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Michael Allan Patton es un cantante, compositor, productor y actor de voz estadounidense, mejor conocido como el vocalista principal de las bandas de rock Faith No More y Mr. Bungle. También ha liderado y/o tocado con Tomahawk, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Fantômas, Moonchild Trio, Kaada/Patton, Dead Cross, Lovage, Mondo Cane, the X-ecutioners, The Avett Brothers y Peeping Tom. Los colaboradores constantes a lo largo de su variada carrera incluyen al saxofonista de jazz de vanguardia John Zorn, al productor de hip hop Dan the Automator y al violinista clásico Eyvind Kang. Patton alcanzó su mayor éxito comercial con Faith No More; aunque solo lograron un éxito en EE. UU., consiguieron tres sencillos entre los 20 más vendidos en el Reino Unido.
“I got one entire song from fortune cookies (Land of Sunshine). On another one, I took words from different Frank Sinatra songs and pasted them together. Another one, I was just driving around and there was a piece of paper on the ground, so I stole it.”
“It's (RV) about a slob sitting around who doesn't do anything. I kind of identify with it.”
“Trey Spruance didn't want to tour for ages. And Dean Menta has always been our guitar-roadie during Angel Dust, and I remember him playing fantastically during soundchecks. During each gig, he was watching from the side of the stage, seeing Big Jim play stuff that he could play better.”
“Oh, have you seen Beavis and Butt-Head when they watch one of our videos and Beavis goes: 'These guys sound just like the Chili Peppers?' As if I haven't heard that one before!"”
“Despite the aural onslaught, King (For A Day) is not an assault I think it's us being us, more than anything. I think we finally had the resources to be us on this record.”
“We just wanna be the happy bums that we are. That's all.”
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