About Gunk
Gunk is Randy Wentzel. I started playing and simultaneously recording on my computer using N-Track around 1999. My really early stuff consisted of very simple keyboard melodies accompanied with little guitar bits. I was hooked on recording (in some ways more than playing), and immediately started adding rough vocal tracks using a little stick-on computer mic that wasn’t worth the plastic it was made from. You can hear my earliest song here; just click on the song named G.U.N.K.

Sometime around 2002, my brother and fellow iComp nut (theGranz) gave me a long horned bass guitar and I’ve been using it ever since. I might have stopped playing if it weren’t for that beat up old bass, as I really felt much more comfortable with the bass than I did with the guitar at the time.

With the bass my music switched directions and I started making many more synth, bass and vocal centric songs. I also replaced my old synth with a late 70’s ARP Quartet analog synth (that Matt also gave me). I was starting to get frustrated with N-Track around this time, and I almost stopped making music again, and I was in desperate need of better recording software.


I’m always looking to collaborate, so just message me if you’re interested! I can also be found on MySpace at http://profile.myspace.com/gunkmusic

Software:
Sonoma Wire Work's RiffWorks
PropellerHead's Reason 3

Instruments:
Fender Jazz Bass
Line 6 Variax
Long Horn Bass with big flat wound strings
M-Audio Axiom 25
Violin
Recorder Flute
Dishes, glasses and coins

Interfaces:
PreSonus Firebox, Toneport, Mbox, FastTrack USB (what a great interface!)
A few more, but whatever

Misc:
Cheapy Eurorack Mixer
Audio-Technica AT2020 Condenser Mic
Audio-Technica PRO4L Dynamic Mic (b
M-Audio BX5a powered monitors

Influences:
Legendary Pink Dots, Tear Garden, Gary Numan, Skinny Puppy, Ministry, Pink Floyd, The Black Heart Procession, Radiohead, Project Pitchfork, Funker Vogt, Kraftwerk, Killing Joke, The Pixies, The Melvins, Ween, Slint, Shellac, David Bowie, Guided by Voices, Mr. Bungle, Faith No More, The Meters, Pulp, The Cure, Velvet Acid Christ, Depeche Mode, Melvins, Brian Wilson, Slint, 3-Mile Pilot, Al Green...

Thanks for listening!

Randy (aka Gunk Music / Gunk Band) Gunk!

Always looking to collab on out-of-the-box projects

June 26, 2007

Title	Genre	Released	Plays
A Take of Two Views	Rock	Aug 20, 2008	157
Zamatol Rx	Rock	Aug 19, 2008	141
Pinned Again	Rock	Jun 11, 2008	251
Greetings from the Moon or Mars	Rock	May 30, 2008	276
Fuzzy Ears V2	Rock	Mar 17, 2008	334
Mork n Mindy (updated mix)	Rock	Nov 28, 2007	592
Four	Other	Nov 9, 2007	443
Three	Rock	Nov 9, 2007	413
Two	Other	Nov 8, 2007	473
One	Rock	Nov 8, 2007	434
The Inside of Your Ear	Other	Nov 3, 2007	448
Don't Be a Stranger	Other	Nov 1, 2007	435
Mork and Mindy	Rock	Nov 1, 2007	465
The Seed	Other	Jun 25, 2007	519
Data Flow	Other	Jun 21, 2007	479
Pudding	Alternative	May 27, 2007	486
Brighter Pits	Alternative	May 17, 2007	474
Ride the Fog	Alternative	May 17, 2007	516
GunkBot	Alternative	May 15, 2007	529
MoreOver	Alternative	May 13, 2007	546
She Walked Inside	Rock	May 13, 2007	573
Fine Dining	Rock	May 11, 2007	500
Llano	Rock	Feb 16, 2007	682
Green Valley	Ska/Reggae/Dub	Feb 16, 2007	686
Skaggs V2	Industrial	Feb 15, 2007	758
Cooper (Instrumental psychedelia)	Rock	Feb 14, 2007	562
Skaggs (Instrumental Version)	Industrial	Feb 13, 2007	642
Hwy 116 (please collab!)	Rock	Feb 13, 2007	592
Skaggs (rd)	Industrial	Feb 10, 2007	736
Glen Ellen	Industrial	Feb 10, 2007	619
Oh Seven	Alternative	Jan 2, 2007	564
Aircrash Bed Machine	Other	Nov 30, 2006	682
Metal Pillow	Alternative	Sep 7, 2006	664
Truffle	Alternative	Sep 7, 2006	586
In Gear	Alternative	Sep 5, 2006	587
War On Terror (thank you)	Alternative	Aug 31, 2006	615
Hey Lucy, I'm Home	Alternative	Aug 26, 2006	661
Steve Vai	Metal	Aug 25, 2006	803
Spiders in Your Mind	Alternative	Aug 25, 2006	616
Mortar	Alternative	Aug 25, 2006	625
Anex	Alternative	Aug 25, 2006	618
Late Night Snack	Other	Aug 3, 2006	708
Piano Song	Other	Aug 3, 2006	792
Tune It Out	Alternative	Aug 2, 2006	684
Turn Out the Lights	Rock	Aug 1, 2006	885
Thursday	Alternative	Aug 1, 2006	569
Splinter	Rock	Aug 1, 2006	666
UnEarthLy	Alternative	Aug 1, 2006	756
Cheese and Bitten Ears	Inspirational	Aug 1, 2006	688
Punk Crisis	Alternative	Aug 1, 2006	664
Fenced In	Alternative	Jul 28, 2006	798
Sprouts	Alternative	Jul 27, 2006	632
Warning Siren	Alternative	Jul 27, 2006	742
Home Studio	Setups	Jun 27, 2006	3202
An Inner Mind	Alternative	Jun 22, 2006	614
I See Green	Rock	Jun 22, 2006	645
Tahoe Abducted My Hero	Alternative	May 24, 2006	638
Keep Inside	Alternative	May 24, 2006	716
Salute to the Machine Terror Bot	Alternative	May 24, 2006	937
Born	Rock	May 23, 2006	649
From You	Alternative	May 17, 2006	616
Last Wave	Electronica	May 17, 2006	653
Tree Frog (on the ground)	Alternative	May 10, 2006	639
Rogi	Other	Mar 31, 2006	793
Praying For You	Alternative	Mar 24, 2006	830
Down to the Top	Rock	Mar 24, 2006	762
G.U.N.K.	Alternative	Mar 23, 2006	778
For the Love of Humans	Alternative	Mar 23, 2006	825
Taxes	Alternative	Mar 22, 2006	733
El Ojo Hermoso (The Beautiful Eye)	Other	Mar 22, 2006	872
Sleep In	Other	Mar 4, 2006	658
Fuzzy Ears	Rock	Feb 24, 2006	695
Clash of the Titans!	Rock	Feb 23, 2006	685
Grrrr	Other	Feb 16, 2006	653
Islands	Rock	Feb 16, 2006	642
Dancing Poodle	Rock	Feb 15, 2006	1009
Judge Me Not	Alternative	Feb 15, 2006	671
Never Looking Up	Alternative	Feb 14, 2006	710
Eleanor	Other	Feb 14, 2006	646
A Walk in the Dark	Alternative	Feb 13, 2006	791
Freak Show	Rock	Feb 10, 2006	622
Binary Love	Rock	Feb 10, 2006	728
Truckstop Rodeo	Rock	Feb 10, 2006	785
W3E Remix	Alternative	Feb 9, 2006	674
From a Cloud	Alternative	Feb 9, 2006	954
Lunch	Alternative	Feb 9, 2006	666
An Idiot's Mind	Alternative	Feb 9, 2006	804
Hot Dogs	Rock	Feb 9, 2006	1380
Fencing Accident	Rock	Feb 8, 2006	722
CA	Other	Feb 8, 2006	664
For Real	Rock	Feb 8, 2006	772
Mob Attack	Other	Jan 13, 2006	819
Felt Tip Marker	Other	Jan 13, 2006	977
Chants	Alternative	Jan 13, 2006	886

Title	Genre	Released	Plays
Mork n Mindy	Alternative	Nov 17, 2007	735
Gunk-collab Hwy116	Rock	Feb 14, 2007	581
Midnight Drive (Music Vid)	Music Videos	Oct 8, 2006	1594
Late Night Snack	Alternative	Aug 23, 2006	969

Title	Artist	Genre	Plays
Into the Flow	Filmscorz	Jazz	443
Saxonburg Blues	PowerMatt [+1]	Country	822
Your Rose Tint Color	PowerMatt [+1]	Rock	1056
Happy Birthday GUNK!!	Filmscorz	World	627
For Better or Worse	Baboon [+1]	Rock	1234
(Your So) Fast	zallaz	Rock	885
LOVE BOMB!!!	itiswotitis [+1]	Dance	1514
In Another Life (featuring Mystified)	PowerMatt [+2]	Alternative	1512
Now Right Now	PowerMatt [+2]	Punk	2003
Oro	brn	Electronica	760
Mars Attack	ponkey [+1]	Surf	1445
disconnection	birdsonic	Electronica	996
Bunny Stomp	AspersionDetergent	Electronica	1083
Sister Moon and the Paper Joon (oh-no)	PowerMatt	Rock	1115