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==Musical style== The band's sound is a traditional punk rock sound, and has been described as "[[street punk]]".<ref name="Bush" /> ''CMJ New Music Report'' described their sound as "blue-collar pop-influenced punk".<ref name="Sciarretto">Sciarretto, Amy (1999) "[https://books.google.com/books?id=5Z-PJmeTAzMC&dq=%22swingin+utters%22&pg=PA25 Swingin' Utters ''Brazen Head EP'']", ''CMJ New Music Report'', July 19, 1999, p. 25, retrieved September 30, 2012</ref> Comparisons have been drawn with early punk bands such as [[the Clash]], [[Sham 69]], [[the Sex Pistols]], and [[Stiff Little Fingers]].<ref name="Greene">Greene, Jo-Ann "[http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-streets-of-san-francisco-mw0000082994 ''The Streets of San Francisco'' Review]", [[Allmusic]], retrieved September 30, 2012</ref><ref name="DaRonco">DaRonco, Mike "[http://www.allmusic.com/album/juvenile-product-of-the-working-class-mw0000665557 ''Juvenile Product of the Working Class'' Review]", [[Allmusic]], retrieved September 30, 2012</ref><ref name="Jenkins">Jenkins, Mark (1996) "[https://web.archive.org/web/20160414135122/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-803012.html Descendents Persist; Utters' Clash Envy]", ''[[The Washington Post]]'', December 13, 1996</ref> The band have also incorporated elements of [[country music]] and [[roots rock]], with comparisons to band such as Dropkick Murphys and [[the Pogues]].<ref name="Heaney" /><ref name="Jenkins" /><ref name="Bell" /><ref name="BellR">Bell, Robert (2011) "[http://www.arktimes.com/arkansas/randy-rogers-and-wade-bowen-play-revolution/Content?oid=1825009 Swingin' Utters]", ''[[Arkansas Times]]'', June 22, 2011, retrieved September 30, 2012</ref><ref name="Loftus">Loftus, Johnny "[http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-in-a-dive-mw0000655393 ''Live in a Dive'' Review]", [[Allmusic]], retrieved September 30, 2012</ref> Bonnel cites early punk rock bands and Celtic music as his early influences.<ref name="Deseret">"`Utters' have come a ways since their cover days", ''[[Deseret News]]'', October 31, 1998</ref> Darius Koski said of their music "I've always thought of [our] songs as just loud, aggressive and fast folk or country songs."<ref name="Osterbeck" />
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