Mr. Bungle Is Coming To Wellmont Theater In Montclair For Concert

MONTCLAIR, NJ — Are you ready for “The Night We Came To Jersey?”

On Tuesday, thrash-experimental metal band Mr. Bungle announced that they will be stopping at the Wellmont Theater in Montclair as part of their latest tour, with special guest, Battles.

Mr. Bungle will be performing at the Wellmont at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 9. Tickets go on sale Friday – learn more here.

The concert in Montclair is the only New Jersey performance on the tour list. Other nearby shows will take place in Philadelphia on Sept. 6 and New York City on Sept. 8.

According to the Wellmont Theater website:

“Not unlike most ‘80s thrash metal bands, Mr. Bungle was formed in an impoverished lumber and fishing town by a trio of curious, volatile teenagers. Trey Spruance, Mike Patton and Trevor Dunn beget the amorphous ‘band’ in 1985 up in Humboldt County, CA, sifting through a variety of members until around 1989 when they settled on a lineup that managed to get signed to Warner Bros. Records. No one really knows how this happened and it remains a complete mystery that even the algorithms of the internet can’t decode. Up until 2000, they released three albums, toured a good portion of the Western hemisphere and avoided any sort of critical acclaim. Some argue that the band subsequently broke up but there is also no proof of this. What is true is that they took 20 years off from performing under said moniker while they pursued various other music that, in contrast, paid the rent.”

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