{{Infobox musical artist | name = Michael Schermick | alias = Michael Kelly Smith | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|10|21}} | birth_place = Pennsylvania, U.S. | occupation = Musician | genre = Glam metal, hard rock | instrument = Guitar | associated_acts = Cinderella<br>Britny Fox<br>Razamanaz | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist }}
'''Michael Schermick''' (born October 21, 1958), known professionally as '''Michael Kelly Smith''', is an American guitarist who played for the glam metal bands Cinderella and Britny Fox.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Phillips|first1=William|title=Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music|date=20 March 2009|publisher=Greenwood Press|location=Greenwich, Connecticut|isbn=978-0-313-34800-6|pages=45–46|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=52hFCQAAQBAJ&dq=britny+fox&pg=PA45|accessdate=19 November 2017}}</ref> Schermick and drummer Tony Destra were fired from Cinderella in 1985 at the request of the record label, Polygram.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Talevski|first1=Nick|title=Rock Obituaries - Knocking On Heaven's Door|date=2006|publisher=Omnibus Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-84609-091-2|page=130|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DykffzkFALoC&dq=britny+fox&pg=PA130|accessdate=19 November 2017}}</ref>
Following his departure from Cinderella, he again teamed with Destra, along with Dean Davidson and Billy Childs to form Britny Fox, becoming their lead guitarist.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Taylor|first1=Carlson T.|title=HAIRcyclopedia Vol. 1 - The Legends|date=June 2014|isbn=978-1-312-28618-4|page=43|publisher=Lulu.com |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2d7YBgAAQBAJ&dq=tom+keifer&pg=PA45|accessdate=18 November 2017}}</ref> Following Destra's untimely death in 1987 from a car accident, the band recruited drummer Johnny Dee, completing what would become their classic lineup. Schermick played on every album released by Britny Fox until their breakup in 1992.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Carlson|first1=Taylor T.|title=HAIRcyclopedia Vol. 1 - The Legends|date=27 June 2014|isbn=978-1-312-28618-4|page=37|publisher=Lulu.com |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2d7YBgAAQBAJ&dq=britny+fox&pg=PA37|accessdate=19 November 2017}}</ref>
Prior to Cinderella and Britny Fox, Michael had been a guitarist in the bands Atlantic Star, Telepath, Psychopath, Diamonds, Saints in Hell and The Priscilla Hairriett Band.
He also played in a band known as Razamanaz featuring Cory Massi on lead vocals and guitar, Joe Bisbing on bass, and Steve Attig on drums.<ref>{{cite web|title=Razamanaz|url=http://www.nolifetilmetal.com/razamanaz.html|website=www.nolifetilmetal.com|accessdate=19 November 2017}}</ref>
He later began teaching guitar in Horsham, Pennsylvania.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stores.musicarts.com/experts/michael-s-8|title=Michael, Instructor at Horsham Music & Arts in PA|website=stores.musicarts.com}}</ref>
==Discography== ===With Cinderella=== * "Shake Me"/"Nobody's Fool" (7") 1983. * Demos
===With Britny Fox=== * ''Britny Fox'' (1988) * ''Boys In Heat'' (1989) * ''Bite Down Hard'' (1991) * ''Springhead Motorshark'' (2003)
===With Razamanaz=== * ''Razamanaz'' (2003)
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{{Cinderella (band)}} {{Britny Fox}}
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