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Eyvind Kang — Virginal Co-ordinates

Violinist Eyvind Kang has been rocking the avant-garde scene since 1995 and his sixth album shows no signs that he’s letting up any time soon. Recorded live at the 2000 Angelica Festival in Bologna, Italy, Virginal Co-ordinates stars Kang and a 22-member orchestra featuring Mike Patton on vocals and "electronics." The result is a series...
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Penis! Mike Patton Whips It Out On Stage In Australia

We aren't quite sure what prompted Mike Patton to whip his johnson out in front of a camera during Faith No More's set at the Soundwave Festival in Brisbane, Australia on Saturday (Feb. 20), but since it's Patton we're talking about he probably didn't need prompting. History has shown nobody's really prompted Patton to swallow a shoelace on...
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Faith No More's Mike Patton Swallows Shoelace On Stage

Mike Patton is probably the only person one could possibly imagine swallowing a shoelace, and that's exactly what he did when Faith No More played Hungary's Sziget Festival on Sunday. Patton unlaced a shoe, took the shoelace and swallowed it during "Just A Man," according to Italian music blog Musica Metal. He then kept singing while...
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Mike Patton Is A Robot

Mike Patton's been busy scoring the music for Crank 2: High Voltage, which hits theatres next Friday, and that upcoming Faith No More reunion tour that launches in June. But he's also apparently set to voice a robot in Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen, according to the Playlist blog. Patton will apparently voice either Mixmaster or Long Haul...
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Faith No More Reunite

Faith No More have reunited and will tour this summer, but you'll only get to see them if you're in Europe. Frontman Mike Patton's publicist says the band will reform for a series of European tour and festival dates, but have no plans to tour North America. Guitarist Jim Martin, who left the group in 1993, won't be included in the reunion, which...
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Prolific Patton Keeps Momentum Going With Peeping Tom

Mike Patton is known as much for his numerous incarnations in bands Faith No More, Tomahawk, Mr. Bungle and current project Peeping Tom as he is for his outrageous stage antics and avant-garde singing style. Collaborator and innovative hip-hop producer Dan "The Automator" Nakamura insists that Patton is just as extreme in real life...
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Mike Patton Gets Excited By Being A Peeping Tom

It's been more than five years since eccentric vocalist Mike Patton announced the formation of Peeping Tom — his current genre-defying side project featuring an impressive array of big name collaborators. After half a decade of waiting, fans were delivered Peeping Tom's self-titled debut LP two weeks ago. Prior to its release, the oft-delayed...
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Mike Patton's Peeping Tom Project Is Star-Studded

The musically versatile Mike Patton has been talking and, when that happens, a lot comes out. The singer, songwriter, musician and producer has been hard at work on a long list of interesting projects, including the highly anticipated debut of Peeping Tom. The former Faith No More member's first of three Peeping Tom albums is scheduled for a...
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