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'''''Mr. Bungle''''' is the debut [[studio album]] by American [[experimental rock]] band [[Mr. Bungle]]. It was released on August 13, 1991, through [[Warner Music Group|Warner Bros. Records]]. The album contains many genre shifts which are typical of the band, and helped increase the band's popularity, gaining them a [[cult following]]. |
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== Content == |
== Content == |
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Mr. Bungle | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | August 13, 1991 | |||
Recorded | 1991 at Different Fur, San Francisco, California, United States | |||
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Length | 73:19 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Producer | John Zorn | |||
Mr. Bungle chronology | ||||
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Singles from Mr. Bungle | ||||
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Mr. Bungle is the debut studio album by American experimental rock band Mr. Bungle. It was released on August 13, 1991, through Warner Bros. Records. The album contains many genre shifts which are typical of the band, and helped increase the band's popularity, gaining them a cult following.
Content
The album cover features artwork by Dan Sweetman, originally published in the story, "A Cotton Candy Autopsy" in the DC Comics/Piranha Press imprint title Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children.
The album mixes a variety of musical styles, including ska, circus music, heavy metal, free jazz, and funk.[3] AllMusic called it a "dizzying, disconcerting, schizophrenic tour through just about any rock style the group can think of, hopping from genre to genre without any apparent rhyme or reason, and sometimes doing so several times in the same song." The website described Mike Patton's lyrics as "even more bizarrely humorous than those he used in Faith No More", and "also less self-censored".[8] At the time, the band's label Warner promoted the record as being Mike Patton's "seriously weird new project".[9]
The lyrics in the album are broad in themes, ranging from more comedic tones to dark and sexual references. "Slowly Growing Deaf" was "inspired by the ironic need to wear earplugs while listening to music and also people’s inability to listen", according to bassist Trevor Dunn, and also marked as the first song in the "Sleep" trilogy, with parts two and three being featured on the band’s second album.[10] "Squeeze Me Macaroni" is a song featuring strong sexual themes being illustrated through food metaphors. "Egg" is about asociality. "Stubb (A Dub)" is about Trey Spruance's dog, Stubb.[11] "The Girls of Porn" is about pornography and masturbation. "Love is a Fist" is about domestic violence. "Dead Goon" is about an asphixiophile, whose actions leads to the narrator’s death due to asphixiation.
Quotes from David Lynch's 1986 film Blue Velvet are strewn throughout the album.
Critical reception and legacy
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | |
Entertainment Weekly | D−[12] |
Trouser Press | favorable[13] |
The album received mixed reviews upon release. Entertainment Weekly gave the album a negative review, writing "Adjectives like 'puerile' and 'unlistenable' take on entirely new dimensions when applied to Mr. Bungle".[12] Trouser Press called it "one of the most ambitiously random, fractious records in recent memory" and "one of the finest records of its kind".[13]
In 2015, Korn guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer praised the album, stating "I loved their last album, California, but their self-titled debut had the biggest impact on me. There’s a song on there called "Love Is a Fist" that's fucking crushing. That set the tone for us and what we went on to do creatively. They were completely outside the box and just didn't care – they satisfied only themselves. It wasn't about record sales, it was just about creating a band."[14]
Mike Portnoy, former drummer of progressive metal band Dream Theater named Mr. Bungle as one of his 10 favorite progressive rock albums of all time, as he wrote "It actually scared the shit out of me the first time I heard it. I literally had never heard anything that twisted and evil and joyful. It was just the most bizarre hour I had ever spent listening to music."[15]
Synyster Gates, from the hard rock band Avenged Sevenfold, named the album as "one of the most incredible pieces of music [he] has ever heard in [his] life".[16] In 2021, Incubus vocalist Brandon Boyd stated that he was a fan of the album when it was first released, remarking that he loved how "irreverent and disgusting and scary the music was."[17]
Track listing
All songs credited to Mr. Bungle. Actual writers below, according to ASCAP.[18]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Travolta” On later pressings, the track is renamed as “Quote Unquote" | Trevor Dunn, Danny Heifetz, Mike Patton, Trey Spruance | 6:56 |
2. | "Slowly Growing Deaf" | Dunn, Heifetz, Patton, Spruance, Clinton McKinnon, Theo Lengyel | 6:58 |
3. | "Squeeze Me Macaroni" | Dunn, Heifetz, Patton, Spruance | 5:38 |
4. | "Carousel" | Dunn, Heifetz, Patton, Spruance | 5:13 |
5. | "Egg" | Dunn | 10:39 |
6. | "Stubb (A Dub)" | Dunn, Heifetz, Patton, Spruance, McKinnon, Lengyel | 7:19 |
7. | "My Ass Is on Fire" | Dunn, Heifetz, Patton, Spruance | 7:47 |
8. | "The Girls of Porn" | Dunn, Heifetz, Patton, Spruance, McKinnon, Lengyel | 6:42 |
9. | "Love Is a Fist" | Dunn, Spruance | 6:00 |
10. | "Dead Goon" | Dunn, Heifetz, Patton, Spruance, McKinnon, Lengyel | 10:02 |
Three more songs ("Mr Nice Guy", "Thunderball" and "Platypus") were also recorded for the album, but were cut at the last minute: "Platypus" later appeared on the band's second album, Disco Volante.
Personnel
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[19]
Mr. Bungle
- Mike Patton – vocals, keyboards, production (credited as 'Vlad Drac')
- Trey Spruance – guitars, keyboards, production (credited as 'Scummy')
- Trevor Dunn – bass, production (credited as 'Trevor Roy Dunn')
- Clinton McKinnon – tenor saxophone, production (credited as 'Bär')
- Theo – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, production (credited as 'Theobald Brooks Lengyel')
- Danny Heifetz – drums, production (credited as 'Heifetz')
Additional personnel
- Yeesus Krist – backing vocals
- Maximum Bob – backing vocals
- Kahli – backing vocals
- Jennifer – backing vocals
- David Shea – turntables
- John Zorn – alto saxophone on "Love Is a Fist", production [20]
Technical personnel
- Matt Murman – engineering assistance, digital editing
- David Bryson – engineering, mixing
- Bob Ludwig – mastering
- Troy Blakely – management
- Stan Diamond – legal representation
- Kristin Yee – band management
- Anthony Lee – album sleeve design
- Lisa Wells – band logo typeset
- David Louapre – album cover and interior art
- Dan Sweetman – cover and interior art
- Jay Marshall – cover and interior art
- P. Earwig – inside double panel art
References
- ^ a b August, Michael Christopher. "25 Years Ago: Mr. Bungle's Debut Polarizes Faith No More Fans". Diffuser. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
- ^ "Mr. Bungle - the Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ a b c McGaughey, Scott (September 1999). "The Unclassifiable and Ever-Evolving Music of Mr. Bungle". Perfect Sound Forever. Archived from the original on June 28, 2014. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
- ^ "Experimental Rock Legends Mr. Bungle Revisit First Demo At Warfield". February 3, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
- ^ "ALBUM REVIEW: The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo - Mr. Bungle". November 3, 2020.
- ^ a b "The Quietus - Features - Anniversary - Flying Saucer, Attack! Mr Bungle's Disco Volante Two Decades On". Retrieved January 3, 2017.
- ^ "Heavy Metal Be-Bop #3: Interview with Trevor Dunn". Retrieved January 3, 2017.
- ^ a b Huey, Steve. "Mr. Bungle - Mr. Bungle : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
- ^ "1991 Mr. Bungle ad poster". Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ "TREVOR DUNN | Disco Volante Interview".
- ^ "Stubb | Faith. No Man".
- ^ a b Browne, David (September 6, 1991). "Mr. Bungle". Entertainment Weekly. No. 82. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
- ^ a b Robbins, Ira; Frampton, Scott. "TrouserPress.com :: Faith No More". TrouserPress.com. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
- ^ "Korn's James 'Munky' Shaffer - Under the Influence - The Skinny". Retrieved January 3, 2017.
- ^ "Music Aficionado". Music Aficionado. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ "Synyster Gates of Avenged Sevenfold / Rick Beato Interview". YouTube.
- ^ "Brandon Boyd of Incubus: 'Jeff Buckley to me was my first experience of a Western male singer'". Music-News.com.
- ^ "ACE Repertory".
- ^ Mr. Bungle (liner notes). Mr. Bungle. Warner Bros. 1991. 9 26640-2.
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External links
- Mr. Bungle at Discogs (list of releases)