Comments on: Mike Patton 101

By: tom

tom — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:25:31 +0000

Sorry to be a pedant but General Patton vs the Executioners and Kaada and Patton - Romances are not guests spots but full collaborations.

In the former case patton not only sent the executioners all the records they were to use, but also sequenced the album. Similarly, Patton and Kaada wrote the songs together for ‘Romances’. The lovage project was also not a guest spot, but a full collaboration between Dan the Automator and Patton.

By: Max

Max — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:29:14 +0000

The syllabus for Mike Patton 101 is pretty extensive. Those links are great…to see Tomahawk perform rinses the bad taste of billboard marketed BS out of my ears.

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:43:38 +0000

Don’t forget about Maldror, a collaboration between Patton and the Japanese noise artist Merzbow.

By: Gatis

Gatis — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 06:59:14 +0000

Please - Mike Patton, Ikue Mori & John Zorn - Hemophiliac (2CD album).

Very interesting song: BooYa Tribe with Faith no More - Another body murdered! 10/10

By: xn

xn — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:21:51 +0000

MP and Dillinger Escape Plan “Irony Is A Dead Scene” is a 4-song ep, full collaboration on every song. But the omissions in the otherwise great article are just another indication of how vast this man’s output has been in the past twenty years, that even some of his die-hard fans don’t know/haven’t heard everything the man has ever done.

By: Brad Root

Brad Root — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:50:17 +0000

Also would be good to mention that Mike Patton did the voice of The Darkness in the videogame of the same name. Also, he has a small part as the “anger ball” in Valve’s Portal from The Orange Box.

By: Shawn

Shawn — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:41:03 +0000

I agree, while this list is not entirely conclusive, it is a good primer for those that don’t know MP past FNM, or Mr. Bungle.
That’s why it is called Mike Patton 101, and not Mike Patton 403. You wouldn’t take a 101 level college course if you were a junior, even if it was for your major.

By: Pablo

Pablo — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:23:14 +0000

didn’t he also guest on the self titled team sleep album, the chino moreno (a la deftones) side project?

By: nate seltenrich

nate seltenrich — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:38:39 +0000

What, no mention of Ipecac Recordings, the East Bay Area label he runs with Alternative Tentacles’ Greg Werckman? Lots of weird, noisy stuff that meshes with the Patton catalog, including discs from Hella, Melvins, kid606, Mouse on Mars, Moistboyz, the Locust: all the strange stuff no one else will release.

By: Hal Lowery

Hal Lowery — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:34:44 +0000

It’s good to hear that Mike is still going strong, I’m just an old friend from Eureka, Ca. Mike and I worked at The Record Work’s together, I let his Speed Metal band “Torture” practice at my apartment a few times…..man did they have the right name!!

I took Mike to his fist concert ever….Run DMC, LL Cool J, B& Rakim K at the Oakland Coliseum around 87′ or 88′, you should have seen him, I knew he was going to do something big,keep up the good work Mike!!

By: Hal Lowery

Hal Lowery — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:45:21 +0000

The Run Dmc tou may have been a little earlier than 87′….. my bad

By: conquer the world

conquer the world — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:54:12 +0000

Why an article on Mike Patton? yea he’s been busy the past year but he hasn’t released anything good and relevant since Tomahawk Mit Gas in my opinion.

By: conquer the world

conquer the world — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:55:55 +0000

I actally think the different styles and shifting genres is what hurts mike patton. I believe he has one of the best and most diverse rock lead vocalist out there but instead he is too conceited and wannabe art student (bad art at that)

By: kryptx

kryptx — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:16:28 +0000

He has also worked with Japanese violinist Eyvind Kang on “Athlantis”…multiple live improv projects, like Moonraker( with Buckethead), Weird Little Boy (Zorn), Fennesz & Patton, Naked City (Zorn), has scored two Feature length movies, (Pinion, and A perfect Place) and acted two main roles in the movie Firecracker. As far as the last comment… Mike Patton does what he wants when he wants, and doesn’t conform to anything. he is a true artist and his project choices just exemplify it.

By: tim

tim — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 23:00:55 +0000

i guess i would consider myself a mike patton fan, but he’s getting a little ridiculous with all the b/s he’s been putting out. that new soundtrack of his sucks, as well as the last fantomas and tomahawk albums. he hasn’t really made anything good aside from peeping tom since “mit gas”.

By: yourmother

yourmother — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:25:28 +0000

Well, SOMEBODY’s got to pick up where Zappa left off…..

By: joel217

joel217 — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:36:16 +0000

Dont forget Hemophiliac with John Zorn and Iku Mori or the improv duo PattonRahzel.

By: Music Critic

Music Critic — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:47:34 +0000

Mr. Patton is one prolific SOB. But damn if he’s not talented.

By: Frennis Daemon

Frennis Daemon — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:56:12 +0000

Mike Patton is a frakkin’ GENIUS! I try to keep up with everything he’s done, but that may be an impossible feat. There’s more than one project here I hadn’t heard of. I’ve been lucky enough to see him with FNM, Mr. Bungle and Fantômas (a show where I nearly lost my mind and almost thrashed myself into oblivion, which earned me a few free beers from other concert-goers). Keep it up Mike!

By: Luca A

Luca A — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:26:31 +0000

His humor, inventiveness, relentless output never ceases to amaze me.
Sure enough some of his stuff is just too avant-garde for my taste, but when it clicks, it’s just the best.

Do not overlook: his 1998 live in san Francisco with Dave Lombardo and john Zorn.

By: Dish

Dish — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:38:20 +0000

Mike Patton is one of the most underrated vocalists out there.
Nice to see him compared to the late Frank Zappa.
Both are genius composer’s, arrangers and, musicians.
Stay away from the mainstream.
It’s clogged with sewage anyway.

By: p2g

p2g — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:20:36 +0000

“i guess i would consider myself a mike patton fan, but he’s getting a little ridiculous with all the b/s he’s been putting out. that new soundtrack of his sucks, as well as the last fantomas and tomahawk albums. he hasn’t really made anything good aside from peeping tom since “mit gas”.”

1) Tomahawk is not “his band”, and he would tell you as much. It’s Duane’s and the last album was his idea and concept. To “blame” PAtton is to not have your facts straight.

2) Have you heard the soundtrack in it’s true context: the movie itself? If not, how can you pretend to judge it’s worth/merit? The soundrack is based on the film, to judge it outside that environment is silly.

so he has done some random stuff recently, who cares? that’s what he does. Peeping Tom was only 2+ years ago anyway, and he’s got a ton of stuff in the works so way get down on him. Crudo, new Lovage (potentialy), Mondo Cane (this is gonna blow people away)… and i think he has material for additional Peeping Tom if he wants.

By: The Goose

The Goose — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:40:49 +0000

I loved his work with Destiny’s Child.
Marvelous!

By: Music Critic

Music Critic — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:37:46 +0000

I had no idea that was Mike doing the voices for the monsters in I Am Legend. That is amazing!

By: n3cro515

n3cro515 — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:09:18 +0000

They missed ALOT of Patton’s stuff. I can’t believe they didn’t mention LOVAGE. I’m a huge fan, and I still find stuff that he did that I had no idea! The man’s a maniac! He tries to hit every single genre, every single era of music, and combine them into one sound. Anyone who makes fun of his sound, or him for that matter are ignorant to the complexity and talent that goes into (most) of what he does. He’s a true idol in my eyes.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:13:59 +0000

This guy is my hero.

By: Spartacus

Spartacus — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:22:42 +0000

I hope nobody reads this! Michael Patton is a self-trained chimpanzee! He is neither artist nor musician–I own at least seven records he’s “done”, but none BY HIM–because ordinary everyday musicians, take Springsteen for example, find a certain sound, toy around with it, expand it, bounce it around the rock arenas for a few years, get fed up with aLL THE ATTENTION, then release one or two really dark, confessional and/or alienating records that supposedly put the critics and the audiences back in check. Patton has not done this and probably never will. Dark and alienating are his specialty, but confessional? Forget it! Marshall Mathers has him beat by thousand miles! This freak named Mike must have some past to confess to, some story to tell without resorting to crackly old microcassette recordings of him getting molested at the age of four. That sort of thing works in the world of his long-time idol David Lynch, but there’s also a reason why the filmmaker hasn’t used any of Patton’s music in his soundtracks; it is too surreal already, and does not require the special touch of any Surrealist.

By: scaramouche

scaramouche — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 08:51:22 +0000

great vocalist i heard a tale that bobby mcferrin gave him his propers when he recieved some kind of reward but i do not know the validity of this and that last comment wow marshall mathers better than mike wow maybe we should take a break from the bong and actually have some kind of taste before we compare “dear stan” to “ma meeshka mow skwoz” but then again i didn’t go see 8 mile so maybe i am biased

By: Count Skogg

Count Skogg — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:49:54 +0000

Yeah, good Patton overview.

I personally didn’t really enjoy the second Tomahawk (& still need to hear the third, which sounds much more interesting - and I know Tomahawk’s more of Duane’s project than Patton’s) and found Peeping really boring. But maybe I should give that another go and listen out for all the tongue-in-cheek. I think all Fantomas have been good though, even if the last took me a while to get into. Kaada was a bit boring. His work with Bjork was great, and there’s a great doco out there on the making of Medulla. Dillinger was ok I guess. Vs the X-Ecutioners was actually pretty good I thought, but it took a few listens. And Lovage was great. Maldoror was fun (not so good live though). But the last few years of releases haven’t impressed me much. I do want to track down his work with Eyvind Kang – that guy is a genius.

I guess it goes without saying that all Patton’s work with Bungle and Faith was awesome. i’m intrigued by the sound of his new solo project - the last two were really interesting, even if i do only play them once a year. and he’s always done interesting stuff with Zorn, especially Zorn’s ‘Elegy’.

By: emansofly

emansofly — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:00:16 +0000

I don’t think that Patton says to himself, if they(the consumer) liked Fantomas they’re going to love Peeping Tom.. He makes music because he likes and enjoys all types of music, and all types of genres… I think it’s only natural that one would not like all of Patton’s projects, but his work ethic and talent should not go unrecognized.

By: love

love — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:59:23 +0000

amazing album. i just prelistened and downloaded it here: http://lavamus.com/Album/2442366/Mike_Patton/A_Perfect_Place__Ost_/mp3/