Trevor Dunn

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Trevor Dunn

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Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth_name = Trevor Roy Dunn
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Born = birth date and age|1968|01|30
Eureka, California, U.S.
Died
Instrument = Bass, double bass
Genre = Experimental rock, avant-progressive rock, avant-garde metal, jazz
Occupation = Musician
Years_active = 1985–present
Label = Ipecac
Associated_acts = Trevor Dunn's Trio-Convulsant Mr. Bungle Fantômas Secret Chiefs 3
Melvins
Head
URL = [http://www.trevordunn.net/ www.trevordunn.net]
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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.

Biography

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.

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. [cite web | last = | first = | title = Fantômas Biography| publisher = Ipecac.com| date = | url = http://www.ipecac.com/bio.php?id=3 | accessdate = 2007-05-25] [cite web | last = | first = | title = Trevor Dunn's Trio Convulsant Biography | publisher = Ipecac.com| date = | url = http://www.ipecac.com/bio.php?id=28 | accessdate = 2007-05-20]

Band membership

*Mr. Bungle (Now defunct)
*Secret Chiefs 3
*Fantômas
*Trevor Dunn's Trio-Convulsant
*David Krakauer's Klezmer Madness

He has also contributed to or played with:

*John Zorn's Electric Masada
*John Zorn's Naked City
*Tipsy
*Tin Hat Trio
*The Melvins
*Matisyahu
*Rova Saxophone Quartet
*Ben Goldberg
*Junk Genius
*Sean Lennon
*The Rob Price Quartet
*Graham Connah's Sour Note Seven
*Many other Bay Area and New York artists

Gear

Basses: [ [http://trevordunn.net/geek.html trevordunn.net ] ]

*1975 Fender P-Bass (his primary electric bass, tuned to BEAD for Fantômas)
*1950's Czech Contrabass (used with Trevor Dunn's Trio-Convulsant and occasionally by Mr. Bungle)
*1991 Alembic 5-string Europa
* [http://www.kennethlawrenceinstruments.com/ Ken Lawrence] 5-string fretless
*Guild Ashbory
*1966 Guild Starfire

Amps:
* [http://www.gallien-krueger.com/products_artist_hd_800.html Gallien Kruegger 800RB]
* [http://www.acousticimg.com/products/prod_focus.html Acoustic Image Focus 1]

Pedals:

*Line6 Delay Modeler
*Line6 Distortion Modeler
*Boss RV-3 Reverb/Delay
*Boss FV-50 Volume
* [http://www.midfielectronics.com/ Mid-Fi Glitch Computer]
*Digitech Echo Plus 8 Sec. Delay

Selected discography

with Mr. Bungle

Demo tapes

*1986 - "The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny" (Ladd-Frith Productions: USA)
*1987 - "Bowel of Chiley" (Playhouse Productions, Rastacore Records: USA)
*1988 - "Goddammit I Love America" (The Works: USA)
*1989 - "OU818" ("B" Productions: USA)

tudio albums

*1991 - "Mr. Bungle" (Warner Bros. Records: USA)
*1995 - "Disco Volante" (Warner Bros. Records: USA)
*1999 - "California" (Warner Bros. Records: USA)

with Trevor Dunn's Trio-Convulsant

*1998 - "Debutantes & Centipedes"
*2004 - "Sister Phantom Owl Fish"

with Shelley Burgon

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

=with Fantômas=

*1999 - "Fantômas"
*2001 - "The Director's Cut"
*2002 - "Millennium Monsterwork 2000" (by The FantômasMelvins Big Band)
*2003 - "Masada Anniversary Edition Vol. 3: The Unknown Masada" (by John Zorn, Fantômas perform "Zemaraim")
*2004 - "Delìrium Còrdia"
*2005 - "Suspended Animation"
*2005 - "Who Is It/Where Is The Line Mixes" 12" Vinyl (by Björk, Side B features a Fantômas remix of "Where Is The Line")
*2005 - "Animali In Calore Surriscaldati Con Ipertermia Genitale/Cat in Red" (Split 5" Vinyl / 3" CD with Melt-Banana)

with John Zorn

*2001 - "The Gift" (by John Zorn)
*2002 - "John Zorn's Game Pieces Volume 2" (by Cobra)
*2002 - "Filmworks XII: Three Documentaries" (by John Zorn)
*2002 - "Filmworks XIII: Invitation to a Suicide" (by John Zorn)
*2003 - "Filmworks XIV: Hiding and Seeking" (by John Zorn)
*2004 - "50th Birthday Celebration Volume Four" (by Electric Masada)
*2005 - "At the Mountains of Madness" (by Electric Masada)
*2006 - "" (by John Zorn)
*2006 - "Astronome" (by John Zorn)
*2007 - "Six Litanies for Heliogabalus" (by John Zorn)
*2007 - "Book of Angels, Vol 7" (by Asmodeus)
*2008 - "Dreamers" (by John Zorn)

with Secret Chiefs 3

*1996 - "The Legendary Paper Project 7"" (As "The Secret Chiefs Trio")
*1996 - "First Grand Constitution and Bylaws"

with The Rob Price Quartet

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

Album collaborations

*2004 - "Phillip Greenlief/Trevor Dunn" (with Phillip Greenlief)
*2004 - "Eucademix" (by Yuka Honda)
*2006 - "A Live History of Gluttony and Lust" (by The Melvins)

Guest appearances

*2001 - "Book M" (by Secret Chiefs 3)
*2008 - "Save Me from Myself" (by Head)

References

External links

* [http://www.trevordunn.net/ Official Site of Trevor Dunn] - official site and comprehensive list of Trevor's live and recorded projects
* [http://www.ipecac.com/bio.php?id=28 Trio Convulsant's page at record label Ipecac Records]
* [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/iviews/tdunn.htm Interview]
* [http://pod.icast.co.il/7a6457e6-76b8-4f70-9364-3e44e148f8ec.icast.mp3 audio interview with Trevor Dunn (Jekyll and Hyde, Israel)]