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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!

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Music rss

Title Genre Released Plays
A Take of Two Views Rock Aug 20, 2008 622
Zamatol Rx Rock Aug 19, 2008 528
Pinned Again Rock Jun 11, 2008 576
Greetings from the Moon or Mars Rock May 30, 2008 694
Fuzzy Ears V2 Rock Mar 17, 2008 681
Mork n Mindy (updated mix) Collab Rock Nov 28, 2007 1209
Four Other Nov 9, 2007 776
Three Rock Nov 9, 2007 720
Two Other Nov 8, 2007 813
One Rock Nov 8, 2007 741
The Inside of Your Ear Other Nov 3, 2007 789
Don't Be a Stranger Other Nov 1, 2007 747
Mork and Mindy Rock Nov 1, 2007 826
The Seed Other Jun 25, 2007 863
Data Flow Other Jun 21, 2007 792
Pudding Alternative May 27, 2007 834
Brighter Pits Alternative May 17, 2007 805
Ride the Fog Alternative May 17, 2007 817
GunkBot Alternative May 15, 2007 878
MoreOver Alternative May 13, 2007 938
She Walked Inside Rock May 13, 2007 1045
Fine Dining Rock May 11, 2007 863
Llano Rock Feb 16, 2007 1078
Green Valley Ska/Reggae/Dub Feb 16, 2007 1018
Skaggs V2 Collab Industrial Feb 15, 2007 1238
Cooper (Instrumental psychedelia) Rock Feb 14, 2007 881
Skaggs (Instrumental Version) Industrial Feb 13, 2007 1005
Hwy 116 (please collab!) Rock Feb 13, 2007 914
Skaggs (rd) Industrial Feb 10, 2007 1163
Glen Ellen Industrial Feb 10, 2007 1004
Oh Seven Alternative Jan 2, 2007 880
Aircrash Bed Machine Other Nov 30, 2006 1014
Metal Pillow Alternative Sep 7, 2006 979
Truffle Alternative Sep 7, 2006 889
In Gear Alternative Sep 5, 2006 920
War On Terror (thank you) Alternative Aug 31, 2006 906
Hey Lucy, I'm Home Alternative Aug 26, 2006 1004
Steve Vai Metal Aug 25, 2006 1163
Spiders in Your Mind Alternative Aug 25, 2006 917
Mortar Alternative Aug 25, 2006 930
Anex Alternative Aug 25, 2006 938
Late Night Snack Other Aug 3, 2006 1011
Piano Song Other Aug 3, 2006 1252
Tune It Out Alternative Aug 2, 2006 1076
Turn Out the Lights Rock Aug 1, 2006 1374
Thursday Alternative Aug 1, 2006 896
Splinter Rock Aug 1, 2006 1000
UnEarthLy Alternative Aug 1, 2006 1148
Cheese and Bitten Ears Inspirational Aug 1, 2006 1000
Punk Crisis Alternative Aug 1, 2006 997
Fenced In Alternative Jul 28, 2006 1173
Sprouts Alternative Jul 27, 2006 1000
Warning Siren Alternative Jul 27, 2006 1104
Home Studio Setups Jun 27, 2006 3537
An Inner Mind Alternative Jun 22, 2006 924
I See Green Rock Jun 22, 2006 992
Tahoe Abducted My Hero Alternative May 24, 2006 987
Keep Inside Alternative May 24, 2006 1097
Salute to the Machine Terror Bot Alternative May 24, 2006 1386
Born Rock May 23, 2006 955
From You Alternative May 17, 2006 905
Last Wave Electronica May 17, 2006 1009
Tree Frog (on the ground) Alternative May 10, 2006 941
Rogi Other Mar 31, 2006 1106
Praying For You Explicit Alternative Mar 24, 2006 1175
Down to the Top Rock Mar 24, 2006 1057
G.U.N.K. Alternative Mar 23, 2006 1126
For the Love of Humans Alternative Mar 23, 2006 1148
Taxes Alternative Mar 22, 2006 1082
El Ojo Hermoso (The Beautiful Eye) Other Mar 22, 2006 1249
Sleep In Other Mar 4, 2006 987
Fuzzy Ears Rock Feb 24, 2006 1007
Clash of the Titans! Rock Feb 23, 2006 1024
Grrrr Other Feb 16, 2006 960
Islands Rock Feb 16, 2006 952
Dancing Poodle Rock Feb 15, 2006 1498
Judge Me Not Alternative Feb 15, 2006 998
Never Looking Up Alternative Feb 14, 2006 1036
Eleanor Other Feb 14, 2006 998
A Walk in the Dark Alternative Feb 13, 2006 1183
Freak Show Rock Feb 10, 2006 949
Binary Love Rock Feb 10, 2006 1072
Truckstop Rodeo Rock Feb 10, 2006 1238
W3E Remix Alternative Feb 9, 2006 1020
From a Cloud Alternative Feb 9, 2006 1378
Lunch Alternative Feb 9, 2006 1002
An Idiot's Mind Alternative Feb 9, 2006 1161
Hot Dogs Collab Rock Feb 9, 2006 1874
Fencing Accident Rock Feb 8, 2006 1155
For Real Rock Feb 8, 2006 1082
Mob Attack Other Jan 13, 2006 1152
Felt Tip Marker Other Jan 13, 2006 1472
Chants Alternative Jan 13, 2006 1269

Collaborations

Title Genre Released Plays
Gunk-collab Hwy116 Rock Feb 14, 2007 996
Midnight Drive (Music Vid) Music Videos Oct 8, 2006 2278

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