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i recently discovered it because, matter of fact, i hated mr. bungle.
i remember i heard a song by them that was completely schizophrenic and awesome back in the day and i got curious about them, then i heard the first record and i was disappointed that most of it was horrid ska songs or something like that. years later, i gave california a pssing listen and was not amused or impressed, in fact i barely remember any of their songs.
moreover, the idea of mr. bungle is the most unoriginal thing mike patton haas been involved besides fantomas, since the whole concept is a rip off of naked city. mr. bungle used to be a death metal band with a few odd, humorous touches here and there when they started, patton had never heard anything really off the wall to that point; now, john zorn devised naked city to play any style of music at any given time, jumping schizophrenically from one another to make the effect of cartoon soundtracks, furthermore, for the first album, they invited yamatsuka eye to sing in his own anarchic singing style in a couple of their songs. this was in the year mike patton was rapping over pseudo metal riffs.
still, i recently gave a listen to disco volante out of curiousity, since it's the only one of them i haven't listened and i LOVE IT!!!! why? probably because of the songwriting, they are amazing at writing incredibly accomplished songs that can integrate so many styles of music, something their alma paters naked city could never do (they couldn't fuse two or more styles in the same song, something that made them succeed)...anyway, adam expressed it so much better than me since he has listened to it more times.
amazing arrangements, amazing songs, obviously the weakest link here is mike patton and the music is still made around this weakness to make it work for them.
odd thing is, most patton fans qualify this album as "almost unlistenable", i can't imagine what would they think have they listen to pop tatari or soul discharge.
i'll re-listen to the other albums, but i think disco volante is a one of a kind albums.
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