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Patton is now used to being the head of the label and band leader; the Bungle are under Warner Bros, and Spruance is in charge just like Patton, so Mike isn't happy about this situation. Moreover, he is in a dispute with Warner Bros over Peeping Tom, which being a Soul project, WB wants to release in the same circuit as Michael Bublé, and Mike isn't okay with that either. Additionally, he struggles to admit that he can’t come up with the same brilliant ideas he did with Spruance (for example, the best Faith No More album was created by Patton & Spruance), which frustrates him. His statements reflect this: "Now I’m at a point where I care much more about what surrounds the music," explained the fresh ex-Mr. Bungle. "I need a genuine exchange of ideas, without repressed envy or resentment; the desire to stay in the group despite the audience choosing not to follow you in droves. Unfortunately, Mr. Bungle was no longer one of those places. Maybe we could manage to record a couple more albums," Mike concluded, "but the collective personality of the band doesn’t work wonderfully. Everything has been spoiled by the unnecessary jealousy and insecurity of one member, which has poisoned our relationship, leading Mr. Bungle to a slow and unnatural death. Now I am at peace because I tried to do everything possible for this band." Now Spruance plays schizophrenic Drone-Doom with Anderson from Sunn O))) in a project (by the way, magnificent) called ASVA; perhaps Spruance has had a rejection of his old music made up of a thousand genres and now only wants drone. He also has a project called "Secret Chiefs 3," which I haven't heard, but I've heard mixed opinions about it. In the end, I think it’s true, the Bungle have disbanded.

It explodes, yes, but only if you look at it with an intriguing demeanor.

Gaggiona. Buy the 5+1 for the PC, with €40 you can flip the coffee tables.

You have to feel this with the subwoofer, terrifying Indie-Drone.

Well, it seems normal since the product you buy fills the pockets of its creator. If you can't stand the creator, it's hard to give them money without feeling annoyed. For example, I will never buy anything punk because with my money I support the creation of complete imbeciles and societal wastes like Jeremy, who label anyone smart enough not to be far-left as a fascist, who are punk because it's fashionable and because rebellion attracts. And they spend their evenings saying "fuck berluska," even though they don't know why. I can separate the artist from their art to evaluate it, but I will never buy anything from an artist I don't like as a person.

Well, it's always better than a little punk who stands on the left because it’s very punk and alternative, right?

And Broken-Fixed?

No, the limited edition vinyl of Lateralus has been released. The new one is coming soon.

Yes, I like how you put it and I agree. For example, I spit on the first of the NIN, which now sounds like Power-Pop; those who listened to it in '89 were amazed, but when I picked it up, it just seemed to me like a pop vision of Broken or TDS. This is the same example but with reversed evaluations.

I think like you but I evaluate it differently. You said it perfectly when you said, "it seems to me that with this album, MP has started to think about Fantomas." Exactly, he should have calmed down a bit; nothing happens if he doesn't make his 6 albums a year. There are people who make an album every five years; if he doesn't make six, he's not happy. He should have waited, nurtured the idea better, committed himself, and worked hard on it. Instead, he took four vague half-ideas and passed them off as a concept, confident that if anyone wanted to tell him to fuck off, they'd think twice given the presence of Ribot & Zorn on the Tzadik label. It was a commercial move to gauge his fans' reactions; he was probing his target audience because he was about to open his own record label and wanted to understand "how far his audience's tastes went." I've always had a negative view of this album. Sometimes when discussing Patton, I say I haven't listened to it just to hear what others think without being influenced by my negative judgment, and sometimes I hear people shouting "masterpiece"... when it's just a collection of burps. I will never get tired of saying this: if this album were made by the Strokes, the entire world would have vomited on it; instead, Zorn made it, so the more senseless it is, the more it's considered a masterpiece... in my opinion, no. A masterpiece is Grand Guinol, masterpieces are those of Masada, a masterpiece is disco volante, this absolutely is not. I’m for deconstruction, not for the absolute lack of structure; this thing doesn’t start anywhere and certainly doesn't arrive anywhere. Four good ideas (like nutrient noises, I also like that, for example) surrounded by absolute nothingness, and when I think that it’s the result of three geniuses, it annoys me :D.