The Chelsea Smiles

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The Chelsea Smiles
Origin	Los Angeles
Genre(s)	Hard rock Sleaze rock
Years active	2004–Present
Label(s)	Capitol Records Acetate Records People Like You
Members
Todd Youth Johnny Martin Sky Vaughan Jayne Karl Rosqvist
Former members
Christian Martucci

The Chelsea Smiles are a hard rock/sleaze rock band formed in 2004 featuring guitarist Todd Youth (formerly of D Generation and Danzig).

Christian Black (né Christian Martucci) who had previously played in the Dee Dee Ramone band was the original vocalist.

1 History
- 1.1 Debut full-length - Thirty Six Hours Later
2 Members
- 2.1 Former members
3 Discography
4 References
5 External links
- 5.1 Interview links

[edit] History

The band was formed by guitarist Todd Youth in the aftermath of his Danzig exit, just before forming the Chelsea Smiles, Youth had played some shows with Motörhead filling in on guitar for Phil Campbell.

Youth was joined in the formation of the Chelsea Smiles by drummer, Karl "Rockfist" Rosqvist (formerly of Steel Prophet), bassist Johnny Martin and a vocalist named Christian Martucci who previously played with Dee Dee Ramone's band.

Together they released a four EP named "Nowhere Ride" in 2005 on Capitol Records, the following year, vocalist Martucci left the band to form Black President. He was replaced by Skye Vaughan Jayne, who had played in Bullets And Octane.

[edit] Debut full-length - Thirty Six Hours Later

The band played shows with several notable bands such as Social Distortion, The Datsuns and the reformed New York Dolls (the latter of which they have opened for five times)^[1]. A debut full length album followed on November 7, 2006, titled; "Thirty Six Hours Later" vocal duties on the album are shared by both guitarists and the bassist, it is due for release in Europe during early December 2006, the Chelsea Smiles are touring the United States with Swedish rockers Backyard Babies in support of the record.