Years active 1988–1996 Associated acts The Eternals | Labels Skene!/East West Active until 1996 | |
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Past members Damon Locks
Chris DeZutter
Wayne Montana
Fred Armisen Origin Chicago, Illinois, United States (1990) Albums Inside the Future, Vs. the Light of the Sun Members Fred Armisen, Damon Locks, Wayne Montana, Chris DeZutter Genres Post-hardcore, Punk rock, Math rock, Dub Similar The Eternals, The 8G Band, Crisis of Conformity, Carrie Brownstein, Alec MacKaye | ||
Trenchmouth i friction live emo s 1992
Trenchmouth was an American rock band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 1988. Throughout its existence, the band mainly consisted of Damon Locks (vocals/percussion), Chris DeZutter (guitar), Wayne Montana (bass), and Fred Armisen on drums.
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- Trenchmouth i friction live emo s 1992
- Trenchmouth power to the amplifier
- Biography
- Musical style
- Discography
- Members
- Songs
- References
Trenchmouth power to the amplifier
Biography
The band was founded in 1988 after Armisen dropped out of the School of Visual Arts and moved from New York to Chicago. As a five-piece with two guitarists, the band released their debut EP, "Snakebite," in 1989. After releasing two studio albums, Construction of New Action and Inside The Future, they released a third LP, Trenchmouth vs. The Light of the Sun, on East West Records, a division of Elektra Records. The band broke up after releasing their final album, The Broadcasting System, in 1996.
Armisen went on to be a cast member of Saturday Night Live. Locks went on to be in Super ESP and later reconvened with Montana to form The Eternals. DeZutter returned to school, emerged with a PhD in chemistry, and taught organic chemistry at the University of Minnesota, Rochester until he was fired in 2015 for possessing child pornography. Other original members included Josh Kohn and Tom Sweets on guitar and Chris Kupczak on percussion.
In a 2014 Q&A also featuring musicians David Pajo and David Grubbs, Armisen revealed why he quit Trenchmouth: "It just felt like other bands kept passing us by," Armisen also said that "it was easy to convince himself some of those bands were more pop, and had a broader appeal." He concluded: "But as weirder and weirder bands started passing Trenchmouth by, he started to see the writing on the wall. Tortoise [Pajo's former band] had 20 minute songs with no vocals and they were huge."
Musical style
Primarily known as a post-hardcore band, Trenchmouth was also labeled as punk rock and math rock. The band's musical style featured influences from various genres, including no wave, post-punk, funk, and reggae, as well as Latin music. The band's first single, "Snakebite" was described as a post-punk track that "fills in the void between primitive acid-jazz grooves, worldbeat brazenness, and fetid Fugazi formula." While the band's following releases, including Trenchmouth Vs. the Light of the Sun, featured "mutating time signatures, elaborate guitar phrasing, and fast-walking basslines that traditionally signify 1970s prog-rock," the band's final album completes the band's evolution to a "bass-heavy dub project."
Discography
Members
Songs
Overthrower1996
Power to the Amplifier1993
How I Became InvincibleVs the Light of the Sun · 1994