Bunk Gardner
Biography
Bunk Gardner (born John Leon Guarnera; May 2, 1933 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American musician who most notably played for the original version of Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention until the group disbanded in 1969. He plays woodwinds and tenor sax. His older brother, Buzz, was also in the Mothers of Invention.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Absolutely Free
1967
We're Only In It For The Money
1968
Burnt Weeny Sandwich
1970
Weasels Ripped My Flesh
1970
Uncle Meat
1969
Lumpy Gravy
1968
Cruising With Ruben & The Jets
1968
Mothermania (The Best Of The Mothers)
1969
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 4
1991
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore (Sampler)
1988
Finer Moments
2012
Road Tapes, Venue #1
2012
Greasy Love Songs
2010
Mystery Disc
1998
Ahead Of Their Time
1993
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 5
1992
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1
1988
Starsailor
1970
The Hot Rats Sessions
2019
Meat Light (The Uncle Meat Project/Object Audio Documentary)
2016
Frank Zappa For President
2016
Son Of Cheep Thrills
1999
Cheap Thrills
1998
We're Only In It For The Money / Lumpy Gravy
1985
Credited work
945 releases · 73 albums · active 1967–2025
- Performance · 2,221
- Other credits · 673
- Engineering · 15
- Production · 4
Studios: Apostolic Studios · T.T.G. Studios · Royal Festival Hall · UMRK
Frequent collaborators
- Frank Zappa
- The Mothers Of Invention
- Zappa
- Mothers Of Invention
- Geronimo Black
- The Grandmothers
- Ant-Bee
- Francis Vincent Zappa