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Michael Allan Patton (born January 27, 1968) is an American singer, producer, composer, voice actor and record label owner, affiliated with a number of groups but best known as the lead vocalist of Music/FaithNoMore.

He's been a notable and influential artist over the years for his vocal proficiency (possessing the single widest known vocal range of any singer in popular music at ''six'' octaves), diverse influences and techniques, versatility in outputs, eccentric public image and outspoken contempt for the music industry.

Patton started out as frontman for his high school band Music/MrBungle before his joining FNM catapulted him to fame. Since then, he has become insanely prolific; apart from the aforementioned large number of groups he's been a part of, he collaborated with a huge number of other artists (such as Music/TheDillingerEscapePlan, [[Music/SystemOfADown Serj Tankian]], Music/MassiveAttack, The Qemists and Music/{{Bjork}} of all people).

In 2007, he started working on various projects in voice acting, [[PigeonholedVoiceActor mainly as crazy-ass demented characters]], such as the eponymous Darkness in ''VideoGame/TheDarkness'', the Anger Sphere in ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'', zombies in ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' and creatures in ''Film/IAmLegend''. From this, you probably think that he exclusively does insane gabbling in weird voices, and you'd be right... if he hadn't also voiced the main character in ''VideoGame/BionicCommando''. He also provides the voice of the LemonyNarrator of ''Film/{{Bunraku}}''.

!!Notable groups associated with Mike Patton:
* Music/MrBungle
* Music/FaithNoMore
* {{Music/Tomahawk}}
* Music/{{Fantomas}}
* Peeping Tom
* Music/JohnZorn
* Moonchild
* Mike Patton Mondo Cane
* Lovage
* Nevermen (with [[Music/Clouddead Doseone]] and [[Music/TVOnTheRadio Tunde Adebimpe]])
* Dead Cross

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!!Tropes associated with Mike Patton:

* BigShutUp: The infamous [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6Vj6S_hsPk Mondo Cane concert]] where he yelled "Shut the fuck up!" at a disruptive crowd member mid-song. He also did the exact same thing to Stone Sour [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAYXq_XOmHw during Rock in Rio in 2011]], although the latter instance seems to have been more of a joke.
* CarefulWithThatAxe:
** At least half of Mike Patton's discography has him screeching out ear piercing screams. Here are some examples:
*** From his project Tomahawk the song Malocchio starts out with Patton screaming 'CHEW IT!! CHEW IT!! CHEW IT TO SPIT IT OUT!!'.
*** Fantômas' cover of the ''Series/TwinPeaks: Fire Walk With Me'' theme is sort of an interesting case because it contains a scream that's not actually performed by Mike Patton at all: It's a sample from the final episode of the TV series, which is scarier if you've seen the episode in question.
*** The end of the bridge to Mr. Bungle's "Goodbye Sober Day" has one section in which Patton, unaccompanied, screams "CHAK! CHAK CHAK CHAK CHAKA CHAKA CHAKA CHAKA CHAKA CHAKA CHAK CHAK CHAK!" If you've never heard the song before, and it comes on while you're asleep, be prepared to wake up in terror.
** His numerous collaborations with [[Music/JohnZorn John Zorn]] are almost exclusively comprised of screaming
* CloudCuckoolander
* CoverAlbum: ''Mondo Cane'', which features covers of mid-century Italian pop.
* DeadpanSnarker
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: If [[http://killthemic.blogspot.com/2008/01/am-i-only-one-who-finds-mike-patton.html this]] is any indication. During [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4IM2AWl3RQ a late-era performance with Mr. Bungle]], he decided to invoke this trope as a joke.
* GameBreakingInjury: Averted. During his third performance with Faith No More, he accidentally cut himself on a broken bottle, which severed the tendons and nerves in his right hand. While he can still use it, that hand is now permanently numb. (Strangely, this is the ''exact opposite'' of what his doctors expected to happen: they expected him to regain feeling in the hand but be unable to use it.)
* GenreRoulette: His various projects cover a number of styles, including AlternativeRock, Pop, HeavyMetal, HipHop, Funk, Jazz, Trip Hop and Experimental Music.
* InsufferableGenius: Notoriously arrogant and standoffish in person.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Very much so in his [[http://www.last.fm/music/Mike+Patton/+images/34323425 younger days]].
* ManOfAThousandVoices: He has a '''six-octave vocal range''', making him [[http://www.vintagevinylnews.com/2014/05/digging-deeper-axl-rose-is-not-singer.html by far the singer with the widest range on record]]. (For the record, the second singer on the list, [[Music/{{Slipknot}} Corey]] [[Music/StoneSour Taylor]], was three whole notes behind him). The artist who comes the closest to Patton's singing versatility is Music/{{Kyo}}, the singer of Music/DirEnGrey, who is regarded as the ''Japanese Mike Patton''.
* RapRock[=/=]RapMetal: Early pioneer of this.
* SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll: Averted. He's been known to be very critical of the infamous rock star lifestyle, and the only "drug" he's ever been on is caffeine. Ironically, the lyrics to Peeping Tom's song "Mojo" perfectly showcase his attitude towards this way of living by playing the trope completely straight. The song and its lyrics are a blatantly cynical look at drugs and partying in general, as well as people who regularly indulge in them as a major part of their lifestyle.
* {{Troll}}: ''Very'' often in his early years, especially during interviews. ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TbM04nxetI This]] being a prime example)

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