Musical Monkey in Bloomington, MN

From Orange County comes a band that reflects all the worst aspects of the Orange County
punk
scene. Of course they're 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 a 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,
(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
. ~ Adam Bregman