Form New Group Called Tinted Windows

February 18, 2009 10:13 a.m. EST

Los Angeles, CA (CNS) - Taylor Hanson of the siblings trio Hanson is joining Smashing Pumpkin's former guitarist James Iha, Cheap Trick's drummer Bun E. Carlos and Fountain of Wayne bassist Adam Schlesinger to form a new group called Tinted Windows.

The quartet have already recorded their debut album at the Stratosphere Sound Studios in New York, which Schlesinger and Iha co-own with Andy Chase of Ivy.

They will play their first major show at Billboard's South by Southwest showcase on March 20 at Pangaea in Austin, Texas.

The LP is set to hit the stores this spring on a label that is yet to be announced, Billboard reports.