Mike Patton Hates Wolfmother
Mike Patton talks about his upcoming projects among other things:
http://www.g4tv.com/pile_player.aspx?video_key=12786
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September 1st, 2006 at 2:48 PM
Mike is almost astonished at how crap they are. He is really taken aback by them.
September 1st, 2006 at 3:45 PM
god g4tv is just horrid
September 1st, 2006 at 6:34 PM
Does anyone here seriously like any of these shit throwback type bands?
September 1st, 2006 at 7:16 PM
I agree. fuck Bloodbath.
September 2nd, 2006 at 5:34 AM
Haha that’s funny. Unfortunately who is he to talk :/ I’ll take Wolfmother over a lot of the crap Patton’s done any day.
September 2nd, 2006 at 5:40 AM
Never heard of Wolfmother – I’m not really a metal head anyway.
Shit name though. Who do they sound like?
Mike just cracks me up though when he’s on form!
Get him on stage at the Comedy Club!
September 2nd, 2006 at 5:50 AM
They’re this band, I saw them on tv and thought I was watching a retro 70′s band that used to be famous cause of the way they sounded (they sounded good), the way the video was made looked like it was made in the 70′s, and their hair (f’n hilarious hair). Then I saw it again another time and realized this was actually a new band. What’s the world come to? Doesn’t make much sense, they should be embarassed about making believe they just came out of the 70′s. Maybe that’s why Patton was saying what he was saying. But it does sound good like if it came out of the 70′s, if they did it’d be like they pioneered the way. Of course I’m not sure this is the band and I could be talking out of my a*s lol
September 2nd, 2006 at 5:52 AM
Yep just took a look at their website, one glance at the singer’s hair and I’m sure it’s the band I was talking about.
September 2nd, 2006 at 6:18 AM
They sound sort of like a modern version of a 70′s hard rock/metal band… like Led Zep or Sabbath.
September 2nd, 2006 at 6:51 AM
Yeah, at least from what the video looks like, it’s like you wanna go to them “why do you want to sound and look like your a band from the 70′s you st*pid ret*rds”? I mean it’s like being alternative times 100. There’s a limit to where you can go. But I guess there’s nothing else so people are lapping up whatever they can get their hands on.
September 2nd, 2006 at 7:45 AM
considering these bands laugh at pattonnowadays its funny that he thinks he even has a right to criticize
September 2nd, 2006 at 8:39 AM
Sounds like you are talking about The Darkness!!!
There are a million bands just copying whats gone before rather than push any sort of sound forward.
Thats what FNM, Bungle did, they were different and pushed things forward.
A Why would these bands laugh at Mike Patton ?
B What have they got to be proud of if they just copy someone’s sound?
C Everyone has a right to criticise!
September 2nd, 2006 at 11:51 AM
I thought it was highly ironic that he mentioned doing 60′s soundtrack music and then said “what decade are we in?”
September 2nd, 2006 at 12:10 PM
haha, yeh that is funny now that you say it :>
September 2nd, 2006 at 12:56 PM
True!
September 2nd, 2006 at 2:29 PM
I find Patton more and more pretentious
sometimes he should remember about the last album he just made
September 2nd, 2006 at 2:55 PM
Tatann: Peeping Tom was some of his best work in years (imo at least)… and second, how can you say Patton is pretentious while your website is a Phil Anselmo one? Are you insane?
September 2nd, 2006 at 6:52 PM
His reaction to their music shows you that he can’t tolerate semi-decent music anymore, he can only tolerate his own crappy music now. Not that I like Wolfmother, but I can see other people liking it, there’s lot’s of music I can see other people liking when I don’t myself. When I see people liking Patton’s noise, that I don’t understand. And yeah it is ironic he starts off by saying “I’m gonna make 60′s Italian music with an orchestra I’m all excited about”, then 15 seconds later he’s saying “what year is this?” lol
September 2nd, 2006 at 7:26 PM
you all sound like big PUSSYs. it seems like now all of a sudden you hate patton cuz he made fun of one of the shitty “retro rock” bands you guys like. Aww boo hoo for you. Patton wants to make ONE album where he is covering famous italian tunes, whereas people like wolfmother are blatantly copying a genre and marketing themselves to the young “hip” crowd that have no idea these guys have no imagination and are re-hashing old shit. Even if you say that doesn’t matter to you, “you still think they sound good” you’re wrong because they don’t even sound half as good as the shit they’re trying to replicate–they sound annoying and whiny.
September 3rd, 2006 at 11:58 AM
Great comment snoosnoo, that puts it all into perspective
September 3rd, 2006 at 1:17 PM
I just think its funny that there are some people on here bashing Mike Patton, and his music, on a Mike Patton website. Like, you actually came to a website of a musician that you hate just so you can talk shit about him, probably thinking “OH MAN, THESE PATTON FANS ARE GONNA GET IT NOW”.
I mean shit, I don’t go on Avenged Sevenfold’s website and talk shit to those kids, because i know im not gonna change anything.
So get a fucking life, you pussys.
September 3rd, 2006 at 2:02 PM
Great comment Satan, that puts it all into perspective
September 3rd, 2006 at 7:47 PM
Brilliant argument snoosnoo, I’m convinced.
September 3rd, 2006 at 11:55 PM
you can’t understand we can criticize a man without hating him, I love what Patton do (or at least did) and being a fan doesn’t mean being totally blind
so if your only argument is calling people “pussies” or other names maybe you should go back on redneck metal boards
and projectmayhem, I know, Anselmo is just a dumb southern moron, not a guy from the classy San Francisco, I shouldn’t be listening to these elitist artists like Patton
September 4th, 2006 at 1:46 AM
Nah it’s because we were big fans of Faith No More. But they disbanded. He had a big part in that. They even want to get back together but he doesn’t want to. Granted their last album was bad, but he left and made worse music than you could ever imagine. And now that they want to get back together (who knows what they could do now, it could be good stuff), Patton feels he must only make very bad music. I mean I wish the guys at Faith No More would just find another good singer. To tell you the truth I actually think if Patton joined the band today he would probably just ruin the whole album, he doesn’t have it anymore. His interests have just totally changed (OBVIOUSLY). He was always a mental case, and it probably has something to do with the changes he displays today.
September 4th, 2006 at 1:49 AM
By the way this isn’t a Mike Patton site, it started off as a Faith No More site and today is for that and also the rest of Patton’s bands.
September 4th, 2006 at 6:02 AM
Ah, the whole “this isn’t a Mike Patton fansite” argument again….
and FNM should NEVER get back together without Patton.
September 4th, 2006 at 6:07 AM
Wolf…wut??????, Jesus Christ!!! more fukers we don´t know, the list goes on and on………………..
September 4th, 2006 at 7:39 AM
I didn’t know there was such an argument before, what a silly argument. FNM was a band before Patton and did allright. Why should they NEVER get back without Patton? First of all he doesn’t want to get back with them. What, should they cancel their plans for the rest of their lives because he doesn’t want to? Second he’s lost it, he does all kinds of whacked out insane music. I can only cringe thinking about what he would bring to FNM now.
September 4th, 2006 at 7:50 AM
Check the previous posts, its all there.
And yes FNM were a fairly succesful band before he joined but he took them to new heights. He transformed the songs with his vocals. To say he has “lost it” is a matter of opinion. I personally think there is a freshness and originality to every project he undertakes and I am glad he is not churning out the same thing every time. Plus I’m willing to bet he will release something you like before his number is up.
September 4th, 2006 at 11:35 AM
Hahaha I wouldn’t quite put it that way. I’d say he found himself a great band to make great lyrics for, and they all reached new heights. As for releasing something I like again, I hope so, I hope it’s with Faith No More, that is if he gets his senses back.
September 4th, 2006 at 12:01 PM
Don’t worry Patton’s still got it – you only have to listren to Tomahawk, stuff with DtA, Lovage etc to know that, but I agree he’s put out some real crap in his time – but then it’s only a matter of opinion. I mean We’re Not Alone could easily be FNM anyway so imagine what could be done with the the rest of them back together. Patton know’s he’s playing a game with the band and the fans and I do believe they will do something else again. We have to give him a push and either club together to give him that two suitcases full of money or a petition – though that I think would probably just make him draw out a reunion even longer.
Life’s a bitch
September 4th, 2006 at 1:25 PM
Even if Mike Patton (or anyone else for that matter) chose to record his fart and release it as a single, it would still be better than most of the music that is played on MTV and the big radio stations today. If it wasn’t for the shallow fucking media, I would never have heard of god awful Wolfmother! Just having to write their name makes me sick… Fuck Syndrome of a Down, too. And fuck people who can’t realise that music has to change and evolve in order not to kill itself. Fuck.
September 4th, 2006 at 1:53 PM
It’s really weird to read all these comments here… I don’t know what the heck is wrong, but it seems that i’m the only person on this planet, apart from my fiance, who actually loves Peeping Tom. I think it’s great, it’s a lot of fun and a lot of awesome music. I actually would be very happy to see another Peeping Tom album soon. It’s a great good time music, and along with Lovage and the Executioners thing it just feels good. It’s like Mike Patton’s Saturday Night Fever. People looking for Fantomas or FeNoMas
in Peeping Tom must be hearing and seeing thru their buttholes instead of ears and eyes and have a small pile of feces instead of brains. Have some broader mind horizons folks. Open up!
But, Peeping Tom aside, i can’t really understand some folks here who just totally bash Patton for ‘weird’ or ‘whacked out’ or ‘noise’ music he made. What i understand from what many of you wrote, is that since FNM days Patton has done not a single decent track. Well, what a piece of bs… I guess it’s pretty darn obvious that if you’re looking for continuation of FNM stuff in post-FNM work of Patton might get disappointed. But it’s kind of a pussy or nazi way of thinking. I know it’s hard to let go of a good thing, but hey, that’s life dudes. Deal with that.
Plus, why should an artist stick to the same routine all the time? Why do people expect QOTSA to be a Kyuss continuation, when they have nothing in common? Why do folks whine about VR when it’s clear it was never meant to be a GNR 2. Why do people look compare Tool with A Perfect Circle? Oh well… Examples like these go on and on… Why do people leave bands? Not only due to some stupid interpersonal stuff, but mostly because of the low level of artistic freedom and too much of compromise.
And another thing – even if it’s a bit rude to just diss other bands, it’s also freedom of speech, right? But freedom of speech aside – Wolfmother released one album, right? How many did Patton release or strongly collaborate on? More than a dozen. Just this very experience and age entitle him to form critical opinions about young bands who just don’t really know what the heck they’re doing. Same, or even better, holds for Josh Homme. Cuz he recorded Blues For The Red Sun with Kyuss when he was younger, or at least as young as the folks in Wolfmother. And those albums are just basically uncomparable, honestly. And even tho it’s a different type of music, any Fantomas or Tomahawk album is also better than Wolfmother if we take into account the skills, the sound, the innovation.
Another thing… someone said something’s wrong with The Darkness. Dude, get a life, please. The Darkness may be a copy of some earlier bands, but, contrary to Wolfmother, they never take themselves seriously. It’s a one big joke and it’s all about fun. And it’s ok. It’s like a better version of disco – it’s supposed to be light and fun, no deeper meanings there. Whereas Wolfmother don’t seem to be laughing too much in their videos or during their live shows. Plus, imho, the members of Darkness are better musicians than the guys at Wolfmother.
And what’s with the ‘he’s lost it’ thing? I believe he just found it
And he’s just keeping on finding more 
I actually never liked the early FNM stuff and i can’t really get people bashing Album Of The Year. It’s all a matter of preference. But preferences aside, how can you say he’s lost anything? Just draw up a timeline of the records he’s done after FNM and you’ll see how he expands his artistical horizons basically not giving a funk about what FNM-nazis think. And he’s surely working harder than during FNM times, too, unafraid to get involved with almost non-profit stuff for the sake of artistic innovation and pushing boundaries.
Finally, i bet Patton is an ADHD type so he doesn’t necessarily say things that are diplomatic. But hey, that’s something we can live with, if what we all get in return is that awesome music that his ADHD helps him to make. Folks with ADHD – don’t take drugs. No Ritalin, no Sudafed, nothing. Just get involved with arts or performing and work a lot, cuz you can work much harder and better than average people.
September 4th, 2006 at 2:16 PM
For once and for all: It’s more than legitimate to post comments that don’t praise every little peeps that comes out of Pattons mouth, and you Patton fanatics need to face it. We all love Patton, but we have every right to criticize what he does on this or on every other platform.
September 4th, 2006 at 3:11 PM
Jeeeeeeeeezzzzzz!!, quite frankly i would LOVE that, but for now, let´s deal with it, we will see FNM back with Patton in bussiness when people like Frank Sinatra or Elvis get up from his graves to sing “evidence” on a live performance right in my backyard LOl!!
September 4th, 2006 at 5:38 PM
MMmmmm, well, and i would LOVE to have ur optimism…hehehe
September 4th, 2006 at 11:24 PM
I am an australian am im sorry to say the wolfmother are an australian band. Mike Patton’s comments are right on the money they are by far the most over rated shitty band to ever be allowed to make an album. There songs are basic rock that doesnt come close to being antwhere of the quality we exspect from great bands. Somehow they seem to be popular but they’ll fade out just like a lot of the happy come lately shit acts out there.
September 5th, 2006 at 4:57 AM
As Patton said during in a early Fantomas interview in Italy (2000):
“Se a la gente piace va bene, sennò non è che mi sparo in testa capito?”
Which basically means
“If people like it, it’s ok, otherwise I won’t shoot my head”
He just does what he wants to: sometimes many people like it, sometimes only few, but that’s life. We must deal with it.
I guess we all like Patton because he’s very versatile…we wouldn’t like him any other way right?
SDP
September 5th, 2006 at 2:25 PM
I saw Wolfmother on David Letterman, and after watching the band play the same lick over and over and over and over again for 3 minutes, i was left laughing at them. The only good thing going for Wolfmother is the singer can sound like robert plant/ jack white pretty decently, so maybe they should just be a cover band because their music is garbage.
September 6th, 2006 at 12:39 AM
Syndrome of a Down… haha. Not bad, not bad.
Oh, and FNM is dead. Get the fuck over it. Don’t get me wrong, I loved them, but if they continued they would have just become a pastiche of themselves and that would have gone against everything they meant to be as a young teen. I’m glad they split up when they did.
I definitely agree that while Mike Patton is obviously a versatile & innovative musician, he has maybe fallen into the trap of “ripping himself off” a few times without realising. Whether it’s using a particular series of rhythmic death metal-esque growls the same way in late Bungle, Tomahawk, & Fantomas, or the way that the Dillinger EP & Peeping Tom in their own ways sometimes sound a little too reminiscient of FNM for comfort – there’s no denying that he hasn’t lived up to his ethos of not desiring to repeat himself in all of his separate projects.
Having said that, however, it’s not entirely Patton’s fault – because no matter what he involves himself in, he’ll never be able to escape the fact that he can only be himself, and that he’ll always have a certain way of doing things, which might be expansive, but does still have its limits. It’s not just him, it’s everyone. There will always be a degree of similarity between the disparate projects any one artist chooses to undertake. It’s just one of those natural human things that can’t be totally eradicated. That’s not to say though that they shouldn’t still strive to be as creative & as spontaneous as they can be. Mike Patton does it a lot better than most (that I’ve heard, anyway), sure he’s fucked up on numerous occasions, but hey, he’s only human.
Um, that’s all really. I agree with his comments on Wolfmother, but he did shoot himself in the foot by first saying he was doing a 60′s style Italian orchestral record before criticising Wolfmother for being a 100% unoriginal rip off band of popular 70s rock & roll. I’m sure the Italian thing won’t be like them in that it will just be an exact replica of music that has existed in the past, but he should have explained himself a lot better than he did. Oh well.
Bash
September 6th, 2006 at 1:39 AM
Can anyone tell me why on earth he turned down opening up for Korn?
September 6th, 2006 at 2:14 AM
tessttttt
September 6th, 2006 at 4:58 AM
Yes Batman that would be because Korn are shit.
But hey it’s only a matter of opinion – just ask Mr Patton!
Wolfmother – could anyone dream up a more corny name for a rock band?
How about Snakefather??
September 6th, 2006 at 5:31 AM
Korn are shit?? no way dude. They are no Wolfmother. What’s Patton got against Korn?
September 6th, 2006 at 6:04 AM
KOrN ARE NOT SHIT.
September 6th, 2006 at 8:58 AM
Korn are just terrible….
September 6th, 2006 at 12:46 PM
i prefer eating corn
September 6th, 2006 at 5:35 PM
With all do RESPECT, and no punt intended?? WAKE UP! THIS IS YOUR LIFE????????Or are u strange bastards to fucking iggnorant/blind/ambitionless/shallow to relize it? i mean do you know urself? maybe not to the untrained eye? BUT HAY! we can figure that out as we play the game! GAME? its called LIFE
September 6th, 2006 at 5:41 PM
you sorry excuses for decent organisms! FUKING DRONES MAN???
September 6th, 2006 at 11:07 PM
I’m afraid you make absolutely no sense, sir. How is ‘Fuking Drones Man’ a question? Learn some grammar????????
September 7th, 2006 at 1:08 AM
You know it’s funny but I think Patton saw the Dyke Faggon parody of himself cause in the G4 interview for the first time in a long time he stopped saying “uhhhh”, “ahhhh” between everything he says. He started that a while ago when interviewers would interview him about his crappy music, almost like “yeah– I’m doing this, this, and this, why the hell are you interested?” Sort of uncomfortable, and ebarassed lol
September 7th, 2006 at 1:11 AM
By the way I’ve been listening to WolFmother and WOLFMOTHER RULES!
September 7th, 2006 at 2:14 AM
Yeh but you like Korn so that doesn’t say much
September 7th, 2006 at 11:57 AM
The post by “Another veiw on the topic?” – whats that dick on about ? Honestly, what a fucking wanker – I can just see him now – backward baseball hat, long lumber jack shirt and base ball boots. And he likes conspiracy theories.
“Yeah, duuude”
Yeah dude get a fucking dictionary – It’s “hey” not “hay”
September 7th, 2006 at 12:25 PM
I haven’t been on here for a while but nothing changes, does it?
September 7th, 2006 at 7:07 PM
You guys are awesome, these threads are by far the most entertaining and believe it or not most informative of the bunch.
And the Another view guy is probably Patton.,,,LOL What’s up with punt for punn? Was that intself a sly punn? …lol
Alright, who’s seen Peeping Tom? I’m almost done with my job that’s been taking up the every last minute of the past two months. I’m wondering if any of you have an unemotional opinion on their show before I go and spend a bunch of money heading out to see them. Does’nt look like they’re going to come to Seattle.
As for all the comments on Pattons projects post FNM, I think you all have valid points and it’s all relative to your own perspective. From my end, leaving the Bungle and FNM scene in the early 90′s and just getting back into it. I just recently got the next and last 2 albums each of Bungle and FNM I can relate to the never ending struggle of searching for similarity on every successive purchase of Pattons diverse and wild exploits.
*shrugs* whatchagonnado? Keep on keeping on
September 8th, 2006 at 1:54 AM
With the amount of work Patton releases their is bound to be some stuff that you dislike. Is there honestly any scatalogically maladjusted peeps ou there who like every single thing he has been on (including those awful solo albums and the Weird Little Boy stuff)?
The great thing about Patton, and any artist with an ounce of brain and adventure in their cranium, is the unprectibality. You don’t know what’s coming next. If you don’t like that, go buy som Dido and Korn C.D’s.
By the way, I love Wolfmother! Sure, they don’t offer anything new or original, but in context it’s a lot of fun. If you are at some festival somewhere drunk and stoned and want to be part of a bouncing crowd Wolfmother will go down slightly better than say, the Fantomas. As I said, in context.
September 8th, 2006 at 2:09 AM
Incidentally, massive kudos to the person / people running this site. It’s not as if you read up to date Patton news in the weekly music ragmags.
September 8th, 2006 at 6:13 AM
Cuckoo
September 8th, 2006 at 11:43 AM
patredux, you had Angel Dust and JUST bought King for A Day?? Jesus Christ what were you doing that made you forget about getting their next album? What, were you waiting for the video on MTV? lol
September 8th, 2006 at 11:58 AM
Batman, I was well into FNM and got to KFaD with them then life went another way for me and I only got back into FNM/Patton 2 years ago – but can you imagine what it was like? I was like a kid in a sweet shop – there was that much to feast upon!! Granted you don’t have to wait that long for a Patton release but it was like opening a treasure chest – well 60% was like gold the rest was like a used rubbers
September 8th, 2006 at 2:23 PM
Well if you got back into listening 2 years ago then you certainly had like 100 of Patton’s albums and collaborations to get to lol. The guy’s trying to make into the Guiness Book of World Records I tell you. If you liked 60% good for you, can’t blame you or anything for it as long as you don’t blast it in my ears
September 9th, 2006 at 6:43 AM
Yeah, I took a hard left on the train of life. Let’s see I turned 30 and got ingaged, was going to clubs and working out a ton. Nothing like my teens and 20′s. And these last few months, almost a year I’ve gotten almost all of anything Patton has done.
Yeah Batman I missed a great album in KFAD, but I like the last 2 bungle albums more, especially Disco Volante, that’s my favorite album over anything patton has done imo.
But I take it nobody has seen Peeping Tom and has a review for me? I’m gonna have to travel to see him, so I was hoping to find out what I was in for.
No I don’t watch MTV, well not for videos anyway.
September 9th, 2006 at 6:44 AM
I guess anything I post gets a timeout, remedial posting.
September 10th, 2006 at 3:18 AM
Peeping Tom was a very fun, bouncy & energetic show. He also gives the other members of his band 5 minutes to do their thing. Its worth going just to experience rahzel live. I’ve heard mp3s of it before but its only when you’re there that you realise he’s one talented dude. Theres only one peeping tom album so the set is pretty straight forward but they played desperate situation by Marvin Gaye and Anger Management by Lovage which was a nice suprise. Get your ticket! If you like the album you wont be dissapointed.
September 10th, 2006 at 7:48 AM
Patredeux – I saw the 1st headline PT concert in London and it was fucking amazing. They started out with ‘Desperate Situation’ from the old unreleased demos, which basically set the tone for an hour and a half of pure genius.
Check out youtube for loads of live clips!
September 14th, 2006 at 5:34 AM
honestly I was kinda disappointed by patton pissing on wolfmother. I’m a huge patton fan and I’ve never heard worlfmother. But from someone who’s made (and to some continues to make) some pretty bizarre (and great) music…I would’ve figured patton would’ve been a little more tolerant. self-righteous if you ask me. but I guess since nobody asked me… :p
September 15th, 2006 at 5:05 PM
In regards to the “What year are we in?” comment Patton made, there is vein of hypocracy in it, but there is one major difference. Patton’s 60s Italian music isn’t exactly going to be in the mainstream, it is more likely going to have it’s niche market as all of Patton’s music does. However, Wolfmother are hugely popular and at the top of the charts (at least in Australia) so when you hear 70s style music being played to screaming crowds of teenagers in 2006 it can be a little confusing.
Wolfmothers 70s style music is becoming as popular as when it was around in the 70s, which to Patton is dumbfounding. I doubt his 60s italian music project will garner the same popularity as the style of music had when it was around (as it would have been the popular music of the time). It’s all a matter of scale, you want see 60s italian pop at the top of the charts, yet Wolfmother is picking up every award it can get in Australia and is part of the scene making 70s rip off music the new mainstream. It can be hard to understand for a man who dislikes a lot of popular music and always tries to extend himself and push boundaries.
It seems that popular music is regressing…
September 15th, 2006 at 10:05 PM
Yeah well Patton used to like popular music, he used to make it. His tastes changed and he started liking unpopular music (or what some call experimental, or boundary pushing, etc. music) Some people call it crap
It would be nice if he admitted his music was crap. That would be cool. He once said about Fantomas- “sometimes it’s good if people stay and listen, and then sometimes it’s not good if they stay and listen”, or something to that effect. That just proved to me the guy had lost some major screws lol.
September 15th, 2006 at 10:11 PM
By the way, I asked this before but I’d really like to know, why does he dislike Korn? Is it because they say they were influenced by FNM and it makes FNM sound more like they are has-beens or what?
September 16th, 2006 at 11:26 AM
Damn I hate when posts don’t show up. I wonder if it’ll show up soon.
September 17th, 2006 at 12:32 PM
Like I said before Batman maybe he just thinks they’re shit like the rest of us!
September 18th, 2006 at 9:18 AM
yeah true, like I said the guy has lost some major screws.
September 18th, 2006 at 9:22 AM
By the way Pope, what did you do? You’re trying to backpeddle on that stuff you said about Muhammad the prophet, when it’s clear you dissed him. I mean even if you were just “quoting” what some Byzantine emperor said long ago, why would you? To even quote it and bring it up is like saying it yourself and agreeing with it, don’t you think?
September 18th, 2006 at 11:22 AM
Mike Patton said once in an interview he doesn’t know why he keeps losing friends (or something to that effect). Have you guys noticed how his only true friend now is Danny Devito, and he’s the perfect size to give him a head on bl*wjob?
September 18th, 2006 at 11:35 AM
Also, I hear his wife seperated from him because of the horrible music he started making. She married him while he was in FNM making great music. Imagine your great singer husband then go and start making the music he makes now! lol. It might of influenced her view of him a bit. Or her respect for him (or his talents).
In an interview he says somthing like “I come back from Mexico and all I want to do is lie in bed because I’m so tired, and my wife’s like let’s go on vacation to Mexico.” Imagine an argument between them and she goes in an Italian accent “well you’re so tired because you’re going all over the f*ckn place with dozens of bands making that sh*t noise you call music! You were once in a cool band you f*ckn loser! F*ck you, let’s get seperated!”, Lol. In any case I hear she’s doin Axl Rose now.
September 18th, 2006 at 11:55 AM
What stuff I said about Muhammad the prophet?
I’m lost…
September 18th, 2006 at 12:00 PM
Korn sucks batman. If you still like Korn, I bet you like Limp Bizkit and Klinkin Park too. Korn’s first album was great. They had a heavy new sound, then they got all gay nu-metal on us. Nu-metal sucks, and I hate it that I’ve read in some places people accredit Mike Patton for the rise of nu-metal.
September 18th, 2006 at 12:03 PM
Korns transition = shit.
Patton’s transition = awesome music that captures my attention.
September 18th, 2006 at 12:19 PM
What, now you’re acting like you never said it? You must be going senile. It’s on tv and recorded so don’t try to act like you don’t know. You can take a look at it on tape if you want. You’re the pope you can’t be saying these sort of things. You’re going to make this a war of religions, when religions should be peaceful. Those terrorists though, they are so f’n psychos. Islam is a peaceful religion, yet they dare to intermingle their religion with their violent acts. In my mind it is blasphemy.
Anyway have you seen on the news, they say many of these terrorists at Guantanamo don’t budge even with the worst of tortures, that’s how dedicated to their cause they are. Some of them are even dying in the process of tortures. F*ckn psychos. But recently they started playing Mike Patton’s music 24 hours a day to them and most broke down saying “please stop it, please stop! I will tell you all you want!”. I guess we have a lot to thank Patton for now.
September 18th, 2006 at 3:34 PM
I know this has been said already but I had to go look at that clip again. He seems in disbelief that people could like that. His face looks like he just saw P. Diddy win a rock award. And he’s listening to half decent music. The lead singer’s hair from Wolfmother which I hate is the same due his bro at Tomoc*ck sports. So it has nothing to do with the due or their style but it’s really the music he dislikes. Then I start thinking Patton’s made everyone who listens to his music put on the same face he’s making, and his music is like only a million times more unlistenable. Very bad, Mike Patton dissing on anybody when they can diss all the music’s he’s done like for 3 days on end. Remember the saying “don’t throw a rock if you live in a glass house”.
In the latest interview he said in Chile they spit at you in concert if they think you’re really good. Well, what’s gonna happen to Patton is somebody’s gonna spit on him in the street and he’s gonna go “oh so you really like my music huh?”. And the guy’s gonna go no I just hate your music and your such a douchebag for ragging on a band a hundred times better than you are, lol.
September 19th, 2006 at 2:31 AM
Batman – you need a holiday, somewhere nice, warm – that should put things into perspective.
Patton seems to have spent most of his career getting people uptight – and thats why we love him, no? I can forgive his less listenable music because of the numerous gems he’s been involved with – just hoping there’s a gem round the corner cos it’s been 3yrs now!!!
September 19th, 2006 at 4:49 AM
Ahhh…..those words – nah fuck it man all those Islamics are all the same and need shooting – and I thought I was saying it in a nice way !!
Well said Mark B but suely We’re not Alone is a gem?
September 19th, 2006 at 7:39 AM
Yeh Pope We’re not Alone is my fave from PT but that lyric “We’re not alone, got this microphone…” kinda spoils it for me slightly, dunno why – maybe cos it sounds like an Anthony Kiedis lyric LOL.
Hey has anyone checked out my links on that Patton mentioned on soap opera section? If not it’s worth a look:))
September 19th, 2006 at 12:32 PM
Carmel, I gotta admit Korn’s last albums haven’t been good, I haven’t even heard them, but it’s obvious they were not good if the radio stations don’t even want to play one song from them. But I’m talking about their hit album, it was good. Anyway whatever bad albums they made can’t possibly be worse than any of Patton’s albums. Nowhere near
Patton along with FNM made one of the best albums in the history of the world (Angel Dust). Now it seems Patton’s trying to make one of the worst albums in the history of the world. That’s just the kind of guy he is, he’s one crazy sun ov a biatch. You know it’s hard making the worst album in the world. No matter how much you suck, there’s always somebody else who’s gonna suck even worse. So he’s trying, and he keeps trying. He’s got lots of competition, the same way making the best album has. Don’t worry he’s gotten near and he might accomplish this task. I wish him good luck.
September 19th, 2006 at 12:36 PM
Pope, I hope no one from the press reads this site or there will be Jihad! There will be war all over the world. Not forgetting what you said Iran will lob those nukes they’re making onto his enemies and you will have caused World War III! It will be the end of the world. You might be the anti-christ!
September 19th, 2006 at 12:39 PM
God damn Nazi Pope lol. (uh that was a joke, sorry god) I had to say that just in case.
September 19th, 2006 at 12:55 PM
Exterminate ! Exterminate !!
Listen the last old guy who joshed it before me just gave me these words of advice, “take it easy fella you’ve got a job for life but once in a while stir things up a bit and you will make youself look important – the downside is you have to go through an assasination attempt every 20 years or so and it looks like you will be in line for one my son but if you survive it’ll be A Small Victory but if you die then Everythings Ruined – hey did I ever play you theses tracks that I got my holy wisdom from? Hear listen to this….”
September 19th, 2006 at 1:10 PM
You know a lot of people, all they wanna do is talk about Mike Patton. I’m waiting to hear news from Billy Gould and Roddy Bottum. They’re the only ones who can possibly resurrect FNM from the dead. In one of the last interviews they said they wanted to get back together but Patton didn’t want it. I know the biggest thing that could happen to all of you music wise (or most of you) is if FNM got back together. Damn that’d be great. I don’t know how’d you feel if it was without Patton but I’d still be really happy. In fact I’d rather it be without Patton, I just don’t like him anymore with all the stupid things he’s done like make crappy music in the first place, and then “collaborate” with like 1,000 bands with stupid names. Then talk about it like it was something meaningful.
It’s funny he once said to an interviewer, they split because they started to make “sh*t” or something like that. Well what are you doing now? Sh*t a thousand times worse I can tell you that. Patton has made very clear in many interviews he won’t do FNM anymore. I don’t understand why Billy Gould and Roddy Bottum just don’t go ahead and find another singer. What are they afraid to come out without Patton? They used to be a good band without Patton. And they wrote the great music of “The Real Thing” before Patton was even a member. Can I get an Amen?
September 19th, 2006 at 1:12 PM
lol Pope
September 19th, 2006 at 1:22 PM
Batman, a lot of people do like Patton’s obscure music. So if you don’t like it, don’t generalize (sp?) and say nobody likes it. Lots and lots of people do, it’s just not your style. So you can try to figure out what happened with your friends who like nu-metal, and stop telling us fans that we don’t like the music.
Dillenger with Patton, Bungle, Tomahawk, and especially Fantomas all have made, and some continue to make great music. That is my opinion, and I am 100% there are other people who share my opinion.
September 20th, 2006 at 4:28 AM
Not from me Bruce sorry, as i’ve said he has too much of his own stamp on too much stuff – he even put his stamp on the old stuff. Reforming without him would be like watching a tribute band for me.
Where can I read this interview with Rod n Bill saying they would reform??
Its been what ? 8 years now ? – I reckon they could do an awsome album if they reformed. I think we should somehow put pressure on Bill, Rod and Puff to reform for some live dates and see how that went. If MP agreed he might get the taste for it. Hey lets petition Danny DeVito to beg his best mate ? How can we go about this Bruce boy any suggestions??
September 20th, 2006 at 2:58 PM
Don’t you hate when you wrote like a whole bunch of sh*t and then you lose it all? F*CKKKKKKK
September 20th, 2006 at 3:10 PM
Ok, I had said I’ve been looking for the interview myself. I forgot if it’s in video or text, but I’ll post it or a link when I find it. In the interview Gould and Bottum don’t say anything bad about Patton, they say if he doesn’t want to rejoin they’re fine with it. But this is where Bordin says Mike Patton can do all the projects he wants but he’ll always be known as the former singer of Faith No More.
I don’t know if there’s a rift between them, if it’s not something personal just between them two then it might be cause whenever interviewers ask Patton about the other guys, he says Gould is doing that, Bottum is doing that, and then he says Bordin is whoring himself around. lol Maybe he doesn’t like that. Bordin looks like a nice guy from the interviews I’ve seen. Mike Patton even wrote in King for a Day “take it from our drummer Puff, being good it gets you stuff!”.
I don’t think rejoining without Patton would be like a tribute, it would be a tribute to themselves. Like I’ve said before Gould and Bottum have always written almost all the music, and Patton has done the lyrics. I don’t care who sings anymore as long as they resurrect.
As for Devito, he was never a fan of Faith No More, he only became a fan when he heard Fantomas (crazy psycho). I don’t know if he would like Faith No More if Patton made him hear it. Although I think he might say I love it! Since they are lovers now lol
September 20th, 2006 at 5:53 PM
I wrote a long response but it didn’t go through. The one where I go F*CKKKKK did go through in a second. I wonder how many weeks I have to wait for my post to show up.
September 20th, 2006 at 10:36 PM
Batman, fuck off you stupid cunt. What the fuck are you doing on here anyway? You and that cunt Star. A Dreamer have never moved on since the early 90′s.
So what, Patton doesn’t want to resurect FNM; why should he? If anything, it was factors such as Roddy splitting up with his boyfriend and getting back on the smack that was the band’s downfall.
Have you seen footage of the last few FNM concerts? Patton is the only one giving his all; the rest couldn’t have given a shit.
Now shut the fuck up and get back to listening to The Real Thing.
September 21st, 2006 at 11:56 AM
Wo wo Pasc chill out man
Batmans obviously Pro FNM and youre Pro Anything Patton and I’m stood in the middle. Its not an official Patton site is it? – you can say what you want.
What was your response Batter’s? That I’m living in cloud cuckoo land?
September 21st, 2006 at 1:26 PM
Pascal obviously you deep throat Patton every night to make him go to sleep. You love crap music too. You aren’t a Faith No More fan just a Mike Patton fan. I’m here cause I’m a Faith No More fan, you remember that b*tch, this started and will always be a Faith No More site, just like Mike Patton will always be known as the former lead singer of Faith No More hahaha.
Roddy Bottum didn’t get back on no smack, he quit drugs after making Angel Dust. You’re such a Patton fanboy you’ll make anything up for your boyfriend. It’s so stupid to say Bottum breaking up with his boyfriend was part of Faith No More’s downfall. Imagine if every band out there were to break up just because one of their members broke up with their boyfriend/girlfriend. There would be no band in existence! You stupid a*s. I don’t mind calling you all these insults, anyone who likes horrible music like you do deserves it lol You say you saw a video of Patton giving his all while everyone else didn’t give a sh*t. What a bunch of bull, or in your eyes it must’ve looked like that because you were looking at Patton’s crotch. How dare you diss the other members of Faith No More like that. We may be living in the 90′s cause we still like Faith No More’s albums, they were great albums. Sure they’re old, but they’re one million times better than any albums Patton’s ever made in the 90′s or this decade I can tell you that much. So just swallow Patton’s load and shut the F up.
September 21st, 2006 at 1:27 PM
I’m telling you my posts better show up soon or I’m gonna have this site hacked.
September 21st, 2006 at 3:08 PM
I thought Peeping Tom was a little underproduced and underwritten on CD, especially given the fancy wrapper but they blew me away live. Even my mum who came to the show with me was getting down to his big skewed pop cabaret.
September 22nd, 2006 at 10:54 AM
It seems this sh*tty site is only accepting short posts so I’ll post in small parts. Listen you motherf*ckn turd you can’t compare Patton’s sh*t to 90′s FNM. It could be 20′s FNM, it’s still a million times better. Post continues below—
September 22nd, 2006 at 10:57 AM
Your not a FNM fan your a Patton fan, how dare you talk about FNM like that. Bottum stopped drugs after the Angel Dust album. And how ridiculous is it to say a breakup is a reason for the downfall of a band? If it was like that there would be no bands anywhere! Or no music at all! You stupid tw*t.
September 22nd, 2006 at 10:58 AM
Damn I think I made the post 1 line too long, lmao
September 22nd, 2006 at 10:59 AM
Your not an FNM fan your a Patton fan, how dare you talk about FNM’s other members like that. Bottum quit drugs after the Angel Dust album, and he didn’t fall back you liar. More below–
September 22nd, 2006 at 11:00 AM
This site SUCKS!
September 22nd, 2006 at 11:41 AM
Keep going! Keep going !! Tell you what start posting in the top story “Moonchild dates” rather than scrolling down here every day.
September 22nd, 2006 at 2:40 PM
lol Pope. I just started posting up there, maybe we can take this discussion up there. It is annoying how posts of “Zorn” tours and dates that no one cares about show up at the top and then everything gets pushed down and even on the second page where they’re lost to obscurity. There goes Patton’s label for you. My 3 year old nephew has a bigger label than him by the way lol
September 22nd, 2006 at 2:41 PM
!!!! the post went through halleluyah!
September 22nd, 2006 at 4:50 PM
Pope, this site’s done for. You can’t even write a good comeback without it slipping into oblivion. I tried on the top “Moonchild Dates”. I came down here to see if I had a chance. I pray to you to fix this site.
September 22nd, 2006 at 4:52 PM
hmm
September 23rd, 2006 at 1:23 AM
gay
September 23rd, 2006 at 7:15 AM
Right.. Wolfmother IS a copy of just about every 70′s rock act there ever
was, most notably Led Zeppelin. What’s the problem?
If you like that kind of music you shouldn’t be forced to listen to
the SAME OLD TRACKS over and over… C’mon.. how many times can you
listen to Black Dog… ? Sooner or later you need variation, and if
you want to stick to the genre you’ll be happy to know there are
bands like Wolfmother out there doing new stuff using the old mould.
Rock’n'Roll, man!
September 23rd, 2006 at 9:45 AM
You’re a jerk Bruce Wayne, yeah I know who you are. You continue to say that no one cares about Zorn, or the new music patton is making, and you are dissing Ipecac as a whole. Stop being a jerk Bruce. You HAVE to accept that people out there enjoy this music, and everybody doesn’t share your opinion. I think it’s fine that you don’t like it, I don’t think it is fine that you try to tell me and other people that they don’t like it. These bands tour and fans go to the shows, all you do is tour the web for sites so you can cut them and their fans up. So, don’t buy the music if you don’t like it, and please stop telling people they don’t like it when they do.
October 7th, 2006 at 1:11 PM
Why does everybody think that Patton and the rest of Faith No More hate each other?
I saw Patton and Rahzel in San Francisco and Billy Gould was there. I talked to Billy and he was selling some of his stuff at the show for his record label. Patton gets along with the band (FNM) still. I asked Billy why everybody thinks the band and Patton don’t get along and he laughed. They still talk all the time.
And, you can’t blame Patton for not wanting to get back with Faith No More. I hate when bands do that. It’s pathetic. Move on for christ’s sake.
October 28th, 2006 at 1:55 AM
Well, referring to some of the comments earlier about Mike Patton mentioning some of the 60′s Italian music he’s gonna do, It’s not like he’s gonna be doing it for album after album. With Wolfmother, that’s what they do – 70′s rock….it’s gonna be there album after album after album. They’ve kind of already put themselves in a box and a category which is going to limit their creativity. And also, 60′s Italian music is not something that alot of bands would try to remake. Usually all of the Artists/Writers/Poets that push the limits and work outside of the box are definately subject to criticism and recieve alot of pointed fingers because it’s so unconventional. Then, when they die they are regarded as heroes. (Jesus, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Johnny Cash)…Whether Mike Patton is a genius or not, he is definately a creative and free artist. It probably wasn’t very nice of Mike Patton to make a comment like that, but at least he’s truthful with his opinion and he’s not “sugar coating” anything. He has always seemed like a straight forward type of guy and in the long run, it might even be better for Wolfmother to hear something like that so it can make them stronger, let them reevaluate their music and maybe even do something creative and unique…Really everyone wins in this situation…I’ve met Mike Patton and he really is a nice guy, just truthful that’s all.
March 26th, 2007 at 10:11 AM
I like Wolfmother and Mike Patton…..
I also respect Mr. Patton’s opinion. HaHa!!!!
Zappa, Mayhem, Abba, Gorgaroth, The Monkee’s, The Sword, Q65, The Zombies. Boy, I’m lucky to be alive with such a wide range of rockin’ tunes. All Fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 17th, 2007 at 6:04 PM
Okay, i just landed here when doing a search on google and… seriously, what’s the problem with Wolfmother? Probably if they would not have so many fans right now, and Patton had not talked that way about them, lots of you would just be thinking about Wolfmother as “oh, look, they mix raw influences of some of the biggest bands of rock of the 70ies, really interesting doing such a thing nowadays!!”. I am a big fan of rock of all times, and i also like Wolfmother… each time I listen to their record, i like them best.
I discovered them just by chance, listening to some online radio station when their EP was published on September 2004 and then their first record in 2005… Just give them some real opportunity, hear their record and don’t just talk about them as if they were some copy of anything else even without listening to them. As someone said before, “in context it’s a lot of fun”.
Sorry for my bad English ^_^
May 17th, 2007 at 6:07 PM
by the way, i just talked about wolfmother, but take into account i also like Faith No More and find interesting Patton’s new projects. I don’t think it is not compatible or something…
May 22nd, 2007 at 5:05 AM
they should slide king buzzo and jared warren right in there with wolfmother. big wolfmelvers. fros and all.
June 21st, 2007 at 4:28 AM
peeping tom is awsome. i’ve seen the mother of wolf live dont own a cd tho. lucky enough to be seeing peeping tom in oz soon cant wait!!!!!!
October 30th, 2007 at 2:07 PM
I basically think mike patton and wolfmother can go on their seperate paths without weaving into each other, I don’t really think even wolfmother themselves were that disturbed by mike pattons comment, their not really losing blood over it.
I don’t like wolfmother myself but I can tell you their really not the badest and most annoying band on the radio or currently out there, my favorite pet peeve’s out the moment would have to be pussycat dolls or fall out boy, i’ve never been more pissed off to hear a band or whatever so often.
February 6th, 2008 at 1:26 PM
Wow this posts been going on for over a year. Congratulations you just wasted valuable time fighting with people you dont even know online. I dont care to even put up my own opinion except for the fact that Patton in my own personal opinion…which is something that not a single soul can change no matter how many replies or offensive non-sense is spewed against …..is a vocal god. You all should come to terms that no matter in what way you diss either Wolfmother or Patton..in the end their just personal opinions. There is no right or wrong…just personal opinions. Although I will agree that Wolf is a re-hash of an outdated genre. Either way, I dont care to change anyone’s opinion. Live long and cosmic and stop the BS!