With all the hype surrounding the British guitar scene over the last few years, a number of those bands who really are 'just another band' have wrestled their way to the top with (some might say) undeserving success, while others haven't been as recognised as much as they should.
Editors had a slow start to their career, something unheard of by the bands at the top of the charts at the moment – the likes of Arctic Monkeys and Kaiser Chiefs who all enjoyed near-instant success.
Yes, Smith and co. do sound like Interpol and Joy Division but what music is original any more?
If you're going to sound like someone else, make sure they are great bands already and make sure you do it well.
Smith, Chris Urbanowicz, Russell Leech and Ed Lay slowly climbed the charts as high street stores reduced the price of their debut album, The Back Room.
Plus, those other bands lack what Editors have in Smith – a proper showman.
Sometimes it takes a risky move to get the recognition you deserve and this certainly worked for Editors as they grew and grew, despite the media attention being firmly placed upon Kaiser Chiefs.
There is a passion about Editors' music that is typified by Smith's all-action performance, which fronts a strong live sound, heard as clearly by those in the moshpit at the front, as those sitting at the back of the balcony.
The band started quickly, flying through An End Has A Start and Bones, before treating the fans to the likes of All Sparks and Munich from The Back Room.
New songs were greeted with the applause and cheering they deserved and Smith knows, if success from the band's first two albums is anything to go by, at least one of those tracks will be sung by the crowd when they return.
A three-song encore ended with Smith smashing his guitar to the ground to complete a 90-minute set filled with the energy expected by anyone who has seen the band before.