Guitarist/vocalist Kenny Mount, bassist Kelly Ratliff, and drummer Eric “Guppy” Bonilla have the time of their lives doing what they do best…playing music in The Filthies. Meet The Filthies, 3 guys from Bakersfield that drink a shit load of beer and consistently pack out every venue they play. After 5+ years of playing their brand of rural punk rock music, The Filthies signed to Fallen-Angel-Records in 2007 after recording their full-length CD entitled “Your Turn” at Westbeach Recorders in Hollywood, CA. All of the elements on this recording are nothing short of awesome, think along the lines of your favorite Ramones riff; simple yet catchy. “Your Turn” is packed with the kind of songs that will be stuck in you head (and CD player) for a very long time. The drums are tight and punchy, the guitars and bass lines are extremely rocking and don’t forget the killer vocals. Kenny sounds like a cross between Joe Strummer and Billy Joe from Green Day and most of the vocals were amazingly done in just one take. He belts out the vocals with great conviction and his lyrics come from the heart. Yes, even the songs about embalming dead bodies and old friends fading away. You see, when Kenny is not playing in The Filthies he is a real life mortician.

The Filthies are one of those few bands that have great stage presence and pour their hearts into each and every live performance. These guys have sold more CD-R’s that one can possibly imagine. The band confessed how they would sit together for hours and burn spindle after spindle of CD-R’s and sell them at their shows for $8 a pop with no artwork. After years of touring up and down the west coast without a full-length album to sell, The Filthies decided it was time to get serious. The band took some time away from the road and wrote their debut album “Your Turn”.

Before the album was even released press came spilling in on just the promotional copies that had been sent out. “I think I’ve spun this song 50 times in the past week” Paperback Writer- January 2007, “Can you say album of the fucking year” Big Wheel Magazine- January 2007, and last but not least “The Filthies album “Your Turn” is their breakout masterpiece”. Do yourself a favor and add The Filthies “Your Turn” to your CD collection. It’s guaranteed to be a piece great punk rock history for many years to come.