"Smile (band) Smile was an English rock band based in London, best known as the predecessor to renowned rock band Queen. The band was formed in 1968 by Brian May, who went on to become Queen's guitarist. It included Tim Staffell as lead singer and bass guitarist, and later, drummer Roger Taylor, who also went on to play for Queen. They recorded only six songs and disbanded in 1970. In 1968, Brian May, a student at London's Imperial College, and Tim Staffell formed a group when May placed an advertisement on the college notice board for a ""Ginger Baker type"""
"Smile, who changed their name to Queen. In 1968, Tomato City was formed and composed of Dummett (lead guitar), Gallop (rhythm guitar), Miline (bass) and future Cure member, Boris Williams (drums). The four did not have a distinct lead singer yet, so Dummett took it upon himself to perform the majority of the vocals in live performances. As Tomato City, the band played locally in the school, mainly classrooms. By 1969, Dummett and Gallop decided to change the group name to Sour Milk Sea. Williams would exit from the band at this point. Miline continued to remain as the bass"
"drummer, and a young medical student named Roger Taylor auditioned and got the job. Smile were signed to Mercury Records in 1969, and had their first experience of a recording studio in Trident Studios that year. Staffell was attending Ealing Art College with Farrokh (""Freddie"") Bulsara, and introduced him to the band. Bulsara soon became a keen fan. The group's biggest public performance was on 27 February 1969 at the National Council for the Unmarried Mother and Her Child. Held at the Royal Albert Hall, May, Taylor and Staffell performed as a trio on guitar, drums and bass respectively. Keyboardist"
"George Orwell's novel of the same name, with vocalist and bassist Tim Staffell. At Hampton Grammar School, he attained ten GCE Ordinary Levels and three GCE Advanced Levels in Physics, Mathematics, and Applied Mathematics. He studied Mathematics and Physics at Imperial College London, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics in 1968 with honours. In 2007, May was awarded a PhD in astrophysics from Imperial College London for work started in 1971 and completed in 2007. May formed the band Smile in 1968. The group included Tim Staffell as the lead singer and bassist, and later, drummer Roger"
"Taylor, who also went on to play for Queen. The band lasted for only two years, from 1968 to 1970, as Staffell departed in 1970, leaving the band with a catalogue of nine songs. Smile would reunite for several songs on 22 December 1992. Taylor's band The Cross were headliners, and he brought May and Staffell on to play ""Earth"" and ""If I Were a Carpenter"". May also performed several other songs that night. In Queen's three-part vocal harmonies, May was generally the lower-range backing vocalist. On some of his songs, he sings the lead vocals, most notably the first"
"lasted for two years before Staffell departed to join Humpy Bong, leaving the band with a catalogue of nine songs. Smile reunited for several songs on 22 December 1992. Taylor's band the Cross were headliners and he brought May and Staffell on to play ""Earth"" and ""If I Were a Carpenter"". In 1969, Taylor was working with Freddie Mercury at the Kensington Market (they were sharing a flat at around the same time). Mercury, then known as Freddie Bulsara, was an avid fan of Smile. The band split up in 1970. In the same year, Taylor turned down the chance"
"with John Garnham (guitar), Dave Dilloway (bass), John Sanger (keyboards) and Richard Thompson (drums). In 1965 Staffell began a graphics and drawing course at Ealing Art College where he became friends with Freddie Mercury, whilst May enrolled at Imperial College, London. 1984 were a support act for Jimi Hendrix and Pink Floyd and disbanded in 1969. Staffell and May then put together a new band called Smile with Roger Taylor who auditioned to be their drummer. Staffell and May co-wrote the song ""Doing All Right"", which Queen included on their eponymous debut album. Following his tenure with Smile, Staffell joined"
"albums chart on the position 5 on 26th of October 2018. The second Tim Staffell album ""Two Late"" was released on digital platforms on 26th of October 2018, and it will be followed with physical limited release in the middle of November. Tim confirmed that he is already working on his third solo album, with title ""Zero Margin"". Tim Staffell Timothy John Staffell (born 24 February 1948) is an English rock musician, visual artist, model maker and designer. He was a member of Smile, a band which included guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor. Upon Staffell's departure, Smile were"
"and Cool Smile (Cool Smile was also co-written by Paul Britton during recording), to follow up on the original songs which had already begun to receive some positive record company attention. The band split late 1998 after various external factors took their toll and the individual members went on to pursue other interests. To date Glenn Symington (Glenn Mann), and Sharon Cameron (now Sharny Cameron Gillings) are the only two members still involved with the music industry. Based in Shropshire and still performing as a solo acoustic singer/songwriter as well as vocalist for metal band Müllet. Relocated back to Toronto"
"Who records. Another key influence on Taylor was drummer Mitch Mitchell of The Jimi Hendrix Experience, who Taylor stated was his early role model. In 1967, Taylor went to London to study dentistry at the London Hospital Medical College, but he became bored with dentistry. He changed to biology and obtained a BSc at East London Polytechnic. Taylor met Brian May and Tim Staffell in 1968 after a friend saw an advert on a noticeboard at Imperial College for a drummer. Smile included May on lead guitar, Staffell on lead vocals and bass, and later Taylor on drums. The band"
"to become drummer for Genesis, which led to Phil Collins joining instead. Bulsara convinced the remaining two members of Smile to continue and he eventually joined the band, which he renamed Queen. In 1971, they found bass guitarist John Deacon and brought him into the band, before going on to release their self-titled debut album in 1973. Taylor is the third most credited songwriter for the band, usually contributing one or two tracks per album, and he is considered a prominent songwriter. Taylor has had a productive solo career, releasing five albums. His first single was his 1977 ""I Wanna"
"in 1970 to join another band, Humpy Bong, Smile effectively disbanded. Bulsara persuaded May and Taylor to continue, and at about the same time, changing his surname from Bulsara to Mercury, joined the band as lead vocalist, from which emerged ""Queen"". This new band tried a number of bass players during this period, namely Mike Grose, Barry Mitchell and Doug Bogie, none of whom fitted with the band's chemistry. It was not until February 1971 that John Deacon completed the lineup, and they began rehearsing for their first album. This definitive lineup lasted until Mercury's death in 1991, their last"
"""Smile!"" Before their break-up in 1968, they backed George Harrison on his album ""Wonderwall Music"". Harrison later played guitar on their song ""I'm Your Spiritual Breadman"". Ashton and Dyke then joined forces in 1968 with the bass guitar playing Kim Gardner, who had previously played in minor British groups, The Birds and The Creation. The triad simply called themselves Ashton, Gardner and Dyke. Mick Liber formerly of Python Lee Jackson played lead guitar with the group. They released their first single ""Maiden Voyage""/""See The Sun In My Eyes"" on Polydor Records in 1969, but it flopped. However, their next single,"
"with Dave Sardy and Shaun Lopez, co-producing. In January 2003, Andy Wallace mixed Above The Noise, and the band launched national tours in support of the album, playing alongside Deftones, Dredg, The Music, Marilyn Manson, Korn, and many others. September 2003, The Revolution Smile toured Europe with Deftones and A Perfect Circle. They were also musical guests on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. Shortly thereafter, Jeremy White and Tim parted ways with the band. Jeremy White was replaced by Stephen Hoke, and the band became a three piece. In January 2004, the band asked to be released from their recording contract. In"
"Sing"" / ""Magic Eyes"" and ""Baby Jane"". ""Magic Eyes"" peaked in the ""Go-Set"" National Top 40 Singles Chart. In June 1968 Wendy Saddington, a blues vocalist, replaced Taylor but the group disbanded by the end of the year. James Taylor Move formed in early 1967 when an Adelaide discotheque-owner wanted a house band. The original line-up was Kevin Peek on guitar (ex-Hurricanes, John E. Broome and the Handels), Trevor Spencer on drums, Alan Tarney on organ and bass guitar (John E. Broome and the Handels), and Robert John Taylor on lead vocals. John E Broome and the Handels was an"
"but without the numerous cuts—the full intro and the guitar solo of the former part, and the full outro of the latter part, were thus included. Since the death of Terry Kath in 1978, the vocals for live performances of ""Make Me Smile"" were handled by Bill Champlin, who joined the band for the recording of ""Chicago 16"", until he departed the group in August 2009. On shows that Champlin did not attend, Robert Lamm sang the lead vocal. Champlin's replacement Lou Pardini has now taken over the singing of ""Make Me Smile"". ""Make Me Smile"" was made available for"
"Smile (The Beach Boys album) Smile (stylized as SMiLE) is an unfinished album by American rock band the Beach Boys that was projected to follow their 11th studio album, ""Pet Sounds"" (1966). After bandleader and principal songwriter Brian Wilson abandoned large portions of music recorded over a ten-month period with outside lyricist Van Dyke Parks, the band substituted its release with ""Smiley Smile"" (1967), an album containing stripped-down remakes of some ""Smile"" material. Over the next four decades, few of the original ""Smile"" tracks were officially released, and the project came to be regarded as the most ""legendary"" unreleased album"
"with Michael W. Smith. Eventually he would join his brother Dann to form the hard rock band Giant. With Douglas gone, the remaining band members began to audition singers. In 1985, they were surprised when they saw and heard their stage manager and roadie, Rick Florian, dancing around on the stage and ""karaoke"" singing along to the song ""Every Time You Go Away"", which the sound company used to sonically tune the room each night during sound check. A few weeks later, Florian came up to Smiley and asked if he could audition for the lead vocalist position, and he"
"The Revolution Smile The Revolution Smile was an American alternative metal/post-grunge band from Sacramento, California. The band was formed in 2000 by former Far guitarist Shaun Lopez after he briefly played in an early version of Rival Schools headed by former Quicksand frontman, Walter Schreifels, and after he auditioned for various bands, including the Foo Fighters. In November 2000, The Revolution Smile released ""At War with Plastic"", a six-song EP produced by Shaun, and released on Animation Records, with worldwide distribution. In January 2001, The Revolution Smile solidified its first lineup which consisted of Octavio Gallardo on bass, Tim McCord"
"joined the band on 1 August as a background vocalist. In 2008, a petition of around 1000 signatures signed by David Bowie, Roy Wood, Tony Visconti, and Bill Legend called for Paul Fenton to change the band's name to something other than ""T. Rex (A Celebration of Marc and Mickey)"" in order to make it clear that it was a tribute act, not the actual T. Rex. Despite signing this petition, Bill Legend is currently touring Germany and Australia with a band called Bill Legend's T. Rex. Rob Benson left the band in January 2010. Jay Spargo became lead singer"
"semi-Acoustic duo with Paul Stewart (original singer and harp player with 'the Others' at Hampton School) gigs regularly around London. In April 2018, Tim was invited to record his part of the song ""Doin' Alright"" alongside the other Smile members, Brian May and Roger Taylor, for the upcoming soundtrack to the movie ""Bohemian Rhapsody"", which tells the life story of Freddie Mercury. The song was credited to Smile, and titled ""Doing All Right ... Revisited"". The music score was released on the 19th of October 2018, and the movie premiere was three days later. The soundtrack debuted on the UK"
"Bearpark had stayed in touch with Bowness, who suggested that ""Samuel Smiles"" might be a good band name. The original lineup of Samuel Smiles was formed in Cambridge in 1990 by Bearpark (electric guitar), Charles Fernyhough (acoustic guitar), Grainne McAlonan (vocals) and Phil Unwin (double bass) - multi-instrumentalist Peter Chilvers joined on piano shortly afterwards. The band went through a number of changes in style (including folk and country). Bowness (by then singing with No-Man and making an impact within the music industry) produced the first Samuel Smiles demo tape in early 1991, following which the band parted company with"
"of the band—Murty Quinn, Tommy O'Rourke, Denis Murray and Martin Phelan—split away to form their own group, The Sands. They were replaced by songwriter and singer Fran O'Toole, Paul Ashford, Pat McCarthy, Des Lee (born Des McAlea) and Brian McCoy. The group's final number one came with ""Simon Says"" (a version of the 1910 Fruitgum Company song) in 1968. McCarthy and Tony Bogan later left, and were replaced by Danny Ellis and Martin Brannigan. The group released an album, ""The Wind Will Change Tomorrow"", in 1970. In 1972, the group had another major change, when Dickie Rock left to front"
"""In My Room"", ""Waiting"", ""Midnight on a Bus"" and ""The Toast"". - A new album is currently being recorded and is set to be released by ""Safety First Records"" in 2011. - On Friday 30 October 2009 Polly Tones was chosen as ""Band of the Day"" by the British newspaper The Guardian - Polly Tones are also known for their well received cover of Brian Wilson's SMiLE using just Malin's voice and Viktor's guitar. Music journalist Paul Lester described it as: ""in conception and execution,[it] is a work of genius. It's amazing."" - Malin and Viktor regularly collaborate with the"
"Smile (American band) Smile was an American rock band. In February 2013, Scott Reeder, Michael Rosas, Aaron Sonnenberg, and Matt Fletcher reunited to play 3 shows in Southern California In January 2014, Scott Reeder, Michael Rosas, and Aaron Sonnenberg reunited once more to play The Casbah 25th Anniversary. Rosas and Sonnenberg, who were both attending Woodbridge High School, formed Smile in 1992. After placing an advertisement in the Recycler for a drummer, they found Reeder, which completed the band's lineup for the next seven years as a trio. Encompassing genres of both grunge and psychedelic rock, they released their second"
"the individual letters each pronounced (""R-E-O""). An ad in the school newspaper produced their first job, a fraternity party that turned into a food fight. They continued to perform cover songs in campus bars, fraternity parties, and university events. The first lineup consisted of Doughty on keyboards, Gratzer on drums and vocals, Joe Matt on guitar and vocals, Mike Blair on bass and vocals. In early 1968, Terry Luttrell became lead singer, and Bob Crownover joined as the guitar player, replacing Matt. When Mike Blair left the band in the summer of 1968, Gregg Philbin replaced Blair, Marty Shepard played"
"Michael Schenker Group vocalist Gary Barden. In 2006, Tormé announced the formation of Guy McCoy Tormé (aka ""G.M.T""), with former Gillan bassist John McCoy and drummer Robin Guy. In 2007, Tormé contributed lead guitar and sitar parts to ""Smile In Denial"", track #4 of ""Yoni"", a solo album from Wildhearts frontman Ginger. Bernie is about to release his latest album 'Shadowland', featuring drummer Mik Gaffney (The Last Resort) and Sy Morton on bass. The album is due out in November after which the trio will head out on Bernie's 'Final Fling' tour starting on November 22nd. Tormé also runs his"
"their debut album. In 2008, Bearpark reunited with Charles Fernyhough in the rock band Aimless Mules; and Marianne De Chastelaine was reunited with Tim Bowness in 2008 when she added cello to the No-Man album ""Schoolyard Ghosts"". Samuel Smiles (band) Samuel Smiles (frequently known as Tim Bowness/Samuel Smiles, the name to which all of their albums were attributed) were an intermittently active English ambient-folk band. Their best known line-up featured singer Tim Bowness (of the band No-Man). During the mid-1980s Michael Bearpark had played guitar for two Warrington art rock groups, After The Stranger and Plenty, both of which also"
"Recordings, testifying to the staying power of this adventurous music. Morgan (band) Morgan was an English progressive rock band, formed and disbanded in the early 1970s. Featuring former Smile member Tim Staffell on vocals and guitar, Bob Sapsed of Springfield Park on bass, Maurice Bacon on drums and (the band's namesake) Morgan Fisher on keyboards, Morgan formed in 1971. The group was born from the joint Morgan Fisher–Maurice Bacon band Love Affair, a highly successful soul-pop band (#1 UK hit, ""Everlasting Love"" in 1968) that transmogrified into the band L.A., a fusion group who combined pop sensibilities with an underground"
"The Flying Machine (band) The Flying Machine was a British pop band who are best known for their 1969 American #5 hit, ""Smile a Little Smile for Me"". The Flying Machine first rose out of the ashes of British band Pinkerton's Assorted Colours. Pinkerton's (as they were often known, for short) had scored a major UK hit with ""Mirror Mirror"" in 1966 and continued recording over the next few years. However, by 1969, singer/guitarist Tony Newman, singer/autoharpist/original frontman Sam Kempe, and bassist Stuart Colman from Pinkerton's had teamed up with lead guitarist Steve Jones and drummer Paul Wilkinson to form"
"Smiles bandmate Sky Vaughan-Jayne (real name Jonathan Ian Skye Jayne, and in this incarnation, Ian Thorne) to take up Havok's former mantle, and the band signed to Horror High records. The second album ""Into The Night"" was recorded and released in 2008. With the release of the second LP they embarked on a small American tour. They have since ceased activity. Son of Sam (band) Son of Sam is an American horror punk band that is a side project created by Todd Youth in 2000, during his tenure as the guitarist for Danzig. The band's initial line up featured members"
"to help further the group's career. The group changed their name to 'Tiger' and went through a succession of bass players including ex-Smile bassist Barry Wyles, and were managed by Neil Christian for a while. After recruiting Alan Butler back into the group they worked together again and recorded ""High School Dropout"" at Marquee Studios. They finally split in 1971 after being continually turned down and out of work. Hector and Butler later found success with their band the Hammersmith Gorillas, later shortened to the Gorillas in 1977. In 1971 Read was struggling financially and heavily using amphetamines and sleeping"
"band Smile. Brian May heard the song ""The Way I Feel"" by Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee on a TV program, but at the time he never caught the name of the song or band. He remembered the riff and some lyrics and brought them to the band, then proceeded to write ""See What A Fool I've Been"" around it. It was not recorded until the Queen II sessions, though it was a live staple since Queen's formation. The B-side version features a vocal delivery from Freddie Mercury that could be best described as burlesque in nature, rather than the"