Mike Patton

Michael Allan "Mike" Patton ( born January 27, 1968 in Eureka, California) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actor and voice artist.

Life

Mike Patton was from 1988 to 1998 and since 2009, the singer reunited Faith No More. Previously, he was already singing on Mr. Bungle, a band from his hometown, which was founded in 1985 and is now regarded as resolved. More Patton bands are the rock, founded in 1999 All-Star lineup with drummer Dave Lombardo Fantômas ( Slayer ), Trevor Dunn on bass ( Mr. Bungle ) and King Buzzo ( The Melvins ) and the band was founded in 2000 Tomahawk, which he at the co-founded and operated by it label Ipecac published.

Patton has been processed musical styles ranging from avant-garde jazz to noise to gentle pop music. In addition, he uses while singing several languages. So he wrote in Faith No More, for example, individual songs in Portuguese or German ( " The Marksmen " ), and headed a compilation of songs by Serge Gainsbourg a cover version of " Ford Mustang" in French with. In Fantômas he has already incorporated Latin elements ( " The Omen "). Patton is fluent in Italian.

Patton joined in 2005 as an actor in the B-movie Firecracker on.

On 25 May 2006, the album Peeping Tom Peeping Tom of his new project appeared. Each piece of this album was recorded together with one or more guest musicians, including Massive Attack and Norah Jones.

In the video game "The Darkness", he lent his voice to the character of the same name. In addition, he has taken on the synchronization of the main character " Nathan Spencer " in the 2009 published version of the video game " Bionic Commando ".

He also synchronized in the Hollywood blockbuster I Am Legend, and in the video game Left 4 Dead, the screams of the infected creatures, also in the video game Portal the angry core ( Anger Sphere ), who gave the same noises about. In 2008 he composed the soundtrack to the short film A Perfect Place. Also, the soundtrack to the movie Crank 2: High Voltage 2009 is from him. 2010 Patton presents his album Mondo Cane, named after the movie. He sings, accompanied by an orchestra Italian pop songs of the 60s and 70s, probably among other things, written by Ennio Morricone or Bert Kaempfert.

Discography

Faith No More

Mr. Bungle

Fantômas

Tomahawk

2001 - Tomahawk
2003 - With gas
2007 - Anonymous
2013 - Oddfellows

Peeping Tom

2006 - Mojo Exclusive EP ( includes Preschool )
2006 - Peeping Tom ( album by Patton in collaboration with Odd Nosdam, Jel of anticon and Doseone, Rahzel, Dan the Automator, Amon Tobin, Kool Keith, Massive Attack, Bebel Gilberto, Kid Koala, Norah Jones, Dub Trio, among others. )

The Moonchild Trio

2006 - Moonchild (Songs without Words )
2006 - Astronomer
2007 - Six Litanies for Heliogabalus
2008 - The Crucible
2010 - Ipsissimus
2012 - Templars - in Sacred Blood

Solo albums

Participation in projects, guest appearances

Unless otherwise mentioned as singer:

Serge Gainsbourg - Great Jewish Music (1997)
Maldoror ( Masami Akita ( Merzbow ) and Mike Patton ) - She ( 1999)
Lovage - Music to make love to your old Lady by ( 2001) ( with producer Dan the Automator and singer Jennifer Charles)
The Dillinger Escape Plan - Irony Is A Dead Scene (2002)
Eyvind Kang - Virginal Co Ordinates (2004)
Handsome Boy Modeling School - White People (2004)
Kaada / Patton - Romances (2004)
Björk - Medúlla (2004)
Dub Trio - New Heavy ( Song: Not Alone ) (2006 )
Practice - Profanation ( Preparation for a Coming Darkness ) (2008 )
To - Carboniferous (2009)
Bohren & The Club of Gore - Condolences ( 2011)
Luciano Berio - Laborintus II (Mike Patton & Ictus Ensemble ) (2012 )
The Melvins - guitarist, vocalist and percussionist on the song GI Joe from the album The Crybaby
John Zorn - various
Sepultura - various
The Darkness (PlayStation 3/Xbox 360 game ) - dubbing voice of Darkness (2006-2007)
Bionic Commando (PlayStation 3/Xbox 360/PC ) - dubbing voice of the protagonist Nathan Spencer
Isis - Oceanic Remixes (Remix by Maritime)
The Young Gods, Montreux et al.

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