Smash Mouth
Smash Mouth | |
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Smash Mouth live at VMWorld 2007 |
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General information | |
Genre (s) | Alternative rock , pop-punk , ska-punk , pop-rock |
founding | 1994 |
Website | www.smashmouth.com |
Founding members | |
Steve Harwell | |
Greg Camp (until 2011) | |
Paul De Lisle | |
Kevin Coleman (until 1999) | |
Current occupation | |
Steve Harwell | |
Paul De Lisle | |
Michael Klooster (since 1997) | |
Jason Sutter (2006-2007, since 2009) | |
Sean Hurwitz (since 2011) | |
former members | |
Michael Urbano (1999-2006, 2007-2009) |
Smash Mouth is an American alternative rock band.
Band history
The band was founded in 1994 by Steve Harwell, Greg Camp, Kevin Coleman and Paul de Lisle in San José ( California )
Smash Mouth had their first hit, and thus their breakthrough in the music industry, with the song Walkin 'on the Sun in 1997 . The following singles could not build on this success and so Smash Mouth was referred to as another " one-hit wonder " band.
That changed in the summer of 1999 with the single All Star . It was also for the films Shrek from DreamWorks , Rat Race of Universal Studios , Digimon Adventure and Inspector Gadget used 1999th In the same year, Kevin Coleman was also replaced by Mitch Marine. This then also later by Jason Sutter and subsequently by Mike Urbano. They also covered I'm A Believer by The Monkees for Shrek .
In 2000, Smash Mouth was awarded triple platinum for the album Astro Lounge .
Smash Mouth has a large fan base in the USA, but the group is rather unknown in Europe. Smash Mouth mainly plays trendy ska-punk . The lyrics are not politically influenced, but very optimistic.
Others
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Cameo appearances at
- Hot Wheels Highway 35 World Race
- Kim Possible
- Charmed
- Scooby-Doo
- Rat Race
- Shrek
Discography
Studio albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
1997 | Fush Yu Mang | - | - | - | - |
US19th × 2
(60 weeks)US |
First published: July 8, 1997
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1999 | Astro Lounge |
DE69 (2 weeks) DE |
- | - | - |
US6th × 3
(66 weeks)US |
First published: June 8, 1999
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2001 | Smash Mouth | - | - | - | - |
US48
gold
(10 weeks)US |
First published: November 27, 2001
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2003 | Get the picture? | - | - | - | - |
US100 (2 weeks) US |
First published: August 5, 2003
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2005 | The Gift of Rock | - | - | - | - | - |
First published December 1, 2005
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2006 | Summer girl | - | - | - | - | - |
First published September 19, 2006
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2012 | Magic | - | - | - | - | - |
First published September 4, 2012
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Compilations
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
2005 | All Star Smash Hits | - | - | - | - |
US96 (2 weeks) US |
First published: August 23, 2005
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More compilations
- 1999: The East Bay Sessions
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
1997 | Walkin 'on the Sun Fush Yu Mang |
DE90 (4 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK19 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: July 1997
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1998 | The Fonz Fush Yu Mang |
- | - | - |
UK82 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: April 1998
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1999 |
All Star Astro Lounge |
DE74 (8 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK24
platinum
(9 weeks)UK |
US4th × 3
(30 weeks)US |
First published: May 1999
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Then the Morning Comes Astro Lounge |
- | - | - | - |
US11 (26 weeks) US |
First published: September 1999
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2001 |
I'm a Believer Smash Mouth |
DE94 (2 weeks) DE |
- | - | - |
US25 (20 weeks) US |
First published: July 2001
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Awards for music sales
Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
Country / Region | gold | platinum | Sales | swell |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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Australia (ARIA) | 2 × gold2 | 3 × platinum3 | 280,000 | aria.com.au |
Denmark (IFPI) | gold1 | - | 45,000 | ifpi.dk |
Italy (FIMI) | - | platinum1 | 50,000 | fimi.it |
Canada (MC) | - | 2 × platinum2 | 200,000 | musiccanada.com |
United States (RIAA) | gold1 | 8 × platinum8th | 8,500,000 | riaa.com |
United Kingdom (BPI) | - | platinum1 | 600,000 | bpi.co.uk |
All in all | 4 × gold4th | 15 × platinum15th |