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History
About Mouth Rat
Florida based Mouth Rat rocks some fast punk, hardcore and a little reggae / ska based tunes, and is known for making acoustic appearances.
Mouth Rat was started out of Tampa / Clearwater Florida though the band name Mouth Rat comes from the city Boca Raton, FL. It was listed on early maps as "Boca Ratones". The literal translation of "Boca Raton" is "Mouse Mouth" ("rat" in Spanish is "rata"). Boca (or mouth) was (and still is) used to describe an inlet and ratón (literally mouse) was used by Spanish sailors to describe rocks that gnawed at a ship's cable.
2008
Shawn and David had been playing guitar together for months and trying to find the right drummer. Beejay saw an ad for a drummer titled - "It's My Job to Keep Punk Rock Elite", then called and chatted with Shawn for about a half-hour. The first practice was held at a room at USF (University of Florida) which went very well.
With a few practices down, it was time to search for a bass player, which Beejay brought out his friend Mike, who jams music with him from time to time. Mike plays lefty guitar, so he borrowed Shawn's right-handed Danelectro sparkley Bass and flipped it over. Mike worked out great on bass and went on to purchase his own bass equipment. By the end of 2008, there were a hand-full of songs going, written by Shawn and David. Before the end-of-the-year holiday season practice was moved to Beejay's place and he had a broken his hand, which put him out of drumming for a few weeks.
2009
At the beginning of 2009, Beejay's hand was about healed as he attended the NAMM show in Anaheim. By the end of January 2009, practing had started again and the songs were still sounding good after not playing for a few months. Staring in February, recording started for a 4 song demo. After finishing recording and mixing, the band name "Mouth Rat" was thought up during dinner at a Denny's Restaurant after band practice one night.
Before chosing a name for the demo and finalizing it, Shawn unexpectedly dissapears, leaving no sign of returning. Mike, David and Beejay give it a few weeks of waiting and trying to contact Shawn and finally decide to move on... They're dropping like turds in a Taco Bell bathroom. Mike decided to become a pirate, so he left the band and is somewhere in Somalia now. Best wishes to Mike and all his pillaging. By the end of the year, David and Beejay go on to complete two albums while searching for a bass player.
2010
David and Beejay continued to search for bass players while Beejay recorded a few Prisoners On Earth albums and played drums for a death metal band briefly. There were a few random bass players the tried and gave up quick or didn't show up at all. Songs were still being written while also filming and animating for some upcoming videos for some songs from the "Heroes in a Half Band" album from 2009 as well as making some random acoustic appearances on Clearwater Beach.
2011
Starting off 2011 good with DJ on bass and Dano on guitar. The videos started over a year ago were never finished. Maybe they will be finished by 2012.
We use....
- Alvarez Guitars
- Michael Kelly Guitars
- Ibanez Guitars and Basses
- Gibson Guitars
- BC Rich Guitars
- Dean Basses
- Boss Pedals
- Marshall Amps
- Fender Amps
- Kustom Amps
- Yamaha Drums & Hardware
- Zildjian Cymbals
- Pearl Bass Pedals
- Vater Drum Sticks
- Vic Firth Drumsticks
- Toca Percussion Products
- Latin Percussion Products
- Shure Mics and Headphones
- Apple Computers and Software
- M-Audio Products
- Griffin Audio Products