Mr. Bungle performs at Fox Theater in Oakland on May 23, 2023. Nate McKinley/STAFF.

OAKLAND — Mike Patton’s eclectic musical tastes were on full display Tuesday night at the Fox. The Mr. Bungle (and Faith No More) frontman kicked off a 90-minute set of relentlessly chugging thrash metal with a cover of the theme song to the ’70s sitcom “Welcome Back, Kotter.” In fact, Patton was the driving force for his band’s most recent “Geek Show Tour,” which is winding down with a pair of shows in Oakland. Joining Mr. Bungle are two labelmates from Patton’s Ipecac record label: The Melvins and Spotlights.

Mr. Bungle, which formed nearly 40 years ago in Eureka with guitarist Trey Spruance, and bassist Trevor Dunn, evoked a serious thrash energy as it blasted into the chaotic thrash of songs like “Eracist,” off 2020’s The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo. Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo demonstrated a superhuman stamina as he navigated a massive drum set at near-mach speeds for the marathon set, while Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian appeared to be having a blast, sporting a giant smile while laying down precision riffage.

Midway through the set, Patton introduced the audience to a pink rubber pig.

“Say something to him. His name is Pig,” he said.

The set included a reworking of mid-’80s thrash band Stormtroopers of Death’s “Speak English or Die” as “Habla Spanish or Die.” Patton and company also managed to sandwich a verse or two of their song “Cold War” in between verses of Spandau Ballet hit “True,” on which Patton implored the crowd to sing along.

Toward the end of the set, Patton managed to pull down a significant portion of Lombardo’s drum kit, which both Patton and a pair of stage hands worked to right as Lombardo played on, unperturbed. After playing an unrecognizable Van Halen song, the band closed out its encore with a scorching version of “My Ass is On Fire,” from its self-titled 1991 album. Patton gave the audience one last look at his pig before shuffling off stage.

The Melvins played a set spanning their more than 40-year career. The trio pummeled the crowd with the Sabbath-on-Jupiter heft of “Zodiac,” from 1991’s Bullhead and mesmerized with an extended feedback drone before launching into “Never Say You’re Sorry,” from 2006’s A Senile Animal. The latter featured a pair of wah-wah-inflected white noise solos by guitarist King Buzzo. Drummer Dale Crover blew minds with his drum fills during “Evil New War God,” but perhaps the band’s strangest musical moment arrived as a cover of The Beatles “I Wanna Hold Your Hand,” replete with off-kilter heaviness.

The evening began with opening act Spotlights, a New York trio, with a 30- minute set of sludgy rock. Sarah and Mario Quintero, husband and wife, bassist and guitarist, benefited from a unique chemistry, along with drummer Chris Enriquez. The band offered up bombastic blasts of sound to gently malevolent strummed guitars.

As fans streamed out into the night near midnight, local band Hemorage delivered an impromptu set from inside their small band bus parked in front of the Fox.

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