{"id":2021460,"date":"2023-09-04T14:00:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T18:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/original-smash-mouth-singer-steve-harwell-dead-at-56\/"},"modified":"2023-09-04T14:01:49","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T18:01:49","slug":"original-smash-mouth-singer-steve-harwell-dead-at-56","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/original-smash-mouth-singer-steve-harwell-dead-at-56\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Harwell, the original lead singer of Smash Mouth, has passed away at the age of 56."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foriginal-smash-mouth-singer-steve-harwell-dead-at-56%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2021460&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former Smash Mouth Lead Singer Steve Harwell \u200bPasses Away at 56<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Steve Harwell, the \u200cformer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-here-are-the-10-worst-colleges-for-free-speech\/\" title=\"Report: Here Are The 10 Worst Colleges For Free Speech\">lead singer<\/a> of American rock band Smash Mouth, died on \u2063Monday\u200c from\u2064 liver failure at the age of 56.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Band manager Robert Hayes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/steve-harwell-smash-mouth-singer-dead-obituary-1234817636\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">confirmed<\/a> Harwell\u2019s death to\u200b Rolling Stone, saying the longtime frontman \u2062for the group \u2064passed away \u201cpeacefully \u200dand comfortably\u201d at his home in\u200b Boise, Idaho, surrounded by family \u2063and friends.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSteve \u2062has been retired \u2063from Smash Mouth for \u200dtwo years now, and the band\u2064 continues\u2063 to tour with new \u2062vocalist Zach Goode,\u201d Hayes said. \u201cThat said, Steve\u2019s legacy will live on through \u2064the music.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harwell entered\u200c in-home hospice care\u2064 after\u2062 reaching the\u200c final stage of liver failure following a lifelong battle with alcohol\u200d addiction, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/smash-mouth-singer-steve-harwell-enters-hospice-care-at-only-56-years-old\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to TMZ.<\/p>\n<p>Harwell had experienced several medical incidents \u200cin recent years, including collapsing at a concert in \u200d2016, receiving treatment for \u200cheart problems in \u200d2017, and slurring his \u200bwords while \u200bperforming in\u200b 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly ten years ago, Harwell was diagnosed with \u2063cardiomyopathy, which impairs the heart\u2019s ability to pump efficiently. He experienced heart failure and had acute \u200cWernicke\u2019s\u2064 encephalopathy, which impacted his \u200cmotor functions, speech, and memory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEver since I was a kid, I dreamed of being a Rockstar performing\u200b in front of sold-out arenas and \u2063have\u200c been\u200b so fortunate to live out that dream,\u201d he \u2064said after he retired\u200c in 2021. \u201cTo my bandmates, it\u2019s been an honor performing with\u2064 you \u2062all these years, and I can\u2019t think of anyone else I would have rather\u2063 gone on this wild journey with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo our \u2064loyal\u200c and amazing fans, thank you,\u2062 all of this was possible because of you,\u201d he added. \u201cI\u2019ve \u200btried so hard \u200dto\u200c power through my physical\u200d and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/9-year-old-girl-pepper-sprayed-during-interaction-with-rochester-police\/\" title=\"9-Year-Old Girl Pepper Sprayed During Interaction With Rochester Police\">mental health issues<\/a>\u2063 and to play in front of you one last \u2063time, but \u2063I just wasn\u2019t able to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smash Mouth was formed in 1994 in San Jose, California, and \u2064featured Harwell \u200don vocals, Kevin Coleman on\u2063 the drums, Greg Camp on the guitar, and Paul \u200dDe Lisle on \u200cthe bass.<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p>In \u20621997, the band hit \u2063the mainstream after releasing\u200c \u201cWalkin\u2019 on the Sun,\u201d\u2062 which appeared\u200d on \u2062their debut album, \u201cFush Yu \u200cMang.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But their chart-topping ubiquitous 1999 hit \u201cAll-Star,\u201d\u2062 featured on the group\u2019s\u2063 follow-up record \u201cAstro Lounge,\u201d\u200b brought them global\u200b success.<\/p>\n<p>Smash Mouth sold more than\u200d ten million albums worldwide and topped\u200d the charts with two #1 hit singles,\u200d five Top 40 \u200bsingles, three Hot 100 singles, four Billboard 200 albums, and a Grammy \u200bnomination when Harwell led \u200cthe band.<\/p>\n<p>The group\u2019s\u200b music can also be heard in hundreds of \u2063films and \u2064television and featured in the musical\u2063 productions \u2064in Shrek.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSteve\u2019s iconic voice is one \u200dof the most recognizable voices from his generation. He loved the fans and loved to perform,\u201d Hayes \u2064said. \u201cSteve Harwell was a true American Original. A larger than life character who shot up into the sky\u200d like a Roman \u200dcandle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSteve should be remembered for his unwavering focus and impassioned determination to reach the\u2062 heights of pop stardom,\u201d Hayes added. \u201cAnd the fact that\u2063 he achieved this near-impossible goal with\u200d very <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/original-smash-mouth-singer-steve-harwell-dead-at-56\/\" title=\"Steve Harwell, the original lead singer of Smash Mouth, has passed away at the age of 56.\">limited musical experience makes<\/a> his accomplishments all the more remarkable.\u2064 His only tools were \u200chis irrepressible\u2062 charm\u200d and charisma, his fearlessly\u200b reckless ambition, and his king-size cajones. Steve lived a 100 percent\u2063 full-throttle life. Burning brightly across the universe before burning out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Ryan \u2064Saavedra \u200ccontributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Harwell, the ex-frontman of rock band Smash Mouth, passed away at 56 due to liver failure. Band manager Robert Hayes confirmed his peaceful and comfortable death at his Boise, Idaho home, where he was surrounded by loved ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":429,"featured_media":2021461,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2021460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/429"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2021460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2021461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2021460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2021460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2021460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}