Understandably, Steve Harwell struggled following his son’s death. He told The Morning Call, “It was so shocking. I thought I was invincible until that happened to me. It happened to Steve Harwell, lead singer of Smash Mouth, the rock star. All the money in the world couldn’t save him,” he said. The band canceled their ongoing tour promoting the release of their self-titled album, so Harwell and his family could grieve their loss. Shortly afterward, the 9/11 terrorist attack occurred, only heightening their pain.
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However, the “Believer” singer did his best to maintain a positive outlook for the future. With an outpouring of empathy, Harwell said, “I had just been through a tragedy too, and what I can tell everybody is that it gets easier. But it is so hard. It’s even hard to talk about this,” adding, “We have to recover. The one thing we have to do is get back into the swing of life.” The musician did that himself by returning to playing live shows with his band and leaning on Smash Mouth’s uplifting songs to help ease his heartbreak.
