Mike Patton

Michael Allan Patton
Born January 27, 1968
Born and Raised in Eureka, California
Started "Mr. Bungle" with his high school friends in 1984.
He stayed with Mr. Bungle through his 10 years with "Faith No More" (1988-1998) and continued with them until 2004.
While with Faith No More
- Replaced the singer after their first 2 albums "Introduce Yourself"(1985) and "We Care a Lot"(1987)
- Sang on their third album "The Real Thing"(1989) with minor style tweaks
- Became their front man on tour and in videos and shaped what they would become
- Known as the man with a thousand voices
- Would often sing for Mr. Bungle who would open for Faith No More on the same night
- Wrote most of the music and almost all the lyrics for their fourth album "Angel Dust"(1992)
- Wrote all of their lyrics and music (with influence from the band on some songs) for their last 2 albums
  - "King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime"(1995)
  - "Album of the Year"(1997)
After Faith No More
- Continued with Mr. Bungle
- Started and composed songs for:
  - Fantômas
  - Tomahawk
  - Peeping Tom
  - Hemophiliac (band with avant-garde composer, saxophonist John Zorn)
- Collaborated with:
  - Lovage
  - Kaada (Norwegian soundtrack composer)
  - The Dillinger Escape Plan
  - Maldoror
  - The X-Ecutioners
  - Rahzel (rapper)
  - Zu
- Composed Movie Soundtracks
- Composed a Symphony for an Italian Orchestra
How he is similar to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Composed many "works"
- Proficient with many instruments
- Mostly self-taught
- Style that encompassed the light and graceful along with the dark and passionate
- Developed own style, breaking away from "traditional" music composition
- Enjoys "Messing" with the audience by playing against expectations

A Living Composer

Presented by

William Stanton