Chubby white dudes with goatees, Dickies gas station jackets, Descendents jumpsuits and awkward promo photos? Yup, it’s 90s Orange County pop punk!
Since we’re on the topic of 90s pop punk, let’s discuss another band who trolled the fuck out of the 90s punk scene, GUTTERMOUTH. Only I’m not sure it’s fair to call them trolls, because they are pretty much non-ironic homophobic, sexist, racist, rapey douchebags. They might not be the guys you’d trust to babysit your daughter, but they did make some pretty fucking hilarious records that are still fairly offensive even by 2011, post-South Park standards.
The “spoken word intro” is an integral park of punk rock (see “Six Pack,” “Night Of The Living Rednecks,” etc). Guttermouth’s “PC” is without a doubt one of the finest examples, especially when you think about it in the context of the suffocatingly PC 1990s– “That’s like calling a Mexican and Mexican!!!!” U MAD PC PATROL???
Guttermouth trivia: back in the late 90s, some friends of mine were in a NOFX-style band called Formula One (the drummer was Todd from Champion/Betrayed), and they toured a bit with Guttermouth. Everything was cool until Guttermouth couldn’t get into Canada because the singer had some kind of sketchy sexual assault charges against him or something O_o
I can’t find a studio version of “Perfect World” on Jewtube, thanks to the idiots at their label who have blocked it, so you will have to settle for this live track. The audio isn’t quite as good, but on the plus side you get Mark’s semi-racist stage banter (“Oh this is the rap girl, and her blonde friend! They have a combined IQ of 15, exactly what you’d expect”).
My guess is these dudes are probably like 38-40 in this picture. Not sure if that is awesome, disappointing, or some combination of the two.
One of the few examples of a non-retarded Youtube comment. Well, still retarded, but in a good way I guess. And by that I mean “this person might eventually be the assistant manager at a Jimmy John’s who will give me a free bag of chips because he heard me listening to Strung Out in my car.”
Back in the 90s, being a Rollerblader was roughly on par with being a Nazi sympathizer or pedophile. Well, not quite, because I’m guessing Guttermouth would be down with either of those scenes, but either way the best line is “now watch me do a figure eight, backwards down the stairs.”
Who is the best “punx trolling punx” band?? Are Guttermouth ironic douchelords, or genuinely sleazy, creepy scumbags?? Do you giggle every time you hear “that’s like calling a Mexican a Mexican!!”
I definitely remember playing lots of video games to Bruce Lee VS The Kiss Army. I was not aware these dudes were so awesomely scummy irl, thnx D!
The intro to PC made me laugh so fucking hard.
If I remember correctly my old band got added to the local show for some touring punk fest (Snow Jam I think?) because the singer of Guttermouth had been arrested for exposing himself on stage in Saskatoon. Which is odd ’cause I’m sure The Jesus Lizard had been through not that long before and isn’t that their singers entire act?
Haha, yeah he got arrested in Saskatoon and I think it was due to a combination of him exposing himself and trying to get underage girls to show their tits. I wasn’t at the show so I don’t know all the details but a few of my friends were.
Saw these guys tons of times in the 90s. They got a dude to stick a popsicle up his butt for a free t-shirt, and the next time I saw them, they got a different dude to stick a drum stick up his butt for a free t-shirt, but this new fine gentleman took it a level higher by licking the drum stick afterwards. I think I still have a few Guttermouth shirts hanging out down in my garage somewhere.
^ why I love Guttermouth
They do a euro tour in november, can’t wait to see them, it was one of my favourite bands back in the days but I never saw them live.
Never got into their music, but I always liked the fact that they were pissing everyone off. Didn’t they get kicked off Warped Tour a couple years ago for being un-PC? That’s not a very punk thing to do if you ask me.
remember the ads for the underground comedy movie? selling points were joey buttafuoco, geena lee nolin loudly shitting, and a soundtrack by nofx and guttermouth.
Apparently there’s a NOFX song about Guttermouth and all it says is they give handjobs. I can’t find it anywhere, though.
I guess NOFX are just too sophisticated for some people.
what is it with old brehs in childcore punk bands?
used to rate them still… that video on cinema beer googles got me hooked.
“old brehs in childcore bands” = best description ever of this genre