I had what I think was the first Mr. Bungle album. I seem to recall one of the tracks containing audio of someone taking a dump. Despite that, I couldn't get into it.
"I've been on food stamps and welfare. Did anybody help me out? No."
I used to share a cubicle at my first IT consulting job with a much younger female programmer who, initially, all I knew by her self-description was that she was a metal fan. She noticed me reading the Wire and asked what type of music I listened to and to give her something to listen to that she might like. I wasn't sure what to give her so I gave her a Vandermark 5 disc that had some skronky guitar work by Jeb Bishop, "Target or Flag". She hated it. So I was stuck on what to do and thought WTF and gave her Machine Gun. She fucking loved it. A lot. Once that was established I gave her some Zorn and she was very happy with what I'd give her to listen to.
Why am I bringing that up in this thread? Because she was a big Mr Bungle fan and, by association, Mike Patton (I think besides Fantomas he was in a group called Faith No More). In fact she had Patton's solo disc on Tzadik so she was 100% in for him. I like him ok, I guess, but not nearly as much as she does. She was also a big Diamanda Galas fan.
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Unfortunately she's fallen off the face of the earth; too bad because a lot of people liked her. You *have* prompted me to order Sheer Hellish Miasma, filling an inexplicable void in my collection. So thanks for jogging my addled excuse for a mind.
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......She was also a big Diamanda Galas fan.
Ahhh...Diamandas. I love this chick! She did two or three early albums (on Mute I think) one was about her brother's dying of AIDS. Horrifying stuff....really....amazing use of sound....
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