Fatal Smile
| Fatal Smile | |
|---|---|
| Origin | , Sweden |
| Genres | Hard rock, Heavy metal, glam metal, shock rock |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Labels | GMR Music Group, FS Records, Spectra Music Group, Locomotive Records |
| Website | www |
| Members | Blade Alx Philty MR.Y |
| Past members | Tomas Lindgren Markus Anderson Zteff H.B. Anderson |
Fatal Smile is a Swedish hard rock band formed in Katrineholm in 1995 by the guitarist and main song-writer Mr Y. Around 1996 Mr Y and the bass player Marcus Johansson joined forces and started playing music together. Later they moved up to Stockholm in order to give music a shot full-time. Bands that Fatal Smile has listed as influences include – among others – Whitesnake, Dio, Accept, Metallica, W.A.S.P and Dokken.
The band recorded a demo with two songs ("Hip M.F/Sad & Gone") in 1999. The first real lineup of the band consisted of Mr Y on guitar, Markus Johansson on bass, Robin Lagerquist (earlier in Six Pack Solution) on drums as well as H.B. Anderson, who joined year 2000, on vocals. H.B. Anderson had earlier been active in the bands Scudiero and Token.
The summer of 2001 the band started working on their debut record. The first song that the band wrote together was "Beyond Reality". The producer of choice was Jonas Östman, who earlier had worked with Yngwie Malmsteen. The recording and mixing took six weeks and the album was released early 2002. Beyond Reality was also the name of the record, and it was released by GMR Music. The album included the bonus song Hip M.F. that was regularly played at rock clubs in Stockholm, and since then has become one of the obvious songchoices during concerts. A music video for the song Bad Kharma was recorded at "Göta Källare", under the direction of Poppe Linge. The video was played quite frequently on ZTV (Swedish channel), but not on MTV – as it was seen as too naughty. During the summer of 2003 the band went on a small USA tour and played a show at "Metal Meltdown Fest" in New Jersey, among others.
With the success of the following record "Neo Natural Freaks" which was released in 2006, the band was gaining more and more fans, both in- and outside of Sweden. During this time the band was touring diligently, and played as an opening act for the likes of W.A.S.P and Winger. One change in the lineup was made at this point as Tomas Lindgren replaced Robin on drums.
The single "Learn, Love, Hate" (released 2005) was frequently played on the radio and made it into the top three in Sweden. The following tour brought the band to Japan for shows in cities like Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka.
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