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(L-R) Kevin Coleman, Greg Camp, Steve Harwell, and Paul DeLisle

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Smash Mouth is an alternative rock band who started in 1994 in San Jose, California—with Steve Harwell (lead vocals), Greg Camp (guitar), Paul De Lisle (bass) and Kevin Coleman (drummer), as well as a touring keyboardists and turntable operators. The core line-up has since changed a few times, but retains the original members Harwell, Camp and De Lisle.

Most famous for their album Astro Lounge and the hit single "All Star", a quintessential late-nineties party tune which debuted in the movie Mystery Men and would be used in other films such as Inspector Gadget, Digimon: The Movie and Rat Race, but was immortalized through its inclusion in the first Shrek film.

Some of their less-popular albums have received the highest critical praise, such as their debut Fush Yu Mang, which reached double platinum. After Astro Lounge was released, they went from being pretty underground to pretty popular, which drove away their original fan base.

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Though initially a Ska Punk band, they later added synthesizers and a few experimental elements, and a production heavily-influenced by Surf Rock and Psychedelic Rock of The '60s. Songs generally contain lyrics about the standard sex, drugs and rock 'n roll, but they also satirize politics on occasion, if only in a lyric or two. (See "Stoned ," which pokes fun at then-President Bill Clinton's infamous claim that he "didn't inhale.").

Albums released:

Fush Yu Mang (1997)

Astro Lounge (1999)

Smash Mouth (2001)

Get the Picture? (2003)

The Gift of Rock (2005)

Summer Girl (2006)

Magic (2012)

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