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While we’re trying to avoid going to the grocery store more than once a week, there are around 250,000 bikers gathering maskless, and mostly helmetless, in South Dakota for the annual Sturgis bike rally. What’s more is that there are music acts willing to entertain the maskless bikers, and not just ZZ Top cover bands but actual bands with 20 year-old one hit wonders, like Smash Mouth. Photos and video of the crowd show it packed without almost no one wearing masks. NBC News reports:
Smash Mouth’s concert on Sunday in front of a packed crowd at Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota drew widespread outrage.
The band was one of the headliners at the Sturgis Buffalo Chip music festival.
Smash Mouth was one of several musical acts — including Trapt, Night Ranger, Saving Abel, Buckcherry, Reverend Horton Heat, 38 Special, Quiet Riot and Big Skillet — to play at the multi-day festival where admission to the entire event cost $360 per person, according to the Buffalo Chip website.
Videos and photos posted to social media showed many in the large crowd seemingly flouting social distancing guidelines Sunday night. Most attendees did not appear to be wearing masks.
Frontman Steve Harwell told the crowd, “We’re all here together tonight. F— that COVID s—,” one video shows.
Supposedly guests were told masks were required for entry but of course hardly anyone had one on. I guess Quiet Riot, 38 Special and Buckcherry are also on the “never listen to again list,” although I haven’t thought about any of those bands in years. My kid is going to be disappointed. He liked All Star, which was an oldie to him since it came out before he was born. The world is going to roll these losers and hopefully they won’t take too many people down with them. (I’m not making the obvious “sharpest tool” joke, but the years are going to stop coming.)
Meanwhile cops in New Jersey busted a 300 person party and arrested people. Imagine if the federal government sent troops to disperse concerts and parties instead of gassing peaceful masked protests. We would probably be back to normal by now.
Here is a brighter video to see all the people (credit KOTATV) pic.twitter.com/P7XW46BLiS
— Connor Matteson (@mattesontv) August 10, 2020
This is one more reason we will not see shows in the near future, or any future if it keeps happening. Sets the whole business back every time it does. Every time this happens it messes it up for those who want to do it right. https://t.co/jxOKT1YDPG
— KevinLyman (@KevinLyman) August 10, 2020
Thousands of bikers turned out to watch Smash Mouth play a concert in the middle of a pandemic: https://t.co/gUbQEkA6Mv pic.twitter.com/pXJMZRKvsW
— Consequence of Sound (@consequence) August 10, 2020
What timeline are we in where Juggalos are a better role model than Smash mouth? pic.twitter.com/zgwnr86OWA
— Ani-Mia (@AniMiaOfficial) August 11, 2020
imagine risking your life for fucking smash mouth https://t.co/gCclMefOPI
— 🍑 (@PEACHYBLACKG0RL) August 10, 2020
Imagine needing money this badly. I guess it would make sense that these one hit wonders would do this. They also did a Geico commercial this year for the super bowl I think and of course sang that song.
Not defending their actions in any way, shape, or form, but they were not one hit wonders. Although, given recent choices they appear to have squandered all that Shrek money.
2020 continues to be the absolute worst timeline.
My favorite thing to come out of this Sturgis news is to find out how many Smashmouth fans are out in the world. Sooo many people are like, “Smashmouth is not just their hit(S). Guys they have great deep cuts” What is happening?! 2020 has been a ride.
I don’t read Sarah as a fan. I remember them being omnipresent in 1999 (I only remember because it was my senior year) and for several songs, though I couldn’t tell you what they were.
Betsy’s right — they were inescapable for a time. “Walkin’ on the Sun” was still getting endless airplay by the time “All Star” came out. That cover of “I’m a Believer” was also a banger. (Smash Mouth has always been cheesy and that guy definitely can’t sing, but I *am* a Monkees fan.)
Not to state the obvious but… no one in their right mind wants to see Smash Mouth. With or without pandemic.
+1
Yeah…”Smash Mouth” and “biker rally” are not two things I would think to put together. We are indeed living in very strange times.
Real bikers are anarchists w no self-preservation- if they want to ride helmet-less & live/die hard together, then fine, it’s a choice…however weekend warriors have zero rights to rent-an-identity & bring contagion back to families & non-death oriented communites
Damn, TadBit!!!
I had to spit out my strawberry because I was gonna choke from laughing at the headline🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I got the best visual of “All that’s shiny is gold…”being sung to a bunch of 50yo+ leathered up bikers staring at the stage like….wtf?
I came here to lamely say that he “ain’t the sharpest tool in the shed”.
I will show myself out, now. LOL
Hahahahaha
ICP is now a role model? Holy cats. OTOH, they are correct.
Sturgis 2020 is gonna turn out to thin the herd of stubborn, stupid, human beings.
I feel for the bar staff and hotel workers who are in danger because these tools “want their freedom.”
Have a good Wednesday cebers.
Not just risking your life to see Smash Mouth. Paying $360 dollars to risk your life and the lives of everybody you meet for the next few weeks….
They probably didn’t get the memo that long-term damage to several vital organs and their nervous system can occur if they don’t die, and maybe even for asymptomatic people. That’s not as cool as dying for the cause.
The only thing that disappointed me was hearing Reverend Horton Heat played. Damn. The rest have been dumpster fire music for years. Couldn’t name any of their songs.
Me too. I saw them about 20 years ago and it’s still one of the most fun concerts I’ve ever been too. Can’t say I’m surprised though.
Same.
The rest of the bands I thought – sounds about right. Seeing Reverend Horton Heat included was a little knife in my heart. Say it ain’t so!
It’s so weird these articles keep saying Rev played. He was in Memphis recording an album.
It’s on their own website that they were there.
Thank you so much for this, it was hilarious! Thank goodness I happened upon an awesome block of songs this morning on 80’s on 8 (the tide is high, maniac, hungry like the wolf, followed by regulate on 90s on 9–I couldn’t believe my luck!), which should prevent allstar from going through my head all day
Definitely not going to mind never listening to any of these bands again. I’m sure sebastian bach has some choice words for these buffoons
Hey now, he’s an asshole…
Got no mask on, no brain
Hey now, gettin’ covid
All these folks are insane
And all these rockers are old…
And soon all their bodies will be cold….
Do they even have any songs other than that All Star Shrek jingle? He ran his mouth about someone else the other day, maybe T Swift? I dont remember exactly. What a loser.
They had 3 or 4 hits, I think. But it says everything that they’re on a 2020 bill that includes freaking Night Ranger. I’m just going to date myself here and say that I had the cassette of the Night Ranger album that had their hits — I liked “Sister Christian” as a teen, what can I say?
And yeah, the Smash Mouth singer tweeted that Swift’s new album was “Borelore.” I think he broke the envy scale with that one.
Any band that promotes gathering in a non-safe way right now is canceled forever in my eyes, no exceptions. How incredibly irresponsible and ignorant, especially when some bands have been having drive-in style concerts where people can stay safely apart from one another. Not that Smash Mouth was on my good list or anywhere on my radar to begin with, but wow. This makes me so angry.
It’s very frustrating, and they are prolonging this horrible disease, which really hurts anyone in the business of live performing. But I guess they just don’t care about anything but themselves.
I’m going to an outdoor concert this weekend – I’m a little nervous, but got a spot as far from other people as possible, and I will be there with my hand sanitizer, mask, etc. Everything is spaced apart, no dancing, stay in your seat, wear mask when not at your table, etc. If everyone follows the rules, it will be great for the performer, the audience, and the venue hosting it.
What a bunch of f’ing idiots-from the bands to all those people crowded together without masks yelling in each other’s faces.
Yeah, I’m sure most people would express the same sentiment, but we are still physically distancing. Our lovely neighbours in New Zealand lad over 100 days of no reported COVID cases, and last night, out of nowhere – 4 new cases, one family, no known source (yet) of the origin. That’s how silently and stealthily this virus attacks. And as the wonderful Dr Swan said today, it’s not “just like a cold”. Far from it. it’s not just contracting the virus. It’s not even solely about finding a vaccine. It’s about what this bloody bastard of a virus does to one’s body after it has invaded. And a reminder that it’s not just an old person’s disease. Yes, older, less healthy people are more vulnerable, but it’s the young people who really need to watch themselves. We have a small population compared to America, And we have a minuscule death toll by comparison, yet we’ve had several fatalities of people around the age of 30. It’s a game of Russian roulette to be so cavalier about this. We have phark-all to fight this thing. We habe Phark-all in the way of protection. So we need to use whatever we have. When I do the right thing, I’m also protecting you and those you love. I hope you’ll do the same for me and mine.
Hey Smash Mouth, you don’t f* Covid, it f*’s you. Read about a healthy 20 year old the other day who now has a permanent case of asthma because of it.
Give it 14 days, cough.
This is the mentality we’re working with here… (a bride’s wedding march to Buckcherry’s “Crazy B*tch”):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOwEDnh74o8
Look at the guests dying! of second hand embarrassment at the gyrating that goes on and on lololol
Well, we’ll probably have a few less people to vote for Trump in November, huh?
Honestly, if deaths and lifelong injuries were being distributed among the people taking the stupidest risks, I would have far less of a problem, but it isn’t. Think how many gas station attendants, grocery store workers, drug store clerks, and finally doctors, nurses, and orderlies will come into contact with this stupid scum after they get infected.
That’s the problem in a nut shell.
I know violence doesn’t solve anything but when I think about how many lives these selfish a-holes are going to ruin, smash mouth is the perfect headliner for their stupid concert – I want to punch them in the face.
[I’ll restrain myself]
I loved their music back in the early ’00’s but I saw this and thought “Eff you ya arse”.
* Trigger warning* Guys–this was a PROTEST–so no worries! All the BLM protests were fine –no CoVid was spread there. Nothing to worry about!!!
Quiet Riot and 38 Special? Lmao!
Their constant use of women in their vídeos never sat right with me, this always means d-bag.