Eric Remschneider is a cellist. He is perhaps best known for contributing to The Smashing Pumpkins

The Smashing Pumpkins

The Smashing Pumpkins are an American alternative rock band that formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1988. Formed by Billy Corgan frontman and James Iha , the band has included Jimmy Chamberlin , D'arcy Wretzky , and currently includes Jeff Schroeder Mike Byrne , and Nicole Fiorentino The Smashing...

' 1993 release, Siamese Dream

Siamese Dream

Siamese Dream is the second album by the American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins, released on July 27, 1993 on Virgin Records. The album fused diverse influences such as shoegazing, dream pop, grunge, classic rock, heavy metal, and progressive rock.Despite recording sessions fraught...

, and appearing in the subsequent tour and "Disarm

Disarm

"Disarm" is a song by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. It was the third single from their second album, Siamese Dream. "Disarm" was written by Billy Corgan and is one of the band’s most highly regarded songs...

" music video. Eric also plays cello on the song, "The Bells" which appears on The Aeroplane Flies High

The Aeroplane Flies High

The Aeroplane Flies High is a five-disc box set released by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins in 1996. It contains expanded versions of the five singles from their album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and also included a 44-page booklet with pictures and writings by the...

box set. Eric plays the cello on the Smashing Pumpkins VHS/DVD Vieuphoria

Vieuphoria

Vieuphoria is a long form music video by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins, originally released on VHS on October 4, 1994 and DVD on November 26, 2002...

on The Lost '94 Tapes section of the film on Soma

Soma (song)

"Soma", originally called "Coma", is a track on the album Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins. The song-writing credits list James Iha and Billy Corgan as co-authors, but Corgan claims that Iha only wrote the chord structure for the beginning of the song, and that Corgan himself wrote the rest....

 and on Hummer/Porceline. Eric also composed/arranged and performed the strings for the Plain White T's megahit "Hey There Delilah" which was nominated for song of the year for 2007.

Performed on and arranged strings for James Iha

James Iha

James Yoshinobu Iha b. March 26, 1968 in Chicago, Illinois) is a Japanese American rock musician. He is best known as having been a guitarist and co-founder of the alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins and for his eclectic musical projects of recent years, most notably being a permanent...

's first solo album Let it Come Down. (1998)

Worked with Filter

Filter (band)

Filter is a rock group formed in 1993 in Cleveland by singer Richard Patrick and guitarist/programmer Brian Liesegang. Filter has released five studio albums, the most recent being The Trouble with Angels, which was released on August 17, 2010....

 on their album Title of Record

Title of Record

Title of Record is the second album by American industrial rock band Filter. It was released on August 24, 1999 and included the popular single "Take a Picture", a noted departure from the dark sound of the band's 1995 hit "Hey Man, Nice Shot". The album has sold more than 1 million copies...

playing acoustic cello and Zeta electric cello

Electric cello

The electric cello is a type of cello that relies on electronic amplification to produce sound. An acoustic cello can be fitted with a bridge or body mounted contact pickup providing an electric signal, or a built-in pickup can be installed...

. (1999)

Heard playing the cello on the Veruca Salt

Veruca Salt (band)

Veruca Salt is an alternative rock band founded in 1993 in Chicago, Illinois. Since its inception, the band's line-up has included vocalist-guitarist Louise Post. Guitarist Stephen Fitzpatrick has been with the band since 1999 and drummer Kellii Scott has worked with the group on and off since 1999...

 album Resolver. (2000)

Contributed to Kevin Tihista

Kevin Tihista

Kevin Tihista is a singer-songwriter and musician. He is a former bassist for the Chicago group Triple Fast Action and contributed songs to the Veruca Salt album Resolver. Tihista's solo music is a mixture of pop and rock combining orchestration, electronica, vamping, and multi-tracking...

's album Judo. (2002)

Played cello on the As Tall As Lions

As Tall as Lions

As Tall as Lions was an Indie Rock band from Long Island, New York.- History :High school friends Dan Nigro , Saen Fitzgerald , Brian Fortune and Cliff Sarcona founded the band in December 2001 as they were looking to continue the momentum of a previous project.- Blood and Aphorisms :"Blood and...

' album Lafcadio

Lafcadio

Lafcadio is the debut full-length album and second release by Long Island-based alternative band As Tall as Lions.-Track listing:#"Break Blossom"#"96 Heartbeats"#"Silhouettes/Silhouetting"#"The Carousel"#"Acrobat"#"Why We Cry at Movies"...

. (2004)

Played on Scott Bennett's album Earth's Sharp Edge. (2007)

Eric played on Chris Dignam's album Greenlit on the track "End of the Line." Chris Dignam (2009)

Personal
Eric is the son of Chicago jazz bassist, Nick Schneider. Eric is married to Shelley Janiczek Woodson, a psychologist from Indiana.