Genres: Alternative Pop/Rock, Hardcore Punk, Heavy Metal, Experimental, Funk Metal, Alternative Metal, Noise-Rock, Ska-Punk, Experimental Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Punk/New Wave Active: 90's Formed: 1985 in Eureka, CA
Residents, Roxy Music, Frank Zappa, Burt Bacharach, Talking Heads, Slayer, Queen, Oingo Boingo, Metallica, Dead Kennedys, The Beach Boys, John Zorn, Ennio Morricone, Sammy Davis, Jr. Butthole Surfers, Papa Roach, Glassjaw, Sepultura, Carcass, Ministry, Fishbone, Primus, Zip Code Rapists, Soilent Green, Snot, Tool, Staind, Meshuggah, Deftones, Slipknot, Ween, Danny Elfman, Incubus The Mars Volta, Insane Clown Posse, The Bloodhound Gang, Incubus, Stolen Babies, Glassjaw, Papa Roach, Staind, System of a Down, Limp Bizkit, Snot, Deftones, Korn, Slipknot, Company Car, Time of Orchids, Antigama, The Dear Hunter, 12 Stone Toddler |  |
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.
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Release: January 13, 2008
Label: London Records/Slash Records, Warner Bros.
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Release: June 19, 1999
Label: London, Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Records, Classic Records
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