Michael Urbano

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Michael Urbano (born 19 March) is a studio drummer, band member, programmer, record producer, and member of Fuzz.com. He is best known for being drummer for alternative rock group Smash Mouth from 1999 to 2006. Urbano has been playing with the band since 2000 when original drummer Kevin Coleman left. Before Smash Mouth, Urbano had played drums with Third Eye Blind, John Hiatt Cracker, Paul Westerbrg, Red House Painters, and Sheryl Crow, among others. While with Hiatt (1995-1999), Urbano toured extensively as one of Hiatt's "Nashville Queens" that included bassist Davey Faragher (now with Elvis Costello) and guitarist Dave Immergluck (now with Counting Crows). The Nashville Queens also worked with Hiatt in the studio, recording Walk On, Little Head and Crossing Muddy Waters. Smash Mouth is the most recent band to have Urbano as a full member. He has also been a member of The Spent Poets and Cracker, as well as Bourgeois Tagg, a 1980s band that was fronted by Brent Bourgeois and Larry Tagg. Lyle Workman was the guitarist for the band. They had moderate success with their second album, Yo-Yo, which was produced by Todd Rundgren, and featured the Top 40 hit, "I Don't Mind At All." When Bourgeois Tagg split, Michael, Larry, and Lyle, recorded and toured with Todd Rundgren.

In 2006 Urbano left Smash Mouth due to creative differences. He recently was found recording with Fischer Spooner and playing live with the band Cake as well as leading artist development at fuzz.com.

Below is a list of Michael's credits.

1985 Bourgeois Tagg Bourgeois Tagg Drums, Percussion, Programming, Group Member 1987 Yoyo Bourgeois Tagg Percussion, Drums, Group Member 1989 Nearly Human Todd Rundgren Drums, Timbales 1990 Brent Bourgeois Brent Bourgeois Drums 1990 Immigrant's Daughter Margaret Becke Drums 1992 Spent Poets The Spent Poets Drums, Group Member 1993 14 Songs Paul Westerberg Drums 1993 Horse's Tongue Anton Barbeau Drums, Grop Member 1993 Kerosene Hat Cracker Drums, Group Member 1994 Hiatt Comes Alive at Budokan? John Hiatt and the Guilty Dogs Drums, Associate Producer 1994 Low [Vinyl Single] Cracker Drums 1995 Beautiful Sounds Of Torcher Drums 1995 Till the Night is Gone: A Tribute to Doc Pomus Various Artists Percussion, Drums 1995 Walk On John Hiatt Percussion, Drums 1995 With a Skeleton Crew Larry Tagg Drums, Drum Programming 1996 Dimestore Hoods Dime Store Hoods Drums 1996 Eventually Paul Westerberg Percussion, Trumpet, Drums 1996 Loup Garou Willy DeVille Percussion, Drums, Tambourine, Cowbell 1996 Sheryl Crow Sheryl Crow Drums, Drums (Snare), Loop 1996 Susanna Hoffs Susanna Hoffs Drums 1997 Hard to Make a Stand Sheryl Crow Percussion, Drums 1997 Pleasure & Pain of an Automobile Ultrahorse Percussion, Drums 1997 Under These Rocks and Stones Chantal Kreviazuk Percussion, Drums 1997 Very Best of Todd Rundgren Todd Rundgren Drums 1997 Your Body Above Me Black Lab Percussion, Drums, Programming, Group Member 1998 1998 Grammy Nominees Various Artists Drums 1998 Best of John Hiatt [Capitol] John Hiatt Percussion, Drums 1998 Greatest Hits: The A&M Years '87-'94 John Hiatt Drums, Associate Producer 1998 People Watching Khaleel Drums 1998 Sheryl Crow [Japan] Sheryl Crow Drums, Drums (Snare), Loop 1998 Smitten Buffalo Tom Percussion, Drums 1998 Sunkist Sunkist 1999 Anthology, Vol. 1 Anton Barbeau Drums 1999 Balinese Dancer/Feast of Hearts Chuck Prophet Percussion, Drums 1999 Cheap and Evil Girl Bree Sharp Drums, Drums (Snare) 1999 These Are the Days Quistaday Percussion 1999 To Be Loved Curtis Stigers Drums 1999 Smash Mouth Astro Lounge Drums 2000 Garage d'Or Cracker Drums, Group Member 2000 Time for Peace Rita Drums 2000 Will Bernard and Motherbug Will Bernard Percussion 2001 Asile's World Elisa Drums 2001 K.G.B. The K.G.B. Drums, Programming, Producer, Mixing 2001 Meet Joe Mac Joey McIntyre Drums 2001 Old Ramon Red House Painters Drums, Percussion 2001 Positively Somewhere Jennifer Paige Drums 2001 Smash Mouth Smash Mouth Drums, Programming, Group Member 2002 Don't Rewind Dipstick Drums 2002 No Other Love Chuck Prophet Drums 2002 Positively Somewhere [Japan Bonus Track] Jennifer Paige Drums 2002 Smash Mouth [Australia Bonus Tracks] Smash Mouth Drums, Programming, Group Member 2003 Agent Cody Banks Original Soundtrack Producer 2003 Falling Uphill [Japan Bonus Tracks] Lillix Drums 2003 Falling Uphill Lillix Drums 2003 Game Preserve Bart Davenport Drums 2003 Get the Picture? Smash Mouth Drums, Programming, Group Member 2003 Katie Jay Katie Jay Percussion, Drums 2003 Positively Somewhere [Germany Bonus CD] Jennifer Paige Drums 2003 Telluride Bluegrass Festival: Reflections, Vol. 1 Various Artists Drums 2004 Age of Miracles Chuck Prophet Drums 2004 Full Circle Charlie Peacock Drums 2004 Get the Picture? [UK Bonus Track] Smash Mouth Drums, Programming, Group Member 2004 Hayley Hayley Drums 2004 Zucchero & Co. [Italy] Zucchero Percussion, Drums 2005 All Star Smash Hits Smash Mouth Drums, Programming, Group Member 2005 Besterberg: Best of Paul Westerberg Paul Westerberg Percussion, Drums 2005 Change It All Goapele Drums 2005 Live from Austin, TX [DVD] John Hiatt Drums 2005 Live from Austin, TX John Hiatt Drums 2005 We the People [Bonus Track] Flipsyde Arranger, Keyboards, Producer, 2005 We the People Flipsyde Arranger, Keyboards, Producer, Mixing, Beats 2005 Zucchero & Co. Zucchero Percussion, Drums 2006 Live at the Hiatt John Hiatt Drums 2006 Summer Girl Smash Mouth Drums, Producer 2006 We the People [Bonus Tracks] [Bonus CD] Flipsyde Percussion, Arranger, Keyboards, Producer, Mixing, Beats