Smile Empty Soul
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| Smile Empty Soul | |
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| Also known as | Hecklers Veto |
| Origin | Santa Clarita, California |
| Genre(s) | Post-grunge Alternative metal Alternative Rock |
| Years active | 1998 - Present |
| Label(s) | F.O.F Label Group/ EMI, MRAfia Records |
| Website | www.SmileEmptySoul.com |
| Members | |
| Sean Danielsen Ryan Martin Jake Kilmer |
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| Former members | |
| Derek Gledhill Dominic Weir Mike Booth |
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Smile Empty Soul is an American post-Grunge metal band from Santa Clarita, California.
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[edit] History
Smile Empty Soul formed in 1998, while its original members were attending different high schools in the Santa Clarita area. The band, originally a three-piece group, consisted of vocalist and guitarist Sean Danielsen, bassist Ryan Martin and drummer Derek Gledhill.
After playing numerous hometown gigs, Smile Empty Soul ventured to the Sunset Strip, and later passed a demo to John Parker of the Los Angeles indie label, ThroBack Records. That later led to a record deal with Jason Flom's Lava Records – a subsidiary of Atlantic Records.
On May 27, 2003, the band released their self titled debut album Smile Empty Soul. The album was produced by John Lewis Parker, and three successful singles were released. In March 2005, the album was certified gold with sales in excess of 500,000+.
Sometime after the recording of their second album "Anxiety" was finished, drummer Derek Gledhill was replaced by Dominic Weir.
On September 22, 2005, during a concert at The Beaumont Club in Kansas City, Missouri, frontman Sean Danielsen stated that their new album Anxiety, would not be released due to issues with Lava Records. The band told fans that in order to receive the new album they could purchase one of a very limited number of burned copies or attempt to download the album online via BitTorrent.
On July 13, 2006, Smile Empty Soul signed with independent label, Bieler Bros. Records. At this point, drummer Dominic Weir had been replaced by Jake Kilmer, and Mike Booth (ex-Cold) was added as a second guitarist.
On October 24, 2006, the band released Vultures, the official follow-up to their 2003 debut Smile Empty Soul. The album doesn't feature any songs from the unreleased Anxiety. The first single released was the song "The Hit".
Vultures debuted at #169 on the Billboard 200 album charts with just over 5,000 copies sold. The band embarked on a co-headlining tour with Evans Blue in support of the album in November 2006. They are about to head out on tour with The Exies and Egypt Central.
As of December 13, 2006, Vultures had sold 13,130 copies in the United States.[1]
Some time between April 17, 2007 and April 30, 2007 Smile Empty Soul parted ways with Mike Booth which was a mutual split. The band has yet to replace him, and has continued on as a 3-piece.
According to a post on the band's myspace page they will begin recording their new record in Greenville, SC on February 1, 2008
In February, 2008, Smile Empty Soul announced that recording for their new album entitled "Consciousness" was finished, but in May, 2008, Smile Empty Soul returned to the studio to record a few more songs for "Consciousness".
As of July 28, 2008, Smile Empty Soul has completed their new album "Consciousness". It will be released early next year.
On October 29, 2008, the band's Myspace page confirmed that they had signed with F.O.F./EMI records.
The band's new album "Consciousness" was pushed back and was to be released on June 16, 2009. This date has been pushed back even further to sometime in July. The official release date for the album is August 11, 2009. The band is almost finished with the mixing of the album and that's why it was postponed.
The first single off the new album will be "Don't Ever Leave" which was scheduled to be released at the end of March. The band pushed back the release of the single to the end of April. Once the end of April had passed no single was to be heard of. Apparently the label had delayed the release again due to the mixing of the album.
"Don't Ever Leave" will receive radio airplay on June 9, 2009. Debuted on New Music Inferno(www.blogtalkradio.com/newmusicinferno)[1]
There is also a free download available of their song titled "Faceless" at http://monsterarmy.loopd.com/Members/monster/smileemptysoul.aspx. You must register before being able to view the page to download the song. It is tipped to be pushed as the second single from the Consciousness album.
On June 10, 2009 it was confirmed the album was bumped back to August 25, 2009. [2]
[edit] Band lineups
[edit] Current Lineup
- Sean Danielsen - Vocals, Guitar
- Ryan Martin - Bass
- Jake Kilmer - Drums
[edit] Past lineups (1998 - 2007)
[edit] Original (1998 - 2005)
- Sean Danielsen - Vocals, Guitar
- Ryan Martin - Bass
- Derek Gledhill - Drums
[edit] Anxiety era (2005 - 2006)
- Sean Danielsen - Vocals, Guitar
- Ryan Martin - Bass
- Dominic Weir - Drums
[edit] Vultures era (2006 - 2007)
- Sean Danielsen - Vocals, Lead Guitar
- Ryan Martin - Bass
- Mike Booth - Guitars
- Jake Kilmer - Drums
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Year | Album details |
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| 2003 | Smile Empty Soul
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| 2005 | Anxiety
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| 2006 | Vultures
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| 2009 | Consciousness
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[edit] Demo & EPs
| Year | Details |
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| 1999 | Hecklers Veto EP
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| 2008 | B-Sides
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[edit] Other Songs
- "Broken Wings" (Live)
- "Anywhere But Down"
- "Alone"
- "Meaningless" (demo)
- "Rain" (demo)
[edit] Singles
| Year | Song | U.S. Modern Rock | U.S. Mainstream Rock | Album |
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| 2003 | "Bottom of a Bottle" | #7 | #8 | Smile Empty Soul |
| 2004 | "Nowhere Kids" | #27 | #26 | Smile Empty Soul |
| 2004 | "Silhouettes" | #22 | #25 | Smile Empty Soul |
| 2005 | "Don't Need You" | #37 | Anxiety | |
| 2005 | "Holes" | Anxiety | ||
| 2006 | "The Hit" | - | - | Vultures |
| 2007 | "Here's to Another" | - | - | Vultures |
| 2007 | "Jesus Is the Manager At Wal-Mart" | Vultures | ||
| 2007 | "Loser" | - | - | Vultures |
| 2009 | "Don't Ever Leave" | - | - | Conciousness |
[edit] Videos
- "Bottom of a Bottle"
- "Nowhere Kids"
- "Silhouettes"
- "This Is War"-was only a video and never a single off of the album
- "Here's To Another"
- "Jesus Is The Manager At Wal-Mart"
- "Loser"
[edit] Labels
[edit] Current
- F.O.F Label Group/EMI (2008 - Present)
- MRAfia Records (Founded by Smile Empty Soul) (c.2003 - Present)
[edit] Former
- Bieler Bros. Records (2006 - 2007)
- Lava/Atlantic (2003 - 2006)
- Throback Records (c.2001 - 2006)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Official site (Currently under construction)
- Smile Empty Soul at MySpace
- Smile Empty Soul at Allmusic
- Interview @ SHOUT! Music Webzine
