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Stompy · 05-23-2004, 07:41 PM

I've been listening to Patton for pretty much half my life. I'm 23 now, but started listening to him when I was 11 or 12 (Faith No More).

Everyone above me pretty much hit the nail on the head on why he's got such a hardcore following.

I like his style of song writing. He's admitted that his songs mean absolutely nothing and that he creates the lyrics around the sound that the words make together rather than an actual meaning. When they DO have a meaning of sorts, his songs are utterly bizarre. Take "Malpractice", for instance.. it's about a woman who enjoys surgery, so she keeps finding excuses to go back to the doctor because she's addicted to the feeling of someone else's hands inside of her.

If you haven't already, give Faith No More's Angel Dust a listen. It is seriously one of the best albums I've heard in my entire life.

Very experimental. Mr. Bungle is just... hard to explain. Their music is actually quite complicated and it's not like most crap that other bands just throw together. Any given song will change pace and will do it perfectly. It'll sound like death metal one second and nicely take a transition into a calm jazz-like atmosphere only to morph into something else.

He's probably the MOST underrated artist out right now. I'm surprised he's not more popular than he is.

In an interview, King Buzzo (guitarist for Fantomas and singer of The Melvins) said something along the lines of, "I have the pleasure of having influenced such artists like Sonic Youth and Nirvana while Patton's influenced bands like Korn and Limp Bizkit and we tease him for that" He's often referred to as the "godfather of nu-metal". He's influenced bands like Deftones, Incubus, Korn, CKY, and Tool. In fact, Tool has become so into his music that they're thinking about collaborating on future projects.

He's just done a lot of great things for music in general.

The new Fantomas, for instance, is one of the most bizarre and truly disturbing things you'll ever hear. It's perfect. Whenever I listen to it, I create this "movie" in my head... of this experimental surgeon in a chamber, and at 16:00 (or whenever the yelling turns into the sudden calm w/ the chilling piano in the background), I visualise a tub of sorts where a mixed stream of water and blood is flowing into a sink. Things like that.. I'd never get those visuals if it wasn't for this music, and a lot of those visuals are things I want to one day create on film.

He's just very influential and brilliant .. words can't even describe it.

It's odd that it sounds so borderline on "obsession", but the man is really THAT good.

05-23-2004, 07:41 PM	#12 (permalink)
Stompy Banned from being Banned Location: Donkey	I've been listening to Patton for pretty much half my life. I'm 23 now, but started listening to him when I was 11 or 12 (Faith No More). Everyone above me pretty much hit the nail on the head on why he's got such a hardcore following. I like his style of song writing. He's admitted that his songs mean absolutely nothing and that he creates the lyrics around the sound that the words make together rather than an actual meaning. When they DO have a meaning of sorts, his songs are utterly bizarre. Take "Malpractice", for instance.. it's about a woman who enjoys surgery, so she keeps finding excuses to go back to the doctor because she's addicted to the feeling of someone else's hands inside of her. If you haven't already, give Faith No More's Angel Dust a listen. It is seriously one of the best albums I've heard in my entire life. Very experimental. Mr. Bungle is just... hard to explain. Their music is actually quite complicated and it's not like most crap that other bands just throw together. Any given song will change pace and will do it perfectly. It'll sound like death metal one second and nicely take a transition into a calm jazz-like atmosphere only to morph into something else. He's probably the MOST underrated artist out right now. I'm surprised he's not more popular than he is. In an interview, King Buzzo (guitarist for Fantomas and singer of The Melvins) said something along the lines of, "I have the pleasure of having influenced such artists like Sonic Youth and Nirvana while Patton's influenced bands like Korn and Limp Bizkit and we tease him for that" He's often referred to as the "godfather of nu-metal". He's influenced bands like Deftones, Incubus, Korn, CKY, and Tool. In fact, Tool has become so into his music that they're thinking about collaborating on future projects. He's just done a lot of great things for music in general. The new Fantomas, for instance, is one of the most bizarre and truly disturbing things you'll ever hear. It's perfect. Whenever I listen to it, I create this "movie" in my head... of this experimental surgeon in a chamber, and at 16:00 (or whenever the yelling turns into the sudden calm w/ the chilling piano in the background), I visualise a tub of sorts where a mixed stream of water and blood is flowing into a sink. Things like that.. I'd never get those visuals if it wasn't for this music, and a lot of those visuals are things I want to one day create on film. He's just very influential and brilliant .. words can't even describe it. It's odd that it sounds so borderline on "obsession", but the man is really THAT good. __________________ I love lamp.