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Hey gang today's guest is songwriter and lead guitarist Greg Camp from the San Jose California rock band

Smash Mouth. Together we break down the writing, recording and inspiration behind

the mega hit single all- star taken from their 1999 album

Astro Lounge. I had a feeling Greg was a fellow music nerd and I wasn't wrong.

What a pleasure to talk to. It was the 11th hour for Smashmouth. Hot off the heels of their

breakout hit single, Walking on the Sun. The band had just recorded a brand new record and handed

it in to the powers that be at

Interscope records. The label felt that the record didn't have a bona fide

hit or lead single. So that's when Greg went back and wrote All-Star, a song that bears little to no resemblance of the band's first hit.

A bold move that can sometimes lead to disastrous results, but not here.

All-Star quickly became the biggest song of the band's career.

Greg, along with producer Eric Valentine, were like mad scientists in the studio,

with Greg filling me in on some really cool studio wizardry.

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