Smilers

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Smilers
Also known as	Hendrik Sal-Saller & Smilers Smilers & Hendrik Sal-Saller
Origin	Estonia
Genre(s)	Rock
Years active	1991 - present

Smilers is an Estonian rock band formed in 1991 by Hendrik Sal-Saller. The name comes from a Rod Stewart album, "Smiler"; first the band was named Lezer Brozers. In the early years they tried in Finland with two albums, but didn't find success, so they came to Estonia and became famous very fast. Smilers won Artist of the Year award in the 2004 Estonian Music Awards^[1]. Smilers were also awarded a Golden Disc for Song of the Year in 2004 for "Ainult unustamiseks"^[2].

Contents 1 Current members 2 Discography 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Current members

• Hendrik Sal-Saller - vocals, guitar
• Urmas Jaarman - bass, backing vocals
• Mikko Saira - keyboard
• Martin Jürman - guitar, backing vocals
• Raido Kurri - drums

[edit] Discography

Finland:

• "Smilers" (1994)
• "Take Five" (1996)

Estonia:

• "Olen kuul" (1997)
• "Mõistus on kadunud" (1998)
• "1994-1996" (1999)
• "Suure surmaga läbi elu" (1999)
• "Jalgpall on parem kui sex" (2001)
• "Remixed" (2002)
• "Ainult unustamiseks" (2003)
• "Ainult armastusest" (2004)
• "Live Unplugged" (2005)
• "Esimene Eesti tuur" (2005)
• "Õhus on Smilers" (2007)

[edit] References

1. ^ Estonian Music Awards 2004
2. ^ Golden Disc - Estonian Pop Music Award

[edit] External links

• Smilers web site
• Smilers Family - Fan site