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Published on December 21st 2004
The decline of Guttermouth is one of the most unusual degressions of a punk band in recent years. After releasing several fast-paced and immature albums on Nitro, Guttermouth moved to Epitaph and made Covered With Ants, a slower, much poppier affair that lost them some fans. Then came Gusto, a pop-punk album filled with experimentations in country, jazz, hip-hop and 80s-styled new wave. Suddenly, their punk credibility all but disappeared.
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" 'will you guys ever sell out' Shut the fuck up you guys. Ok ya gusto and covered with ants sucked dick ya i get that and they get that to. Shit go to one of there shows and you will see what the guttermouth fans like about them. There pit in the troubador was probably stronger than bad religion or TSOL i wud know becuz ive seen these bands. Guttermouth and The Vandals are probably the best bands to go see live. And Friendly people and Musical Monkey were the best CD's from guttermouth and a couple of songs from the Full length LP are bomb to Guttermouth is pretty great until you turn 20, and then you look back and think "Huh, that's not really funny anymore." The band hit their peak with "Friendly People" (better than Full Length LP, just because they're tighter) and "Musical Monkey" is the sole bright spot in their post "FP" output. Lately, Guttermouth is just a band of old men trying deperately to make amusing potty jokes to little kids. Any the Vandals are doing THAT a whole lot better. Guttermouth write fun, catchy song with highly offensive lyrics. To say they're "not about the music" is bullshit: they're catchier than 95% of punk bands out there. Bands like The Mars Volta spend weeks upon weeks writing songs, trying to create masterpieces, but the end result is contrived shit, whereas G-Mouth write a whole album in a couple of days. Their carefree-ness is put into plain evidence i hate p.c Of course they don't care, if they did they would be all for rocking against bush, wearing choo choo hats, trucker hats, peta2, and sporthing the latest in the pink on black t-shirt and girl pants fashion. "Their punk credibility all but disappeared?" If they aren't about the music? Then why do they make CD's?? That doesn't make sense.... Yeah I know they like to have fun, they kick ass live... But not about the music? I dont think people understand Guttermouth. They never have, and never will give a fuck about music. Guttermouth is about fun, and thats what they've always been about. Don't buy any of their epitaph albums... the stuff sounds terrible, but even terrible tracks like "My Girlfriend" become way fun in their drunken, yay-ed out live show. Guttermouth is easily one of the most energetic and all-around fun live bands out there, and yes, if you ask me musical monkey is their best cd. Mark gay?? lmao more like homophobic... Why else did you think they got kicked off of warped tour?? The guy makes fun of Gerard of My Chemical Romance, on his website.... Yeah my bad, I thought Gorgeous was Gusto for some reason. Goddamn alliteration. Full Length LP was the best one gusto did come out after covered with ants. this is good. gorgeous is really good. "Corpse Rotting In Hell" mark ain't gay. i have a friend who worked with him on warped last year and he was trying to get into her pants like nobodys business, plus if you've ever seen a guttermouth show, he'll trade shirts with a chick anytime, but not cuz he likes the threads but cuz he'll see their tits. sounds pretty gay to me. or there's the asian girl i used to always see on his arm whenever i'd spot him at local shows. sounds like a girlfriend to me. whatever if you want to believe he's gay, more power to ya. What the fuck is this reviewer talking about? what do you think, mr. slave? i heard he was gay too :confused: Punk isn't fun. If you are having fun, you sold out the scene. If Mark is gay, how the hell do you explain his three year old daughter? this band is just god awful, i dont' know how they ever got a following My Pussy has hair now, my pussy has hair now, yippie!!!!!! "No, the Neo-Nazis in your town are homophobic and racist because they honestly believe in that way of thinking." I second that comment about 'Gorgeous.' I really don't understand why the band chooses to ignore it. This album is really great and I am glad that someone wrote a solid review for it. I also think that "Eat Your Face" is a really strong release. "yhea, so are the neonazis in our town... do i have to listen to them?" Any band that supports abortion is cool in my book. "Eat Your Face" was the most entertaining punk album of 2004. I don't see why Musical Monkey is considered their best album, I actually think that Gorgeous is probably the best album they've ever made. It has my favorite Guttermouth song "Con Especial." Plus it has Hit Machine, Nice Place To Visit, Food Storage, I Have A Dream, BBB, High Balls, and Power Up. Those are all classics in my book. Yeah I used to fucking love this album. And it certainly was their high point (hahaha) but Covered with Ants came out after Gusto. Gusto was alright, as in half the track were really good, but half the tracks sucked my ass. This will always hold a place in my heart, right next to that butterfly pacemaker I stole from Krusty. Lates. score is for my chemical romance and makeup what the FUCK, people??!! no love for friendly people? that is the definitive guttermouth album in my opinion. that shit used to make my balls ache. i used to love seeing peoples faces when i blared that shit. it was the crassest, fastest, loudest, funniest, most offensive punk rock in the land when it was released. i fucking dare you to argue with me on that one. my favorite part of this record is on the last track, titled "musical monkey" where they are doing a mock interview, to make fun of all the shitty fanzines, and mark is pretending to be the interviewer asks jaime what his main influences are and his response is " WATCHING YOUR MOM SHIT ON ME" HAHAHAHAAAAA. fucking classic. ahhh how the g-mouth takes me back. ditchin high school to smoke dope and listen to punk rock. good times. This album is fucking awesome. The review on the other hand, was not. real good album. when's jaime coming back? "They're not afraid to be sexist ("S.D.F.B.") or homophobic ("Big Pink Dress"), as long as it gets a laugh." Okay this is my favorite guttermouth record, but even so the only songs I really dig are "lipstick" and "perfect world" so, it's ok I guess! The best Guttermouth album, by far. Eat your Face is pretty fucking good. They're definitly on the rebound. "Teri Yakimoto! In the back seat of my Toyota!" Score's for your user name if it's a South Park reference, like I'm thinking it is. Very good review, no bullshit here. the song where he sings like fred schneider auditioning for the doors is pretty funny, but it's humor will probably be lost on most of the youngsters. "As you might expect from the album art, featuring a toy monkey feasting on plastic babies, this is not for the easily offended." "Eat Your Face" was a good album as well. It's one of those cds that stays in the cd player for months at a time. But yeah Gusto was terrible, and Covered with Ants had some cool tunes like "she's got the look" "chug-a-lug night" "looking good is all that matters" and a few others |
