Trenchmouth

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There are two Bands with the name Trenchmouth. Most scrobbles on last.fm are for the Chicago unit (#2 below). 1)From June 1979 until February 1980, Trenchmouth unleashed a powerful stench upon the fledgling DC punk scene. Inspired by the Damned's legendary spring 1979 performance at the long defunct DC nightclub known as the Bayou, vocalist Charlie Danbury placed an ad seeking musicians to form "the most vile and disgusting band of all time." Guitarist Scott Wingo, bassist Andy Hayes, and drummer Adam Stoll responded, and the quartet quickly set about doing their part in toppling the old order of mediocre "album oriented rock" they had all suffered through much of the '70s (OK, OK, it wasn't all so bad). Though the group fell short of Danbury's vile and disgusting dream, during their eight month existence, they, along with sometimes gigmates the Bad Brains, were one of a very few DC bands offering honest-to-God hard-edged punk rock. Trenchmouth's first gig occurred in the basement of a townhouse around the block from the band's rehearsal space (and Charlie's home) in Fairfax, VA. When the fuckin-A circa 1979 typical teen-age Northern Virginia party-goers got a load of Charlie's flea collar and the discordant thrashing began, the collective and obligatory "this punk rock shit sucks" immediately arose, and the room quickly cleared out. Only a few brave souls (including the Slickee Boys' Kim Kane) endured the full drunken, sloppy assault. In between songs, the strains of Lyny

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