Mike Patton

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Michael Allan Patton (born January 27, 1968) is an American singer, guitarist, singer, film director, multi-instrumentalist, and film composer best known as the lead vocalist of the alternative metal band Faith No More.

Mr. Bungle's founder and lead singer, Patton has performed with Tomahawk, Fantômas, Dead Cross, Lovage, The Dillinger Escape Plan, and Peeping Tom. Patton has received acclaim for his atypical influences and experimental projects.

Patton has the most versatile vocal range of any well-known artist of popular music, with a range of six octaves.

He has worked as a producer or co-producer for artists including John Zorn, Sepultura, Melvins, Melt-Banananana, and Kool Keith.

Greg Werckman co-founded Ipecac Recordings in 1999 and has been running the company ever since.

Patton's numerous musical ventures and constant touring have earned him the nickname of a "workaholic."

Early years

Mike Patton was born in Eureka, California, to a social worker mother and a physical education teacher father. Patton's house was strictly secular. His family had an apartment in San Jose in which they spent a long time before deciding to Eureka permanently. Patton says he has been writing recreationally for as long as he can remember. Patton grew up as a sports fan and continued to train them regularly until his touring career began in 1989. One of his earliest musical memories was listening to his dad's recordings by Earth, Wind & Fire, and a Frank Zappa one, but they did not leave a lasting impression on Patton. He was a good student and athlete in elementary school, but he had no friends because of his concentration on achieving good grades. He regularly begged his parents to drop him off at the theater, where he sporadically watched slasher films and also Star Wars, whose soundtracks impacted him greatly. He and his bandmates have consistently attributed their early years in Eureka, California's far north of California, to their burning curiosity that could lead to their future career paths (Eureka is one of San Francisco's few major towns surrounded by dense redwood forests). Patton, although his family had no artistic experience, was thankful for the freedom they gave him that led him to music.

Patton studied at Eureka High School, where he met bassist Trevor Dunn and later guitarist Trey Spruance, both members of the school's music theory class and jazz ensembles. Patton became acquainted with Dunn through trading records, and the pair developed a friendship over their studiousness, sarcastic humor, and disaffection. Both were members of Gemini, a cover band that appeared on stage by well-known heavy metal bands. They quickly grew interested in heavier styles and joined Fiend's, but they were refused to record a death metal tape under the name Turd, with Dunn on vocals and Patton on the guitars. Although Patton was "very well-adjusted and well-liked by [his middle school] classmates" who became more alienated from sports, he found a supportive community in the death metal music scene, where he switched his attention away from sports to art. Both he and Dunn had punk friends and started to branch out into that subculture; neither musician nor the school's party scene wanted to be associated with the heroin crisis; instead, they were recognized as straight edge. Trey Spruance, a year younger, and drummer Jed Watts, were both members of Torchure, a Mercyful Fate-inspired band that had performed with Patton's Fiend, and formed another two-piece extreme metal band called FCA. Mr. Bungle was born in 1984, and the four musicians joined up and formed Mr. Bungle. They held their first show in Bayside, a neighboring town. Dunn, Spruance, and Patton "pretty much looted everybody" at school and hung out alone outside the tennis courts across the campus. They often participated in late-night freighthopping, getting off to nearby towns or rural, wooded areas, and then relying on hitchhiking to get home. Although they feared the cultural dearth of the area, they lauded their school teachers who nurtured their artistic talents; an English one turned Patton onto Marquis de Sade and The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosiski; and a temporary horn player at a performance.

Patton, a student at Humboldt State University in Arcata, has enrolled in English literature with the intention of becoming a writer. Patton's time as a musician, he did well in college and wrote several short stories of varying genres, though at the time, music was an enjoyable yet not-serious pastime. Patton first met his future band Faith No More during a 1986 performance at a pizza parlor, where Mr. Bungle appeared several times. Spruance, who had invited Patton to the show, gave drummer Mike Bordin Mr. Bungle's first demo The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny. Patton went from school to college, and he spent part of the first record store in Eureka before joining Faith No More in 1988.

Mr. Bungle of the late 1980s conducted a number of demos on cassette: the Easter Bunny of 1986, 1987's Bowel of Chiley, 1988's Goddammit I Love America, 1989's OU818. The last three feature tracks from their 1991 debut studio album were included in the series.

Personal life

In 1994, Patton married Cristina Zuccatosta, an Italian artist. The couple split their time between San Francisco and Bologna, Italy. In 2001, the couple wed, but then reconciled. Patton has referred to her as his "best friend" and claims that "she probably knows [him] more than [he] does. Patton owned a Bologna home before 2001 and became an Italian fluent speaker. These performances connected him closely to Italian history and its popular music of the mid-20th century. He was also speaking Spanish before the 1990s and now speaks it. In addition,, he spoke Portuguese slang.

He has no children. Patton loves his anonymity and has few close friends in his life. Danny DeVito, an actor who frequently attends Patton's concerts, is one of his friends. They met after DeVito and his son attended a Fantômas exhibition at the 2005 Coachella Festival.

The singer's numerous projects and constant touring have drew him to be widely known as a "workaholic." Patton, a coffee addict, has been involved with three projects at the same time throughout the years. He did not go on vacation by 2006, but says his routine is smooth for him and that "having" a few unfinished items isn't "feel secure." Patton admitted that his cramming schedule had hampered some of his personal relationships, but that music is his highest priority.

Patton revealed that he was suffering from agoraphobia in 2022, causing the cancellation of Faith No More and Mr. Bungle's appearances in 2021.

The frontman has a massive record collection, and he and John Zorn used to fly to Japan to buy albums. Patton is not "so sensitive to musical environments" and claims that some of the finest art tends to "fall through the cracks," according to him. He invests a considerable amount of money looking for non-mainstream artists. This was one of his reasons for the establishment of Ipecac Recordings. "I like going into [record store] Amoeba" and saying "O.K." in 1999.

what's gonna change my life today?'"

Patton's favorite moment during a promotional cycle in 1995 was to spend $20,000 on a jazz record binge with his bandmate Bordin in Paris, France. In 2010, he wrote a review for Record Store Day to promote those small businesses, naming them his "candy shops."

Patton is a foodie. He owns several restaurant books and enjoys different cuisines on tour, "whether it's some high-end snobby shit or some low-down barbecue in someone's back yard." Pranzo Oltranzista's album revolves around futurist cuisine, and he has given thematic interviews about food. Other than music, meeting up with friends over a meal is his most popular social activity.

Patton has been a fan of basketball team Los Angeles Lakers since childhood. He is also a baseball fan, which he described as "a guilty pleasure" in the past. Patton supports the Italian national football team.

Patton used to swim and weight lifting in between tours.

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Music career

They approached Patton in 1988 after the members of Faith No More heard Mr. Bungle's second demo tape in 1987. The band considered more than fifteen artists, including Chris Cornell of Soundgarden, but they settled on Patton due to his versatility. Patton was announced as their next artist in January 1989, renaming Chuck Mosley, which prompted Patton to drop his studies at Humboldt State University in the next month. Mosley later formed the bands Cement and VUA, and gave several "one-off" appearances at Faith No More and Patton's shows before his death in 2017.

Faith No More's The Real Thing was published in 1989. largely thanks to MTV's continued rotation of the "Epic" music video (which also features Patton in a Mr. Bungle T-shirt), the album made it to the top 20 on the US charts, thanks in large part to MTV's heavy rotation of the "Epic" music video (which features him in a Mr. Bungle T-shirt). Before disbanding in 1998, Faith No More recorded three more studio albums—Angel Dust, King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime, and Year of the Year. Patton cited what he saw as the band's quality as a contributing factor in the break in one interview.

Faith No More revealed on February 24, 2009, after months of rumors and rumors, that they would be returning to an all-inclusive line-up. Rhino unveiled the sixth Faith No More collection in the United Kingdom on June 8, the very Best Definitive Ultimate Hits Collection in the United Kingdom, coincideing with the band's reunion tour. Sol Invictus, the same line-up's debuting of a new album in 2015, has since been released.

Patton continued to work with Mr. Bungle during his time in Faith No More. Mr. Bungle's success in mainstream rock and metal eventually earned him a contract with Warner Bros. In 1991, the band released a self-titled album (made by John Zorn) and 1995's experimental Disco Volante. California's last album, California, was released in 1999. Following the 1999–2000 tour in support of the California record, the band stopped playing, but the band's disbandment was only announced in November 2004. Mr. Bungle reunited in 2019 with three original members (Patton, Dunn and Spruance) as well as guitarist Dave Lombardo and guitarist Scott Ian to re-record its first demo from 1986.

Patton's other projects included two solo albums on John Zorn's Composer Series (Adult Themes for Voice in 1996 and Pranzo Oltranzista in 1997). He is a member of Hemophiliac, in which he appears on saxophone and Ikue Mori computer electronics alongside John Zorn. This group is described as "improvisational music from the outer reaches of madness." He has appeared on Painkiller and Naked City recordings. He has appeared on other Tzadik releases, including among Joey Baron and Trevor Dunn, and "Moonchild Trio" in which the trio first appeared, Moonchild: Songs Without Words, written by Zorn.

Patton formed the metal band Fantômas in 1998 with guitarist Buzz Osborne (of The Melvins), bassist Trevor Dunn (of Mr. Bungle), and drummer Dave Lombardo (of Slayer). They have released four studio albums. Patton collaborated with Japanese experimental musician Merzbow on the album She, which was released under the name Maldororor in 1999.

Patton first met former The Jesus Lizard guitarist Duane Denison at a Mr. Bungle concert in Nashville, and the two bands Tomahawk formed in 1999. Tomahawk's simple rock sound has often been compared to Album of the Year/King for a Day No More.

He performed vocals to Chino Moreno's Team Sleep in 2001 and released the album Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By Patton, Dan the Automator, Jennifer Charles, and Kid Koala, he founded Loving, a collaborative project involving Patton, Dan the Automator, Jennifer Charles, and Kid Koala.

Patton appeared on Dillinger Escape Plan's 2002 album, Irony Is a Dead Scene. He joined violinist Eyvind Kang and his ensemble Playground to perform the piece Virginal Co Ordinates at Bologna's Festival Internazionale di Musica. In 2003, the show will be released as an album.

Patton appeared on the album Medulla in 2004 with Björk and the beat boxer Rahzel. Patton released the album Romances with Kaada and performed vocals for the album White People by Handsome Boy Modeling School that year (Dan the Automator and Prince Paul). Patton appeared on the album General Patton vs. The X-Ecutioners.

Mike Patton performed an operatic work based on Giordano Bruno's 1582 work Cantus Circaeus, based on Giordano Bruno's 1582 work Cantus Circaeus, at Teatro Comunale di Modena, Italy. Patton performed alongside vocalist Jessika Kenney, and was joined by the Modern Brass Ensemble, Bologna Chamber Choir, and Alberto Capelli and Walter Zanetti on electric and acoustic guitars. The singer noted that it was difficult to project the voice without a microphone. This performance was later identified as the Athlantis record in July 2007, by Ipecac Recordings.

Patton's Peeping Tom album was released on May 30, 2006 on his own Ipecac label. The set was assembled by combining song files sent by mail with collaborators like Dan the Automator, Rahzel, Norah Jones, Kool Keith,... Massive Attack, Odd Nosdam, Amon Tobin, Jel, Jel, Doseone, Kid Koala, and Dub Trio.

He performed vocals on The Qemists' track "Lost Weekend" in 2008. Patton, along with Melvins, co-curated an All Tomorrow's Parties Nightmare Before Christmas festival in December 2008. Patton performed The Director's Cut in its entirety with Fantômas, selecting half of the line. In a special 2 part episode on August 24, Patton appeared as Rikki Kixx in the Adult Swim show Metalocalypse.

In June 2009, Mike Patton and Fred Frith appeared in Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, England, as part of the Meltdown Festival, which took place in that year.

Ipecac Recordings released Mondo Cane, where Patton performed live with a 30-piece orchestra on May 4, 2010. Daniele Luppi co-produced and arranged the album. The CD, which was released in 2007 at a series of European performances, including an outdoor concert in a Northern Italian piazza, as well as a a version of Ennio Morricone's "Deep Down" by Ennio Morricone.

Patton, a classical composer Luciano Berio's 1965 work Laborintus II, as well as the orchestra Ictus Ensemble and vocal group Nederlands Kamerkoor, appeared in Amsterdam on June 18, 2010. On July 10, 2012, this performance will be released as an album. Patton and Ictus Ensemble performed this piece in Krakow, Poland, preceded by a matinee of the album Virginal Co Ordinates the previous day, as well as its producer Eyvind Kang.

Patton is a member of the supergroup Nevermen, as well as Tunde Adebimpe of TV on the Radio and rapper Doseone (with whom Patton has previously collaborated on the Peeping Tom project). On Patton's Ipecac label, the group unveiled an eponymous debut album in 2016.

Patton released a new album with the band Dead Cross in August 2017, a supergroup made up of Slayer and Fantômas drummer Dave Lombardo, Retox's Michael Crain and Justin Pearson.

Patton's collaborative EP, Irony Is a Dead Scene, as well as a cover of Faith No More's "Malpractice," during the Dillinger Escape Plan's first of three final shows at Terminal 5 in New York City on December 27, 2017.

Patton appeared in Modena, Italy, in May 2018, with American pianist Uri Caine. Olivier Messiaen, Elton John, Slayer, Violeta Parra, George Gurdjieff, and others were among the concert's setlists. They also performed "Chansons D'amour" from an album Patton will be released later this year with French singer Jean-Claude Vannier, the corpse Flower of September 2019. The shows were shot on tape, but it is not certain if the content will be released.

Patton joined Laurie Anderson and Rubin Kodheli at the SFJAZZ Center for a show based on Quanjing Jieyao Pian, the 16th century military manual, published in Qi Jieyao, NZ.

Faith No More had been expected to perform shows in September 2021, but Patton cancelled due to Patton's mental health problems.

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