Mr. Bungle (album)

Mr. Bungle
Studio album by Mr. Bungle
Released	August 13, 1991
Recorded	1991 at Different Fur, San Francisco, CA
Genre	Experimental, avant-garde metal, funk metal
Length	73:19
Label	Warner Brothers Records
Producer	John Zorn and Mr. Bungle
Mr. Bungle chronology
OU818 (1989) Mr. Bungle (1991) Disco Volante (1995)

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Mr. Bungle is the 1991 self-titled album by Mr. Bungle. The album contains many genre shifts which are typical of the band, and helped increase the band's popularity, gaining them a reasonable following and fanbase. The first track, "Quote Unquote", was originally titled "Travolta", but had to be changed for legal reasons.

Track listing

1. "Quote Unquote" – 6:56
2. "Slowly Growing Deaf" – 6:58
3. "Squeeze Me Macaroni" – 5:38
4. "Carousel" – 5:13
5. "Egg" – 10:39
6. "Stubb (a Dub)" – 7:19
7. "My Ass Is on Fire" – 7:47
8. "The Girls of Porn" – 6:42
9. "Love Is a Fist" – 6:00
10. "Dead Goon" – 10:02

Samples

• Samples from David Lynch's 1986 film Blue Velvet are strewn throughout the album. It is publicly known that Mike Patton would like to compose music or design the whole soundtrack to one of David Lynch's future projects.
• Other samples included Kentucky Fried Chicken commercial outtakes, items from the videogames Super Mario Bros., Altered Beast, Smash TV, and R.B.I. Baseball, the pornographic movie Raw Footage (misattributed to Sharon's Sex Party), and the pinball games Cyclone, Earthshaker, and Haunted House.

Personnel

Mr. Bungle

• Vlad Drac - The Singer
• Heifetz - Drums
• Scummy - Guitar
• Trevor Roy Dunn - Bass
• Bär - Tenor Saxophone
• Theobald Brooks Lengyel - Alto & Bäri Intonation

Additional personnel

• David Bryson - Engineer, Mixing
• Matt Murman - Assistant Engineer, Digital Editing
• John Zorn - Producer
• Mr. Bungle - Producer
• Bob Ludwig - Mastering
• Troy Blakely - Agency
• Stan Diamond - Legal Representation
• Kristin Yee - Management
• Anthony Lee - Design
• Lisa Wells - Photo Type-Set
• David Louapre - Cover and Interior Art
• Dan Sweetman - Cover and Interior Art
• Jay Marshall - Center Backcover Art
• P. Earwig - Inside Double Panel Art
• David Shea - Turntables
• Yeesus Krist - Backing Vocals
• Maximum Bob - Backing Vocals
• Kahli - Backing Vocals
• Jennifer - Backing Vocals