Smash Mouth frontman Steve Harwell has died aged 56.

The rock star died on Monday morning, surrounded by his family and friends at his residence in Boise Idaho, his agent confirmed to Sky News.

Harwell had lately been receiving hospice look after liver failure and had additionally suffered from coronary heart and neurological circumstances in recent times.

His supervisor Robert Hayes instructed Sky News the singer was “a true American Original,” calling him: “A larger than life character who shot up into the sky like a Roman candle”.