CNN —Steve Harwell, the founding lead singer of the rock group Smash Mouth, died Monday, according to his manager.
He died at his home in Boise, Idaho, with family and friends by his side, according Robert Hayes, the manager of Smash Mouth.
“Steve should be remembered for his unwavering focus and impassioned determination to reach the heights of pop stardom.
This is what puts bread and butter on my table,’” Harwell told Vice of the group’s best known hits in a 2014 interview.
It’s always the back door, or an open window or something, to get our stuff played.”While Smash Mouth reached peak success the late nineties, the group continued performing together and their fans stayed with them.
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