Steve Harwell, the founder and singer of hit late Nineteen Nineties and early 2000s band Smash Mouth, has died. He was 56.
A rep for Harwell tells The Hollywood Reporter the musician handed away peacefully and comfortably in his house in Boise, Idaho, on Monday, surrounded by his family and friends. Information broke on Sunday that the artist was in hospice care as a result of liver failure.
“Steve’s legacy will reside on by means of the music,” the rep says. “Steve’s iconic voice is likely one of the most recognizable voices from his technology. He beloved the followers and beloved to carry out.”
Because the lead singer of Smash Mouth, the band bought over 10 million albums worldwide and had a number of hit songs, together with “All Star” and their cowl of The Monkee’s “I’m a Believer,” each of which have been made much more widespread by their use within the Shrek franchise.
“Steve Harwell was a real American Unique,” the band’s official Twitter account shared in honor of the late singer. “A bigger than life character who shot up into the sky like a Roman candle. Steve might be remembered for his unwavering focus and impassioned willpower to achieve the heights of pop stardom.”
Harwell based the band in 1994 in San Jose, California, together with his fellow members Kevin Coleman on drums, Greg Camp on guitar and Paul De Lisle on bass, after they have been launched to one another by their eventual supervisor Robert Hayes.
“Walkin’ on the Solar” from their debut album Fush Yu Mang, was the band’s first hit, with Harwell telling Rolling Stone in 2019 that it “modified music.”
“It modified the best way individuals take heed to music,” he instructed the publication. “I’ve talked to different artists through the years and so they mentioned the day that tune got here on radio, they have been like, ‘We’re fucked.’ It was so totally different and it was so uncommon, and it was so particular. It simply had that sound that we created. Ask anyone that’s tried to repeat us, you’ll be able to’t. You simply can’t.”
When Harwell retired from the band in 2021, De Lisle remained the one authentic member. Smash Mouth was additionally recognized for different songs like “Walkin’ on the Solar” from their first album, Fush Yu Mang, and “Then The Morning Comes” from their second one, Astro Lounge.
Smash Mouth was additionally recognized for different songs like their remake of “Why Can’t We Be Mates?” and “Then The Morning Comes” from their second album, Astro Lounge.
Harwell is survived by his fiancé, Annette; sisters Carla, Michelle and Julie; and his brother, Mark.
