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 Review by: Notorious Gray Davis See others by this writer Official Guttermouth Website (link) Only registered users can post comments 
 
Published on July 13th 2004 After a long-winded hangover of stylistic experimentation (the somewhat-slower yet poppier Covered with Ants and the pathetic, toned-down comedic album that is Gusto), I am pleased to say that Guttermouth returns to their goofier but somewhat-harder punk roots with Eat Your Face. Even though Guttermouth plays little more than average Exploited-inspired punk, it is the band's quirky sense of humor and Mark Adkin's comical singing that sets the band apart from other punk-satire-party-crap-shit-bands. In terms of punk and satire, Guttermouth is more random and grosser than Blink 182, less musically talented than Tenacious D, less shock value than the Dwarves and yet more attuned to Weird Al Yankovic than Tenacious D. Songs such as "My Neighbor's Baby," "Wasted Lives," "Octopus Hairpiece," and "Hot Dog to the Head" demonstrate a completely stupid, callow, depraved sense of humor. "Octopus Hairpiece" recounts a pathetic tale of losing your hairpiece at sea and one's didactic inner struggle with the throes of male-pattern baldness. "My Neighbor's Baby" contemplates Mark's disdain over a crying baby and a desire to suffocate it (or leave it in a dumpster). "Wasted Lives" has Mark slandering his fellow bandmates ("Ty and his sister are newlyweds," "Scott sits down when he has to pee") while shamelessly ripping off the Ramones' "Teenage Lobotomy." That's not to say that Guttermouth doesn't show a serious side: "Ticket to Quebec," perhaps Guttermouth's fastest song yet, has Mark hurriedly screaming and mocking the excesses of American military might--and riffing a short Slayer-style solo in the middle. "Surf's Up Asshole" plays upon the subject of surf turfdom (aka the general frustration of outsiders descending upon Huntington Beach and crowding out the surf spots) with a saucy retort: "You all read it in some surf fagazine, so you all wind up in H.B." And finally "Party of Two" lightly comments upon the general inanity of the American two-party political system. Whereas Guttermouth musically continues to stagnate, the band's sense of humor and satire is renewed again, to the days of "Musical Monkey" and "Friendly People." Their songs do not drone upon a singular theme (i.e. heartbreak about girls)--and they do not need to be entirely political to be stimulating.
Ultimately, Guttermouth exists to annoy people: to poke at mankind's pre-occupation with personal hygiene, to scourge the punk scene with inane, random bursts of cartoonish satire and to do everything they do comfortably (and inevitably, half-assed). Their music simply pulses to keep accurate time of it all.
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I just noticed that Guttermouth wrote a punk song called Bakers dozen. This song was written about 90% of the fuckers on this site. To Jones the Bones, He makes a good point you know seriously why is everyone arguing with this jones the bones fucker? who gives a shit.. he leaves some comments.. some people dont like them.. why all the uproar.. dont you guys have anything better to do? if you dont, let me tell you guys something about beer and pussy.. they can fill a void in your life if you need it. unless ur straight edge and gay.. your all set.. for the straight edge gay crowd.. i guess suck some cock and punch some one in a the face. i dunno, im not straight edge nor gay so your on your own. I think they're serious with songs like Ticket to Quebec, at least as serious as Guttermouth gets. Mark's not a liberal and he's certainly not on the side of that Punkvoter/vote blindly for the Democrats stuff. Thats exactly what their music makes me want to do. Who listens to this shit? Honestly? Bunch of fucking mountain dew drinkers. this score is for bruce lee vs. the kiss army Lol. Get it right. Geez Lollapalooza got cancelled, you cockjockey. Better than Gusto, worse than CWA Anyone commenting bad about this cd is just pissed that the shitty line-up of Lollapalooza is not coming to their shitty town. I thought that everyone on this site hated Guttermouth a few months ago Jones the Bones is an attention whore. Jones the Bones is an attention whore. why? its funny though. you've probably never committed anything close to that kind of violent act in your life. yet you are so tough here. stabe me in the face bitch. I want to stab jones the bones in the face. wow. that last comment was actually about the cd. Eat your face, now we're talking my kind of stuff - rotting human flesh - I want to rock out to this shit after smoking some dirt weed. Best Guttermouth cd since Musical Monkey!!!! Maybe even better. The last four songs are the best four songs in a row on any cd I've heard in a long time. Fast as fuck!!! I don't agree with most of "Jones the Bones'" opinions, but I respect him putting his email address up (assuming that is the actual address) and taking accountability for what he posts... unlike practically everyone else on this site (including me). Yeah, I agree--leaving your email for assholes to flame shit is totally gay. "jones the bones"...dumbest nickname ever. weren't you kirk cameron's sidekick in some gay late eighties family based sitcom? "jones the bones"...dumbest nickname ever. weren't you kirk cameron's sidekick in some gay late eighties family based sitcom? "Anyone else see the irony in jonesthebones telling someone that they're trying too hard to be funny?" Anyone else see the irony in jonesthebones telling someone that they're trying too hard to be funny? I think that guy trying to make fun of you might be British. - jones the bones wrote the last post "Well Jones the Bones you mum must be a happy lady cause about 15 of us just fucked her in the ass and came all over the sorry bitch! Peace outJones the bones. Say hi to your mum for me. "I fucked her" :me too" "Best milf ever" fuck off boys shoosh its over. lets run away "wow a root and a run?" Jones the bones mum sure knows what to do with 15 bones" I don't get guttermouth. Trying to be funny a bit too hard Well Jones the Bones you mum must be a happy lady cause about 15 of us just fucked her in the ass and came all over the sorry bitch! Peace outJones the bones. Say hi to your mum for me. "I fucked her" :me too" "Best milf ever" fuck off boys shoosh its over. lets run away "wow a root and a run?" Jones the bones mum sure knows what to do with 15 bones More reactionary punk rock. Great. This is an improvement...but it still could be a lot better You can use as many big/complex words as you like but it doesn't take away from the fact that this band are awful. eh. theyre not too hypocritical The hypocrites over at Buddy(Boring?)head seem to hate these guys, so that's already something they have going for them. Okay I heard the first track... It sounds like DK with a metal solo towards the end. It's an obvious comparison, it sounds nothing like the Exploited. Never mind the score i gave or what the hell i think of this alblum. What kind of fuckin punks are you? I'm reading all of your comments and most of them are just bitchin to each other or making lists of bands to retire that include Bad Religion, The Misfits, Anti-Flag, The Vandals, Alkaline Trio, and NOFX. It doesn't matter really what you think of these bands but more of what they are and how they are inspiring young people today to take a stand, make a change, and not just be satisfied with the way things are whether it be a conservative(Misfits) or liberal(most other punk bands) stance on issues. They're keeping punk from dying off all together. Anyways, why don't you all do something productive, make a change for the better in this world, or write something somebody else might want to read. Okay, I'm done ranting. i like guttermouth, pennywise, nofx, and the offspring. now mock me. So they sound like the Exploited and NOFX. I really don't understand. Jesus, let me die. "jones the bones likes to get boned in the ass." jones the bones likes to get boned in the ass. I must say, this is a pretty good album. Generic punk musical backing, but the lyrics certainly make up for it. "Party of Two" is the political song NOFX wanted to write. Haven't heard this yet, but I did like "Lemon Water" off of "Gusto". "Friendly People" is the one I play with any regularity though. this score is for the song "eat her face" by leatherface. Mark.... it's my turn to wear the cowboy hat Man, "Ticket to Quebec" is one furious tune!! They should have made a 20-song 20-minute record with songs all in that same vein! that last list has a ton of good bands just updating the list guys: just got it. fantastic shit. I wish they would just write more albums that sounded just like Musical Monkey. That is one of my favorite punk records ever. guess i've been pwned. and fuck me for trying to promote my band. Hey list boy, the coalition of shitty emo bands called they said your check is in the mail! actuall on a whole. they really dumbed down their sound. covered in ants and gusto were way way way better than this album. both musically and lyrically. i am sad that all the "fans" gave them so much shit in the past for not being "punk" enough. this is guttermouths worst album ever. still decent...but...i wish they didnt let the fans brainwash them Just updating the list guys! by the way Marko Scabies "anyone that posts their shitty hotmail address at the bottom of their posts has to be a true idiot." guttermouth is one of the punkest bands out there - they do whatever the fuck they want and they don't care who they piss off along the way. All these young bands that want a lesson in punk should look to guttermouth for their disregard for all that is decent. Rock on guttermouth and congrats on a good cd. I give them a 6 for their cover of a st. madness song called Sexual Abuse on the punk goes metal comp. I might check out this cd - how many times has Mark been arested for his antics. I remember underage girls showing him their tits and he usually did some illegal stuff - he's fucking awesome. Mark you can give me some sexual abuse - I'll even let you toss my salad. The one song I saw by them, on the Punkorama DVD, sounded like a sexist "melodic hardcore" band. or yahoo whatever. anyone that posts their shitty hotmail address at the bottom of their posts has to be a true idiot. "jones, you're an idiot. jones, you're an idiot. "Then the Exploited? Really, I'm pretty ignorant about this major label stuff, but if they don't suck I'll admit I like it. " "I bet no one catches the Discharge parody of the cover. Then the Exploited? Really, I'm pretty ignorant about this major label stuff, but if they don't suck I'll admit I like it. I thought the cover art looked familiar but didn't make the discharge connection until now!!! No, they don't sound like black flag, not really like nofx either but definately more in the vein of nofx then blak flag! Oh yeah, I also have no idea what these guys sound like. Some people said it sounds like really early Black Flag and some people said it sounds like NOFX. So what is it? I bet no one catches the Discharge parody of the cover. I would assume the only crime review will be up on friday, wow I love that album already! This album is a lot of fun to listen to...but of course it pales in comparison to Lars & Only Crime, i didn't expect it to be better... Anyone gonna review the Only Crime album? pretty good shit, lot better than the last 2 records......and a hell of a lot better than all the hardcore/screamo shit kids listen to nowadays. Pretty good, but I bought the new lars record, the only crime album and this and listened to this last, it just kind of paled in comparison to today's other new albums! this score is for the use of the word "didactic" in the review. Excellent return for these guys! gusto's lyrics weren't bad, but the album itself was just completely out of form for guttermouth, and they weren't the band to do it. gusto was good bizzle grizzlebee's. but so is this one you dont want guteermouth to break up then at least 2 crappier bands will spawn out of them How bad is the talking? I know Surf's Up Asshole had a lot of it, but just how many songs have it? break up already jones the bones is an idiot, Gusto sucked, it was a fucking country album. So I watch these guys at Warped this past weekend in Portland. They played 5 songs, and Mark told everyone to "fuck off you pathetic assholes!!! I'm just here to take your money!!!" Mark tried to have sex with a girl on stage, while she flashed him and everyone covered him, not in ants, but in lugies. After the 5 songs, he told everyone to go fuck them selves then had some other local band come on to fill there time slot while they sat on the side of the stage and drank beer, laughed and flipped off the crowed. Classic asshole Guttermouth, beer, boobs, spit, middle fingers, and even though many people were pissed I found it one of the coolest things I've ever seen them do. Awesome, awesome album. It reminds me of the old classic Guttermouth. Everyone should listen to this This band sucks. I'll probably take a listen to this anyways, but I'm not expecting much... dude, what the bloodycuntfuck is the first poster talking about? anti-flag? the casualties? i'm lost. i gave up on these guys a long time ago. Guttermouth hasn't been the same since "Friendly People" - which is one of my favorite albums even today. Now I'm off to fish without a license.... this album is great. It's not bad but they could've done a lot better. Guttermouth makes me want to listen to past few Vandals albums instead. guttermouth sux punk is dead Great album Fucking awesome album. This record would be a lot better if there wasn't annoying talking and garbage before almost every track, it kills any chance of flow or momentum. This band is the shit because after reading the notes in Live At The Pharmacy I found out that before making these CDs they've usually done a large quantity of drugs, and wind up writing all the songs in about 10 minutes. Any band that can do that and still sound good is awesome in my book. CORRECTIONS: Makes you wonder why a band like this hasn't given up. Old, shitty, and heading down Anti-Flag's path. These guys might as well be the casualties. |
