Smash Mouth Singer Goes On Profane, Threatening Rant At Music Festival

Well the bread starts coming and it don't stop coming.

Remember Smash Mouth, the 90s pop-rock stalwarts responsible for such chart-topping hits as "Walking on the Sun," "All-Star," and their cover of The Monkees' "I'm a Believer" for the Shrek soundtrack?

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Here's singer Steve Harwell. Remember him?

Well, they're still touring!

This weekend, Smash Mouth headlined The Taste of Fort Collins festival in Fort Collins, Colorado. During their set, the band was pelted with what appeared to be pieces of bread thrown onstage by some fans in the crowd.

Smash Mouth lead singer Steve Harwell stopped the show momentarily to tell the bread-throwers to "come up on stage" so he could "beat the fuck out of" them. Fan-recorded video captures Harwell's very profane three-minute rant.

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Here's a transcript of the incident in full:

*Smash Mouth completes song*

Harwell: You throw one more piece of shit on fucking stage, I'm going to come find your ass. I'm going to beat your ass. Whoever the fuck you are, okay?

Crowd: Woooo!

Harwell: You want to be a badass? Come up here. C'mon. Walk your bad ass up here. C'mon. Come onstage. Come onstage, badass. C'mon. Come onstage. You bring your ass onstage, whoever's throwing shit at me. I will tell you right now I will beat the fuck out of you. Okay?

*Rest of Smash Mouth begins playing "All-Star"*

Harwell: You pussy punk bitch, okay? 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, okay?

*Rest of Smash Mouth continues playing the opening chords to "All-Star"*

Harwell: C'mon! Someone throw one more thing at me right now. I'm going to find you, asshole.

*Rest of Smash Mouth playing the opening chords to "All-Star" intensifies*

*Harwell points into crowd, jumps offstage and moves toward the front of the crowd*

Fan: Kick his ass, Seabass!

Harwell: Somebody throw something at me! If you're a man, throw something at me! If you're man enough to throw something at me right now, I'm going to walk out there and kick the fucking shit out of you. You're pussy bitches. You're a bunch of pussy bitches.

*Harwell is restrained by someone else onstage*

Other Guy In Smash Mouth Attempting To Diffuse The Situation Begins Singing: Somebody once told me the world was going to roll me / I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed

Crowd Singing In Unison: She was looking kind of dumb with her finger in her thumb / And the shape of an 'L' on her forehead

*Crowd and the other guy in Smash Mouth continue singing the first verse of "All-Star," Harwell joins in during first chorus*

Here's another angle of the incident.

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Backstage video from Atlas Genius' set at the festival captures EVEN MORE bread-throwing. However, instead of threatening the crowd, the band just requested that the bread-throwers aim away from the stage.

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So, where did all the bread come from?

Team Player Productions, the production company behind The Taste of Fort Collins, told BuzzFeed, "There was a local bread company that was a vendor at the festival. If patrons stopped by their booth they received a free loaf of bread." Team Player Productions did not confirm whether or not the vendor would be invited back to the festival in the future.