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The band formed in the late eighties when they would play shows, parties and skateboarding events during 1988. They came together in the summer of 1989 sharing a love for some of the biggest bands in the punk rock scene such as The Vandals, Social Distortion, Fear, the Descendents, Bad Religion and more. Out of these influences, they honed their own craft and sound over the years with a predominantly fast punk sound. They released their first record, “Full Length” in 1991, which organically expanded the band’s following. They built friendships with contemporaries The Offspring and the Vandals.
On September 13th 1994, the band released their second album “Friendly People” on Nitro Records, a label founded by Dexter Holland of The Offspring. “Teri Yakimoto” is the third instalment from Guttermouth, released in 1996 by Nitro Records; it was a continuation of the bands signature fast paced punk rock music with controversial and sarcastic tongue in cheek lyrics. The album went on to reach #33 in the Billboard Heatseekers chart. Their following album “Musical Monkey” followed a similar sort of success and then the following year, they released a live album “Live from The Pharmacy”. The live part of the album was recorded in South Carolina. “Gorgeous”, released on June 1st 1999 was the band’s last album with Nitro Records, and also the heaviest.
Moving to Epitaph Records, saw Guttermouth, only maintain the sound that they had built their following on, as they released the album “Covered with Ants” on April 10th 2001. The album reached number 31 on the Billboard Independent Charts. They experimented a little bit on this album with using organ, banjo and fiddle. The band made it to the prestigious House of Blues and decided to record a live album that night, of their 21-song set. The album was released on October 7th 2003. “Shave the Planet” was the tenth album by Guttermouth, released on August 22nd 2006. It was the final album to feature the founding member, Scott Sheldon.
Live reviews
The name Guttermouth suggests that their might be something offensive or vulgar associated with the punk band’s music, but I had no idea to what extent until I saw them live. However, this wasn’t necessarily a bad element of their performance, it’s designed to shock and gain a reaction from the audience, and is executed in a sarcastic manner. Although the band have faced issues surrounding this in the past and have been excluded from certain events, their music is great, and seeing them live is a real experience! The show was at an outside venue, and it was absolutely packed, Guttermouth played their classics such as Asshole, and That’s Life, which went down pretty well. Although Ty Smith and Mark Adkins are funny and sometimes offensive, I think on this occasion there was too much talking between songs, however what they did play was great. There was a lot of moshing and crowd surfing, sometimes from the band themselves, but the atmosphere was great.
It’s surprising, but the bands can maintain their vocal and instrumental performances whilst throwing themselves around the stage nonstop! It was a really fun concert, visually exciting, you never knew what was coming next, and the musicians were pretty talented.
yazhow
A frontrunner of the Californian punk scene, Guttermouth have forged a 25 year career out of the punk revolution and still stand strong today. With a legion of fans across the globe and a refreshed interest in their music with every new recording, the group have no issue in packing out venues for their raucous performance. As fans crowd and clamber to get as close to the barrier as possible, the stage lights soon dim and the percussion begins sharp and steady before Mark Adkins and co take to the stage.
Their outrageous lyrical content and manic stage behaviour has landed the boys in a large amount of controversy over the years and this has only helped fuel the fire around them in terms of their fanbase. Many people come to a Guttermouth show to see if it is as crazy and intense as everybody makes out and they rarely leave disappointed as Mark lurches to the front to jump along with his fans during 'What's Gone Wrong' and 'Race Track'. Most of the show the group decides not to allow the barrier to keep them separate from the fans and this mentality is what wins them such acclaim from their following, it is pretty evident as they all bounce along to the last track '1-2-3 Slam' as one.
sean-ward
One thing that you can always count on from Guttermouth is a rambunctious, sweaty, good time. The pit was active, and their set was a good mix that, of course, included their usual crowd-pleasers (ya know, the ones that make you wanna throw your over-priced concert beer and jump in the pit). Mark always brings the energy & the comedy; you can tell he actually enjoys being there, and the crowd feeds off of that. Whenever Guttermouth is on the list, I know I'm guaranteed a night of fun, vulgar, unapologetic punk-rock-awesomeness.
BrittanyR
Pretty rad shows. Seen Guttermouth at least a half dozen times since age 13....same fast, crusty punk rock as always. Smaller venue than Guttermouth played back in the days, but it honestly was a pretty sick show
cwill21
I had a blast at this show. Got a little too fucked up though. I was actually on stage singing "I got it made" with Mark and Guttermouth at one point. Great show! I hope they come back.
mohrbacher
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