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Smile Empty Soul formed in 1999, while its original members were attending different high schools in the Santa Claritaarea.The band,originallyathree-piece group, consisted of vocalist and guitarist Sean Danielsen, bassist Ryan Martin anddrummerDerek Gledhill.Afterplayingnumeroushometown gigs, Smile Empty Soul ventured to the Sunset Strip, and laterpassed ademo to John Parker of the Los Angeles indielabel,ThroBackRecords. That later led to a record deal with JasonFlom's LavaRecords – a subsidiary of Atlantic Records. On May 27, 2003, the band released their self titled debut album Sm ...read more

Smile Empty Soul formed in 1999, while its original members were attending different high schools in the Santa Claritaarea.The band,originallyathree-piece group, consisted of vocalist and guitarist Sean Danielsen, bassist Ryan Martin anddrummerDerek Gledhill.Afterplayingnumeroushometown gigs, Smile Empty Soul ventured to the Sunset Strip, and laterpassed ademo to John Parker of the Los Angeles indielabel,ThroBackRecords. That later led to a record deal with JasonFlom's LavaRecords – a subsidiary of Atlantic Records. On May 27, 2003, the band released their self titled debut album Smile Empty Soul. The album was produced by JohnLewisParker, andthreesuccessfulsingles were released. In March 2005, the album was certified gold with sales in excessof500,000+.Sometime after the recording oftheirsecond album"Anxiety" was finished, drummer Derek Gledhill was replacedbyDominic Weir. On September 22, 2005, during a concert at The Beaumont Club in Kansas City, Missouri, frontman Sean Danielsen statedthattheir newalbumAnxiety,would not be released due to issues with Lava Records. The band told fans that in order toreceivethe new album they could purchaseone of averylimited number of burned copies or attempt to download the albumonline viaBitTorrent. On July 13, 2006, Smile Empty Soul signed with independent label, Bieler Bros. Records. At this point, drummer DominicWeirhad been replacedbyJakeKilmer, and Mike Booth (ex-Cold) was added as a second guitarist. On October 24, 2006, the band released Vultures, the official follow-up to their 2003 debut Smile Empty Soul. Thealbumdoesn't featureanysongsfromthe unreleased Anxiety. The first single released was the song "The Hit". « hide

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