Mr. Bungle have released their first newly recorded music since 1999 in the form of the below cover of The Exploited‘s track “USA“. While you can find the track now on all digital platforms, those who purchase it via Bandcamp this Friday, June 05th, will see 100% of the proceeds from it donated towards the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund. 100% of the band’s and label’s proceeds from the track will also be donated to that fund through to July 04th.
If you’d like to show your support even further, 100% of the proceeds from the song and a limited edition t-shirt will also be donated to that fund as well through to July 04th, you can pick up that bundle here. The band’s guitarist, etc. Trey Spruance said of this cover:
“Doesn’t matter what part of the political spectrum you are on, everyone at some point has said ‘Fuck the USA.’ The closest thing we have to a universal sentiment.”
Ipecac Recordings co-owner Greg Werckman commented:
“This is a song that resonates and speaks to the country that Ipecac calls home. Over 100,000 US citizens are dead from the pandemic. At the same time protective masks have turned into a political football and no one has a grasp on testing. Racism continues to rear its ugly head. Police brutality spikes, unemployment spikes, depression spikes and ‘our’ ego driven elected officials don’t seem to care. We need to do a better job of looking out for each other. MusiCares looks after all of us in the music community.”
Werckman of course co-founded the aforementioned label with Mr. Bungle, etc. vocalist Mike Patton. This cover comes from the band’s recent studio sessions for the re-recording of their 1986 demo “The Raging Wrath Of The Easter Bunny“, which took place earlier this year.
Those sessions followed a string of reunion shows which saw Patton, Spruance and bassist Trevor Dunn augmented by Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian and Suicidal Tendencies, etc. drummer Dave Lombardo. Both of those musicians also took part in the aforementioned studio sessions.
