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History

The band was formed in 2000 by former Far

Far (band)

Far is a band from Sacramento, USA.-Releases :After a number of local releases including their first demo tape Sweat A River, Live No Lies and two independent albums Listening Game and Quick they signed to Epic/Immortal Records and released their first major record, Tin Cans With Strings To You...

guitarist Shaun Lopez

Shaun Lopez

Shaun Lopez is a US musician and the guitarist for Far, a band from Sacramento, CA.After a number of local releases, including their first demo tape, Sweat A River, Live No Lies, and two independent albums Listening Game and Quick, they signed to Epic/Immortal Records and released their major label...

after he briefly played in an early version of Rival Schools

Rival Schools (band)

Rival Schools are a post-hardcore band from New York signed to Photo Finish Records, featuring Walter Schreifels on vocals and guitar; Ian Love on guitar; Cache Tolman on bass guitar; and Sam Siegler on drums....

headed by former Quicksand

Quicksand (band)

Quicksand was an American post-hardcore band from New York City founded in 1990 by singer/songwriter Walter Schreifels. Their debut self-titled EP was followed by two major label albums, Slip and Manic Compression...

frontman, Walter Schreifels

Walter Schreifels

Walter Schreifels is a rock musician and producer from New York City.In the late 1980s, he played in many New York hardcore bands, most notably Youth Of Today and Gorilla Biscuits . After Gorilla Biscuits broke up, he formed the short lived Moondog...

, and after he auditioned for various bands, including the Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters is an American alternative rock band originally formed in 1994 by Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl as a one-man project following the dissolution of his previous band. The band got its name from the UFOs and various aerial phenomena that were reported by Allied aircraft pilots in World War...

.

In November 2000, The Revolution Smile released At War With Plastic, a 6 song ep produced by Shaun, and released on Animation Records, with world wide distribution. In January 2001, The Revolution Smile solidified its first lineup which consisted of Octavio Gallardo on bass, Tim McCord

Tim McCord

Timothy McCord was announced as Evanescence's bass player in August 2006. He replaced bassist Will Boyd who left the band in mid-2006...

on guitar, and Jeremy White

Jeremy White (Drummer)

Jeremy White is the former drummer for the band The Revolution Smile. His songwriting talents are showcased on The Revolution Smile's album Above the Noise on the song, "Future of an End". He has also recorded drums on some tracks with another Sacramento, California based band Mama's Gravy, and...

on drums. They began working on their follow up to At War With Plastic that summer. Once again engineered, mixed, and produced by Shaun Lopez

Shaun Lopez

. We Are In This Alone was finished in the fall of 2001 and the band planned to release it soon after.

In January 2002, We Are In This Alone landed in the hands of Geffen

Geffen Records

Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-Beginnings:...

records, and they signed the band. Geffen

Geffen Records

Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-Beginnings:...

planned to remix and release We Are In This Alone, but the band wanted to make a new record.

In July 2002, The band recorded Above The Noise with Dave Sardy

Dave Sardy

David Sardy is a Brooklyn born-and-raised composer, musician, songwriter, and record producer- Biography :...

and Shaun Lopez

Shaun Lopez

, co-producing. In January 2003, Andy Wallace

Andy Wallace (producer)

Andy Wallace is a Grammy Award-winning music studio engineer with a long track record of successful productions, beginning with the 1986 production of the Run-DMC/Aerosmith collaboration on "Walk This Way" with Rick Rubin...

mixed Above The Noise, and the band launched national tours in support of the album, playing alongside Deftones

Deftones

Deftones are an American alternative metal band from Sacramento, California, founded in 1988. The band consists of Chino Moreno , Stephen Carpenter , Chi Cheng , Frank Delgado , and Abe Cunningham . Currently Sergio Vega is standing in on bass while Cheng recovers from a car accident...

, Dredg

Dredg

Dredg is an American rock group formed in 1993 in Los Gatos, California. The band consists of vocalist Gavin Hayes, guitarist Mark Engles, bassist Drew Roulette and drummer Dino Campanella....

, The Music, Marilyn Manson

Marilyn Manson (band)

Marilyn Manson is an American metal band from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Formed in 1989 by Brian Warner and Scott Putesky, the group was originally named Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids with their uniquely theatrical performances gathering a local cult following in the early '90s. This attention...

, Korn

Korn

Korn is an American nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, formed in 1993. The current band line up includes four members: Jonathan Davis, James "Munky" Shaffer, Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu, and Ray Luzier. The band was formed as an expansion of L.A.P.D.The band released their first demo album,...

, and many others.

September 2003, The Revolution Smile toured Europe with Deftones

Deftones

and A Perfect Circle

A Perfect Circle

A Perfect Circle is an American rock supergroup formed in 1999 by guitarist Billy Howerdel and Tool vocalist Maynard James Keenan. The original incarnation of the band also included Paz Lenchantin on bass, Troy Van Leeuwen on guitar, and Tim Alexander on drums...

. They were also musical guests on The Jimmy Kimmel Show. Shortly thereafter, Jeremy White

Jeremy White (Drummer)

and Tim parted ways with the band. Jeremy White

Jeremy White (Drummer)

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 July 2004, the band played The Warped Tour

Warped Tour

The Warped Tour is a touring music and extreme sports festival. The tour is held in venues such as parking lots or fields upon which the stages and other structures are erected. The BMX/skateboarding shoe manufacturer Vans, among others, has sponsored the tour every year since 1995, and it is...

where they shared the stage with My Chemical Romance

My Chemical Romance

My Chemical Romance is an American alternative rock band from New Jersey, formed in 2001. The band consists of lead vocalist Gerard Way, guitarists Ray Toro and Frank Iero, and bassist Mikey Way and have a diverse sound incorporating elements of punk, emo, glam metal, and progressive rock...

, Rise Against

Rise Against

Rise Against is an American punk rock band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 1999. The band currently consists of Tim McIlrath , Zach Blair , Joe Principe and Brandon Barnes .Rise Against spent its first five years signed to the independent record label Fat Wreck Chords, on which it...

, Atmosphere

Atmosphere

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, and From Autumn To Ashes

From Autumn to Ashes

From Autumn to Ashes was a NY melodic hardcore band that formed in Long Island in 2000. While the band had gone through many line-up changes, the members include Francis Mark , Scott Gross , Benjamin Perri , Brian Deneeve , Mike Pilato , Rob Lauritsen , and Jeff Gretz From Autumn to Ashes was a NY...

.
In June 2005, the band finished Summer Ever

Summer Ever

Summer Ever is the fourth release, and third full-length LP from The Revolution Smile. The album was an independent release, sold online in physical format and on iTunes and Amazon.-Track list:# "Summer Ever" - 1:12# "Are You Awake?" - 4:16...

, which was also recorded and produced by Shaun Lopez

Shaun Lopez

.

Shaun then took time off to produce and record other bands. He recorded bands such as Giant Drag

Giant Drag

Giant Drag is an American alternative rock band from Los Angeles, California. Formerly a duo, the band was founded in 2003 by Annie Hardy who continues to be the band's sole singer and songwriter....

, and Deftones

Deftones

fifth album Saturday Night Wrist

Saturday Night Wrist

Saturday Night Wrist is the fifth studio album by American metal band Deftones. It was released on Maverick Records on October 31, 2006. Despite early contributions that were later scrapped, Saturday Night Wrist marks the departure of mainstay Deftones producer Terry Date.The band's fifth album...

.

In August 2006, it was announced on Indie 103.1 that Summer Ever

Summer Ever

will receive a September 5, 2006 release on Animation Records.

The Revolution Smile has received national and international press in such publications as Spin
Spin (magazine)
Spin is a music magazine founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione Jr.-History:In its early years, the magazine was noted for its broad music coverage with an emphasis on college-oriented rock music and on the ongoing emergence of hip-hop. The magazine was eclectic and bold, if sometimes haphazard...

, Revolver
Revolver (magazine)
Revolver is a bi-monthly rock and heavy metal magazine published by Future US. Before covering heavy metal, rock & hard rock solely, it was a more mainstream oriented magazine. The magazine is structured in a manner similar to publications such as Spin while covering many avenues within the heavy...

, Kerrang!
Kerrang!
Kerrang! is a UK-based magazine devoted to rock music published by Bauer Media Group. It was first published on June 6, 1981 as a one-off supplement in the Sounds newspaper...

, Alternative Press
Alternative Press (music magazine)
Alternative Press is an American music magazine based in Cleveland, Ohio. It generally provides readers with band interviews, photos, information on upcoming releases, and music charts. It was founded in 1985 by Mike Shea, who is the current president....

, Guitar Player
Guitar Player
Guitar Player is a popular magazine for guitarists founded in 1967. It contains articles, interviews, reviews and lessons of an eclectic collection of artists, genres and products. It has been in print since the late 1960s and during the 1980s, under editor Tom Wheeler, the publication was...

, Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...

online, and Q magazine called Shaun Lopez

Shaun Lopez

"one of the most influential guitar players of his generation".

Discography

At War with Plastic - 2000
We Are In This Alone
We Are In This Alone
Released in 2002, We Are In This Alone marked The Revolution Smile's second release, but first full-length LP. Many of the tracks were later reworked and remastered for their 2003 release, Above the Noise, on Flawless Records.-Track listing:...

- 2002
Above the Noise - 2003
Summer Ever
Summer Ever
Summer Ever is the fourth release, and third full-length LP from The Revolution Smile. The album was an independent release, sold online in physical format and on iTunes and Amazon.-Track list:# "Summer Ever" - 1:12# "Are You Awake?" - 4:16...

- 2006

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