MR. BUNGLE — Mr. Bungle (review)

MR. BUNGLE — Mr. Bungle album cover Album · 1991 · Avant-garde Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
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It's common knowledge that the 3 Mr. Bungle releases are completely different from each other. Such is usually the case with band that fall under the diverse and hard to categorize avant-garde style. However, the reason this album is different from Mr. Bungle's other output is it really isn't avant-garde (or really metal in any case).

That being said it's far from a straightforward release either. There's plenty of dissonant riffs, odd instruments, lengthy linear compositions, and straight up weirdness. This is all sprinkled over an album, though, that is pretty much alternative ska funk.

So to describe the album best, these are pretty standard songs that are way too weird to be heard anywhere in the mainstream. Of course, there's no reason that vanilla alt fans wouldn't enjoy the energetic "Squeeze me Macaroni" with goofy lyrics and ska horns in the background. The same goes for later in the album with the funky "The Girls of Porn" or the loud and angry "My Ass is on Fire".

There are some hints of later albums in this too. The song "Egg", starting off straightforward enough with a quick funky riff starts delving off into weirder territory, eventually moving off into an atmosphere of complete noise not unlike the later sections of "Merry Go Bye Bye" from Disco Volante. Of the shorter more standard songs, "Stubb (a Dub)" is the most avant-garde, with several style changes within a few minutes, lots of unusual riffs, and strange vocals and voices throughout it's running time.

Overall, due to the band's popular status in the avant-garde music realm, this album will get plenty of listeners. This album is a good one and deserves plenty of listeners. However it should be looked at as a completely different monster from the rest of Mike Patton and his archive of insanity. However, fans of alt rock would definitely enjoy the weirdness, and there's a few other elements that avant-garde and metal fans should find enjoyable too.
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