Smile is tagged as: classic rock, rock, brian may, pre-queen, oshare kei There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Smile was formed in the late 60’s, and was made up of Queen members; Brian May and Roger Taylor, and a long time friend Tim Staffell. The band released one single, titled “Earth” (b-side “Step On Me”) and their only album was released in Japan, much to their disgust. Smile later turned into Queen when Staffell left, Freddie Mercury joined, and the 3 of them found John Deacon. Their song “Doin’ Alright” was later recorded by Queen for their first album as “Doing All Right”. Smile was formed in 1968 and consisted of three members - lead singer and bass player Tim Staffell, guitarist Brian May, and drummer Roger Taylor. Staffell and May met in 1964 and, together with several mutual friends, formed a band that they would call “1984”. 1984, in May’s words, was “purely an amateur band, formed at school, although perhaps at the end we once got fifteen quid or something. We never really played anything significant in the way of original material”. (Brian May, The Guitar Greats, 1983). For four years, the band did little in the way of recording, playing cover songs at sporadic gigs while the bandmembers focused on their schooling. May would... Read More About Smile Biography...  Send Smile ringtones to your cell
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