Musical Monkey

From Orange County comes a band that reflects all the worst aspects of the Orange County punk scene. They're of course homophobic, exemplified on the song "Big Pink Dress," where they sing frat-nitwit lyrics like, "I live with Bill/It's such a thrill/We get on so fine/We tend our garden every day/Sometimes we get 69." Guttermouth also try to be sarcastic and humorous à la the Vandals, but are about as funny as any random guy wearing a tank top and a baseball cap who just downed a 12-pack. Musically, they play by-the-numbers punk rock, never bothering to come up with a riff or lick that mildly deviates from the norm. Also, the singer's voice is intensely annoying and bratty, almost as bad as, say, Scrappy Doo. The only song that's halfway OK is "Corpse Rotting in Hell," a minute-long takeoff on death metal with a dog bark at the end that's worth a chuckle. But, mostly, Guttermouth (who do actually have their fair share of fans and are able to headline medium- to large-sized venues) make the Bloodhound Gang or Limp Bizkit sound like Beethoven.