The Rise And Decline Of Smash Mouth | Bronze

Smash Mouth was a beach rock band formed in the late 90s by it's lead singer Steve Harwell. They made it big in 1997 with the song Walkin' On The Sun, and in 1999 with All Star. They have since returned to the public eye through their affiliation with the movie Shrek bringing them attention through mid-2010s meme culture, but these brief peaks in influence don't tell the full story. In this documentary, we'll be giving a retrospective look at the full, turbulent history of Smash Mouth
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0:00 - Introduction
1:04 - Pre-Smash Mouth
3:22 - Walkin' On The Sun
4:38 - Fush Yu Mang
6:03 - Can't Get Enough Of You Baby
7:01 - All Star
8:55 - Astro Lounge
10:22 - Post Astro Lounge
11:57 - Shrek (Movie)
13:49 - Presley Scott Harwell
14:43 - Smash Mouth (Album)
16:18 - Get The Picture?
18:03 - Post Interscope / Old Habits
19:43 - Summer Girl
21:05 - Line-Up Changes
24:05 - Eat The Eggs, Steve
26:22 - Magic
28:54 - Shrek (Meme)
31:46 - Post Magic
33:09 - The Bread Incident
34:34 - Post Magic (cont.)
35:45 - Harwell's Health
36:58 - The Sturgis Incident
38:28 - The End Of The Harwell Era
40:44 - Conclusion

[@thetonytaye]

I had a weird Smash Mouth kick back in 2018 and saw them live when Greg briefly rejoined the band. It was a damn good time honestly, and it was free.

[@BronzeShow]

This video was created before the passing of Steve Harwell on September 4th, 2023, but follows his creative journey throughout the years heavily. He was a genuine talent, and from all accounts a kind hearted man. It was an honor to tell his story, and to give people more appreciation for him and his creative endeavors. Rest in peace Corrections: I don't know why I pronounced De Lisle like that. Also, I know about the Rodney King thing

[@firstolasto2219]

Here from tik tok, just watched a few of ur vids, and i gotta say im loving the content! Glad to be here, i think your channel is going places! Keep it up man!

[@SneakyJake1012]

the intro almost gave me a heart attack-

[@gamercop2148]

N E V E R G O N N A G I V E Y O U U P . E X E

[@tennillej9601]

I was so excited to get Rick rolled again like the early days.... what a let down

[@ButterclawEnthusiast]

Awesome video essay man! Throughout the video I could tell that you truly enjoy this band, and want to get the story of smash mouth to more people, instead of throwing something together just to shitpost about all star or make fun of Steve's drunken rants on stage. As someone who got back into smash mouth after years of just listening to all star on the Shrek soundtrack, I wanted to learn more about the band. At the risk of making this comment as long as the average novel, I'll wrap up by saying Thank you for the content, and I hope you're having a good day!

[@uffdabike9503]

The soul of the band left (died?) with the departure of Greg Camp.

[@DrakeDragsaw]

Saw the entire video all the way through, 10/10

[@Spacething7474]

this world needs more smash mouth essays! some stuff id like to speak about: -that love is a soldier collab seems to be lost media, as all digital places it was on got taken down and the only audio remaining of it is in a cover on youtube from 2017. i believe the take down was during late 2020-early 2021, i last remember listening to it in spring 2020. it should be stated that perception of this was very bad, i remember the youtube upload having more dislikes than likes (i personally really like it). -the bit about steve leaning more into country makes sense, he has a label seperate from the band and a lot of songs from it sound unmistakably country. -the band used to have a forum from around 2005-2007. some people close to the band got to post a bunch of other stuff they did that never got album releases. these went missing and under the radar for many years until may 2020 when on deviantart, a user named sonoftom linked me a bunch of those songs from someone posting guitar tabs who used to be on those forums and still had those. ive uploaded them to youtube if you wanna check them out! (and check sonoftom's band, silver in cold sorrow as well!)

[@BronzeShow]

Thank you! The part in the video comparing Summer Girl to Old Habits was originally longer, and your uploads of the demos were a big help finding anything about the original album

[@Spacething7474]

@@BronzeShow what got cut out of the longer cut?

[@BronzeShow]

@@Spacething7474 just comparisons of the demo and the released versions. The differences are interesting but personally not important to the whole story enough to focus on for a whole segment

[@Spacething7474]

@@BronzeShow did you ever complete that scene? if so, then it would be cool to see it uploaded as a deleted bonus feature!

[@BronzeShow]

@@Spacething7474 I might do another video on the stuff I missed eventually. The video's mostly about the big events so there's plenty of interesting stuff I could talk more in depth about

[@mattwalton4858]

Great structure and pacing mate! Can’t wait for the next :)

[@ScottDerkez]

If you want to hear the height smashmouth could reach, listen to their song “waste” its their most melancholic change of pace song and its incredible

[@soundtree5661]

Thought i wont be able to watch the whole vid when I saw it’s length, but the pacing and editing kept me at the edge of my seat, well done!

[@s_ilversun]

the way you pronounced Paul's last name at 2:35 was interesting

[@rouserouse5302]

Man, I hope this channel pops off. Great work man. Keep it up 👍

[@TheShoogyShoo]

Dude this was awesome! Thank you for making it!!🤙

[@Matrix-su5co]

Your voice is so relaxing. awesome Video (Loved the minecraft music lol)

[@blockbustergarbage]

loved this video, gonna have to watch all on the channel

[@leoniemeyaart5343]

dude you are so good at this. found you from tiktok and instantly recognized how good you would be on KZbin, and it turned out you already had one! great stuff :)

[@stevehoag232]

Good job, too bad you didn't cover Greg Camp's excellent 2008 solo project and album, Defektor.

[@Matt-vd4sg]

great video really enjoyed this

[@latenightlogic]

Walkin On The Sun is their best song by a country mile - and my favourite song of all time.

[@Golgo1327]

Great video!

[@TomYaz]

Great Video Thank You for doing this

[@mattadrianlai4825]

Great Video!

[@ehlerhog]

I totally ignored every and any song on the radio, yes RADIO back then but now I'm liking their popular songs.

[@rodneydazzena9456]

Nice vid bro

[@thetonytaye]

RIP Steve

[@kevinkuhn929]

Great video my friend :)

[@HighFive138]

from your tiktok, great video and channel!

[@Louismoxley]

Just found this after watching Smash Mouth at Disney World yesterday..They were terrific..Thank you for an informative video!

[@jacksonkendrick943]

bro needs more recognition wtf this was so entertaining

[@BezdomniakPL]

Love ur channel, subscribed and clicked the bell.

[@agent_j_a_z7953]

This channel is way too underrated

[@krich451]

8:30 why was the "real drummer" not touring with them?

[@ferrisb1588]

I don't remember how i found this channel, but mad respect to you, man. Great work.

[@Maoilios]

#1 Fan Here, just subscribed, still #1 fan

[@ThisSteveGuy]

omg thank you for including the eggs

[@andrewreed4443]

3:28 Rodney King wasn't murdered...

[@nickthethick7502]

I'm also very big smash mouth fan in the modern times

[@ehlerhog]

Who played what now??🤔

[@designbypotheads]

love the pac man world 2 background music :)

[@ehlerhog]

Now I get where Steves gangsta roots come from.... 👍❤️😢

[@willissudweeks1050]

3:30 he died recently actually he wasn’t killed in 91 lol

[@michaelgraham9774]

It's really sweet that they used the internet attention for the egg challenge to raise money for charity.

[@eggsamillion]

I've never heard of bands continuing after all the original members have gone. Is this normal?

[@DearOldDad13]

It happens

[@gabrielfrutos6547]

Rip roaring rabbits 🎉🇮🇳

[@robertward4785]

It's nice that Elmer Fudd did the narration