#tomahawk band

[avantgardemetallover]

[theairc0nditionednightmare]

[generalzar0ff]

Really nice music video! Just wish we got clearer shots of Mike in that tank top 👀

[zoeymustdie]

THEY MADE HIM SO SILLY!!!1!!!^_^

mike patton save me save me mike patton

[possible-streetwear]

[supersecretmetalocalypseblog]

We can technically say we know where Pickles went to school, and that's because Tomahawk, Wisconsin only has three schools in it. Tomahawk Elementary, Tomahawk Middle, and Tomahawk High. There's only the three options in town! Unless he went to St. Mary's Catholic School, I guess, but the classroom they use in Rehabklok (which is just a reused asset from Dethgov) doesn't look very Catholic school to me, but I suppose I didn't go to one, so I wouldn't know.

Anyways, there's a little fun fact for ya.

[evilboy2007]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIKE PATTON!!

[avantgardemetallover]

I drew him again :)

[theairc0nditionednightmare]

here's my mike patton album tier list (and ik im gonna get cooked real bad bc I haven't listened to a whole bunch of patton stuff, so feel free to roast me for that).

[lunamikk69]

SCANDAL HARUNA trying the axe throwing.

[zoeymustdie]

omfg i love the summary of his career

this whole time i've been like 'haha very funny, (almost) no one here knows who Mike Patton is' and....you could just...look him up...but you know what? here, have a "summary" (lol it's long) of Mike motherfucking Patton and his career:

Mike is an aquarius, fire goat, grew up in Eureka, a small city on the northern california coast

he never intended to be a musician, but loves diverse music/soundscapes, is a curious person, worked in a record store, has perfect pitch and a bonkers vocal range and had close childhood friends (Trevor Dunn and Trey Spruance) who WERE studying music, they formed a band that would be called Mr. Bungle in their teens (fans tend to ship Trevor and Mike, and if you look at footage of them...you'll know why)

a demo tape of Mr. Bungle landed in the hands of Jim Martin, the guitarist for Faith No More...at the time they had fired their original singer and were looking for a replacement. The funny thing is, the demo was pretty hard thrash/death metal and FNM is....not that...but anyway, Mike was recruited to FNM, ostensibly for his singing ability, but he also was the profile of young, fit, long-haired, and hot as all get out. (fans tend to ship Mike and Roddy, and if you hear them banter on stage....you'll know why...and shoutout to Roddy for being an out gay man in metal in the early 90s...take that bja)

somehow, Mike finagled getting Mr. Bungle signed to the Warner Bros label when he signed onto FNM, so Bungle had a budget and exposure...and very little oversight...hence the MV for Quote Unquote/Travolta

The big Faith No More hit is Epic and that song catapulted them into a two year tour, during which Mike became known for being a fucking maniac (mostly shirtless) on/off stage....there's lots of true stories, and LOTS of untrue stories, no one, probably not even Mike knows exactly which is which. Two things are relevant: teen Mike started out straight edge, and during this tour he also gained a reputation for hating on groupie-and-party-focused rock stars. But his looks and his chaotic gremlin energy landed him this "reluctant pinup boy" persona.

Meanwhile Mike was also fully with Mr. Bungle, touring in his 'off time' from FNM, and at their shows everyone was completely unhinged.

HERE'S THE CRUX: after the success of Epic and the album it's from, The Real Thing, Faith No More were expected to have another massive hit with the next album....and they didn't. BUT they produced an album that to this day is beloved by fans even more that their first album, and Mike's stage persona continued to develop in this way that is mysterious, mesmerizing, sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes grotesque, sometimes just raw sexual/homoerotic/electrically-passionate energy. They're big abroad, but not as much in the US.

Through the rest of the 90s you see Mike with FNM and Bungle, but you also see him produce a baffling feat of a solo album, starting to experiment with his own band Fantômas, collaborating with avant garde musicians/artists, most notably John Zorn.

Faith No More disbands in 1998, but Mike continues with Bungle, and for many fans, his work with Mr. Bungle is considered paramount...FNM is fun, but Bungle is FUN, WEIRD, dangerous but not in a scary way, none of their four albums sound anything like each other. Their "pop" album is....not pop.

Mr. Bungle disbands officially in 2004 (both FNM and Bungle reunite later on), Mike continues to collaborate with musicians, form new bands (including my fave Tomahawk), make better and more impactful solo projects and generally work at a pace that seems the definition of workaholic....producing music that is both eclectic and instantly recognizable, but seldom (never?) hit material. (Since it's not the 90s, I won't describe in detail...but it truly is well worth looking up)

as a little extra, and as was referred to by lurkerwithabike, Mike suffered a certainly covid-times-influenced breakdown and dealt with alcoholism around 2021/2022. For someone who has kept his personal life and struggles cloaked in apocryphal stories and sarcasm, when Mike opened up about what he was dealing with at the time, for many of us it just solidified this deep, deep love for our little weirdo. Oh, and also, the entire time he's a fucking hottie and he hates it.

SO, from my perspective at least - that's why you get such fervor over some guy you've never heard of

fin

(ps....I could have written more....that is a threat)

This is actually so fascinating. May "who the heck is Mike Patton" be no more!

[ratstar9802]

[soupy-sez]

Tomahawk, 2003, © Dustin Rabin

[beastblade69]

OKAY, I'M TAKING MY WORDS BACK, DEATH METAL IS SO FIREEEEEE WHEN I'M IN A RIGHT MOOD

[zoeymustdie]

these comments have me dead asf✋😭💀

a collection

[yourfandompersn]

since @/zillacore found out where Murderface grew up (screenshot underneath), now we know where the whole band grew up.

Nathan- Florida

Pickles- Tomahawk, Wisconsin

Murderface- Fort Wayne- Indiana

Skwisgaar- Sweden

Toki- Norway