Smoke is a name used by several different acts, including a Nashville rapper, a band from Atlanta, a jazz fusion group from Palo Alto, a black metal project from the Netherlands, a mid-1970s soul act, a film and television music duo, a California biker band, a stoner rock group, a production alias linked to EarthFire Music, a gangsta rap artist from East Palo Alto, and a stoner/doom metal band from Lynchburg, Virginia.

Nashville rapper

The Nashville, Tennessee rapper Smoke Corleone is identified as one of the artists using the name Smoke.

Other acts using the name

One version of Smoke is a band from Atlanta, USA. It has a brief history, with its strongest recognition developing after the death of lead singer and writer Benjamin in 1999. The band attracts critical reassessment over time, and artists including Patti Smith and Michael Stipe publicly support it. A documentary titled Benjamin Smoke focuses on Benjamin’s life.

Another Smoke is a jazz fusion group from Palo Alto, California, active in the early 1970s and led by Woodi Webb and Curtis Clark. This group releases two albums: Smoke and Everything.

There is also a black metal project from the Netherlands, formed in 2007, whose material is entirely improvised.

One mid-1970s soul act records Risin’ in ‘76, an album largely composed by Elmer Overton, who also co-produces the sessions with Les Matthews.

Smoke also refers to a duo that writes music for film and television, moving between western symphonic, bebop, Indian classical, dance and blues styles.

A late 1960s and early 1970s California biker band uses the same name. It is managed by Gene Autry, records two albums, and opens for artists including Neil Diamond and Joe Cocker.

A stoner rock band formed in 1998 by Marc Star and Stephen Newman also performs as Smoke; the name comes from a Monster Magnet song.

Smoke is additionally used by one half of the production company EarthFire Music, alongside fellow Oldominion member Zebulon Dak.

Another moniker is used by a gangsta rap artist from East Palo Alto, California.

Finally, Smoke is also the name of a stoner/doom metal band from Lynchburg, Virginia, United States.