![]() ![]() ![]() Music Connection: Take us back to your creative flashpoint. tour––to discuss the hurdles of genre mashing, their newest record and the “death of the live performance.” To learn more, MC sat down with frontman Jeremy McKinnon and guitarist Kevin Skaff––before they embarked on their current U.S. They have created a niche market by paving their own road, DIY style. Within the last five years, ADTR have sold over 800,000 records worldwide and have toured the U.S., U.K., Australia Mexico, Ireland, Germany, Netherlands, Canada, France, Italy and Japan. ![]() The Florida natives gave the middle finger to conformity and have since created a global underground network of fans itching for pop-punk choruses layered with hardcore breakdowns. MUST HEAR TRAC: “Elmer and The Man That Feeds Him” – Half hardcore breakdown, half Blink 182, this song is bi-polar in all the right ways.Eight years ago, a band from Ocala, FL was given an ultimatum: be pop-punk, or be hardcore… just don’t be both. After all, being a little unconventional is never a bad thing. This foray into yet another genre is brief, but perhaps foreshadows the future for the adventurous outfit. The drums and guitar come out blazing for the general, as Intili screams “Tonight it’s you against the world!” The front-man’s voice is more aggressive on this track, tapping into his alter-Screamo-image to give the song an air of anger: “I hope that you still hate me/Because I wish you nothing but the worst/In time I’ll settle the score.”īeing the fun loving bunch they are, the band couldn’t resist a little merriment at the end of the EP: Intili’s vocals are auto-tuned, and the slightest bit of record scratching is heard before “Kael” concludes with the more traditional heavy palm-mute riffing. This is, after all, the group that breathed new life into ‘N Sync’s “It’s Gonna Be Me” at the Bamboozle by turning certain portions of the Boy Band ear candy into high speed Thrash-Punk.īad Case of Big Mouth doesn’t miss its chance to name-drop other pop-culture influences on Baseball The “General Kael” mentioned in the title of the final track of the EP is an allusion to the character of the same name portrayed by Pat Roach in the 1988 movie Willow, starring Val Kilmer and Warwick Davis. Often times Intili’s sense of melody is artfully juxtaposed against heavier hooks, such as the work found on “Gorey Love,” creating a playful dissonance that underscores the band’s playful personality. “Just remember that you’re not the only one/When it feels like the odds are a million to none.” Don’t get too comfortable though, because the song shifts back and forth like such throughout the track, keeping the listener cued in for an explosive gang chorus which acts invitation to join the ranks. “We always knew we’d have to let these good times go,” sings vocalist Rob Intili before the group transitions into a jagged breakdown. “Elmer” announces itself with a high-speed galloping beat fortified by aggressive power chords. From there, the band’s songwriting prowess takes over. While effortlessly transitioning between aggressive chunking Hardcore and angst-ridden, Blink-182-type Pop tunes on their latest EP, Baseball, the outfit highlights their penchant for not sitting still on any one riff, chorus, or sound.īefore even delving into the music, the tracklist alone is substantial evidence that Bad Case of Big Mouth is a humorous group utilizing oddball titles like “Elmer and The Man That Feeds Him,” “She Could Have Made Gorey Love,” and “General Kael Will Have His Revenge” to draw the potential listener in. ![]() Bad Case Of Big Mouth, an Experimental-Punk outfit from South Plainfield, isn’t timid when it comes to operating unconventionally, in fact, areas of eccentricity is this seven-piece collective’s comfort zone…and they thrive in it. ![]()
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