“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.

  • Puzzle_Sluts_4Ever@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Dude, take a breath

    People are acknowledging his flaws and… they were pretty massive ones. You, for whatever reason, are talking about how “look, just because he was throwing up nazi salutes at an event associated with white supremacy doesn’t matter. he isn’t a nazi even though he is acting like one”

    Its not about “all bad” or “all perfect” to anyone except, apparently, you. It is about acknowledging reality and not glorifying shitheads. Like, to my knowledge, he never demonstrated violent tendencies so I would not call him “violent”.

    Like, it increasingly feels like people would throw a god damned temper tantrum if they ever listened to a performance of Hamlet.

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      1 year 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!