Tinted Windows were an American rock supergroup formed by guitarist James Iha of The Smashing Pumpkins, singer Taylor Hanson of Hanson, bassist Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne and Ivy, and drummer Bun E. Carlos of Cheap Trick.
[1] The band made their South by Southwest debut on March 20, 2009, at the Levi/Fader Fort, followed by a set at the Pangea Lounge.
[5][6] On February 24, the band digitally released their debut single "Kind of a Girl" alongside a promotional video, with a segment from a fictional music show Rock After Dark.
Tinted Windows played concerts in the U.S. in June, August, and September 2009, and in Japan in January 2010.
In an interview published October 9, 2014, with Coup De Main Magazine, Hanson indicated that the band would be reconvening to write new material "sometime next month" and there was "some process going on now to make a new album.