Trevor Dunn

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Trevor Dunn

Background information
Birth name Trevor Roy Dunn
Born January 30, 1968 (1968-01-30) (age 40)
Eureka, California, U.S.
Genre(s) Experimental rock, avant-progressive rock, avant-garde metal, jazz
Occupation(s) Musician
Instrument(s) Bass, double bass
Years active 1985–present
Label(s) Ipecac
Associated acts Trevor Dunn's Trio-Convulsant
Mr. Bungle
Fantômas
Secret Chiefs 3
Melvins
Website www.trevordunn.net

Trevor Roy Dunn (born January 30, 1968) is an American musician. His primary instrument is bass and double bass. Dunn has a degree in music, learning double bass at college. Dunn plays simple to complex grooves depending on the feel of the song.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early days

Dunn began playing bass as a teenager. In high school, Dunn formed Mr. Bungle with vocalist Mike Patton and guitarist Trey Spruance. Mr. Bungle's early compositions mixed thrash metal, hard rock, and funk with an air of adolescent humor and vulgarity. With a background in metal, Dunn branched out his musical abilities playing jazz around San Francisco while immersing himself in different music. His playing on Mr. Bungle's Disco Volante displayed Dunn's maturity as a player as the compositions shift from different musical stylings several times in every song.

[edit] Beyond Mr. Bungle

Like the other members of Mr. Bungle, Trevor Dunn is reluctant to talk about what exactly caused their break-up in 2000 (Dunn is especially hesitant about the subject). For that matter, Dunn is reluctant to talk about Mr. Bungle in general, though he claims to have enough material for a book about the band (and enough unreleased songs for a companion album). He initially stated that he was going to release a book, but it has since fallen into obscurity ("That book concept is FAR from being a reality. It's just a hazy thought in my mind at this point. Part of that haze includes demos, rehearsals, prank phone calls, unused photos, etc. The amount of unseen/unheard material I have collected over the years is somewhat baffling. Believe me, it's not going to happen anytime soon"). He is now involved with Fantômas and his own band Trevor Dunn's Trio-Convulsant, both bands signed to Mike Patton's record label Ipecac Recordings.[1][2]

[edit] Band membership

He has also contributed to or played with:

[edit] Gear

Basses:[3]

Amps:

Pedals:

[edit] Selected discography

[edit] with Mr. Bungle

[edit] Demo tapes

[edit] Studio albums

[edit] with Trevor Dunn's Trio-Convulsant

  • 1998 - Debutantes & Centipedes
  • 2004 - Sister Phantom Owl Fish

[edit] with Shelley Burgon

  • 2005 - no title - (metaphysically titled - How Far is Far?)
  • 2006 - Baltimore

[edit] with Fantômas

[edit] with John Zorn

[edit] with Secret Chiefs 3

[edit] with The Rob Price Quartet

  • 1999 - Pantychrist
  • 2004 - At Sunset
  • 2007 - I really do not see the Signal

[edit] Album collaborations

[edit] Guest appearances

[edit] References

  1. ^ Fantômas Biography. Ipecac.com. Retrieved on 2007-05-25.
  2. ^ Trevor Dunn's Trio Convulsant Biography. Ipecac.com. Retrieved on 2007-05-20.
  3. ^ http://trevordunn.net/geek.html

[edit] External links