Smash Mouth singer cusses out crowd — VIDEO
Pro tip: If you ever happen to find yourself displeased with a band at a concert, for whatever reason, and you feel like tossing anything on stage to express your displeasure, we implore you resist the urge, particularly if the band in question happens to be Smash Mouth.
Surprisingly, the frontman of that band — due here at Fremont Street Experience on June 27, with Toad the Wet Sprocket — does not seem to care for such expressive, heartfelt overtures. In fact, should you decide to hurl projectiles in his direction, he will beat your ass — well, threaten to, at least.
Witness Exhibit A, taken from a show last night in Fort Collins, Colo., where frontman Steve Harwell reportedly launched into a tirade of invectives — of the effing variety and such, far, far too colorful to quote in this space — in response to some members of the audience who reportedly hucked pieces of bread at the singer and his band. Yes, bread.
After a rather tense standoff, the crowd compelled Harwell to get back to being a rock star and getting his game on by singing several bars of the outfit’s best-known hit.
Naturally, hilarity ensued from the incident, which was of course caught on video and has since, as you might imagine, set the Twitterverse on fire. It prompted at least a one “All Star”-related joke, the obvious but irresistible “Hey now, I’m a Rockstar, get your bread on, don’t play,” tweeted one dude. While somebody else who was there observed, “Just witnessed a grown man throw the biggest tantrum over bread.”
So, yeah, never a good idea to throw stuff. Besides the fact that, you know, somebody might get hurt and all — or at least have his feelings hurt — you risk being, well, smashed in the mouth. You’re welcome. The more you know.
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