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.
Find the audio here, or get it on your podcast app of choice using the Office Hours Patreon RSS feed.
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
This was great! More of these, please!
brian bonelli
2021-11-21 02:27:59 +0000 UTCThanks 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 :)
Tim Heidecker
2021-11-09 15:48:15 +0000 UTCThis 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!
Adam Waugh
2021-11-09 10:52:16 +0000 UTCI am a Bungle Head / FNM Freak - I will be listening tonight!
Ami York
2021-11-08 23:20:49 +0000 UTCGreat episode, Matt! I found the Mike Patton/Tim parallels fascinating
Julian Dalrymple
2021-11-08 19:48:16 +0000 UTCThis 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.
Matt Whittle
2021-11-08 00:07:05 +0000 UTCnice job matty
Arthur
2021-11-05 20:37:44 +0000 UTCIt’s a small world after all!
Tim Heidecker
2021-11-05 14:40:54 +0000 UTCHahaha. 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.
Tim Heidecker
2021-11-05 14:36:32 +0000 UTCIt’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!
Brendan Mitchell
2021-11-04 20:58:59 +0000 UTCas a Bungle freak and Sparks head, loved this! looking forward to the next ep!!
Ashley Brown
2021-11-03 22:38:09 +0000 UTCP̶r̶o̶d̶u̶c̶e̶r̶ Host Matt, unearth your high school band music please! ^_^
Annie Sway
2021-11-03 15:59:44 +0000 UTCThis is fucking great Matt. Learnt heaps!
Brendan Mitchell
2021-11-03 03:18:24 +0000 UTCLoving this Matt! Your interviewing style is awesome
Shane Cooper
2021-11-03 01:25:50 +0000 UTCFascinating and so fun! Loved all the Sparks chat and the new theme song.
Jon Uleis
2021-11-02 21:50:11 +0000 UTCLooking fwd to this!
Sandro Bonanno
2021-11-02 20:41:14 +0000 UTCThis is rad! I’m a huge Sparks fan. Just got around to watching the documentary and it was fantastic.
Mister Social
2021-11-02 17:49:30 +0000 UTCCool!
Chloe Lizotte
2021-11-02 14:51:37 +0000 UTC
