http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.381&rws=%2Fmr-bungle%2Fdiscography.rssImpossible to pigeonhole for more than a minute at a time, Mr. Bungle have marched an inspired path of lunacy for the past 15 years. They've evolved from mask-wearing Death Metal-ers to the genre-jumping, largely studio-based band they are now, their music growing increasingly more elaborate in the process. Yet certain characteristics have remained consistent, chief among them a dark sense of humor and a knack for skillfully borrowing/rearranging elements from diverse sources (Ennio Morricone, the Beach Boys, Slayer, Perrey-Kingsley). Their 1991 debut, often tagged as "Funk Metal," reaches a level of circus-esque pipe organ-drenched sickness quite different from the genre's currently popular strains. The subsequent <I>Disco Volante</I>, however, defies categorization, moving even further from traditional songwriting territory as it shifts violently between sections of Bop-ish jazz, Melvins-esque sludge, Lounge, Metal, and flat-out Noise. 1999's <I>California</I> again surprised listeners with its sunny pop approach, meanwhile retaining the expected levels of warped inventiveness and leaving fans asking, "What's next?" - Will YorkExperimentalen720Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:12:25 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.381&rws=%2Fmr-bungle%2Fdiscography.rss Impossible to pigeonhole for more than a minute at a time, Mr. Bungle have marched an inspired path of lunacy for the past 15 years. They've evolved from mask-wearing Death Metal-ers to the genre-jumping, largely studio-based band they are now, their music growing increasingly more elaborate in the process. Yet certain characteristics have remained consistent, chief among them a dark sense of humor and a knack for skillfully borrowing/rearranging elements from diverse sources (Ennio Morricone, the Beach Boys, Slayer, Perrey-Kingsley). Their 1991 debut, often tagged as "Funk Metal," reaches a level of circus-esque pipe organ-drenched sickness quite different from the genre's currently popular strains. The subsequent <I>Disco Volante</I>, however, defies categorization, moving even further from traditional songwriting territory as it shifts violently between sections of Bop-ish jazz, Melvins-esque sludge, Lounge, Metal, and flat-out Noise. 1999's <I>California</I> again surprised listeners with its sunny pop approach, meanwhile retaining the expected levels of warped inventiveness and leaving fans asking, "What's next?" - Will York http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.117333&variant=play&rws=%2Fmr-bungle%2Fdiscography.rss Experimental Mon, 27 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800 Mr. Bungle Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.117333 alb.117333 Mr. Bungle art.381 8.99 California alb.117333 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/8/4/6/1286488_170x170.jpg 2003-01-27 00:00:00.0 1999-01-01 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.117333&variant=play&rws=%2Fmr-bungle%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.117333&variant=data&rws=%2Fmr-bungle%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.194083&variant=play&rws=%2Fmr-bungle%2Fdiscography.rss Experimental Fri, 21 Mar 2003 00:00:00 -0800 Mr. Bungle Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.194083 alb.194083 Mr. Bungle art.381 10.99 Disco Volante alb.194083 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/1/8/3/1283818_170x170.jpg 2003-03-21 00:00:00.0 1995-10-24 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.194083&variant=play&rws=%2Fmr-bungle%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.194083&variant=data&rws=%2Fmr-bungle%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.249771&variant=play&rws=%2Fmr-bungle%2Fdiscography.rss Experimental Fri, 21 Mar 2003 00:00:00 -0800 Mr. Bungle Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.249771 alb.249771 Mr. Bungle art.381 8.99 Mr. Bungle alb.249771 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/1/0/7/1287019_170x170.jpg 2003-03-21 00:00:00.0 1991-08-13 00:00:00.0 true true main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.249771&variant=play&rws=%2Fmr-bungle%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.249771&variant=data&rws=%2Fmr-bungle%2Fdiscography.rss