Above the Noise (The Revolution Smile album)

The Revolution Smile
Origin	Sacramento, California, U.S.
Genres	Alternative metal, hard rock, post-grunge, nu metal
Years active	2000–2006
Labels	Geffen, Animation Records
Past members	Shaun Lopez Octavio Gallardo Tim McCord Jeremy White Stephen Hoke

The Revolution Smile was an American alternative metal/post-grunge band from Sacramento, California.

The band was formed in 2000 by former Far guitarist Shaun Lopez after he briefly played in an early version of Rival Schools headed by former Quicksand frontman, Walter Schreifels, and after he auditioned for various bands, including the Foo Fighters.

In November 2000, The Revolution Smile released At War with Plastic, a six-song EP produced by Shaun, and released on Animation Records, with worldwide distribution. In January 2001, The Revolution Smile solidified its first lineup which consisted of Octavio Gallardo on bass, Tim McCord on guitar, and Jeremy White on drums. They began working on their follow up to At War With Plastic that summer. Once again engineered, mixed, and produced by Shaun Lopez. We Are In This Alone was finished in the fall of 2001 and the band planned to release it soon after.

In January 2002, We Are In This Alone landed in the hands of Geffen records, and they signed the band. Geffen planned to remix and release We Are In This Alone, but the band wanted to make a new record.

In July 2002, The band recorded Above The Noise with Dave Sardy and Shaun Lopez, co-producing. In January 2003, Andy Wallace mixed Above The Noise, and the band launched national tours in support of the album, playing alongside Deftones, Dredg, The Music, Marilyn Manson, Korn, and many others.

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