Start with the first album, the self-titled one. It’s an all-out aural assault on the senses, but in a positive way. It may not be for you, but everyone who likes music owes it to themselves to hear that album at least once.
California is a little too tame for me. Disco Volante, their second album, is so fucking weird that if you’re not a fan of the band, you probably won’t be a fan of the album.
Actually, I have the Exploited cover; the new track is an original piece of spazz-metal called “Raping Your Mind.” It’s fucking incredible.
Oh, I somehow missed that. Thanks!
lowelly, great fucking album descriptions! keep um coming.
Acid and my tastes in music line up pretty well, so I’m gonna start with California like he recommended, but no matter what I’ll listen to the self titled like you recommended too. Thanks for the recommends fellas
I saw Mr Bungle on the California tour…they were all wearing Hawaiian shirts and had leighs(sic) on…it was a pretty fierce show despite their appearance…have seen Patton in many settings including FNM,Fantomas, Tomahawk and with John Zorn and various other artists…
Hey Lowelly I take it you mean “post-Piper " and not pre-Piper” as Piper is their first record…
yes, i meant post-Piper, thx for clearing that up 
i’m a huge Patton fan, i saw Mr. Bungle on their Disco Volante tour at Limelight in NYC, they pissed off nearly everyone doing jazz and thrash covers. played only 1 song from the old album. the crowd just didn’t get it.
ok yeah just making sure you didn’t know about some super obscure pre-Piper album hahaha…
Wow Disco Volante…now there is a challenging album albeit a great one…yeah Patton has no problem confounding fans…his vocal only records he did for John Zorn’s label in the mid 90s is some fucking bizarre out there shit also…
I’ve also been listening to Floyd years 66-72. So much out there. During these times their music is a great escape for me and I haven’t really explored this time period in detail. 1969 is considered their most experimental time period. I also recently dived into 74-75 because I’m obsessed with pre dogs & sheep tunes (raving & drooling/you’re got to be crazy). So I just continued going back. There are some great bootlegs out there to explore…What’s interesting is they would play tunes they were creating before they were released so you’re getting a preview and hear different versions as they decide how it will end up. Echoes is pretty cool to hear in it’s early stages among many others.
When I heard he was putting out a solo only record on John Zorn’s label called “Adult Themes For Voice” I was sooooo excited, and it was sooooo disappointing. Just noise. I used to put it on really loud in my dorm room when the school administration would herd prospective students down the hall to check out the living conditions.
It’s a good place to start. Like Acid said, it’s a masterpiece.
And if you like general weirdness, changes of genre sometimes within the same song, a great musicianship, you have to check their guitarist other band, Secret Chiefs 3. Love them too.
Secret Chiefs 3 has got some pretty good stuff inbetween all the annoying stuff, ha ha. Book M was my first experience with them, but their Book Of Horizons just blew me away… kinda the “missing link” between Disco Volante and California
Dio - Holy Diver
Rush - Fly By Night
2 classics right there…
NP:
Godflesh-Steeetcleaner
NP
Anthrax - Persistence Of Time
That 30 yr release…looking forward to it!
Plasmatics-Maggots:The Record
NP:
Metallica, SM2
My brief and oh-so-witty Facebook review:
“The new Metallica record is another collaboration with the San Francisco Orchestra. If you liked the last one, you’ll probably like this one, but buyer beware: there are a lot of repeat tracks (I don’t know how many orchestral renditions of “The Call Of Ktulu” one needs, but for me, a single version is adequate), some questionable choices for newer tracks (“The Unforgiven III?!”), and a brave-but-forgettable two-song toe-step into classical music waters that other bands have done better. Final judgment: Enjoyable but dispensable.”
I saw that was coming out. I also saw that it had a bazillion of the same tracks, and a bunch of new tracks I don’t care about. So, I passed on it. Still shaking my head at the thought of 120$ box set for it… Die Hards only I guess.
I’m currently trying to find an affordable copy of “All that could have been” by NIN so I can get at Disc 2. I heard the guitar and piano strip down of “Something I can never have” and now I need to get it… Seems like all of the copies for sale are the single disc version or the 2 disc version priced stupid high.