Smash Mouth Singer Goes Off on Festival Crowd: ‘I Will Beat the F*ck Out of You’
If you thought a Smash Mouth concert at a Fort Collins, Colorado food festival couldn’t get any worse, wait until you see what happened when the crowd started throwing free loaves of bread at lead singer Steve Harwell.
As the band vamped on the opening chords of the band’s biggest hit, “All-Star,” Harwell berated and threatened the audience members using some language that was not only NSFW, but also not appropriate for the many children who were apparently at the afternoon event. At one point, security had to restrain him from entering the crowd.
Stereogum’s Tom Breihan helpfully transcribed the rant in all its glory:
“You throw one more piece of shit on fuckin’ stage, I’m gonna come find your ass, I’m gonna beat your ass, whoever the fuck you are out there. You wanna be a badass? Come up here. Come on. Come be a badass up here. Come on! Come onstage! Come onstage, badass! Come on! Come onstage! You bring your ass onstage, whoever’s throwing shit at me! I’ma tell you right now, I will beat the fuck out of you. OK? You’re a pussy punk bitch. OK? You’re ruining the show for thousands of people right now. Because I’m going to walk offstage, and guess what? You’re paying for it, motherfucker. OK? Come on, somebody throw one more thing at me right now! I’m gonna find you. [Security restrains him.] If you’re a man and you throw something at me right now, I’m gonna walk out there, and I’m gonna beat the fucking shit out of you. You little pussy bitches. Little pussy bitches.”
But it was all worth it once Harwell calmed down enough to start singing, “Somebody once told me…”
Watch video below, via YouTube:
[Photo via screengrab]
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