Jeff Schroeder

This article is about the musician. For the TV contestant, see Jeff Schroeder (Big Brother USA Contestant).

Jeff Schroeder
Jeff Schroeder on May 24th 2007 at den Atelier, Luxembourg Jeff Schroeder on May 24th 2007 at den Atelier, Luxembourg
Background information
Birth name	Jeffrey Kim Schroeder
Born	(1979-02-04) February 4, 1979 Silverlake, California, U.S.
Genres	Alternative rock, alternative metal, shoegaze, indie pop, dream pop
Occupation(s)	Musician (guitarist, singer)
Instrument(s)	Guitar, Vocals
Years active	1996-present

Jeff Schroeder (born February 4, 1979 in Los Angeles, California) is an American rock musician, who became a guitarist with the alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins (replacing co founder of The Smashing Pumpkins James Iha,) in 2007. He is currently finishing his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature at UCLA, where he specializes in Asian American Literature, Francophone Literature, and Critical Theory.

Early days and The Lassie Foundation

Jeff started taking formal lessons on guitar playing from David Koval (Dakoda Motor Co. and Breakfast with Amy) when he was twelve, and when he was eighteen he joined the band The Violet Burning, only to become a guitarist and one of the founding members of a shoegazing band The Lassie Foundation from Southern California a few years later, who described their style as "pink noise pop". He played guitar on three full-length albums and toured with band since 1996 before the band went on hiatus in 2006. He mentions I Duel Sioux and Pacifico as his band's favorite albums; he had maximum creative time on the latter. His other side project is The Beat Concerto with friend Eric Campuzano. He joined the Smashing Pumpkins' touring lineup in 2007, but also recorded for the new Lassie Foundation album in late 2007 and early 2008.

The Smashing Pumpkins

On April 6, 2007 rock rumor webzine Buddyhead reported that Jeff Schroeder was the new guitarist for The Smashing Pumpkins, replacing James Iha in the new line-up. Schroeder toured with the band throughout 2007 and 2008 and appeared in the music videos for "Tarantula", "That's the Way (My Love Is)" and G.L.O.W.. Although no official Smashing Pumpkins studio releases to date have had Schroeder's playing, he has been confirmed as an official member of the band by Billy Corgan. In June 2010, Schroeder appeared in a live Internet stream playing on a demo with the bands current lineup.

Following the departure of Ginger Pooley in 2010 to raise her new newborn daughter, Schroeder remained the only member of the band besides Corgan still present from the 2007 revival show in Paris. On April 17, 2010 Schroeder played the first show with the newest lineup of Smashing Pumpkins which included Jimmy Chamberlin's replacement Mike Byrne on drums and The Electric Prunes bassist Mark Tulin.

When playing live with the band he plays Gibson model guitars like the Gibson Les Paul, the Gibson SG and the ES-335, Fender models like the Stratocaster the Telecaster and the Jazzmaster. Jeff also uses Washburn Guitars live.

Influences

In a 2003 article, Jeff cited Ace Frehley, Jeff Beck, Slash, Pete Townshend, Brad Laner, Lee Ranaldo, Thurston Moore, Tom Verlaine, Richard Lloyd, Carrie Brownstein, and J. Mascis as his most prominent guitar playing influences.

Personal

He’s biracial—Korean and Caucasian. He’s finishing his Ph.D. in comparative literature at UCLA.

External links

• The Lassie Foundation - The Lassie Foundation's Official Site
• Northern Records - The Lassie Foundation's Record Label