It's the in-joke that always makes you feel uncomfortable. It's the sinister clown at the unfairground. The dark corner. A David Lynch film. A circus of horrors. It's the album that no-one got. The Ninetendo electronics, the porn extracts, the surreal outtakes, the funk-jazz-hip hop death metal mixed with carnival effects, thrash riffs, sinister rumblings, cartoon voices, heavy breathing, and every nightmare you can imagine, all from the man at the helm of Faith No More's world domination - Mike Patton - sadist, magician, peeping tom and all-out weirdo....forget Slpiknot in their stupid masks making music for kids, Mr Bungle were doing the freakshow years before, and this debut record, although selling well due to massive interest from Faith No More fans, was something deeper, something out there, whether from the bowels of its toilet humour or the far corners of its shadiness, this was true weirdness, with sleeve artwork to die for, and an uncategorisable cauldron of sound that remained so catchy yet inaccessible.Spaghetti western music fused with bubblegum pop, ska mixed with reggae-thrash, and track titles such as 'The Girls Of Porn', 'Squeeze Me Macaroni', and 'Dead Goon', cannot begin to describe the horrors that lurk within.
Truly twisted, truly genius, and will appeal to the serial killer, party magician, ice cream vendor and porn star within us all, this is a dark and eerie trek through the minds of zany characters who made music that made Frank Zappa seem run of the mill.
All hail Mr Bungle for a glorious blend of milkshake evil. Run while you can kids.
10/10
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