Gusto is the eighth album by the Huntington Beach, California

Huntington Beach, California

Huntington Beach is a seaside city in Orange County in Southern California. According to the 2010 census, the city population was 189,992; making it the largest beach city in Orange County in terms of population...

 punk rock

Punk rock

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 band Guttermouth

Guttermouth

Guttermouth is an American punk rock band formed in 1988 in Huntington Beach, California and currently recording for Hopeless Records. They have released nine full-length studio albums and two live albums and have toured extensively, including performances on the Vans Warped Tour...

, released in 2002 by Epitaph Records

Epitaph Records

Epitaph Records is a Hollywood, California based independent record label owned by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz. The label was originally "just a logo and a P.O. box" created in the 1980s for the purpose of selling Bad Religion records, but has evolved into a large independent record...

. It found the band taking their style of fast, abrasive punk rock in new directions, experimenting with elements of pop and other styles. Their usual tongue-in-cheek humor and sarcastic lyrics remain intact, but the album's overall sound is quite different from any of their others. This was due partly to a lineup change: founding member and frequent songwriter James Nunn had left the group the previous year, leaving guitarists Scott Sheldon and Eric Davis to fill in on bass

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, along with studio bassist Hedge. The album received generally poor reviews from both critics and longtime fans, and would later be regarded by the band as somewhat of a failed experiment.

Track listing

All songs written by Guttermouth

Guttermouth

Guttermouth is an American punk rock band formed in 1988 in Huntington Beach, California and currently recording for Hopeless Records. They have released nine full-length studio albums and two live albums and have toured extensively, including performances on the Vans Warped Tour...

1. "Camp Fire Girl #62"
2. "Scholarship in Punk"
3. "Gusto"
4. "Vacation"
5. "Contagious"
6. "Pee in the Shower"
7. "Walk of Shame"
8. "My Town"
9. "Contribution"
10. "Foot-Long"
11. "Looking Out for #1"
12. "Twins"
13. "My Girlfriend"
14. "Lemon Water"

Performers

• Mark Adkins - Vocals
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• Scott Sheldon - guitar
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  , bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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  , guiro
  Güiro
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  , backing vocals
• Eric "Derek" Davis - guitar, bass guitar, keyboards
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  , vocals
• Hedge - bass (tracks 1, 2, 5, 6 & 11)
• William Tyler "Ty" Smith - drums
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• Eric Mayron - vocals on "Lemon Water"
• Emily "Agent M" Whitehurst
  Emily Whitehurst
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   (Tsunami Bomb
  Tsunami Bomb
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  ) - backing vocals on "My Town" and "Twins"

Album information

• Record label: Epitaph Records
  Epitaph Records
  Epitaph Records is a Hollywood, California based independent record label owned by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz. The label was originally "just a logo and a P.O. box" created in the 1980s for the purpose of selling Bad Religion records, but has evolved into a large independent record...
  
  
• Recorded at Paramount Studios and Can Am Studios
• Mixed at Paramount Studios by Jim Goodwin
• Mastered by Gene Grimaldi at Oasis Mastering
• Produced by Scott Sheldon, Eric Davis, Jim Goodwin, and Mark Adkins
• All songs by Guttermouth
• Art by Mark Adkins
• Layout by C. Martin