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| GobFoot In Mouth Disease2003 Arista 
  Review by: PopCultureSux See others by this writer Only registered users can post comments 
 Published on April 18th 2003
I was walking through my local music store the day and walked past their "New Releases" stand, and something caught my eye. It wasn't a band that I had heard of before, nor had my friend who was with me. An interesting name, Gob. But it wasn't the name that caught my eye, nor the interesting album name "Foot In Mouth Disease". It was the cover (which is one of the sickest things I've ever seen on an album cover). Curious to hear what the band sounded like, and the fact that the CD was only $5.99, I picked it up. Popping it into my CD player at home, I was soon listening to a pop-punk 4-piece band. Me, being a pop-punk fan (not that Blink 182, Sum41 crap, I'm talking good pop-punk), I liked the CD's sound. I listened to it from beginning to end, and had no complaints. Giving it a much more thorough listen, I began to find my likes and dislikes. People who liked this also liked:           Please login or register to post comments. What are the benefits of having a Punknews.org account?
Ten points. Awesome album!!! You want to see a sick album cover: See Bleeding Through's "This is Love, This is Murderous" thats some sick shit Gob? More like "suck". Mr t says these foo's can eat my ass! only chumps listen to this crap! Where did the "Too late... no friends" days go.... good Canadian band though who didn't get there chance to make it big with punk, so they soldout to make some money, ah well, that's the way she goes They didnt sell out. If i was one of those bands i would sell out though. I see nothing wrong with gettin money and bangin some poser chick after u open for her. I remember seeing Gob open up for the Circle Jerks like 6 years ago or something... Ahh, those were the days. Now they open for Avril Lavigne. Good to see their finally getting somewhere. Jackass sellouts. anyone know if nomeansno has anything happening? i would love to see them live, what are they 60 and they still rock hard? gob just sucks now they were so much better when you released soda oh oh and the split with another joe called ass seen on tv "An album with a song described as "A bland, unimportant song. Not even worth a listen" gets 4 1/2 stars? I'd hate to see a 3. "It got 3.5 stars. Look again.-BostonMusicGuy Canada has NOMEANSNO.... no other band really matters. Oh look, another shitty Canadian band. NHL 2k3 is much better, fuck EA Sports. I only gave them this score because they were on NHL 2003, the greatest game ever. An album with a song described as "A bland, unimportant song. Not even worth a listen" gets 4 1/2 stars? I'd hate to see a 3. oh my god...you can TALK!!!! Family Guy, motherfuckers. This score is for Family Guy. If I was gob, and i was opening for avril, id just bone her and then kick her ass and then make it my show. you take that back! aqua teens will never be better than sea lab! for shame! The last Gob album as horrible but "How fart shallow takes you" was really really good. Too bad they open for Avril and Simple Plan now. Its sad really. You never know, I might pick this album up. Sounds better than the last one at least.-BostonMusicGuy SEA LAB! Get your head out your ass. The U.S. has some terrible bands as well. it may be americans buying the shit, but where's the source of the shit, eh? i think its aboot time you fucking canadians start shaping us and sending us a better product. dumbfuck canadians. at least we have guttermouth, casualites, and glassjaw. suck on that. An album with a song described as "A bland, unimportant song. Not even worth a listen" gets 4 1/2 stars? I'd hate to see a 3. sir phobos and demos are so fucking punk. someone watched sea lab 2021 tonight. ahem. you know if i had a choice of the lethal injection or listening to this, then shoot me up. who takes a song so crappy from their last album and make it worst on their new album. what in judas rocking priest is happening? The only ones to blame for the success of some of the shittiest music, is the americans. Dave Matthews is from South Africa dumb fuck. these guys have some real bad song on the nhl 2003 for ps2. thats about all i've heard from them all though i've been hearing about these guys for years, but nothing ever that convincing. sounds like most people here are saying it sux. probably does. It's time to set the record straight on Celine Dion, Sum 41, Nickelback, etc. Contrary to popular belief, we Canadians are not responsible for these bands becoming as big as they are. All those artists have released numerous records in Canada and managed to flounder in relative obscurity until their records have exploded south of the border. So if you feel the need to blame anyone for the mediocre records crossing the border and polluting the airwaves, blame yourselves. Clearly, we have no interest in hearing them as much as American listeners do nor do we deserve any flak for their popularity. Thank you. yeah..limp broke up..unfortunate too...pop and disorderly was a great album Mediocre has several meanings, ranging from average to "piss poor". On a whole, "Foot In Mouth..." isn't a bad album. It's mediocre more than anything. But me not knowing the band Gob very well, I have nothing to compare it too. In whole, the album is just as interesting as its cover. and the U.S. hasn't given us crappy bands? 'how far shallow takes you' was better. limp broke up, no? If you guys want good pop-punk, look no further than Limp's Pop and Disorderly. rancid punx = wussemorock = fat wounded pussy we gave you gob way before we gave you any of those bands... a crappy pop punk band from canada? get the fuck out of here! canada has given us sum 41, nickelback, simple plan, avril, and now gob! go canada! keep on giving us more shit! Well, your heros Keven Wade of punkrocks.net, Tim Krysko of punkinternational.com and Jordan A. Baker of pastepunk.com love the new Sum41 album. Take that! We used to rock out in the van all the time to Ass Seen On T.V. It was one of the better releases that year. Every songs that Gob was responsible for on that album totally kicked ass. And Too Late No Friends? You could listen to that until the cows came home, I'm not joking. Then they sorta dissapeared. Went under the radar. Couple years later, they come out with How Far Shallow Takes You. Now some of the songs on this album ruled the universe. They had gotten into metal like nobodies business, and did it well. However, the rest, totally sucked ass. Slow ass lame pop punk, not even good catchy slow ass pop punk. But lame. Then the travesty of their next two albums. Obviously they've gotten older and slower and lost a few hairs... but man, at least make them good. Like, like, like, Bflat. That song DID rule, and why you can't right a good catchy slow song anymore is beyond me. It seems like they went with standard pop punk chords and riffs to me. They used to more creative. I heard one of their songs in NHL 2003 and I thought it was Blink 182. When I looked and saw it was Gob I almost puked. and to the person who said they dumbed down there sound and made it less technical, this album definetly is their most technical if your speaking instrument and even vocal wise. The guitar parts and leads are much better than alot of their old stuff, and the vocals (theos at least) I think personally sound better. Don't get me wrong... my favorite Gob cd is too late no friends.. then how far shallow takes you, I didn't really like the world according to save a few songs.. and then this is third. Although it's third i really like it, it's catchy and fast.. and isn't pussy sounding like alot of popular "punk" bands even when they got slower or softer. i also do like the new sum 41 cd( and all the others) but I think hat the new sum 41 album gets older than this one faster, but maybe i'm just crazy. Bands with good cd's full of pop punk songs the latest sum 41 cd is way better than this one. And i also think that the ming tran track is kinda good, but compare it with the better half of sum 41's latest cd and you realize that it's not that good... Oooops, now why did i give them 5 stars, they only deserve 1 star for having a good recording. these guys are oooold. if you want to hear old canadian men playing pop-punk, check out glasshead. Dude did you really "capp" 2pac, i thought it was like michle jakcson or something. "I kicked my friend in the face after i heard it." If you don't like my reviews then dont read then and just burn in hell. No, im not wussemorock but that guy was pretty funny. Anyways i think my reviews are great along with this CD. Ming Tran is a frickin awsome pop-punk song. I kicked my friend in the face after i heard it. kickass album; people who didn't like this album, well baho nyo Judging by the reviewers name - I don't think I'm too far off with that one. Being dictated what not to like because of what's popular in the mainstream is the flipside of the same coin as liking everything in the mainstream. Gob used to be decent, but their last 2 releases have been lacking. You also mention that you don't like Sum 41 but their recent single sounds exactly like a Sum 41 song. Curious... Makes me think you may just not be into Blink and Sum 41 because of their mainstream appeal, and that's just sad. what a shitty band. I saw these guys live and they blew ass. They should stop right now, because they werent good or funny. StabbingGoldfish -- I'm not defending the author, but I constantly buy CDs based on their price (or Scott's reviews) because 70% of my records are used thus I buy what seems like it might be good or is cheap enough for me. Gob have changed thier style, but you have to expect that after 10 years as a band. Foot in Mouth Disease basically picks up where the world according to gob left off. i still miss the days of wolfman pat and 'too late, no friends', but they have changed members, and they are older now, so i guess this is what you should expect. instead of ranting on a message board about how punk or not punk this is, just either buy it, or leave it in the store. why get worked up about it? I try to keep liking this band, I really do. They put on a great live show, but the CDs get worse and worse. I'm surprised no one mentioned Ass seen on Tv. That was good also. Bb is a great song. Somehow I don't think Gob'll write anymore songs like the ones on that split. i thought gobs last semi big label release was good pop rock, they got softer but the songwriting was really good. This record just doesnt do anything for me. what happened? these guys eat a walrusses's feces with mayo and chedder cheese. put a happy cake in your tummy Fuck, I forgot to change my rating. These guys eat a camel's ass with soy sauce (a generic brand). Jesus Harold Christ, this "rancid punx" kid seems to get dumber with every post... and I'm not even talking about musical taste, that's not even worth debating because everybody can say someone else's tastes suck, it's all relative. But the way he chooses to word things makes it read like one of those first-grade books with one mono-syllabic sentence every page and a really big picture. "Every song on the CD sounds different. That is one of the best things about the CD." Apparently, he hasn't gotten to the "pronouns" chapter in his english book yet. "Tim Armstrong and Lars Fredriksen are really good singers. Tim Armstrong and Lars Fredriksen like to drink beer and shout "Oi!". Matt Freeman is good friends with Tim Armstrong and Lars Fredriksen. Felicity is their favorite TV show. Tim Armstrong and Lars Fredriksen like to eat happy cakes and watch Felicity. The end." ming tran is a good song, its probably one of the best examples of a "pop punk" song. its catchy but doesnt have to lose its edge. with that being said the rest of the album is fairly bland, but i gotta admit ming tran gets stuck in my head I haven't listened to this album, nor do I think I will. "I GOB-BLED THIS REVIEW RIGHT UP!!!" I declare whoever wrote that the coolest person in the world! you people that slam a band like gob for touring with avril or any other pop band are just stupid. that really is one of the lamest reasons to dislike a band. oh, bad religion toured with blink! oh, the bosstones toured with simple plan! oh, h2o toured with new found glory.....ok, last one bad example, but you get my drift. i'm going to judge a band by the music they put out. having said all that, gob can lick my left testicle(my right one is gone, its a genetic thing). they're a horrible pop punk band. i've seen them live and they suck. throw em in the freaking $1 cd bin. 2 comments: I like stuff like mxpx and all, but GOB were exeptionally bad when i heard em a while ago when i heard give up the grudge i thought i was listening to a new version of fat lip... This should help establish Arista as a leading punk label! Now that i think of it this CD deserves 10 stars si here ya go ********** Five stars!!! i gob-bled this review right up!!! Last comment made by RaNcId PuNx Gob hasnt really changed that much, they just have alittle more of a rock edge to them. I dont think a record lable means shit. Who cares what label the band is on? gob used to be good..."how far shallow takes you" is a great album...but man did they ever get raped by arista... This is a great album. It deserves the five stars that i gave it. The CD is a pop-punk CD but every song on the CD sounds different. This is a really good thing about the cd. Most pop punk tends to sound the same but this is different. If you dont get this CD you will regret it. I didnt know you could get anything this good for 6 bucks. Good Job GOB. Gob is the ONLY good pop punk band on a major. Not that I was ever a big Gob fan, but I enjoyed songs like Soda and the cover of Mr. Sandman. To the reviewer: A band dumbs down their songs, musically and technically, sounds like regression to me. A band that once was an outspoken opponent to major labels and corporate radio now embraces both, sounds like a sellout to me. Gob wrote Soda and Your too cool like 8 years ago. They aren't kids anymore. As for the selling out part, just because a band wants to be successful, doesn't mean they sold out. Listen to their albums, every one of them sounds different. Although I think how far shallow takes you is their best, this is far better than that turd they released last time. Gob is a horrible band, the title of this cd is lame, the cover art is lame, the fact you fell for the 'cheap cd price' marketing scheme makes me laugh, the fact that you'd buy a cd based soley on the fact it was 7 bucks w/o hearing it makes me laugh, that said I find you situation very comical. I'm just wondering how bands like THIS get signed to majors. gob sold out. since when did bands start singing about rich people suck bullshit? "give up the grudge" is the exact same song as "lifestyles of the rich and famous". i think gob and good charlotte sing about their contempt for rich people cuz they're constantly surrounded by them, what with their major label status and all. who remembers "soda" and "you're too cool"? i saw gob last october and they were totally cool, but this new shit fuckin sucks. they sold out they sold out they sold out they sold out. the score is for the guy who reviewed this album. 'waste of time'. i love it. why would a band ever put an old single on a new album. that's the stupidest thing i've heard of this side of a major label. gob's new stuff is borderline mediocre; but yeah, sellouts is an ok word to describe them. and sum 41 is definitely one of the better pop-punk bands right now. at least they didn't jump off indie obscurity into candian-american glory like our friends gob here...they were basically already there. This is not a word I like to throw around often, but I think it applies here. Gob are sellouts, there's no other way of looking at it. CRAP!!!!!!"How Far Shallow Takes You" was great, the last one sounded like a crappy Blink 182 cd, this one sounds like a crappy SUM41 cd.Time to hang it up boys, or just let Theo sing and write the tunes. This is fuckin' shitty music !!! Anyone remember "How Far shallow takes you" ?, when they used to not suck... "Me, being a pop-punk fan (not that Blink 182, Sum41 crap, I'm talking good pop-punk)" Bad, bad, really fucking bad band. oops, someone beat me with the avril lavigne comment. my bad for the double post. they're going on tour with avril lavigne. good stuff. oh boy, i can see people flipping out on this guy already... gob toured with avril lavigne. enough said. |
