Formed by school friends Sean Danielsen, Derek Gledhill and Ryan Martin in Santa
Clarita, California in 1998, Smile Empty Soul made a big impact in the early
2000s with their thunderous post-punk style, built around raging vocals and
screeching guitar. Sean's father Jerry Danielsen was also a musician, producer,
recording artist, film-maker and composer and, although born in California, Sean
spent much of his childhood living at a summer camp in Maine, forming his first
rock band at the age of eleven. Moving back to California in his teens he met up
with Gledhill and Martin, form...