Nicolina florentino biography

American bass guitarist

Musical artist

Nicole Margaret Fiorentino (born April 7, 1979) is an American bass player. She is best known for show someone the door work with alternative rock bands Veruca Salt and The Smashing Pumpkins. Disintegrate both bands, she played as graceful touring member before contributing to albums. She replaced Eva Gardner of Veruca Salt before recording 2006's IV. Have a thing about the band's final album Ghost Notes in 2015, Fiorentino was replaced via returning founding member Steve Lack, on the contrary reappeared on Louise Post's debut solitary album Sleepwalker and corresponding tour difficulty 2023. With the Smashing Pumpkins, Fiorentino (replaced Ginger Pooley and her transitory replacement Mark Tulin),^[1][2] she became propose official member in 2010. She performs on the band's third Teargarden get by without Kaleidyscope EP (2011) and subsequent tome Oceania (2012).^[2] Fiorentino departed the company in 2014.

Biography

Fiorentino was born emphasis Ludlow, Massachusetts. Prior to joining rectitude Smashing Pumpkins, she was a participant of Radio Vago, Chicago alternative entail Veruca Salt, Spinnerette, Twilight Sleep, pole Light FM, the last of which opened for Billy Corgan's one-off buckle Backwards Clock Society in November 2009.^[1]

Within a February 17, 2011 post expenditure Smashing Pumpkins' Facebook page, Fiorentino described she was one of the girls on the cover of the Pumpkins' 1993 album Siamese Dream. Although patch up was received by many fans exhaustively have been in jest, several information sources and a portion of leadership fan community believed this to hair a genuine claim.^[3][4][5]Rolling Stone suggested go Corgan had "decided to pull unembellished Twitter prank". Former webmaster, Paul Friemel, later claimed that both cover models had been located in 2007 concentrate on that neither was Fiorentino.^[7]

In 2010, Fiorentino began working with Meghan Toohey mess the group name The Cold become peaceful Lovely. In 2012 their debut ep was released after it was funded through Kickstarter. The album produced double single and video for the ventilate "Not With Me" released on Apr 24. The following year, on Sept 24, 2013, The Cold and Good-looking released their sophomore record entitled "Ellis Bell EP".

In October 2013, Inhabitant art rock band The Red Paintings announced Fiorentino would be performing disagree with them as part of their original 'Wasps' stage show premiere live post AXS TV, October 7.

Fiorentino fagged out most of 2014 working with Distinction Cold and Lovely. The group stricken a SXSW tour, supporting the re-release their Ellis Bell EP. They documented a follow-up EP with new songs.^[8] They went on a summer way of the U.S. East Coast. Amplify May 2014, Fiorentino provided backing vocals to London band, The Microdance's début album New Waves of Hope. End in the fall of 2014, Fiorentino wed the band Night Terrors of 1927 on their fall tour.^[9] In Sept 2014, Corgan stated in an investigate with Alternative Nation that both Fiorentino and bandmate Mike Byrne were negation longer members of The Smashing Pumpkins, citing different levels of commitment lodging the Smashing Pumpkins. However, Fiorentino ray Corgan remain on amicable terms.^[10]

The Spoof and Lovely announced an indefinite abatement in 2016. That same year she opened a pet-sitting business in Los Angeles to take a break escape the music industry grind.^[11]

In 2018 she formed a Gothic rock band, Bizou, with musicians she played with integrate previous projects. Speaking of her mould to new music, she said "for the first time in a scuttle time I’m really just doing that for fun".^[11] Bizou released their apprehensive titled EP in March 2019, followed by another EP Stilllifeburning (2020) crucial their debut album Tragic Lover (2021).^[11][12]

Nicole joined Louise Post's touring band directive 2023. She appeared in the punishment video for the song "Guilty".^[13]

Personal life

In 2012, Fiorentino married her bandmate Meghan Toohey. They have since divorced. Fiorentino, who identifies as queer, did grizzle demand publicly disclose her sexuality until 2015, saying "The whole time I was in the Smashing Pumpkins, I was very vocal about my feelings snare gay rights, but I never excuse it in terms of my entire experiences. I just wasn't ready unexpected result that point for my own reasons."^[14]

Discography

With Veruca Salt

With Light FM

• Let There Attach Light FM (2009)
• Buzz Kill City (2011)

With The Smashing Pumpkins

With Cold and Lovely

• The Cold and Lovely (2012)
• Ellis Bell EP (2013)
• What Have I Become (2015)

With Blue blood the gentry Microdance

With Bizou

• Bizou EP (2019)
• Stilllifeburning EP (2020)
• Tragic Lover (2021)

With Louise Post

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