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Smile (1991-1998)

 

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Discography

2008: Smile – “1993” Vacuum Records – iTunes
1998: Smile – “Girl Crushes Boy” Headhunter Records – iTunes
1996: Smile – “Masterlocks” Revelation Records – iTunes
1995: Smile – “Sleepover” Atlantic/Headhunter Records
1995: Smile – “Maquee” Atlantic Records – iTunes
1993: Smile – “Resin” Jester Records

Tours

1996 Spring: West Coast Tour w/Fluf
1995/96 Winter: USA Tour w/ Silverchair
1995 Winter: USA Tour w/Deftones/Civ
1995 Fall: USA Tour w/Quicksand
1995 Summer: West Coast Tour w/Everclear
1995 Spring: West Coast Tour w/Inch
1994 Fall: USA Tour

Press

2003: OC Weekly
2003: OC Weekly (5th Greatest Band Ever in OC)
1999: Spin
1998: CMJ | CMJ
1998: SF Weekly
1998: LA Times
1996: LA Times

Links

Facebook
Getty Images
MySpace
iLike
Epitonic
Wikipedia
Teenage Wasteland

Reviews

Maquee:
This Tustin, California, trio satisfies a love of heavy sludge and great pop hooks, falling somewhere between Kyuss and Seaweed. The production is raw, the songs are great, and the band has a good sense of humor as well. Check out the opener “Rock Anthem for the Retarded Teenage Hipster Population” for an indication of this band’s greatness: crunching guitars, rough yet melodic vocals and a strong hook. This is a consistently strong album with no shortage of visceral appeal. – Adem Tepedelen

Girl Crushes Boy:
By the time of Girl Crushes Boy, Smile had shaken off the unwieldy grunge moves of earlier years to embrace something far more enjoyable. While still rocking loud as hell when they wanted to — further helped by the fine production work of the consistently great Mark Trombino, who also plays a variety of instruments — Smile here create what a good power pop record should be: volume cranked high, not winsome but brawling brightly. “The Best Years” kicks things off with all that and more, including a great midsong break that almost fully shifts the time signature without calling attention to the fact and a killer Mike Rosas lyric in “Come to my house, break down the door, it’s OK!” The full-bodied guitar riffs are focused down to the wire, resulting in songs that recapture new wave herky-jerky mania (“Too Many Reasons,” with a great keyboard bit to match). Sometimes the odd little twists and turns in songs are so carefully handled that one can almost miss them, such as the waltz-like swing of “Sputnik” or the sweet, slow lope of “The Scientologist’s Love Affair,” one of the band’s better song titles. If there’s a hands-down killer song, “This Freaky Slow Dance” is it, one of the best and indeed honestly danceable rock songs of the late ’90s, with a chorus that descends and then whooshes back, sounding a bit like the Fall’s “Rebellious Jukebox” turned into a groovy party. “Instant Brain Damage” is right on up there as well, a great building burn of a song that suddenly turns utterly fantastic with the way Rosas sing/snarl/purrs “Brain damage, brain damage!” in the chorus while the band cleanly blasts along. Points as well to the band’s hometown references to Costa Mesa in “So Different Now.” ~ Ned Raggett, All Music Guide

Recording Locations:

  • NRG
  • The Hook
  • For The Record
  • others