Mouthfull was a queercore

Queercore

Queercore is a cultural and social movement that began in the mid-1980s as an offshoot of punk. It is distinguished by being discontent with society in general and its rejection of the disapproval of the gay, bisexual, and lesbian communities and their "oppressive agenda"...

 band based in London

London

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, England

England

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 from 1994 to 2000.

Influenced by the San Francisco and Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

 Queercore

Queercore

Queercore is a cultural and social movement that began in the mid-1980s as an offshoot of punk. It is distinguished by being discontent with society in general and its rejection of the disapproval of the gay, bisexual, and lesbian communities and their "oppressive agenda"...

 scenes, the band set up the pioneering queercore night club Up To The Elbow in Camden

London Borough of Camden

In 1801, the civil parishes that form the modern borough were already developed and had a total population of 96,795. This continued to rise swiftly throughout the 19th century, as the district became built up; reaching 270,197 in the middle of the century...

 in London

London

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. Core members were guitarist / vocalist Andy McHaffie and bass player Mike Wyeld, although Mike contributed vocals to two songs. The band regularly played with other bands on the scene, and even promoted other bands gigs. The band released a single early on in the US, called 16, a song fighting the then ongoing age of consent

Age of consent

While the phrase age of consent typically does not appear in legal statutes, when used in relation to sexual activity, the age of consent is the minimum age at which a person is considered to be legally competent to consent to sexual acts. The European Union calls it the legal age for sexual...

 debate for gay men in the UK. On the back of that, a new line up without original members Lea and Yaz, but with new 17 year old drummer Monsoon had a record deal with a small London record label.

Mouthfull recorded one album with that label, but that deal subsequently ended acrimoniously. The band then found another record label to release the album, but that label met its demise shortly after. The album Mouthfull by Mouthfull went unmastered for years, until one of the members found the tapes in an old book case. Digitally remastered from the 2 inch master tapes in ProTools, the album, Mouthfull by Mouthfull…(alternate title Bring Balloons by Mouthfull) was freed for distribution by the Musicians Union and is now available for free download from various sources.
Over the years, the band played with dozens of their heroes, from Tom Robinson

Tom Robinson

Tom Robinson is an English singer-songwriter, bassist and radio presenter, better known for the hits "Glad to Be Gay", "2-4-6-8 Motorway", and "Don't Take No for an Answer", with his Tom Robinson Band...

 (Glad to Be Gay

Glad to Be Gay

"Glad to Be Gay" is a song by British punk rock/New Wave group Tom Robinson Band. It is one of their defining songs, in addition to being considered Britain's national gay anthem since its release.-Song information:...

) to Sister George

Sister George

Sister George was an influential queercore band from London that was formed in 1994. The groups' name was inspired by the 1968 UK movie The Killing of Sister George, which was an adaptation of a BBC radio play of the same name...

 and Pansy Division

Pansy Division

Pansy Division is an American punk rock band that formed in San Francisco, California in 1991. Featuring primarily gay musicians and focusing mostly on gay-related themes, Pansy Division is one of the more melodic-oriented bands to emerge from the "queercore" movement that began in the 1980s.-Early...

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