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Mike Patton Profile |
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Birth Date: January 27, 1968
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Birth Place: Eureka, California, USA
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Birth Name: Michael Allen Patton
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Height: 5'9"
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Biography |
Mike Patton (born Michael Allan Patton, January 27, 1968, in
Eureka, California), is an American musician. He is best
known as the lead singer of Faith No More from 1988 to 1998,
but has also handled lead vocals for Mr. Bungle (which
preceded his involvement with FNM), Tomahawk, Fantômas and
Peeping Tom. He often produces side projects in
collaboration with other musicians, such as John Zorn, Dan
the Automator, The Melvins, The Dillinger Escape Plan,
Melt-Banana, Sepultura, Merzbow, Kool Keith, The
X-Ecutioners, Team Sleep, Björk, Subtle, Rahzel, Amon Tobin,
Eyvind Kang, Lovage, and Kaada. He co-founded Ipecac
Recordings with Greg Werckman in 1999, and has run the label
since. In the month of May, 2006, he released a new album
called Peeping Tom with his project of the same name. What
Patton calls his "version of pop music," the album was
conceptualized six years before its eventual release, and
features the work of several artists mentioned above, as
well as Massive Attack, Odd Nosdam, Jel, Doseone, Bebel
Gilberto, Kid Koala, Norah Jones, and Dub Trio.
Patton is also known for utilizing a wide variety of vocal
styles and techniques; as such, his performances include
airy falsetto passages, Sinatra-esque lounge crooning, death
metal grunts, Medieval-style chanting, an abrasive take on
scat singing featuring various shrieks, screeches, and the
occasional jostling of his Adam's apple while singing, as
well as beatboxing and a variety of authentic-sounding vocal
emulations of things such as flowing water, a train, or a
computer voice.
Mike grew up in Eureka, California, he and his friends
formed Mr. Bungle circa 1985. During the late 80s they
recorded the cassette-only demos The Raging Wrath of the
Easter Bunny, Goddammit I Love America, Bowel of Chiley and
OU818 (featuring tracks that would appear on their first
Warner Brothers album), and earned a small local following.
Patton joined Faith No More in January of 1989 and filled
the vocal void left by the unreliable and recently fired
Chuck Mosley, who moved on to the band Cement. Faith No
More's The Real Thing was released later the same year. The
album reached the top ten on the charts thanks largely to
MTV's heavy rotation of the Epic promo.
In the United States, Faith No More would never again match
the commercial success of "The Real Thing" but their music
continued to evolve into new and sometimes stranger areas of
rock music. After a series of very interesting albums,
namely Angel Dust; King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime;
and Album of the Year, Faith No More officially disbanded in
1998.
Patton is highly regarded in alternative musical circles,
and seen as something of an idol in the eyes of modern
alternative youth for his air of mystique, his
constantly-changing musical sensibilities, his impressive
vocal range, and his experimental nature. He remains an
elusive figure in music, rarely giving interviews and
characteristically dismissive of his contribution to Faith
No More in particular. Although recently he has openly
stated that he enjoyed his time in Faith No More, and in
2006 he chose a FNM video for MTV2's Mike Patton Takeover. |
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Other Information |
Highly talented singer of Faith No More (1989 to 1998 when
the band broke up), Mr Bungle, Fantomas, Maldoror, and a
solo career (2 albums, Pranzo Oltranzista (1997) and Adult
Themes For Voice (1996)). Has also worked with John Zorn,
Sepultura and was a part of the "Weird Little Boy" project
with Zorn and Bungle guitarist Trey Sprunace (who also
joined Faith No More for the album "King For A Day, Fool For
A Lifetime" 1995).
Replaced Chuck Mosely as Faith No More's singer in 1989.
Co-founded and co-owns Ipecac Records.
Acted as Jimmy Stewart's "Scottie" role from the film
"Vertigo" in the Faith No More video for "Last Cup Of
Sorrow."
Has recorded songs in many languages, including Italian,
Spanish, Portugese, and German among others.
Studied English at Humboldt State University - left school
before his junior year to sing for the band Faith No More
Now sings in the bands Tomahawk with Duane Denison (guitar,
The Jesus Lizard), Kevin Rutmanis (bass, the Melvins) and
John Stainer (drums, Helmet)and in the band Lovage with Dan
the Automator (Gorilaz, Deltron 3030, Handsome Boy Modeling
School and countless others), Jennifer Charles (Elysian
Fields)and Kid Koala, and in the upcoming band Peeping Tom
also with Dan the Automator.
Patton is a twentieth generation Native American.
Did vocals for The Dillinger Escape Plan's 2002 EP "Irony Is
A Dead Scene". |
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