Smile Ass9

Smile Ass9 is a comedy/metal studio band formed by members of the metal band Afterfive.

Smile Ass9 started shortly after the release of Metallica's "St. Anger" album. Ben and Bryan found that song funny and recorded a parody of it on the sound recorder on Ben's computer. After that, the two of them continued to record comedy pieces on Ben's computer. Once they finally decided to use real instruments and got better recording software, Smile Ass9 was born.

No we don't currently play live. We don't even have a full band, Ben does the drums on a drum machine and we don't even have a bassist. We definitely could hire some people and play live eventually...but for now we are just a studio band.

On a musical note...Limp Bizkit, KoRn, Deftones, Cradle Of Filth, COLD, Chimaira, Staind, American Head Charge, Mudvayne, Slipknot, ect...but our lyrical themes are more so inspired by people's stupidity and our massive amount of spare time.

We use Cool Edit Pro 2.1 to record, Ben uses HammerHead drum machine for the beats, Bryan uses Washburn, Ibanez, and other assorted guitars with Marshall amplification and built in distortion.

We are a joke band. Smile Ass9 is not to be taken seriously...it's all in good fun.