Last week, Mr. Bungle kicked off their first East Coast tour in more than two decades, and over the weekend, that trek hit New York City, specifically, the 3,000-capacity Terminal 5.
Veteran math-rock duo Battles, featuring drummer John Stanier, of Helmet and Tomahawk fame, opened the show, but the night belonged to the headliners, of course. And Bungle — a.k.a. core members Mike Patton, Trevor Dunn and Trey Spruance plus Anthrax's Scott Ian and OG Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo — did not disappoint.
Their 19-song setlist leaned heavily into material off 2020's The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo, plus a few choice covers — most notably, a ripping take on Sepultura's "Territory," with which they closed the show. (Check out the full setlist, courtesy of Setlist.fm, below.)
Photographer The Tinfoil Biter was there to capture all the action.
Mr. Bungle 9/8/23 setlist:
Grizzly Adams
Sudden Death
Hypocrites / Habla español o muere
Bungle Grind
I'm Not in Love (10cc cover)
Eracist
Glutton for Punishment
Just Sit There (Crumbsuckers cover)
Anarchy Up Your Anus
Methematics
Hell Awaits (Slayer cover)
True (Spandau Ballet cover)
You Lose (7Seconds cover) (With True reprise)
Spreading the Thighs of Death
My Ass Is on Fire (With Pepto Bismol tag)
I Don't Need Society (D.R.I. cover)
Raping Your Mind
Encore:
Satan Never Sleeps (Timi Yuro cover)
Territory (Sepultura cover)
