Huntington
Beach Bubble Punk band Guttermouth was surprisingly better than I thought
they would be although that doesn’t constitute the shows promoters giving
them billing status over a legendary band like T.S.O.L. Not in my
book at least. I wasn’t too familiar with Guttermouth’s material,
but like I said they were surprisingly better than I expected them to be.
The band puts on an energetic show and the singer Mark didn’t seem to mind
being “rained-on” by the shower of spit aimed right at him from his enthusiastic
fans. Not for the first half of the bands set at least, after which
time he donned a white full body suit in order to deflect any more foreign matter
than what he had already been hit with. The music is a cross between
the Vandals and that “Hey Mickey” song by 80’s new waver Toni Basil.
The guitars and drums are punchy enough but it would be nice to see the
bands songwriting catch up to the instrumental genius displayed by the
members in their live show. The band has all the ingredients and
capabilities of writing the same kind of hits as their musical peers who
are selling records in mammoth
proportions, and with a few more years spent developing their songwriting
skills under their belt, we could be talking hits and record sales of Offspring
like proportions for Guttermouth.
Okay, time for my final confession here.
My enthusiasm
for Bad Religion isn’t the same today as it once was. My interest
in other music by other bands was, and is still greater than my die-hard
loyalty to Bad Religion after hearing the commercially oriented “Stranger
than Fiction” six years ago. With the exception of “Incomplete” and
“What It Is”, I think every song on that disc was layered with the treatment
to inspire a radio friendly hit. Sure I still like everything before
that with “Recipe for Hate” being my all time favorite Bad Religion album.
To me the only thing that keeps Bad Religion above the level of mediocrity
is their thinking mans philosophy, and their live show. I still believe
in a bands right to evolve musically, but when a band starts writing hits
to please the record companies and the masses, that band ceases to be “my”
band. As shows go, Bad Religion did not fail to come up with the
goods on this night and treated the fans of both their new and old material
to an evenly paced set that wasn’t about building a sense of unity with
the world as much as it was about
carrying out a revolutionary message of changing the world and how it all
starts with you. Bad Religions strength and their selling point might
just rely on their longevity in the music business more than it does with
any revolutionary message they’re trying to get across to their fans.
The energy of Bad Religion live does still carry a significant amount of
weight in their favor though and they are still a band worth going to see.
Check
out the official Bad Religion website for merchandise, history, and tour
dates at www.badreligion.com.
Photos by Goth Brooks and
Greg Remsen
Fan
Speak!
Fan
Speak:
Posted by the wings commando from costa mesa:
goth whats up Im back in program whats up meat head email me @gregremsen@yahoo.com
Posted by , bitch:
Posted by nemesis:
green jelly is not pop!CARNAGE RULES!
Posted by me:
I think that most of the music is good but i still love my hard heavy metal!
Posted by Peppal:
Bad religion is the best punkband of the year! I love it
Posted by Jen:
Personaly, T.S.O.L. kick*ss they always have and as for all the other oldschool punk sh*t it should be like a f*cking bible or something. you should support all the good sh*t old and new that's how the younger kids learn what it's realy about they need to know about the bands and people who made punk happen, like ramones the damned the clash misfits sham69 the germs and so on.oh and for you little sh*t4brains blin182 is just mainstream pop with a fake lable so quit thinking you know what punk is.
Posted by Pussy Galore:
Goddamn! Goth Brooks is the coolest!
Posted by Shame:
What a shame. This looks like it would have been a kick ass show but why didn't Antimusic send a real writer to cover it?
Posted by ftw: anyone know where i can find the freakin
lyrix to punk rock academy by Guttermouth?
Posted by
Curvi: I absolutely love Ignite! It only took
one song to get me hooked on them! I really like Zoli Band too and am searching
for a CD to buy. Anyone have any ideas??
Posted by
brroxsox: RIOT! f*uck everyone who thinks that any
corporate rock is punk...punk is casualties/unseen/circle jerks and bad
religion...FU*KIN RIOT AT YOUR SCHOOL!!!
Posted by
Bo Jangles: lol and Blink girl need to get off this
god danm site you guys suck that music is so not punk it's these stupid
wanna be's wishen they could be cool enough to get on this page!
Posted by
robert: knowing one of the the band members kevin
from ignite its cool seeing him posted and the band doing as well as it
is in this short of time. keep it up ignite
Posted by
brrockssox: Holy sh*t blinkgirl you are fu*kin stupid
that teeny bopper band blink 182 fu*kin sucks i dont know where you get
off saying that they are actually some kind of punk but fuc* off and stop
readin this page you fuc*in trendy ass bit*h.
Posted by
bob: i think goth brooks is a shi**y writer
Posted by
Cal G: coming into our own there hey "Mr. kilkenny?"
I saw Ignite last night at the troubador and the Kid was all over the place.
Kevin has definitely Loosened up and found himself a home as Ignite's guitar
player. Good show kid!
Posted by
ceasar: guttermouth yea guttermouth
Posted by
sweetpea: bad religion isnt getting beter with age
just more trendy as for t.s.o.l. I won't even scream if they shoot it in
my hair! so @!*$ off snooch!
Posted by
SOURCHUX: The show is on January 27th
Posted by
SOURCHUX: TSOL will be playing at Chain Reaction
in Anaheim with Boobie Trap and CH3 and it's a show you don't want to miss.
Posted by
christine: bad religion still rocks!!!!
speed demon
FASTER!!
Fat Rick
guttermouth is good, bad religion is good
ignite is good...tsol...good
T bone
Goth great review man! I've been without
net access for a month so I got a lot of catching up to do. To be honest
I never heard TSOL or Guttermouth but love Ignite and like what I've heard
from Bad Religion.
Sexy Pink Monkey!
dude its punk! if u dont like it then
phuck off.
lol
I am a real punk fan. I don't like TSOL,
so what? Love Story, Code Blue, World War III, Funeral March? Lame, Lame,
Lame. Crappity Crap Crap Crap. Excuse me for expressing an opinion on an
opinion board. This mob rules mentality in here is weak call me names because
I disagree boo hoo hoo. Stupid teenagers!
Roger
I'm glad punk isn't mainstream enough
for people like lol. Keep it underground for the real fans!
lol
It's true! Who ever heard of Nitro Records?
Are they a wanna be Epitaph?
G vs. E
An exact quote from what lol posted on
the antimusic news article about the Damned signing to Nitro Records. "oh
goodie some more never has beens" And for your information punk is in a
sad state of affairs and it's all the old school and a few of the better
new bands who sound old school that are keeping it alive you stupid fukk.
Dug
I'm with Sourchux. Go listen to your lame
Yes records lol.
GOTH BROOKS
you? hurt my feelings? Hah! not on your
best day! TSOL rules, they're still playing and have a new album coming
out that I've heard a couple of songs off already. Too bad about your indifference
to this great band. As for DK?...no longer together nor will they be reforming,
so what's to write about them? Social D?... on hold until Ness gets his
ego fed with his solo work, I spoke with their publicist about access to
one of the shows in their weeklong House of Blues Anahreim shows at the
end of January but their ego's too big for antiMUSIC. JFA?...Dead. PIL...over,
done, never to return. The Damned?...covered them in the Blood Drive review
and will gladly review their new CD coming out on Nitro Records when it's
done. BTW are you in rural Montana?
lol
Goth I did say that an meant it. BR, Ignite
are cool but T.S.O.L. was never a great band. If you are going to drag
the old skool bands out let's hear about DK, Social D, JFA, PIL or The
Damned! I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings I just never liked TSOL. Let's
hear more about the new bands that are keepin punk alive not the ones that
almost killed it.
GB
my typo, I know it's spelled with a "P"
GOTH BROOKS
Hey lol, wasn't it you that wanted the
full report on other mildly talented homo ounk bands on the blood drive
review since you don't get this cool stuff out in Montana?
SOURCHUX
Yeah
SOURCHUX
Yreah lol, go listen to the Yes greatest
hits albums and other "real" musicians and be bored to death smoking sh*tty
schwag and listening real hard for that guitar solo that blows Yngwie out
of the water. Ooooh! How fun!
lol
If you guys want to listen to mildly talented
homos have fun. I will listen to real musicians instead of these losers!
Lerch
GOOD !!! GOOD TEAM UP!
E.V.L.
Jack es un Vato Loco
Dick Cheese
lol just recently changed his name from
lop to lol. But once a lop always a lop.
oscar
lol is really tough on his keyboard huh....
reply
Jack practices safe sex and wears a condom
while f*cking little queers like lol in the ass in order to not catch aids.
Yeah they're still alive and they still rule over all the old and all the
new sh*t.
lol
tsol? they still alive i heard jack died
of aids glad he didn't they were an ok band in there day decendants were
better tho
lars
blink girl smokes pole!!!
SOURCHUX
The world starts and stops based on the
opinion of Blinkgirl? NOT!
Sid
Blinkgirl you better blink while I knock
you upside your tennie bopper head! This is real punk you idiot! That crap
you listen to is about as punk as the backstreet boys. So get a clue or
we'll crush your stupid little skull.
Blinkgirl
uhhh I want real punk like blink and green
day not this dirtbag people yukk
tifini@earthlink.net
I missed that show, but i heard that TSOL
and ignite tore it up thanks alot for the input goth and keep on rockin
Uhhh? Uhhh?
Uhhh? yeah, In music stores??? Uhhh? yes,
In music stores.
the man
do i get a anser?
the man!
ive only heard ure band off my tony hawk
2 game and ure musics cooool (along wif other bandz on th2!)ive not seen
any of ure albums etc. in music stores ???. ok by
GOTH BROOKS
A shining example of antiMUSIC around
the world. You are a trophy of Gods good grace Li Van. :)
Li Van
This very good! Punk roq the vest music
in world! Sid Visious my hero. Why do not play these bands in Taiwan? I
pay 40 dollar american for a place call home cd. I love it. It very good
to hear. Sorry for me bad english. Please write more punk roq ok?
Joey Buttafuoco
If only we could get this stuff in Long
Island. There was once a band called Green Jelly FYI. No lie.
greenjelly is not a real punk band they
are a pop group
Sammy
Wow real punk bands still play? I thought
it was all greenday and fink 182
