Moutpiece

A fiery collective of absurdity and madness, rolled into a rock’n’roll machine of power. Moutpiece formed as a three piece around the dawn of the new millennium in order to right many of the then current wrongs on the Dublin rock scene. Namely a lack of high octane punk rock and roll.

Loud, fast, obnoxious bursts of guitar fuelled mayhem, the band was formed by Gazzy Wazzy of some of Dublin and New York’s finest musical spectacles, The Yank of the country that dare not speak its name and Tommy Trousers whose many musical accomplishments warrant too much space to be afforded here. Gigs and tours followed. As did the addition of second guitarist Conzo, fresh off a very very long stint at the helm of Dublin legends Female Hercules. Armed with a blistering bag of riffs and a voracious thirst for everything, they set off on the road. Tours of Holland, Ireland and festival appearances ensued and Moutpiece was brought to the masses, who enjoyed it immensely.

The debut eponymous album, on top uber underground label Flute Records, solidified what had become readily apparent to at least two dozen kids on the scene, that Moutpiece has the chops and throws the shapes that keep the party hopping, the synapses popping and the heads bopping. Radio play, including the late Gerry Ryan doing a mouth guitar rendition of the 'Eric Clapton is God', followed as did a lot of encouraging words from punters, record shop owners, barmen, taxi drivers, parents, kids, wives and girlfriends. Aidan Walsh even physically gave the Yank a pat on the back and told him to keep up the good work.

Their follow-up (4 years later-typical), The Black Banana EP picks up where their 2008 S/T debut left off. This time it’s four more blistering garage punk tunes including an ode to a fictional 80’s Dublin band from which the title of the EP is taken. Check it out if you like to dance around the sitting room like you’ve got ants in your pants. Don’t just take our word for it, here’s what Harmeless Noise had to say:

the whole EP’s blowing my mind, it’s just about the best I’ve heard of punk this year and sort of makes me feel like there must have been a huge gap up til now – http://harmlessnoise.ie/2012/09/news-moutpiece/

The EP can be purchased at http://moutpiece.bandcamp.com/ in digital format for 4 Euro or ordered on vinyl for 6 Euro plus shipping. The vinyl comes with an immediate download of the EP.
You can also pick it up in Elastic Witch and The R.A.G.E for 6 Euro with a download code.

The band can be reached at:
[email protected]
http://moutpiece.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/moutpiece