Steve Harwellsinger of the group Smash Mouth who gave voice to international hits such as ‘all star‘ either ‘Walkin’ on the Sun‘He died this Monday at the age of 56, as confirmed by the ‘New York Times’. Harwell has passed away at his home in Boise, Idaho, from an as yet unspecified cause.

Founded in 1994, Smash Mouth experienced its moment of greatest popularity thanks to the film ‘Shrek‘, who chose the band to introduce their green ogre, an ‘All Star’ that did not stop playing and that has been Smash Mouth’s biggest ‘hit’.

Over the years, Harwell has had serious health problems due to alcohol abuse, having received special care in recent days, according to TMZ. In 2021, he parted ways with the band with a letter to Smash Mouth fans, apologizing for not being able to get over his “physical and mental problems”.

“Since I was a kid, I dreamed of being a rock star playing sold-out stadiums and I’ve been extremely lucky to be able to live that dream. To my bandmates, it’s been an honor to play with you all these years.” and I can’t think of anyone else I would have wanted to embark on this wild ride with,” he said then.

Before that topic, it came’Walkin’ on the Sun‘, the other great theme of the band, and then we had ‘I’m a believer’, which also triumphed along with ‘Shrek’, which won the Oscar for best animated film in 2002.

But, without a doubt, ‘All Star’ continues to be the song that can be linked the most with Smash Mouth. Your YouTube video exceeds 450 million views. Rare is not listening to its beginning (Somebody once told me / The world is gonna roll me / I ain’t the sharpest tool in the shed) and not following the lyrics.