Mike Patton Appreciation Thread

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  • the wolf
    the wolf Posts: 7,027
    aside from a few tracks i think Angel Dust is one of the best albums.

    i love Patton, but i must admidt, all his projects of lost me, not because i dont like them, but because i couldnt keep up!! lol. but now that the music scene is in the shitter again, ill be able to catch up on some of his work i missed.

    my contribution.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGKjeRgn4CA&feature=related

    also

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbnVZDvUh1I
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  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    melodyman22 wrote:
    This Mike Patton is an amazing singer. Just blows my mind. This guy is not a great frontman or performer, his voice is average at best. Saying its lunacy cuz I think is voice is average, call it what ya want. Ya he makes the music he wants too, big deal that dont make him great.
    My mind is finding it hard to compute this post.
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  • Sian-of-the-dead
    Sian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    Mike Patton is a musical genius... he could possibly pass for God... after Ed of course ;):D:D


    end of thread. ;)
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  • Mike_Muse_Rage
    Mike_Muse_Rage Posts: 677
    Still my favourite funny Patton video:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdHrGLkFG6U
  • lephty
    lephty Posts: 770
    Sian-of-the-dead wrote:
    Mike Patton is a musical genius... he could possibly pass for God... after Ed of course ;):D:D


    end of thread. ;)

    it's statements like this that i just don't get. i understand the differences of opinions, but there are so many people that seem to think that he is the greatest thing in music, but i can't get into anything he does. i've watched most of the videos posted in this thread only to stop them after a minute or so with an increased dislike of what he does!

    i can normally respect someone's talent even though i do not like the music, but in Patton's case, i make an exception. maybe when i am older and my hearing is mostly gone, i will like his music more ;)
  • jammingecono
    jammingecono Posts: 34
    This is when I first became aware of Faith No More. Keep in mind this was on local TV. I think I was watching this show for MC Hammer or something.

    Best acceptance speech ever:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQS5Ypj3PYc

    Long version, with performance footage:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp8WHtlA0QU
    Eric
  • mbangel10
    mbangel10 Posts: 548
    lephty wrote:
    it's statements like this that i just don't get. i understand the differences of opinions, but there are so many people that seem to think that he is the greatest thing in music, but i can't get into anything he does. i've watched most of the videos posted in this thread only to stop them after a minute or so with an increased dislike of what he does!

    i can normally respect someone's talent even though i do not like the music, but in Patton's case, i make an exception. maybe when i am older and my hearing is mostly gone, i will like his music more ;)

    Are you a huge Wolfmother fan by chance? I just have to ask. ;)
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  • lephty
    lephty Posts: 770
    mbangel10 wrote:
    Are you a huge Wolfmother fan by chance? I just have to ask. ;)

    heh.. not at all, though i did get that album and grew tired of it quickly. though if i had to choose between seeing a Wolfmother concert or seeing some Patton band concert, i would choose Wolfmother!

    i must admit, i am interested to see what he is going with dan the automater. does anyone have any info on what this is?
  • mbangel10
    mbangel10 Posts: 548
    lephty wrote:
    heh.. not at all, though i did get that album and grew tired of it quickly. though if i had to choose between seeing a Wolfmother concert or seeing some Patton band concert, i would choose Wolfmother!

    i must admit, i am interested to see what he is going with dan the automater. does anyone have any info on what this is?

    Nope, pretty much what's been posted in this thread is all that's known so far. After they "debut" the new music in May at the Sasquatch Festival (or the warm-up show a few days before) is when everyone will know more about it. No release date for the record is set that I know of.

    I'm on the other side of the fence when it comes to his music. I don't know how anyone cannot like at least one thing that he does. Patton (and his previous bands) has inspired so many musicians that are on the radio right now it's crazy. Incubus (their early albums are a total homage to Mr. Bungle, they even got their name from a Bungle song), SOAD, Disturbed (who I hope do not massacre "Midlife Crisis" on their new album), Papa Roach, Deftones, Slipknot, Korn, and the list goes on.....

    I get that everyone has a different ear for music but I just can't figure out what's not to like about him.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt856_nRxQk

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJAX_JSe9Wk
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  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    lephty wrote:
    it's statements like this that i just don't get. i understand the differences of opinions, but there are so many people that seem to think that he is the greatest thing in music, but i can't get into anything he does. i've watched most of the videos posted in this thread only to stop them after a minute or so with an increased dislike of what he does!

    i can normally respect someone's talent even though i do not like the music, but in Patton's case, i make an exception. maybe when i am older and my hearing is mostly gone, i will like his music more ;)
    I cannot imagine how anyone could NOT love FNM's The Real Thing and Angel Dust :)
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • mbangel10
    mbangel10 Posts: 548
    Mike_Muse_Rage wrote:
    Still my favourite funny Patton video:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdHrGLkFG6U

    Anthony Kiedis really was a dick to Mike back in the day. They did this concert to mock the Chili Peppers after Kiedis got Mr. Bungle knocked off the bill for a couple of major music festivals. The Chili Peppers had final say as headliners but Kiedis did it on his own. The bands manager apologized to Mike on behalf of the rest of the band after it happened and said that it was all on Kiedis.

    What's odd is that those two had even met prior to this and Patton thought they had buried the hatchet but then Kiedis turned around and did that.

    I don't blame Mr. Bungle for the mocking them. Plus, it's funny as hell. :)

    I just gotta add another vid... this is my favorite Mr. Bungle song of all time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeZFyhZY84w&feature=related
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  • Joe2TheRevenge
    Joe2TheRevenge Posts: 904
    Anthony Kiedis is a talentless fucking hack.

    If he hadn't have been friends with great musicians, he never would have done fuckall in music and would still be nothing but a Z-list actor named Cole Dammet
    You can't spell "dumb" without DMB
  • pjl44
    pjl44 Posts: 10,616
    I'm firmly in the Mike Patton Is Genius camp. No one has mentioned Mondo Cane yet:

    http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=patton+mondo&search_type=

    The sound quality on some is better than others.

    Fantomas really has to be seen live. I only pull out their records once a year or so. Tomahawk's first two are excellent...Anonymous is interesting, but I know I won't listen to it frequently. Same with A Perfect Place. Lovage is fantastic. Peeping Tom is ok...they were also better live. Much of that is because Dub Trio was the backing band and did an excellent job. His collaboration with John Kaada is pretty good.

    And what more can be said about FNM and Bungle...
  • newwetkojak
    newwetkojak Posts: 62
    everything by faith no more is fucking incredible

    fantomas, eh... hugely dissapointed with the first one, like their concepts alot (remaking movie themes, recreating looney tunes music) probably will never buy another fantomas album, but i would burn a copy from a friend

    peeping tom - sounded great for a while but i burned out on it. time to pull it out again, though

    tomahawk - first album has some extremely good stuff on it, some that is just kinda whatever. curious about the other records

    lovage - heard it once... pretty good... big automator fan, too

    mr. bungle - "california" is fucking jaw-droppingly brain-blowingly phenomenal. don't know the other albums at all

    never heard of this new band with the automator... thanks for the headsup.
  • Mike_Muse_Rage
    Mike_Muse_Rage Posts: 677
    mbangel10 wrote:
    Anthony Kiedis really was a dick to Mike back in the day. They did this concert to mock the Chili Peppers after Kiedis got Mr. Bungle knocked off the bill for a couple of major music festivals. The Chili Peppers had final say as headliners but Kiedis did it on his own. The bands manager apologized to Mike on behalf of the rest of the band after it happened and said that it was all on Kiedis.

    What's odd is that those two had even met prior to this and Patton thought they had buried the hatchet but then Kiedis turned around and did that.

    I don't blame Mr. Bungle for the mocking them. Plus, it's funny as hell. :)

    I just gotta add another vid... this is my favorite Mr. Bungle song of all time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeZFyhZY84w&feature=related
    Yeah I remember reading about that. Patton is more talented than Kiedis will ever be, but Kiedis was still an ass to prevent Bungle from playing those festivals.
  • mbangel10
    mbangel10 Posts: 548
    newwetkojak wrote:
    everything by faith no more is fucking incredible

    fantomas, eh... hugely dissapointed with the first one, like their concepts alot (remaking movie themes, recreating looney tunes music) probably will never buy another fantomas album, but i would burn a copy from a friend

    peeping tom - sounded great for a while but i burned out on it. time to pull it out again, though

    tomahawk - first album has some extremely good stuff on it, some that is just kinda whatever. curious about the other records

    lovage - heard it once... pretty good... big automator fan, too

    mr. bungle - "california" is fucking jaw-droppingly brain-blowingly phenomenal. don't know the other albums at all

    never heard of this new band with the automator... thanks for the headsup.

    You're welcome!

    The other two Tomahawk albums are really good too. Mit Gas especially...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37OshaFTi6E

    Anonymous is old indian tribal music that is redone with the Tomahawk touch... it's very cool but definitely different.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PgJcSM-cbQ&feature=related

    California is a masterpiece.... I still love that CD. I think it's even better than Angel Dust, which is a hard album to top.
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  • bharQ
    bharQ Posts: 1,201
    melodyman22 wrote:
    but nothing he has done is great.

    King for a day and the 2nd Tomahawk album

    lemme guess, you haven't heard either
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  • DaytimeDilemma
    DaytimeDilemma Posts: 2,008
    Mr. Bungle > all.
  • elmer
    elmer Posts: 1,683
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    I cannot imagine how anyone could NOT love FNM's The Real Thing and Angel Dust :)
    How I feel.

    I never liked their subsequent albums and the debut was patchy.

    As for Peeping Tom and Mr Bungle, well partly due to this thread I've acquired their music, haven't gotten round to listening yet.

    EDIT- The Live in Brixton video was a classic!
  • mr bungle
    mr bungle Posts: 1,426
    bharQ wrote:
    King for a day and the 2nd Tomahawk album

    lemme guess, you haven't heard either
    I've always thought that start to finish KING FOR A DAY was FNM best album. Although Angel Dust of course is their most ambitious. And Tomahawk1 to me was what FNM would have gone on to sound like if they were still together and Patton had full control.

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