Post by Fuggle on Aug 25, 2004 9:23:06 GMT -5
Guttermouth brings old school
punk to new school days
Dan McNeese
Culture Writer
August 23, 2004
Photo by Lisa Johnson,
courtesy of Epitaph Records
Guttermouth
CD Review: Guttermouth, “Eat Your Face”
All things considered, some bands should just quit while they’re ahead. It saves fans time and money and prevents cynical reviewers from commenting on they’re embarrassing persistence. Metallica and Guns and Roses are prime examples of bands that had their fifteen minutes and hung around for another fifteen years only to produce lame music for no core audience.
But what if you have been around for fifteen years and still haven’t hit your prime? Do you continue to put out records for the sheer love of making music? Do you concentrate on the bands core audience and not worry about any “fifteen minute” timetable?
Yes, if you’re the punk band Guttermouth … The sarcastic Southern California band has released there latest record Eat Your Face on Epitaph records and to the dismay of popular culture it’s as socially political as any Dead Kennedys’ record from the 80’s. Socially in the sense of making fun of people who consider themselves “socially political”.
Eat Your Face sounds like any other Guttermouth album with the exception that this record emulates the sounds of punk rock old timers Sex Pistols and Dead Kennedys. With cocky and cynical lyrics, it’s as though Guttermouth isn’t happy about what punk rock has become and is remembering what it once was.
Lead singer Mark Adkins put it: “Kids don’t party and drink and have fun and chuck bottles in the parking lot anymore. Their parents just pick them up and drop them off. For lack of a better term, it’s gay.”<br>
A homage to the days when punk rock was punk, Eat Your Face is as politically incorrect as it is wacky. Strong guitar riffs mixed with old school punk tempo separates Guttermouth from the rest of the aspiring underground. They keep their old sound fresh. And no one cares less about being in the lime light than Guttermouth. This album could very easily dub Guttermouth as the Dead Milkmen of the 21st century.
Ending a summer on the Vans Warped Tour next month, Guttermouth will continue to tour in support of Eat Your Face. They’ll be playing to people in halls who want to see them and not be seen.
Will you like this record? Only if you like Guttermouth…if not, it’s still worth a shot.
3 out of 4 Mohawks
punk to new school days
Dan McNeese
Culture Writer
August 23, 2004
Photo by Lisa Johnson,
courtesy of Epitaph Records
Guttermouth
CD Review: Guttermouth, “Eat Your Face”
All things considered, some bands should just quit while they’re ahead. It saves fans time and money and prevents cynical reviewers from commenting on they’re embarrassing persistence. Metallica and Guns and Roses are prime examples of bands that had their fifteen minutes and hung around for another fifteen years only to produce lame music for no core audience.
But what if you have been around for fifteen years and still haven’t hit your prime? Do you continue to put out records for the sheer love of making music? Do you concentrate on the bands core audience and not worry about any “fifteen minute” timetable?
Yes, if you’re the punk band Guttermouth … The sarcastic Southern California band has released there latest record Eat Your Face on Epitaph records and to the dismay of popular culture it’s as socially political as any Dead Kennedys’ record from the 80’s. Socially in the sense of making fun of people who consider themselves “socially political”.
Eat Your Face sounds like any other Guttermouth album with the exception that this record emulates the sounds of punk rock old timers Sex Pistols and Dead Kennedys. With cocky and cynical lyrics, it’s as though Guttermouth isn’t happy about what punk rock has become and is remembering what it once was.
Lead singer Mark Adkins put it: “Kids don’t party and drink and have fun and chuck bottles in the parking lot anymore. Their parents just pick them up and drop them off. For lack of a better term, it’s gay.”<br>
A homage to the days when punk rock was punk, Eat Your Face is as politically incorrect as it is wacky. Strong guitar riffs mixed with old school punk tempo separates Guttermouth from the rest of the aspiring underground. They keep their old sound fresh. And no one cares less about being in the lime light than Guttermouth. This album could very easily dub Guttermouth as the Dead Milkmen of the 21st century.
Ending a summer on the Vans Warped Tour next month, Guttermouth will continue to tour in support of Eat Your Face. They’ll be playing to people in halls who want to see them and not be seen.
Will you like this record? Only if you like Guttermouth…if not, it’s still worth a shot.
3 out of 4 Mohawks