Mike Patton

Birthday: 27 January 1968, Eureka, California, USA

Birth Name: Michael Allen Patton

Height: 174 cm

Michael Allan Patton was born on January 27th 1968 in California. He formed the band Mr Bungle at the age of 15, and after Jim Martin (of Faith No More) heard Mr Bungle, Mike was asked to join Faith No More as a permanent full time vocalist. After a turbulent career which lasted until April 1998, Faith No More broke up and since then Mike has parti... Show more »

Despite the aural onslaught, King (For A Day) is not an assault - I think it's us being us, more tha...Show more »

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. Show less «

We just wanna be the happy bums that we are. That's all.

All drummers want to be singers. I think it's a myth that the singer needs to be the focus. Bands pe...Show more »

All drummers want to be singers. I think it's a myth that the singer needs to be the focus. Bands perpetuate that myth. With somebody like Sebastian Bach it makes sense. Look at him. He could be in an Avon ad. Show less «

Oh, have you seen Beavis and Butt-Head when they watch one of our videos and Beavis goes: 'These guy...Show more »

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! Show less «

I got one entire song from fortune cookies (Land of Sunshine). On another one, I took words from dif...Show more »

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. Show less «

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