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I Was At That Show - Dean Menta (Faith No More, Sparks)
🕑 Added 2021-11-02 14:00:06 +0000 UTC
Producer Matt returns to the mic for a chat with very special guest/proud OH patron Dean Menta who played guitar with Faith No More in the 90s and has served various roles with Sparks for many years. They stepped into the time machine to talk about his first tour with FNM as a roadie, his ongoing collaborations with the Mael brothers, and delve into Dean's journey from globe-trotting road dog to music editor/dad staying put in LA.
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Songs featured in this episode:
Duh - "+1"
Sparks & Faith No More - "This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us"
Theme song written and performed by Dean Menta.
P.S. Check out this fun clip of Dean with Faith No More appearing on Conan and goofing around with Max Weinberg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9NOTIjtins
Comments
brian bonelli
This was great! More of these, please!
Tim Heidecker
Thanks Adam! Yes, very fun ep for me for sure. I should talk to Simone Turkington about doing a Bungle chat. A million years ago as a Bungle super fan I drove Trevor and his bass around downtown New York to get falafels. And then I kinda knew Zorn so I ended up driving Patton to gigs a couple times and ended up at a dinner w/ him and Zorn and William Winant once. I felt like a real dum dum! anyway thanks for the kind words :)
Adam Waugh
This was a great ep Matt! It's good to know there are Bungle heads among us. You must have been stoked to have Trevor and Trey on the show!
Ami York
I am a Bungle Head / FNM Freak - I will be listening tonight!
Julian Dalrymple
Great episode, Matt! I found the Mike Patton/Tim parallels fascinating
Matt Whittle
This was amazing. I'm one of those FNM freak fans you mention as scary in the podcast. Dean revealed quite a bit in this interview that was new insight - very cool! Thanks Matt.
Arthur
nice job matty
Tim Heidecker
It’s a small world after all!
Tim Heidecker
Hahaha. Not much to hear from back then but search for the band Logjam on any of the streamers and you’ll find plenty to work with from my 20s.
Brendan Mitchell
It’s funny, during this show I thought if Dean joined A Perfect Circle (not that I’m a fan) he coulda played with Josh Freese and low and behold he’s the guest this week!
Ashley Brown
as a Bungle freak and Sparks head, loved this! looking forward to the next ep!!
Annie Sway
P̶r̶o̶d̶u̶c̶e̶r̶ Host Matt, unearth your high school band music please! ^_^
Brendan Mitchell
This is fucking great Matt. Learnt heaps!
Shane Cooper
Loving this Matt! Your interviewing style is awesome
Jon Uleis
Fascinating and so fun! Loved all the Sparks chat and the new theme song.
Sandro Bonanno
Looking fwd to this!
Mister Social
This is rad! I’m a huge Sparks fan. Just got around to watching the documentary and it was fantastic.
Chloe Lizotte
Cool!
