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BIO

IT ALL STARTED WHEN…

The Beatles broke up the day Zach was born. He's felt guilty about it ever since.

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Born in New York City and raised in the small artist community of Provincetown, Massachusetts, Zach’s creative spark ignited early. He began writing, acting, and singing as a child, quickly developing a passion for performance. Zach’s formative years were spent at the prestigious Saint Ann's Performing Arts School in Brooklyn alongside future stars like Beastie Boys and Jennifer Connelly and he also received classical training at Stagedoor Manor in upstate New York, honing his skills in theater. He has sung and acted in dozens of plays and musicals including Guys and Dolls, The Prince and The Pauper, Winnie the Pooh, The Pajama Game, Dames at Sea, The Cashier and many more. As a child, he performed in an Off-Broadway production of “Runaways” alongside future star Amy Ryan (The Office/The Wire), later played Danny Zuko in "Grease" and more recently starred as Roger in an Off-Broadway production of "RENT".

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Armed with only a backpack and guitar, Zach left home at age 16 and sang in rock bands while putting himself through High School. He picked coffee in Hawaii, traveled the world, and eventually landed in San Diego, California where he spent most of the 90's and 2000's fronting the award-winning bands Ghoulspoon, Divided by Zero, and Secret Seven, playing hundreds of shows with the likes of Foo Fighters, Blink-182, No Doubt, Deftones, Korn, Sugar Ray, Incubus, and Sublime, while releasing 7 albums of original music and building a reputation as a versatile frontman with an infectious stage presence.

 

In the 2010s, Zach moved to Los Angeles and explored new musical horizons. He performed with mock-senior citizen performance art band Geezer, provided smooth vocals for Yacht Rock band The Windbreakers, and sang lead vocals in a 50th Anniversary theater production of The Beatles’ Abbey Road. Meanwhile, Zach found new opportunities in the world of voice acting, landing roles like the voice of a national Taco Bell television ad campaign.

 

But the biggest chapter of Zach’s career came in 2022. On March 1st, Zach was introduced as the new lead singer of the multi-platinum band Smash Mouth. The announcement came live on KROQ’s Kevan Kenney show, where bassist Paul De Lisle introduced Zach to fans with excitement: “His name is Zach Goode, he’s from Brooklyn, Provincetown, New York City via LA, and we’re very, very happy to have him on board.”​

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Smash Mouth then christened their new era by debuting a fairly faithful, but decidedly Mouth-y cover of Rick Astley‘s iconic 1987 hit “Never Gonna Give You Up” in which Zach strikes the perfect blend of scratchy Steve Harwell-esque vocals and his own upbeat vibe.

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As of 2025, Zach and the band had already released three original singles - 4th of July, Underground Sun, and Ride On - along with a full-length Christmas album, Missile Toes. They also dropped several fun covers, including Love Me Do, Blinding Lights, and a revamped version of the iconic Brady Bunch song, Sunshine Day, featuring none other than Greg Brady himself, Barry Williams.

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With nearly 100 shows under their belt, Smash Mouth 2.0 has toured everywhere from Alaska to Hawaii, with major festival stops in Mexico, Chile, Peru, and Malaysia along the way. The band’s energy and connection with fans are more electrifying than ever.

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In a full circle moment, on October 9, 2024, Zach was nominated for induction into the New England Music Hall of Fame, and he will be officially inducted in 2025, alongside the Class of 2025.

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