If I can introduce someone to something new, as is constantly happening to me, then I am elated.
— Trevor Dunn
Now I am obsessed with collecting Platypus paraphernalia.
It wasn't until after private lessons and learning bass lines that I even noticed bass in the music I was listening to at that age. My ears were blown wide open.
Pop culture is not about depth. It's about marketing, supply and demand, consumerism.
I need to broaden my horizons.
Music is a very personal and emotional form of communication.
The bungle tour is a bit up in the air due to the fact this at we are getting screwed by our overseas label.
Hopefully, as a band, it will grow and develop for a good length of time.
I've experienced as much fame as I ever want to.
It's too hard for me to comment on the sorry state of our culture.
Mullets are still going strong in the south and places like St Louis or the Carolinas.
I take all of my music seriously and personally.
Harry Patch didn't get enough recognition. Jerry Garcia got too much.
I don't really know why I chose bass except that it was different than guitar.
I never understood why the metal heads in my school hated the punks.
NYC is chaotic. And I am attracted to chaos.
I mean, I would hope that I have a style or personality that is evident wherever I go.
Being in several, disparate bands is what I thrive on.
I guess the two Manifesto, Communicating Vessels, Mad Love, and some of his poetry made a significant mark on me but as far as bringing a literary element into the music I see it as a much broader assimilation.
I'm comfortable, but not satisfied and I hope to always feel that way.
I remember when metal was something you really had to search out, and now I hear it on car commercials.
I think it was more personal, but I certainly tried to adapt certain concepts of Surrealism.
I feel akin to the Platypus. An orphan in a family. A swimmer, a recluse. Part bird, part fish, part lizard.
I love playing in Fantomas, which is very strict in terms of composition.
If you want music that speaks to you, that LISTENS to you, you have to go out of your way, which I enjoy actually. I'm constantly on a private-eye kick to find the totally obscure.
I love being a musician. I love the lifestyle. But I think it's probably as difficult and frustrating as anything.
Different people bring out different aspects of ones personality.
Well, I've never been to Japan so I couldn't say. I do know that we have a bit of a following there however.
Bungle is definitely a priority right now.
But I also like to be in control, like anyone else. I try to achieve a balance.
I have no inflated ideas about success anyway.
There's a reason I moved to NYC, and if I listed all the musicians on my list you'd grow weary.
