Smash Mouth

Smash Mouth is an American pop rock band that was originally composed of Steve Harwell, Greg Camp, Paul De Lisle and Kevin Coleman. They are known for such songs as "Walkin' on the Sun" and "All Star".

The band has adopted retro styles covering several decades of popular music. They have also performed numerous covers of popular songs, including The Monkees' "I'm a Believer", War's "Why Can't We Be Friends?", Question Mark & the Mysterians's "Can't Get Enough of You Baby", and The Beatles' "Getting Better." The band's 1999 album Astro Lounge is their most successful album to date, both commercially and critically.

The group's debut album, Fush Yu Mang, was released in 1997. and the album's "Walkin' on the Sun" was the band's first major single which was followed up with the singles, "The Fonz" and "Why Can't We Be Friends". The album eventually went double platinum.

The band's second album, Astro Lounge, was released in 1999 and was supported by the successful single "All Star," which was featured in several movie soundtracks. Astro Lounge was certified as triple platinum. &nbsp Also in 1999, The East Bay Sessions was released as a collection of early songs.

In 2001, Smash Mouth covered The Monkees' hit song "I'm a Believer" which was featured on both the Shrek movie soundtrack as well as the eponymous album Smash Mouth. The album sold fewer copies than the band's earlier works, eventually being certified gold.

Two years after Smash Mouth was released, Get the Picture? was released and featured the single, "You are my Number One". The other singles from the album, "Hang On" from the film The Cat in the Hat and "Always Gets Her Way" were generally poorly received. That same year, the band performed a cover of the Sherman Brothers song "I Wanna Be Like You" for the animated film The Jungle Book 2.

Smash Mouth released a greatest hits compilation All Star Smash Hits in 2005. The album contains some of the more popular songs from previous Smash Mouth albums, as well as songs from soundtrack albums which were not on the band's own releases. On certain networks and timeslots, the album was advertised as having 18 tracks, including an edited version of "Flo" and "Beer Goggles".

In December 2005, the band released a Christmas album Gift of Rock. It featured covers of Christmas songs by many artists, such as The Kinks and The Ramones, and one original song, "Baggage Claim".

Smash Mouth's fifth studio album, originally to be titled Old Habits, was expected to be released in early 2006. In September 2005, the band performed what was tentatively going to be the album's first single, "Getaway Car", on Last Call with Carson Daly. The album was delayed many times, in the hope of gaining publicity with Steve's appearance on the reality show The Surreal Life. Old Habits was shelved, replaced by Summer Girl, which included some remixed Old Habits tracks as well as new songs. The album was released in September 2006 and Smash Mouth let Sony Pictures use much of their music from Summer Girl and other songs for the movie Zoom.

The band has been working on their next album with no official set release date.