The first Fantomas album

[crayfish]

One of my friends was trying to tell me that Mike Patton played all the instruments on a bunch of songs on the first fantomas cd, and then the other guys joined when he was halfway done recording it, and recorded the rest of it with him.  Is that true?


I thought that Buzz, Trevor, and Dave recorded the instruments on all tracks....

[anaconda]

Thats the story that goes around, but it's bullshit.
If Patton can play the guitar and drums so well
why the fuck doesnt he do it on stage instead of
playng a triggered sampler and making lame noises
on his keyboard/mixer.

[Leroy M]

YEah I don't think Mike Patton played all that shit on any tracks of the CD.  Mike can't play as good as those other guys to boot

[cheeseburger]

i think he played all the instruments on the marc bolan tribute. not for sure though...

[TosT]

I heard he played all the instruments (poorly) for the demo of the material that he sent to the other guys in the band right? and then they recorded it professionally after with everyone playing...

[DanGerous]

I heard he played all the instruments (poorly) for the demo of the material that he sent to the other guys in the band right? and then they recorded it professionally after with everyone playing...

Yep, that's right!

[Leroy M]

Yeah I think that's right.  I know Buzz said something like "Mike comes up with everything" they play, so it seems like Mike writes all the material.  That was probably like 1998 or 1999 that they recorded it, same time that the Melvins were negotiating being signed to Ipecac, which was starting out at the time.

[alnis]

I don't think Mike Patton played ANYTHING. Or wrote ANYTHING! Because he doesn't even exist! And by not exist, I don't mean that there's someone/something that people THINK is Mike Patton (like a dummy, a robot, or an alien)...even THAT doesn't exist!

NOTHING EXISTS!

HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH!

HAH!

HAH!

[that wasn't very funny. i'm sorry]

[The Fool]

yeah, patton writes all fantomas stuff and played all instuments on the marc bolan tribute cd track 'chariot choogle' as well as the demo for the first album he and sent that to the others.

i have a few songs from the demo which basically sound like the songs played poorly. the demo tracks and chariot choogle mp3's are up on bunglefever's ftp if you want to get them to see just how much different the album sounds!!!  

[Leroy]

I heard that Mike Patton definately played all the instruments on his Peeping Tom album, which I wonder if it will ever come out....

[The Piss-Machine]

Apparently the peeping tom album is in the works, and a couple of the tracks were produced by this Kaada guy (whose album is incredible). That is, if the peeping tom stuff is the poppy album that is supposed to be coming out. I guess he did a noise album too, slated for release in 2005.

[melon]

eh, the KAADA album is OK....its a bit too bland for my liking tho...i like electronic music that changes a bit more....that album is kind of repetitve IMO

[The Piss-Machine]

I see what you're saying about the repetitive thing. I just like the sounds that the guy uses. It's like he's swiping a bunch of stuff from the pre-history of pop music and making mutant electronica out of it. It actually makes me thing of Bungle's 'California' album without the whole prog-thing happening.
On a side note, something troubling; are there a lot of people out there who dislike Patton? it's seems like there's some serious resentment out there for the guy. Personally, if it hadn't been for Patton I would have never known about the Melvins. It was the Crybaby and the first Fantomas album that even put the Melvins on my map, that is, I heard he was doing a song on this album for some band so I went and picked it up. I was sold on the Melvins after that, but had it not been for G.I. Joe...

[melon]

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On a side note, something troubling; are there a lot of people out there who dislike Patton? it's seems like there's some serious resentment out there for the guy. Personally, if it hadn't been for Patton I would have never known about the Melvins. It was the Crybaby and the first Fantomas album that even put the Melvins on my map, that is, I heard he was doing a song on this album for some band so I went and picked it up. I was sold on the Melvins after that, but had it not been for G.I. Joe...

i agree man...i dunno why people seem so resentful towards patton...what i think it is for the most part is that he seems like a sarcastic crazy fellow...people need to realize that you like music for the music...you shouldnt expect the people who make the music to be as wonderful as the music they create....its just a fact of life.....not saying patton is a dickhead or anything...but i think that has something to do with it...and as far as i am concerned...mike patton is a musical genious....i mean, christ...track 5 on california is ALL patton..that song is brilliant..not to mention countless others..

[The Piss-Machine]

California is one of my top albums of all time. I agree with you that people get thrown off by what his attitude seems to be. If you catch one of his more subdued interviews though, he's just a guy with a fucked up sense of humor. He's definetly doing something that no one else does...That's why i got a hard-on when this 'three man and a baby' rumor got started. He works well with Kevin in Tomamhawk and he works well with Buzz in Fantomas.... I think we can all draw conclusions as to what a Melvins/Patton colaboration would sound like.