This is without a doubt one of the strangest records EVER released by a major label in the history of rock \u2018n roll. Formed by future Faith No More frontman Mike Patton and several high school friends, Mr. Bungle was an outlet for all of their weird influences. After straightening up their lineup (which centered around Patton, guitarist Trey Spruance, bassist Trevor Dunn, drummer Danny Heifetz, and horn section Theo Lengyel and Clinton McKinnon), the band signed with Warner Bros. in the wake of Patton and Faith No More\u2019s massive success with The Real Thing<\/i> and \u201cEpic.\u201d Recorded during a break in FNM\u2019s schedule with the king of avant-garde noise John Zorn at the helm, the self-titled debut is as weird as it gets.<\/p>\n
Songs like \u201cThe Girls Of Porn\u201d and \u201cSqueeze Me Macaroni\u201d are completely sophomoric and filthy juvenilia basically, but the musicianship is way above par. Everyone is on top of their craft, and the fact they can veer from Beefheart or Zappa-type schizophrenia to hardcore death metal to quirky pop is really something to admire. The band was rooted in metal, and this record is where they got to show that off, though future records would show a more layered musical palette.<\/p>\n
You have to admire the oddball musicality of songs like \u201cEgg,\u201d \u201cStubb (A Dub)\u201d or \u201cTravolta,\u201d the latter song soon to be known as \u201cQuote Unquote\u201d due to the potential threat of a lawsuit from Travolta himself. The real favorites for me though were \u201cLove Is A Fist,\u201d a ripping, really heavy track that\u2019s one of the more straightforward here, and \u201cMy Ass Is On Fire,\u201d a horn-driven rager that\u2019s another great example of the band\u2019s humor. This is something that would get toned down in the future, but here is presented in full form.<\/p>\n
For some people, a record like this would be a tough pill to swallow, but for those who really like their music a bit different and eccentric, then this is definitely a must have. While this ultimately is not the best of their catalogue, it\u2019s quite an essential record for fans of schizophrenic alternative rock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":32965,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[9756],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-44746","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-mr-bungle","rating-rating-b"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/44746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/44746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=44746"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=44746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}