
Born John Leon Guarnera on May 2, 1933 in Cleveland, Ohio. Bunk Gardner joined the Mothers Of Invention in early 1967. He recorded and toured with Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention until late 1969. Shortly after he had left The Mothers, Bunk performed with Menage A Trois, with his brother Buzz and with John Balkin.
Bunk Gardner also toured and recorded with Geronimo Black and with The Grandmothers.
In early 2000, a couple of albums of The Don And Bunk Show got released, the duo that Bunk had formed with Don Preston. [read more...]