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Guttermouth



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Hometown: Huntington Beach, CA (USA)

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Guttermouth is a Huntington Beach, California punk rock band. They were formed in 1988 in California when Mark Adkins left La Habra punk band Republic to join Eric "derek" Davis's band Critical Noise. Critical Noise drummer Tim Baulch came up with the name Guttermouth for the newly merged members. After one year, Adkins and Davis relocated the band from La Habra California to Huntington Beach California where new members Clint Weinrich, James T. Nunn, & Scott Sheldon joined Guttermouth. A few years after their inception, Guttermouth signed a recording contract with Offspring lead singer Bryan Dexter Holland's Nitro Records, and began issuing albums at a breakneck pace, including 1996's Teri Yakimoto, 1997's Musical Monkey, and 1999's Gorgeous, the latter featuring new drummer Ty Smith. By the dawn of the new millennium, Guttermouth had switched to Epitaph Records in 2000, and issued further releases such as 2001's Covered With Ants, 2002's Gusto! and 2004's Eat Your Face.

In recent years, Guttermouth has received criticism from other punk rock bands for their outspoken refusal to support organizations like Punk Voter. While the band's political alignment hasn't been plainly stated as liberal or conservative, some of their song lyrics suggest that they lean farther to the right than to the left. They have also stated, in tracks such as "Party of Two" and "Gold," that they are apathetic towards the electoral system and politics in general. Lead singer Mark Adkins has expressed his disgust with individuals in the punk scene who subscribe to left-wing ideals simply because their favorite bands feel that way.

Guttermouth was kicked off of the 2004 Vans Warped Tour because Adkins and other members wore clothing that supported the George W. Bush administration and verbally abused other bands while these bands played. The band claimed that, while they don't necessarily support George W. Bush, they were angered by the number of politically ignorant individuals who spouted leftist rhetoric only because their favorite bands did as well. According to Adkins, these bands, and those they verbally abused on stage, care more about money and their clothing than the music they make.

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Guttermouth Shave the Planet

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Shave the Planet (2006)

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Guttermouth Eat Your Face

Guttermouth

Eat Your Face (2004)

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Guttermouth Live At The House Of Blues DVD

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Live At The House Of Blues DVD (2003)

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Guttermouth Gusto

Guttermouth

Gusto (2002)

Epitaph

Guttermouth Gusto

Guttermouth

Gusto (2002)

Epitaph

Guttermouth Covered With Ants

Guttermouth

Covered With Ants (2001)

Epitaph

Guttermouth Gorgeous

Guttermouth

Gorgeous (1999)

Nitro

Guttermouth Musical Monkey

Guttermouth

Musical Monkey (1997)

Nitro

Guttermouth Friendly People

Guttermouth

Friendly People (1994)

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Tours: Guttermouth
With their tour with the Reverend Horton Heat behind them, Guttermouth have announced another block of tour dates over the next few months.…
April 01, 2013
Media: Guttermouth: "Together"
With their tour kicking off later this month, Guttermouth have released a new song titled "Together." You can click Read More for the…
February 12, 2013
Tours: Reverend Horton Heat / Reno Divorce
Before joining up with Guttermouth for a tour next month, the Reverend Horton Heat will be hitting the road…
January 21, 2013
Tours: Guttermouth / Reverend Horton Heat
Reverend Horton Heat and Guttermouth have announce some tour dates together over the next few months. You can click Read More for the…
January 11, 2013
Tours: Bad Religion, Pennywise, and Reverend Horton Heat to headline MusInk Festival
The sixth annual MusInk festival has been announced, and among the bands set to play this year will be Bad Religion, The Vandals, Guttermouth, Pennywise,…
January 08, 2013
Tours: The Queers with Agent Orange, Guttermouth
The Queers have announced two tours, each will feature the pop-punk band co-headlining. For the first leg, beginning this week, the band will co-headling wit Agent Orange and Flat Tires will…
August 09, 2012
Tours: Guttermouth / The New Threat
Guttermouth have announced a two week tour with support from The New Threat. You can click Read More for the…
August 02, 2012
Tours: Dexter Holland (The Offspring) talks about Nitro Records
Though there has been nary a peep (nor a release) from Nitro Records since A Wilhelm Scream's 2007 album Career Suicide, Dexter Holland of The Offspring has addressed the status of his long-running label which was home to a range of artists…
June 25, 2012
Tours: Guttermouth release trailer for 'Goes on Vacation'
Guttermouth have posted a trailer for a forthcoming documentary about their 2010 Australian and South East Asian tour. It was directed by Rhys Day and is titled Goes on Vacation. It contains "explicit content" which means it's probably not…
December 16, 2011
Tours: Guttermouth (Europe)
Guttermouth will be hitting Europe in early 2012 for a month-long tour. The band is still supporting 2006's Shave the Planet but have been promising new material since they resigned with Hopeless in…
November 17, 2011

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