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Re: MIKE PATTON on Faith No More
MIKE PATTON Doesn't Rule Out FAITH NO MORE Reunion
Artisan News Service reports: Mike Patton, currently fronting MONDO CANE and about four other different bands, made his mark in the late '80s, early '90s fronting FAITH NO MORE. It was the band's "The Real Thing" album that created the funk-metal craze, opened the door for the RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS brand of funk-rock, and tipped off what would become the nu-metal revolution. Bands as diverse as KORN and the MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES benefitted from their groundbreaking work, with songs like "Epic" and "From Out Of Nowhere". Throw in NIRVANA, and the alternative revolution was born.
Artisan News Service spoke to Mike Patton and asked him if he thought "The Real Thing" would be as influential to music as any album in the last 20 years.
On whether he is aware of "The Real Thing"'s influence:
Patton: "No, but it's not my place to criticize. I just make the music and put it out there. Where it fits in the world, how important it is, how important it isn't is up to people like you. I have nothing to say about it."
On how he remembers his days with FAITH NO MORE:
Patton: "Fondly. They were good years. It was a decade of my life. It was lots of ups and lots of downs, but ultimately that's where I learned my chops and learned the craft and the business."
With "The Real Thing" celebrating 20 years next year, is there a possibility of getting back together with the FAITH NO MORE guys?
Patton: "I wouldn't rule it out. I don't think we would need to reform the band, but maybe there's other things we can do together."
- Communist China
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^ The albums I'm growing up listening to started off at least 10 years old when I found them... so I don't really relate.
- DoubleTalkingJive
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DoubleTalkingJive wrote:Maybe they could do a tour or something.
I'd pay alot to see a Faith No More album and tour.
I would too, but I don't see it happening.
Everything that I've read about those guys basically points to them not really being friends the whole time they were together.
Patton generally has something like 74 different projects going on at one time anyway, so this was probably just him saying, Yeah I'd go in the studio with one or two of them for a day or two.
Re: MIKE PATTON on Faith No More
jorge76 wrote:russtcb wrote:I'd pay alot to see a Faith No More album and tour.
I would too, but I don't see it happening.
Everything that I've read about those guys basically points to them not really being friends the whole time they were together.
Patton generally has something like 74 different projects going on at one time anyway, so this was probably just him saying, Yeah I'd go in the studio with one or two of them for a day or two.
You're probably right. I know he's always got a ton going on which is cool, but I'd love it if he made time for a FNM project.
Yeah, absolutely, and I am right there with you with what you said before about paying a lot to see a reformed FNM.
Really though, I'd also love to see what Patton and Gould or Bottom would come up with in a studio together again, FNM or otherwise.
