“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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    Got it. Never judge someone by their words and actions. Instead judge them for not making an ass of themselves at a meet and greet a few decades ago.

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      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…

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        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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          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!

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        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.

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            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.

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