Mr Bungle
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Mr Bungle Biography
Mr. Bungle's sound and approach is a unique mix of the
experimental, the abstract, and the absurd (in other words, the finer
things in life). It all began in 1985, in a small California town named
Eureka. The group (bassist Trevor Dunn, drummer Danny Heifetz, alto
saxophonist Theo Lengyel, tenor saxophonist/clarinetist Clinton
McKinnon, vocalist Mike Patton, and guitarist Trey Spruance) met while
in high school and took their moniker from an extremely corny
children's educational film regarding bad habits (it was featured in a
Pee Wee Herman HBO special back in the early '80s). The group's first
demo, The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny, was recorded around this
time, and soon others followed: Bowl of Chiley, Goddammit I Love
America!, and OU818. With each one, their sound became progressively
more mutated, until musical boundaries began to melt (metal, funk,
experimental, jazz, ska, techno, etc.). Mike Patton landed the lead
vocalist slot with Faith No More in 1988 (it was in fact a Mr. Bungle
demo that got Patton the job), and instead of breaking up Mr. Bungle,
Patton decided to keep both bands going simultaneously. Due to FNM's
success (1989's The Real Thing), Mr. Bungle was signed to Warner Bros.,
who released their self-titled debut in 1991 (with almost all the
members going by obscure aliases). The band built a large and loyal
cult following on the subsequent tour, as they performed in masks to
hide their identities, and played unlikely covers during their set
(Billy Squier's The Stroke, The Star Wars Theme, John Sebastian's
Welcome Back, etc.). When the tour wrapped up in 1992, Patton
returned to Faith No More while the rest of the group focused on side
projects (Spruance -- Faxed Head; Heifetz -- Dieselhed and Zip Code
Rapists; and Spruance, Dunn, and Heifetz all in the Secret Chiefs 3),
with Spruance briefly joining Patton in FNM for the recording of 1995's
King for a Day. It took the band four long years to follow up its debut
with the superb Disco Volante (1995). A long and extensive world tour
followed, with the group widening its fan base. Mr. Bungle quickly
regrouped in early 1997 to record an album of their eclectic cover
songs, which was eventually put on hold before completion as Patton
began a tour with Faith No More and as the others returned to their
additional projects. The group reconvened in 1999 for the release of
California. Patton would continue working with his myriad projects
without paying much particular attention to Mr. Bungle through 2001.
Interestingly, the Fantômas album The Director's Cut (2001) felt more
like a healthy mix of Disco Volante and California than the thrashing
and cut-up theatrics of Fantômas' self-titled debut and thereby left
some to wonder about the future of Bungle as its own entity. To that
end, it should be noted that the only thing certain with Patton is, in
fact, uncertainty. ~ Greg Prato, All Music Guide
Written by Greg Prato