Mr. Bungle was an American
experimental band from
Eureka, California. The band was formed in 1985 while the members were still in high school, and was named after a 1950s children's educational film regarding bad habits which was later featured in a 1981
Pee-wee Herman HBO special. Mr. Bungle released four
demo tapes in the mid to late 1980s before being signed to
Warner Bros. Records and releasing three full-length studio albums between 1991 and 1999. The band toured in 2000 to support their last album but in 2004 they disbanded. Although Mr. Bungle went through several line up changes early in their career, the longest-serving members were vocalist
Mike Patton, guitarist
Trey Spruance, bassist
Trevor Dunn, saxophonist
Clinton "Bär" McKinnon and drummer
Danny Heifetz.