Late 90s alt-pop band Smash Mouth has been curiously injecting itself into weird issues that seem completely unrelated to them like the recent beef between Corey Taylor of Stone Sour/Slipknot and Chad Kroeger of Nickelback but now Smash Mouth has a beef with the most feverish fanbase in music, Twenty One Pilots ‘Clique’. Yes, the band that did that song in the Shrek soundtrack is in a twitter fight with Twenty-One Pilots fans after being asked what they think of the duo. It’s a very silly and ridiculous argument so it let be known we are taking no sides on this, but we are watching the shade get casted. Let it be clear the band Twenty-One Pilots themselves are not in this, just whoever runs the Smash Mouth Twitter and the TOP faithful.
Do you like @twentyonepilots
— jay (@Frunk_Oreo) June 25, 2017
no one likes twenty one pilots except for teenage girls and sad adults
— death to false music (@matthew_bass3) June 25, 2017
One of the best acts EVER! In the history of music POINT BLANK! And Tyler isn't done!
— Smash Mouth (@smashmouth) June 25, 2017
Ok, so Smashy Mouth ( I call them that, because it’s not clear which member of the band runs their twitter) has taken the public stance of endorsing TOP, so what’s so bad about that? Well, apparently asking a band if they approve of band also means they must also endorse individual members of the band? Yes, they took it that way or at least it appears they did. It’s just confusing and odd sign of misconstrued context in an age of mass collective wanting throw the daily #(insert celeb/artists whos says something remotely negative about my favorite)isoverparty with hopes of getting shallow likes and retweets with no progressive result.
josh is Just as important please leave https://t.co/mMQfbhhl24
— abby (@beautifvImind) June 26, 2017
Writing,…. If you look up the Credz Tyler writes everything. That's the only point we've made. It's not an opinion, it's a fact.
— Smash Mouth (@smashmouth) June 26, 2017
No no, just referring to the fact they will have more hit songs and Tyler Writes them. He's an amazing Writer!
— Smash Mouth (@smashmouth) June 26, 2017
If you were a fan you'd know that that both put in as much passion and time and effort and emotion. it's a band not just a singer. https://t.co/oGVFpYliZk
— emma (@bowtiejosh) June 27, 2017
accept he gets ZERO legal credit for creating the songs and btw you're clueless. Drums are demoed before Josh lays his down.
— Smash Mouth (@smashmouth) June 27, 2017
Then at the same time, you can say the Clique is correct in that drummer Josh Dunn is indeed a critical central force in TOP’s success, and just ignoring him is disrespectful. Still, it’s all subjective, this is having an argument for the sake of just arguing. Twenty-One Pilots is a great band who puts on amazing shows, writes wonderful music, and inspires people. Fighting over it is just a real waste of time.
Have fun with music! Debate about what songs are the best or what show you saw was better. That’s fandom for the sake of good, this is just collective bellyaching. This is just my take by the way, maybe your opinion is different. And look you, reading this whole thing! If you got thoughts hit us up on @101WKQX and tag @Kevkellam so we don’t confuse everyone else.
You can scratch your head to this mash-up of Smash Mouth and TOP, too.
