Smash Mouth
By All Music Guide
By All Music Guide
The follow-up album, Astro Lounge, was released in 1999, generating the hit All Star; a collection of early material, East Bay Sessions, also appeared that same year. A severe back ailment eventually lead to Colemans exit from the band; he was replaced by ex-Tripping Daisy drummer Mitch Marine for the albums subsequent tour and further swapped out for Michael Urbano at its completion. Though no other hits with equal weight were forthcoming from Astro Lounge, the bands work of the early 2000s (2001s Smash Mouth and 2003s Get the Picture?) pleased fans of sparkling pop music. The group also contributed numerous tracks to a plethora of motion pictures, most notably their cover of the Monkees Im a Believer (from their eponymous release) to the soundtrack of 2001s hit movie #Shrek, and many of these then appeared on the August 2005 Smash Mouth hits collection All Star Smash Hits. Harwell could be spotted in early 2006 as a cast member on the sixth season of VH1s celeb-reality TV show #The Surreal Life, just as drummer Urbano was leaving the band due to creative differences. His spot was claimed in March by Jason Sutter, who had previously done work with American Hi-Fi and the Rembrandts. Smash Mouths fifth studio album, Summer Girl, appeared in early September.
