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Mr. Bungle is a Ska act. Their sound grew out of Victims Family, Siege, System of a Down, Faith No More and Camper Van Beethoven. Those roots explain a lot about how Mr. Bungle arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Fantômas, Les Claypool, Sausage, This Heat and Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Calculating Infinity, Evil J0rdan, Fantômas, The Dillinger Escape Plan and Faith No More, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 34 connections around Mr. Bungle, reaching back through Victims Family and forward to Calculating Infinity. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Mr. Bungle is an American experimental rock band formed in Eureka, California, in 1985. Having gone through many incarnations throughout its career, the band is best known for its experimental rock period. During this time, it developed a highly eclectic style, cycling through several musical genres, often within the course of a single song, including heavy metal, avant-garde jazz, ska, disco, and funk, further enhanced by frontman Mike Patton's versatile singing style. This period also saw the band utilizing unconventional song structures and samples; playing a wide array of instruments; obscuring the members' identities and dressing up in masks, jumpsuits, and other costumes; and performing a diverse selection of cover songs during live performances.
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Mr. Bungle connections
Mr. Bungle grew out of Victims Family, Siege, System of a Down and Faith No More, shares an orbit with Fantômas, Les Claypool, Sausage and This Heat, went on to shape Calculating Infinity, Evil J0rdan, Fantômas and The Dillinger Escape Plan. 34 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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