YOUR QUESTION

08/30/2020 Melody Nelson

Hi! Can you talk a little about the production process for the new Raging Wrath recording? Given that the production credit goes to the band, how were things split up between everybody? Did Dave and Ian have input in it too? Did anybody come to the table with really specific ideas about production style or even engineering? Curious what Spruance brought to the sessions considering his production obsession and affinity for extreme metal. Thanks!

MY ANSWER

It was really a group effort. We all deferred to each other when in doubt. We also knew from the get-go what kind of sound —’80s thrash obv— we were going for, so much was just given/unspoken. Often as is the case with Bungle, the guy who wrote the song has a sort of authority of the production, arrangement, details. But even in those cases, any five of us might chime in at anytime with an opinion or suggestion. And it’s important not to leave out Husky, the recording engineer and Jay, the mixing engineer. Their input is priceless.