Anchor ads are not supported on this page.

4S Ranch Allied Gardens Alpine Baja Balboa Park Bankers Hill Barrio Logan Bay Ho Bay Park Black Mountain Ranch Blossom Valley Bonita Bonsall Borrego Springs Boulevard Campo Cardiff-by-the-Sea Carlsbad Carmel Mountain Carmel Valley Chollas View Chula Vista City College City Heights Clairemont College Area Coronado CSU San Marcos Cuyamaca College Del Cerro Del Mar Descanso Downtown San Diego Eastlake East Village El Cajon Emerald Hills Encanto Encinitas Escondido Fallbrook Fletcher Hills Golden Hill Grant Hill Grantville Grossmont College Guatay Harbor Island Hillcrest Imperial Beach Imperial Valley Jacumba Jamacha-Lomita Jamul Julian Kearny Mesa Kensington La Jolla Lakeside La Mesa Lemon Grove Leucadia Liberty Station Lincoln Acres Lincoln Park Linda Vista Little Italy Logan Heights Mesa College Midway District MiraCosta College Miramar Miramar College Mira Mesa Mission Beach Mission Hills Mission Valley Mountain View Mount Hope Mount Laguna National City Nestor Normal Heights North Park Oak Park Ocean Beach Oceanside Old Town Otay Mesa Pacific Beach Pala Palomar College Palomar Mountain Paradise Hills Pauma Valley Pine Valley Point Loma Point Loma Nazarene Potrero Poway Rainbow Ramona Rancho Bernardo Rancho Penasquitos Rancho San Diego Rancho Santa Fe Rolando San Carlos San Marcos San Onofre Santa Ysabel Santee San Ysidro Scripps Ranch SDSU Serra Mesa Shelltown Shelter Island Sherman Heights Skyline Solana Beach Sorrento Valley Southcrest South Park Southwestern College Spring Valley Stockton Talmadge Temecula Tierrasanta Tijuana UCSD University City University Heights USD Valencia Park Valley Center Vista Warner Springs

Power-punk-pop trio Potty Mouth releases new album SNAFU

Soda Bar will host band on July 18th

Potty Mouth: “We’re more confident in what we do, and I think it shows.”
Potty Mouth: “We’re more confident in what we do, and I think it shows.”

Asked about favorite haunts when her band, Potty Mouth, comes to San Diego, drummer Victoria Mandanas replies, “The place where the seals are” — leaving unresolved whether she’s talking La Jolla, SeaWorld, or possibly both.

Regarding favorite places to play, she’s a little more definite. “We’ve played a handful of shows at the Che Café. I think the first was with Perfect Pussy back in 2013 or 2014. It was super fun and wild. I remember there were kids hanging from the rafters in there.”

Past Event

Dressy Bessy and Potty Mouth

  • Thursday, July 18, 2019, 8 p.m.
  • Soda Bar, 3615 El Cajon Boulevard, San Diego
  • 21+ / $12 - $14

The female power-punk-pop trio make it to the Soda Bar this time, on July 18. The new album SNAFU slams home with punk energy and bravado, proclaiming that if sarcasm and the “plastic” in day-to-day life are all we have to work with, then we push plastic to plausible and palpable, through passion. Not a very classic-punk idea, but a damn fine power pop position.

Sponsored
Sponsored

“We’ve been a band for eight years,” Mandanas, “so change is only natural. We’re more confident in what we do, and I think it shows.”

The band, originally a quartet, got together at Smith College in Western Massachusetts. Mandanas and bassist Ally Einbinder were enrolled, while guitarist/lead singer Abby Weems, still in high school, showed up sympatico on the scene. “Western Mass has tons of music,” Mandanas reflects. “Dinosaur Jr. is from there. There are always young people filtering in and out of the area because of the five-college consortium, and that definitely plays a big part in the music scene.”

“As for Smith, it’s a great place, but the majority of our formative musical experiences in this band took place outside of that context, with locals and students from neighboring colleges Hampshire and UMass.”

For a favorite SNAFU track Manadanas chose “Fencewalker,” because, she opines, “It’s a really great blend of pop and rock. It’s super fun to play, and I get to sing quite a bit which is always fun!”

The band co-wrote “Fencewalker” with Go-Go’s drummer Gina Schock, which, in turn, lead to Potty Mouth opening for the Go-Go’s on a pair of dates last summer. Death Cab For Cutie’s Chris Walla chimed in on the writing of another track, the super-sarcastic, sybaritic “Smash Hit.”

“Those ladies paved the way for bands like us,” Manadanas says of the Go-Go’s, “so it was definitely surreal and a huge honor.”

Here's something you might be interested in.
Submit a free classified
or view all
Previous article

Flowering pear trees in Kensington not that nice

Empty dirt plots in front of Ken Cinema
Potty Mouth: “We’re more confident in what we do, and I think it shows.”
Potty Mouth: “We’re more confident in what we do, and I think it shows.”

Asked about favorite haunts when her band, Potty Mouth, comes to San Diego, drummer Victoria Mandanas replies, “The place where the seals are” — leaving unresolved whether she’s talking La Jolla, SeaWorld, or possibly both.

Regarding favorite places to play, she’s a little more definite. “We’ve played a handful of shows at the Che Café. I think the first was with Perfect Pussy back in 2013 or 2014. It was super fun and wild. I remember there were kids hanging from the rafters in there.”

Past Event

Dressy Bessy and Potty Mouth

  • Thursday, July 18, 2019, 8 p.m.
  • Soda Bar, 3615 El Cajon Boulevard, San Diego
  • 21+ / $12 - $14

The female power-punk-pop trio make it to the Soda Bar this time, on July 18. The new album SNAFU slams home with punk energy and bravado, proclaiming that if sarcasm and the “plastic” in day-to-day life are all we have to work with, then we push plastic to plausible and palpable, through passion. Not a very classic-punk idea, but a damn fine power pop position.

Sponsored
Sponsored

“We’ve been a band for eight years,” Mandanas, “so change is only natural. We’re more confident in what we do, and I think it shows.”

The band, originally a quartet, got together at Smith College in Western Massachusetts. Mandanas and bassist Ally Einbinder were enrolled, while guitarist/lead singer Abby Weems, still in high school, showed up sympatico on the scene. “Western Mass has tons of music,” Mandanas reflects. “Dinosaur Jr. is from there. There are always young people filtering in and out of the area because of the five-college consortium, and that definitely plays a big part in the music scene.”

“As for Smith, it’s a great place, but the majority of our formative musical experiences in this band took place outside of that context, with locals and students from neighboring colleges Hampshire and UMass.”

For a favorite SNAFU track Manadanas chose “Fencewalker,” because, she opines, “It’s a really great blend of pop and rock. It’s super fun to play, and I get to sing quite a bit which is always fun!”

The band co-wrote “Fencewalker” with Go-Go’s drummer Gina Schock, which, in turn, lead to Potty Mouth opening for the Go-Go’s on a pair of dates last summer. Death Cab For Cutie’s Chris Walla chimed in on the writing of another track, the super-sarcastic, sybaritic “Smash Hit.”

“Those ladies paved the way for bands like us,” Manadanas says of the Go-Go’s, “so it was definitely surreal and a huge honor.”

Comments
Sponsored
Here's something you might be interested in.
Submit a free classified
or view all
Previous article

2024 continues to impress with yellowfin much closer to San Diego than they should be

New rockfish regulations coming this week as opener approaches
Next Article

Nation’s sexy soldiers stage protest at Pendleton in wake of change in Marine uniform policy

Semper WHY?
Comments
Ask a Hipster — Advice you didn't know you needed Big Screen — Movie commentary Blurt — Music's inside track Booze News — San Diego spirits Classical Music — Immortal beauty Classifieds — Free and easy Cover Stories — Front-page features Drinks All Around — Bartenders' drink recipes Excerpts — Literary and spiritual excerpts Feast! — Food & drink reviews Feature Stories — Local news & stories Fishing Report — What’s getting hooked from ship and shore From the Archives — Spotlight on the past Golden Dreams — Talk of the town The Gonzo Report — Making the musical scene, or at least reporting from it Letters — Our inbox Movies@Home — Local movie buffs share favorites Movie Reviews — Our critics' picks and pans Musician Interviews — Up close with local artists Neighborhood News from Stringers — Hyperlocal news News Ticker — News & politics Obermeyer — San Diego politics illustrated Outdoors — Weekly changes in flora and fauna Overheard in San Diego — Eavesdropping illustrated Poetry — The old and the new Reader Travel — Travel section built by travelers Reading — The hunt for intellectuals Roam-O-Rama — SoCal's best hiking/biking trails San Diego Beer — Inside San Diego suds SD on the QT — Almost factual news Sheep and Goats — Places of worship Special Issues — The best of Street Style — San Diego streets have style Surf Diego — Real stories from those braving the waves Theater — On stage in San Diego this week Tin Fork — Silver spoon alternative Under the Radar — Matt Potter's undercover work Unforgettable — Long-ago San Diego Unreal Estate — San Diego's priciest pads Your Week — Daily event picks
4S Ranch Allied Gardens Alpine Baja Balboa Park Bankers Hill Barrio Logan Bay Ho Bay Park Black Mountain Ranch Blossom Valley Bonita Bonsall Borrego Springs Boulevard Campo Cardiff-by-the-Sea Carlsbad Carmel Mountain Carmel Valley Chollas View Chula Vista City College City Heights Clairemont College Area Coronado CSU San Marcos Cuyamaca College Del Cerro Del Mar Descanso Downtown San Diego Eastlake East Village El Cajon Emerald Hills Encanto Encinitas Escondido Fallbrook Fletcher Hills Golden Hill Grant Hill Grantville Grossmont College Guatay Harbor Island Hillcrest Imperial Beach Imperial Valley Jacumba Jamacha-Lomita Jamul Julian Kearny Mesa Kensington La Jolla Lakeside La Mesa Lemon Grove Leucadia Liberty Station Lincoln Acres Lincoln Park Linda Vista Little Italy Logan Heights Mesa College Midway District MiraCosta College Miramar Miramar College Mira Mesa Mission Beach Mission Hills Mission Valley Mountain View Mount Hope Mount Laguna National City Nestor Normal Heights North Park Oak Park Ocean Beach Oceanside Old Town Otay Mesa Pacific Beach Pala Palomar College Palomar Mountain Paradise Hills Pauma Valley Pine Valley Point Loma Point Loma Nazarene Potrero Poway Rainbow Ramona Rancho Bernardo Rancho Penasquitos Rancho San Diego Rancho Santa Fe Rolando San Carlos San Marcos San Onofre Santa Ysabel Santee San Ysidro Scripps Ranch SDSU Serra Mesa Shelltown Shelter Island Sherman Heights Skyline Solana Beach Sorrento Valley Southcrest South Park Southwestern College Spring Valley Stockton Talmadge Temecula Tierrasanta Tijuana UCSD University City University Heights USD Valencia Park Valley Center Vista Warner Springs
Close

Anchor ads are not supported on this page.