5th Annual Gutterfest

The name Guttermouth suggests that their might be something offensive or vulgar associated with the punk band’s music, but I had no idea to what extent until I saw them live. However, this wasn’t necessarily a bad element of their performance, it’s designed to shock and gain a reaction from the audience, and is executed in a sarcastic manner. Although the band have faced issues surrounding this in the past and have been excluded from certain events, their music is great, and seeing them live is a real experience! The show was at an outside venue, and it was absolutely packed, Guttermouth played their classics such as Asshole, and That’s Life, which went down pretty well. Although Ty Smith and Mark Adkins are funny and sometimes offensive, I think on this occasion there was too much talking between songs, however what they did play was great. There was a lot of moshing and crowd surfing, sometimes from the band themselves, but the atmosphere was great.
It’s surprising, but the bands can maintain their vocal and instrumental performances whilst throwing themselves around the stage nonstop! It was a really fun concert, visually exciting, you never knew what was coming next, and the musicians were pretty talented.

When artists fuse genres to create new and exciting music, it’s a demonstration of great skill and talent, and Ignite’s creating of their melodic hardcore music is something that I thoroughly enjoy, and has now become a mainstream genre. I’ve seen them perform countless times over the years, and they always put on a great show: they’re performance dedication and technique is of incredibly high standards, and they give every performance 110%, which is always completely contagious to the audience, who dance and sing along from start to finish.

They opened the show with their track Ash Return from back in the day, and had everyone singing along right from the outset. Their skills on their respective instruments are incredible, and some of the solos that they performed totally blew me away. Nik hill played an awesome solo, whilst Zoltan Teglas sang some incredibly high notes over the top, causing the audience to go crazy. It’s great that they put different spins on their music from the recordings, giving everyone something to really get excited about at their shows. Although their line up has altered considerably over the years, the band are all tight together, and you really wouldn’t know that they weren’t the original group.