A four-piece group featuring singer/songwriter Kathie Napholz, multi-instrumentalist Dan Glomski (formerly of Snake Teach, Wayne Iha’s pre-Smashing Pumpkins act), bassist/keyboardist/overall performance artist Michael De Bernardi, and drummer Pieter Richter, Bonita Bizarre released their mythologically themed acidity rock debut, Tunes of Encounter, in 1996.