Smash Mouth

rock

Smash Mouth is an alternative rock band from San Jose, California, United States that formed in 1994, the band's lineup consists of founding bassist Paul De Lisle, keyboardist Michael Klooster (1997-present), drummer Randy Cooke (2010-present), guitarist Sean Hurwitz (2011-present), and lead singer Zach Goode (2021-present). Their hit songs include Walkin' on the Sun (1997) and All Star (1999). Focused at times playing neo-ska music, the band has adopted retro styles spanning several decades of popular music, as well as performing covers of popular songs such as The Monkees' I'm a Believer and War's Why Can't We Be Friends as well as cult favorites such as ? and the Mysterians' Can't Get Enough of You Baby (though their version owes more to The Colourfield's interpretation; in fact, the band at first believed it was a Colourfield original). Smash Mouth's first album Fush Yu Mang came out in June 1997. This album could be said to be neo ska. Its top position in the charts was #19 (on Billboard). The promo for this album said that While the twelve songs on Fush Yu Mang sound like they belong side by side, each has it's own feeling like the very '60's Walkin' On The Sun, the surf 'n' turf of Nervous In the Alley, the Buzzcocks like Pet Names, the Mafia rock of Padrino, and the fret rock of Let's Rock. Smash Mouth's second album Astro Lounge was released two years later, in June 1999. It is the band's most critically and commercially successful album to date. It reached #6 on t...