California - Mr. Bungle

A student friend of mine, Mark (yhwman on DooYoo), has been nagging me for weeks to check out this album as something refreshingly different with mass appeal. Finally, I've managed to do just that and have to say, this album was a complete surprise to me. My music tastes? Well, I’m still firmly wedged in the 80s with the likes of Wham, Adam Ant, Duran Duran etc. Why on earth would I be wanting to review something as funky and happening as Bungle, me an old woman in her mid thirties! I was expecting pure grunge if I’m honest, but California (fronted by Mike Patton/Faith No More) was a refreshing new sound, unlike anything I’d ever ...

Don’t worry, the title will become clear in due time. I’m rewriting this opinion to rather poorly finish off my Musical Therapy series. The effect California has on you (Or at least on me) is just to make you more positive. Whether you need firing up to get started on some work, just need waking up or just want to smile. Even the song about suicide has you crooning along smiling! I say poorly though because it’s more than a ‘therapy’ album (But then so was Six but I’ll conveniently ignore that for the moment). It is in fact the best album I’ve ever heard. That’s a rather sweeping statement to start off an unbiased opinion, ...