“It doesn’t matter who you are – we’re all human, you know – even if you reach this point of victory and you conquer death and all that, the bell still tolls for thee.”
Those are some of the first words uttered by Fuming Mouth mastermind Mark Whalen. As Central Massachusetts as they come, Whelan is direct and blunt, and his concision is not only evident in what he says in conversation but what he pours into his hardcore-meets-death-metal project.
Fuming Mouth’s early recordings flaunted Whalen adeptness at guitar, bass and vocals — and, in the words of Whelan he knew he had struck gold “immediately.” Whelan divulges his trick as follows “The goal isn’t to be the heaviest band. It’s to make good songs. … And it was never even to build a fan base; it was about a scene and a community. I want to contribute to hardcore and add my little piece to it.”
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