This came out in 2003 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
I have finally figured out Gob’s dirty little secret — they’re closet environmentalists.
Oh sure, this Vancouver foursome try to come off as just another snottier-than-thou bunch of skateboarding popcore nihilists. But look no further than their latest album Foot In Mouth Disease to witness their obvious commitment to recycling. The ransom-note title font? Borrowed from countless albums beginning with Never Mind The Bollocks. The addictively hooky pop-punk songs like Oh! Ellin and Cold Feet? Made up largely from leftover licks they’ve been collecting over the years, with bits of Green Day, Offspring, Cheap Trick, ’70s new wave and ’80s heavy metal sprinkled in for flavour — and a healthy dose of F-words to show the kids that they’re still, like, rebels, man. The tune about Asian martial artist Ming Tran? Taken from last year’s F.U. EP. Most of the “bonus” disc that comes with the album? The rest of the F.U. EP — which was already recycled stuff from their earlier albums — along with a couple of soundtrack and live cuts and three videos for songs from The World According to Gob. Sheesh. Never mind the parental advisory sticker. This sucker needs a different kind of cautionary label: Warning! Made from 100% Reconstituted Rock.
