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Once ballyhooed in the press as a one-hit wonder, Smash Mouth has since proved itself to be a formidable presence with irrefutable staying power. Blessed with a gifted songwriter in Greg Camp, a promotion-savvy lead singer in Steve Harwell, and ever-improving musical chops, the San Jose, Calif.-based band continues to refine its retro-tinged blend of surf-punk and psychedelic pop. Moreover, despite two monstrous hits — 1998's "Walkin' on the Sun" and 1999's "All Star" — the group showed no signs of resting on its laurels. Indeed, if there's a single adjective that best characterizes Smash Mouth's method of operation, it's "persistent."
Sensing hit potential in "Walkin' on the Sun," Interscope signed Smash Mouth and funded the completion of the band's major label debut. Released Aug. 12, 1997, Fush Yu Mang proved to be a sensation among the surf-punk crowd, and the album went on sell more than 2 million copies. Even more impressive, "Walkin' on the Sun" climbed to No. 1 on Billboard's Modern Rock chart. Suddenly Smash Mouth found itself sharing the stage with the likes of Sugar Ray, Blur, and Third Eye Blind and appearing on TV variety shows such as The Rosie O'Donnell Show. Two follow-up singles — a cover of War's "Why Can't We Be Friends" and a version of ? and the Mysterians' "Can't Get Enough of You Baby" — garnered modest radioplay, but the band quickly found itself battling the "one-hit wonder" tag. Armed with a well-earned, vastly bigger recording budget, the band re-entered the studio in August 1998 determined to prove all the naysayers wrong.
Released June 7, 1999, Astro Lounge achieved just that result. To kick-start the album commercially, Smash Mouth leaked the first single ("All Star") to radio several weeks prior to the official release date. Ensconced in the No. 3 spot on Billboard's modern-rock chart, "All Star" helped propel Astro Lounge to spectacular sales. Perhaps more important to the band, however, was the fact that critics responded to the album with near-universal acclaim. Citing its pop orientation and its musical accessibility, mainstream publications such as Spin heralded Smash Mouth as a "goofy but deeply schooled popcore band." Meanwhile, Hollywood powers-that-be selected "All Star" to become the first single and first video from the soundtrack to the Ben Stiller movie Mystery Men.
At the turn of the century, the Smash Mouth juggernaut showed no sign of slowing down.
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