''Eat Your Face'' is the eighth album by the

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punk rock band Guttermouth, released in 2004 by

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and Volcom Entertainment. It was hailed as a "return to form" after the stylistic experimentations of 2002's '' Gusto'', going back to the band's tried-and-true style of fast, abrasive punk rock with tongue-in-cheek humor and sarcastic lyrics. The album marked a period of transition for the band, whose founding guitarist Eric Davis had left the group early in 2004 and been replaced by Donald Horne. It was also their only album with bassist Kevin Clark, and their last with longtime drummer Ty Smith. Lyrically it retained the band’s sense of biting sarcasm and expressed dissatisfaction with the

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electoral system and the current state of punk rock in the mainstream, amongst other topics. In the summer of 2004 Guttermouth embarked on the Vans

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in support of ''Eat Your Face''. However, the band's outrageous behavior and propensity for stirring up controversy soon led to problems on the tour. Singer Mark Adkins would often openly insult other acts from onstage, and the band members mocked the anti- Republican agenda of many of the tour's performers by selling T-shirts and displaying banners that proclaimed support for President

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. After several weeks the band abruptly left the tour, causing many rumors to circulate online and in the music press as to the reasons behind their departure, some claiming that they had been ejected and others that they had been asked to leave. Eventually Adkins issued a statement admitting that the band had left the tour voluntarily, due in part to his distaste for the political atmosphere surrounding it. ''Eat Your Face'' was released jointly by Epitaph Records and Volcom Entertainment. It would be the band's final recording for Epitaph, as they would move fully to Volcom for their next album, 2006's ''

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Track listing

All songs written by Guttermouth #"Party of Two (Your Table is Ready)" - 2:53 #"Surf's Up Asshole" - 3:15 #"Octopus Hairpiece" - 2:19 #"Wasted Lives" - 2:10 #"The Next Faux Mohican" - 2:42 #"Season" - 1:58 #"Second DUI" - 2:31 #"My Neighbor's Baby" - 2:54 #"Guadalahabra (The La Habra Spirit)" - 2:33 #"NRAA" - 1:59 #"I Read it on a Bathroom Wall in

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Performers

Mark Adkins Guttermouth is an American punk rock band formed in 1988 in Huntington Beach, California and currently recording for Rude Records. They have released nine full-length studio albums and two live albums and have toured extensively, including perfo ...

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

*Scott Sheldon -

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

*Donald "Don" Horne - guitar *Kevin Clark -

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

*William Tyler "Ty" Smith -

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

Album information

*Record label:

*Recorded at Criterion Studios and Harcourt Studios April 5–10, 2004 *Produced by Scott Sheldon and Donald Horne *Engineered by Brent *Engineered by Brent, Scott Sheldon, and Donald Horne *Mastered by Gene Grimaldi at Oasis Mastering {{Authority control 2004 albums Guttermouth albums Epitaph Records albums Volcom Entertainment albums