Mr. Bungle [PA] by Mr. Bungle (CD, Aug-1991, Warner Bros. Records Record Label)

This is a weird CD...not I am not by any means saying it is bad, just that is is weird, abstract and a plethora of sounds all on one CD.
I, like a lot of this albums listeners, was made aware of it by the presence of Mike Patton - Faith No More's frontman - on lead vocals....but that is where any connection with this rock band end!
Its a crazy, manic creepy album.....from the Carney clown on the cover to the music that spills from the CD...the Opening is startling to say the least...thumping rock over Fairground ride music, with Mike Patton's deap but menacing voice! It is compelling listening, but kinda creepy so you want to switch it off but wait and see where it is going at the same time! Then a complete change with Slowly growing deaf which loses the weird clown music and is more reminiscent in parts of Pattons previous work.
Squeeze me Macaroni could have been performed by the Chili Peppers...Patton almost raps through it, while jazz and funk dominate the sound! Then , and maybe its just me, Carousel reminds me of the band Madness and the house of fun in parts, then changes direction at the chorus!
In short this album is a ture experimentation of sounds in a way that other bands have promised and never gone - never designed for mass appeal , this is Patton having fun, testing styles and sounds in a way never done before to produce a mad, manic, mess that in its own unique way works and well at that!!