Help with Mr. Bungle and more...

HELP. I just bought online some records. I had to buy POS' Scarsick so, as always, I had to buy more cds. I bought Mr. Bungle's Disco Volante, plus Unexpected, Peter Gabriel 3 and Arcturus' Masquerade Infernale. I still have time to undo my purchase. Do you think the Mr. bungle cd is good? I haven't heard ANYTHING from that genre except a little old Zappa so I'm as ignorant as they come... but the reviews sounded great... and Patton... any comments?

In my opinion Disco Volante is a masterpiece although it clearly isn't for everyone. The chances of liking / disliking it are split in half so good luck and I hope you'll like it.

Edited by chamberry - January 30 2007 at 20:04

Disco volante was probably the worst starting place for them 

If you dislike it, give it time, its hard to get into....and if not still, try California, it's a lot more accessible

Like you, I recently tried to get into Mr. Bungle and the craziness of its genre by diving into Disco Volante.

Let's just say it still hasn't caught on yet. I hear lots of good bits and pieces in it, but there's also quite a bit that I don't like or find boring.

I'm not saying you should cancel it though, it's certainly an interesting album, and I haven't given it enough of a chance yet.

EDIT: I forgot to mention that Peter Gabriel 3 is great. Like Sam Adams, it is always a good decision.


Edited by enteredwinter - January 30 2007 at 21:15

stonebeard wrote: Anybody who buys a Mr. Bungle cd needs A LOT of help.

Yes, it is in the Mr. Bungle discography the most hard to get into (although I liked it frfom first listen), and still it's as inaccessible as others in ZAR.

The Miracle wrote: Disco Volante is in my top 3 albums ever... http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=70952 But knowing you mr. T, you will probably hate it. So big mistake.

Disco Volante is their best album (though I have to admit that their debut is almost as good.) Not easy-listening, and it's very diverse too, but if you're not lucky on first listen, continue to play it several times. It's really a grower. 

Either way (whether you like or dislike it) Disco Volante is a superb album to buy for the fact alone that it will expand your musical boundaries if you previously didn't listen to really weird music. Recommended follow-ups:

Fantomas - Fantomas
John Zorn - Astronome
Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica

 

avestin wrote: Yes, it is in the Mr. Bungle discography the most hard to get into (although I liked it frfom first listen), and still it's as inaccessible as others in ZAR. I won't get into the "what to first get into", as it is a personal and different experience to everyone, so I wish you to enjoy this. But, if you do not like this, either repeated listenings, or put it aside and try for the meantime others until you gain the "ear". Anyway, as I posted in the RIO thread, there is so much divergence here, that I strongly recommend to not despair of a "genre" (and I don't like this term in this regard) because of one album. Try Discus - Tot Licht or Estradasphere - Palace of Mirrors if you despair of this (they have a similar approach to music).