Mouthfull

Mouthfull
Origin	London, United Kingdom
Genres	Queercore, grunge, punk, pop
Years active	1994-2000
Labels	Better
Associated acts	Sister George, Spy 51, Kidnapper, The Kitchenettes, The Seahorses, Braxton Hicks, Pansy Division
Website	last.fm/music/Mouthfull
Members
Andy McHaffie Mike Wyeld
Past members
Ruth Crumie Yasmin Sairally Lea Andrews Monsoon

Mouthfull was a queercore band based in London, England from 1994 to 2000.^[1]

Influenced by the San Francisco and Toronto Queercore scenes, the band set up the pioneering queercore night club Up To The Elbow in Camden in London. 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 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 (Glad to Be Gay) to Sister George and Pansy Division.

References

1. ^ http://www.last.fm/music/Mouthfull