In 1999, four years after their previous album, Mr. Bungle released California. My friend George and I were/are slavering fanatics of Mr. Bungle. That shirt that says “There’s a tractor in my balls again”? I had that. I wore it so often I destroyed it, even after it survived a GWAR show in 1997.

This is the same one I had. The big B on the back was once stuck to my skin with GWAR semen and blood. Who amongst you would admit to such a thing?
So let’s just say we were very excited about Bungle’s third album. The band’s website teased this excitement, with minute-long samples of each track on California. This was 1999. I was using my first PC, the one I got from Gateway, which came with a set of Boston Acoustic speakers that I now use with my Xbox 360. Good, long-lasting speakers, my point here would be. Continue reading →
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Filed under Bad Influences, Faint Signals, Nostalgic Obsessions, Thousand Listen Club
Tagged as 1990s, 1999, alternative music, Bands I Useta Like, behind the scenes, California, Clinton "Bär" McKinnon, Danny Heifetz, despair, experimental rock, Greatest Of All Time, Gwar, Mike Patton, Mr. Bungle, music, Trevor Dunn, Trey Spruance
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