Smile Empty Soul
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Santa Clarita, California, United States |
| Genres | Post-grunge, alternative metal, alternative rock |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Labels | Two Disciples Entertainment Pavement Entertainment eOne Music F.O.F. Label Group Bieler Bros. Lava Records ThroBack |
| Website | www.SmileEmptySoul.com |
| Members |
Sean Danielsen Ryan Martin Jake Kilmer |
| Past members | Derek Gledhill Dominic Weir Mike Booth |
Smile Empty Soul is an American hard rock band from Santa Clarita, California, United States.
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 gave a demo to John Parker of Los Angeles indie label, ThroBack Records, which led later on to a record deal with Jason Flom's Lava 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 mixed by David J. Holman. Three singles, "Bottom of a Bottle", "Nowhere Kids" and "Silhouettes", were released via the recording. In March 2005, the album was certified gold with sales in excess of 500,000+.
In 2005, before the recording of their second album Anxiety was finished, drummer Derek Gledhill was replaced by Flickerstick percussionist Dominic Weir. Their album Anxiety was not released (at that time) due to the band parting ways with Lava Records after the company refused to release their record.
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 At this point, drummer Dominic Weir had been replaced by Jake Kilmer, and Mike Booth (ex-Cold) was added as a second guitarist.
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