AudioConsulting

4y

It’s tough to say what my favorite song is,..,,

I love the ending to disco volante with that Elvis reverb crescendo , “ bring backkkkkk the paaaaaain that is truuuue” I love techno search for allah There’s too many things I can point to. 😭

There’s too much I love about MB, I always thought FNM was jealous because that was Patton’s main band masquerading as a side band Who didn’t have to tour that much, they didn’t have to sell platinum plus. They didn’t have to chart top 40. They were treated as mutant freaks over at Warner. They were a spoiled band because Mike had become a teen magazine star. It shielded them from getting dropped, IMO.

And while I liked FNM, when the singer left, Mike saved the band and then the guitarist was intimidated by how quickly Mike became the de facto leader. The 2nd lp cemented that. Jim Martin leaves because he can’t handle the death metal influences. Likely because it’s difficult for him to keep up with the goat.

Then FNM keeps replacing the guitarist each time & Mike lays down the law & makes FNM his side band in late 90’s

Strangely enough the 2 main leaders of Bungle both have record labels. But Mike became like a serious output for any artist or group he liked. Now MB returns strangely on some insane timeline & they have legendary drummer they wanted plus the legendary guitarist Stan of the band.

When this record is released, it opens the door for new material. Even though Ian is probably too stunned & dazed to ponder that he’s in the band with his well known crush.

Will Ian be able to handle this band if they shift to a post California Musical vision? Or is this the finale because the demo aggravated them much they never got to record it & mix it the way they wanted? I guess it depends on Trey and Mike. But this 2nd guitarist takes the pressure off Trey. But maybe Ian can hang with whatever Trey, Trevor, Mike throw at them. Trevor is a beast, he wrote Retrovertigo & Co-wrote Platypus. 😳

It looks to me like mike intends to keep Lombardo & Ian. Does this mean the next lp is going to be on the same 5 year cycle? I don’t know if they would wait 5 years. I think mb wants to do new material & this was just a way to woodshed the band & give the fans their dream: the thrash project that is not badly generation of tape but the vision of how they intended it.

These guys are secret cult marketing geniuses. Mike probably knew last year what he was planning after a few shows. 😭

Wt701

4y

Oddly enough none of the "new" records released sound like Mr bungle. It just sounds like a metal band that happens to have Mike patton fronting it

No weird genre shifts, funk or jazz just str8 heavy metal

cotton dockers

4y

This might be my favorite song of theirs:

cotton dockers

4y

New issue of Revolver (which I did not know still exists) has a Mike Patton interview by Eric Andre.

Jerry Seinfeld

4y

That’s a strange combo lol

Unwound

4y

Disco Volante is just in a different musical stratosphere

cotton dockers

4y

Can’t imagine their upcoming Halloween show can top this “fuck you” of a performance. Poor taste, sure, but Anthony Kiedis should have minded his own f***ing business:

cotton dockers

4y

Favorite Bungle covers?

AudioConsulting

4y

super mario theme, nothing compares 2 u working for the weekend

cotton dockers

4y

Yess, “Working for the Weekend”

AudioConsulting

4y

WB should pay them to design deluxe Bungle editions and give us tour show's as bonuses.

About to be the 30th anniversary soon for the debut

Artwork and packaging could be wild. If WB passes, they can release em when they get the master recordings turned back to them.

cotton dockers

4y

They should get Bär and Heifetz back to re-record “Mr. Niceguy” and “Thunderball”.

AudioConsulting

4y

One thing i found interesting a discovery is what Trevor Dunn said in a interview this month on youtube. One of the biggest musical influence's is (you won't believe this) Oingo Boingo.

You listen to their music and it's a component to Bungle's musical voicings & structure. But I don't think anyone woud pick up on it if you weren't told. But when you listen to this band's work it's like their spirit animal.

Because the only real song people know is "Weird Science"

But the guitarlines,basslines, horn lines, this band was obviously one of their sparks.

And So Danny Elfman's vocal's and his rhythm guitarlines were inspirations for Trey and Mike. Listen to the guitar tone & the rhythmic progressions.

This is an eye opener listening to their work today. Who would've guessed that Danny Elfman's band was a huge influence on Bungle?

Oingo goes crazy tribal with the marimba on the second lp

If you listen to the first Bungle lp, the puzzle pieces fit and a mystery has been solved.

But what's crazy about it is, most Bungle fans aren't listening to Oingo Boingo. Because Weird Science doesn't sound like Bungle and that's most of what anyone knows about this band.

But let me give you an example of Oingo's work and then think about the debut Bungle lp. Listen to "Insects" it's clear as day:

Now it makes me wonder if Fishbone was a Oingo fan as well. They must have been. It makes sense because IRS records had wide distribution everywhere. I see where the horns came in for Bungle and Fishbone. Oingo must have toured the bay area a bit in the late seventies early eighties.