Biography
Camp was born in West Covina, California, and attended Lynbrook High School from Fremont Union High School District. Before Smash Mouth, he had been a musician in the California rock scene since the 1980s. He was part of several bands including the Gents, when Steve Harwell and Kevin Coleman approached him to form a new band. Camp declined, but Harwell and Coleman persisted, including harassing Camp with morning pounding on his apartment window, until Camp agreed to look at the songs they had written. They formed Smash Mouth soon after.
Camp has written Smash Mouth's most memorable songs of the later 1990s and early 2000s, including "Walkin' on the Sun," "All Star," and "Then the Morning Comes". He was the guitarist and backing vocalist from when he co-founded the band in 1994 until he left in summer of 2008. After leaving Smash Mouth, Camp released a solo album, Defektor, on Bar/None Records. Guitar Player wrote that the album "weaves together everything you love about vintage guitar tones, tortured Farfisa, '60s frat-rock vocal hooks, and epic Moriccone-esque soundscapes."
In June 2009 Camp played a couple of concerts with Smash Mouth, and rejoined the band shortly thereafter.
Camp also plays guitar and sings with Santa Cruz rock band The Maids of Honor.
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