Michael Urbano

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Michael Urbano (born 19 March, Sacramento) is a studio drummer, band member, programmer, and record producer.

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 The Spent Poets, Third Eye Blind, John Hiatt, Black Lab, Cracker, Paul Westerberg, Red House Painters, Willy DeVille, and Sheryl Crow. 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 David 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, 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 recorded with Fischerspooner and played live with Cake as well as leading artist development at fuzz.com. On July 2007,he worked with Luciano Ligabue for recording a new song:'Niente paura'. In Spring 2008 he became a band member with Luciano Ligabue, playing drums in the European Tour.