Mr. Bungle

**Mr. Bungle** is an American experimental rock band. They formed in Eureka, California, in 1985. The band is known for spanning many genres, often within the course of a single song. This includes heavy metal, avant-garde jazz, ska, disco, and funk. This is further enhanced by frontman Mike Patton's versatile  voice. They also use unconventional song structures and samples, play a lot of instruments, wear costumes, and play a diverse set of cover songs during live performances.

The band was founded as a death metal project. This is while the members were in high school. They got their name from a character in the 1960 children's educational film *Beginning Responsibility: Lunchroom Manners*. Mr. Bungle released four demo tapes in the mid-to-late 1980s. On the back of Patton's success as frontman of Faith No More, the band was signed to Warner Bros. Records in 1990. They released three studio albums of mostly experimental rock between 1991 and 1999. The band toured in 1999 and 2000 to support its third album before going on an indefinite hiatus. It was confirmed as a disbandment in 2004. It reunited as a thrash metal band for a series of shows in February 2020. They performed the 1986 demo album *The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny* with Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian and former Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo. The band then returned to the studio to re-record the demo as a studio album. It was released in October of that year.

Mr. Bungle has gone through many lineup changes. Patton, guitarist Trey Spruance, and bassist Trevor Dunn are the sole consistent members. The band was based in San Francisco during its tenure with Warner Bros. During much of the band's existence, it was in a public dispute with Red Hot Chili Peppers. Particularly, between Patton and Chili Peppers vocalist Anthony Kiedis.

## Artistry 
### Musical style 
According to *Invisible Oranges*, Mr. Bungle "cultivated their own complex universe whose parts, embracing both regimen and disorder, inspired awe with increasing perspective and closer examination". Mr. Bungle were initially death metal, They changed their style in the early 1990s to funk metal It showed the influence of ska, disco and avant-garde jazz.

*CBS News* said that the band's music was a "anarchic mix of metal, ska, experimental jazz, punk and soundtrack music". *The Sydney Morning Herald* described Mr. Bungle as "experimental rockers". *AllMusic* described the band as "free-form rock radicals" and said that "Mr. Bungle's sound and approach are a unique mix of the experimental, the abstract, and the absurd". the band was also categorized as alternative metal by *Kerrang!* and *The Quietus*.

### Stage shows and image 
Mr. Bungle were known for their unconventional stage shows. The band members dressed up in costumes and masks. The 1999–2000 shows in support of the *California* album usually featured had dressed as a blonde girl resembling Goldilocks or The St. Pauli Girl. However, the other members this period often did not wear costumes. This was because of the increased demands of the music. Occasionally, the band would simply appear in black suits with white dress shirts. They would also dress up in chef costumes, cowboy suits or as the Village People.

## Legacy
Korn have utilized what they have dubbed the "Mr. Bungle chord"

## Members
All of the members of the 'classic' lineup of Mr. Bungle are multi-instrumentalists. The timeline below reflects only their main roles. Members of the band were known to switch instruments mid-performance.

### Current members
### Former members
### Touring members 
### Timeline 
## Discography
### Studio albums
### Live albums
### Demos
### Singles
### Music videos
### Live video
## References
## Other websites
* Official website
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