Soulhat is an American

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band from

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. The group formed in 1990 around the nucleus of Kevin McKinney, Bill Cassis, and Brian Walsh; Barry E. "Frosty" Smith, who had previously played drums with

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and

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, joined soon after: at first playing percussion alongside, and eventually replacing original drummer Ian Bailey. Their self-released debut followed in 1993, and was reissued after they signed to

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later that year. Their single "Bonecrusher" peaked at #25 on the

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Mainstream Rock charts.

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A follow-up studio album appeared in 1994, and a third in 2000. In early 2003, Soulhat won the

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Regional Poll in The 2nd Annual Independent Music Awards for their song "Flat Feet" Barry "Frosty" Smith (born March 20, 1946 in

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) died after a long illness on April 12, 2017, at the age of 71.

Members

*Kevin McKinney - guitar, vocals *Bill Cassis - guitar, vocals *Brian Walsh - bass *Barry E. Smith (aka Bartholomew Eugene Smith-Frost) - drums (died 2017)

Discography

*''Outdebox'' (Spindletop, 1992 &

, 1993) *''Live at the Black Cat Lounge'' (Currant, 1991) *''Good to Be Gone'' (Epic Records, 1994) * ''Too Gone to be Good ''EP (Epic Records, 1994) * ''Soulhat ''EP (SHAT Records, 1998) *''Experiment on a Flat Plane'' ( Terminus Records, 2000) * ''Live at the Black Cat Lounge'' (Dualtone, 2009)

References

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