“Walkin’ on the Sun” and “All Star” vocalist announced his retirement in 2021

“Walkin’ on the Sun” and “All Star” vocalist announced his retirement in 2021

STEVE HARWELL, WHO cofounded the band Smash Mouth in 1994, has died at the age of 56, band manager Robert Hayes confirmed. The musician, best known for hits like “All Star” and “I’m a Believer,” died at his home in Boise, ID “surrounded by family and friends.”

Harwell had been in hospice care following medical complications. The cause of death was liver failure, Hayes told Rolling Stone.

Hayes said Harwell “passed peacefully and comfortably.” In a statement to Rolling Stone, he offered a lengthy tribute to the artist, who was a staple of ’90s rock music and saw success with multiple albums and singles.

  • mysoulishome@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1130·
    10 months ago

    Did you watch the video or read the transcript? He’s telling people he’s going to kill then. More and more agitated, just flailing at anything. Flipping off the crowd. Completely out of his mind. Not saying doing a nazi salute is ok but this guy isn’t a nazi. It’s super sad. It sucks if that’s all he will be remembered for.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      405·
      10 months ago

      He was drunk. And yet I’ve been pretty damn drunk and at no point did I ever give a Nazi salute.

        • Czarrie@lemm.ee
          131·
          10 months ago

          I think there’s a gulf of difference between alcoholism that leads to end-stage liver failure and death and “I’ve been drunk before”. Considering he is dead in 2023, gonna say he was pretty pickled already in 2021, especially with whatever downtime the pandemic offered

          • root_beer@midwest.socialEnglish
            5·
            10 months ago

            Apparently he was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy and wet brain from the alcoholism ten years ago; “pickled already in 2021” sounds like an understatement

      • mysoulishome@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1323·
        10 months ago

        Alright, he’s a violent racist if that makes you happy. The internet is so in love with labeling someone all bad or all perfect…

          • Rodeo@lemmy.ca
            1·
            10 months ago

            He’s like my aunt. You can’t say a single word of criticism for anything around her, or she’ll attack you for not being positive.

            It’s very negative behavior, but she says the word positive a thousand times a day so she must be better than us!

        • zaph@sh.itjust.works
          144·
          10 months ago

          If we’re not allowed to call people who go to rallies that white supremacists attend and throw up nazi signs, when are we allowed to call someone racist. FFS I’m tired of this “stop calling people racist” bullshit. Stop acting racist and people won’t call them racist.

            • zaph@sh.itjust.works
              56·
              10 months ago

              It was the yearly bike rally in Sturgis. It’s not entirely a white supremacist rally but it’s quite easy to find them there as they typically have flags and tattoos that help you spot them. If it was at his own concert there’s the tiny chance it could be some extreme mental break but he went were he felt welcome for this one.

                • zaph@sh.itjust.works
                  32·
                  10 months ago

                  I might have it mixed with the covid rant but I’m going off memory and I’m pretty sure Sturgis was 2017