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The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

Ep264: Trevor Dunn - Tomahawk, John Zorn, Mr Bungle and more

The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

Nate Goyer

Music, Music History, Music Interviews

4.7579 Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Trevor Dunn has spent his life in pursuit of music and honing his craft, first as a founder of Mr Bungle and then working with John Zorn, Melvins, Fantômas and more. Today Trevor shares his musical history, recordings, vinyl records and the new Tomahawk album "Tonic Immobility".

If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related.

Transcript

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Hey, this is Trevor Dunn from various bands you may or may not have heard of, and you're listening

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to The Vinyl Guide with Nate Goyer.

0:05.9

Well, hey, everyone, it's Nate here.

0:07.6

Thank you so much for tuning in to this episode of The Vinyl Guide, the podcast where we talk

0:13.0

records and vinyl.

0:14.4

And this week, we are talking to an incredible musician, an artist who has contributed to so

0:20.0

many bands I love and collect,

0:22.3

Mr. Trevor Dunn. Now, you may know Trevor from his work with Mr. Bungle, Tomahawk,

0:28.6

Melvin's, Phantomos, even his work with John Zorn, King Buzzo, or Secret Chiefs Three,

0:33.9

Trevor is an extraordinary artist, very disciplined, and has devoted his life to his craft of playing bass, and we are astonishingly lucky that he has.

0:45.5

Today, Trevor and I discuss many areas of his career, his beginnings in Eureka, California, the early days of Mr. Bungle, the arc of Disco

0:55.2

Valante in California, his work with John Zorn, Melvin's King Buzzo, and of course the new

1:02.0

Tomahawk album, Tonic Immobility, available March 26, pre-order your copy now, I've heard

1:09.8

the whole LP, it is absolutely fantastic. Another winner

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from Epicak Records, one of the most consistently great record labels in history. Now, you could

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order the vinyl of tonic immobility at Ipecacrecording.bancamp.com. And right now, right now,

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you can download and listen to a couple of tracks from Tonic Immability on your streaming service, Business Casual and Dog Eat Dog.

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Two tracks from Tonic Immability. Tomahawk's new album, you could hear them now, and you'll

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be totally set up for the download of the full album once it becomes available March 26.

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Oh, and by the way, this is only part of the interview we did with Trevor.

1:51.8

We have an extended version available only to our Patreon supporters at patreon.com slash vinyl guide.

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If you enjoy the Vinyl Guide podcast, please consider becoming a patron of the show.

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