Mike Patton - who is the monkey?
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Credit: Found On Internet
So up at Coachella, Mike Patton was playing with his Peeping Tom outfit, encouraging the crowd to jeer and laugh at our nice Sheffield lads, the Arctic Monkeys - playing 'You Look Good on the Dance Floor'. Then there was your comedy slagging off of WolfMother on that Video site that time.
We here at Music Towers have revoked all your snearing rights.
Now Mr Patton, I have been a loyal devotee to your various projects and experiments over the years. And went out and bought the Peeping Tom outfit on the first week of its release last year. I seem to remember it didn't chart, despite the unusally prominant advertising for one of your releases.
I also remember Latitude Festival, you were potty-mouthed bad-tempered rock star, that for all his diva, played to about 50 people in a rather big empty tent.
What happened to Mr Bungle, Tomahawk or Faith No More, Fantomas, Lovage? Your strengths are loud jarring and inventive, not self-congratulation and referencial nonsense like 'Neighbourhood Spaceman' or guests slots on bog standard hip hop beats - 'Sucker'. We expect you to break moulds, rather then toss them out.
Face facts - Peeping Tom project is rubbish, Faux Hip-Hop and same old Patton formula. You dress up like a gangster with that silly hair net and look like a twunt. The tracks are very dated and we all know this has been on the shelf for a while. I haven't attempted to play any track off it while DJing for a while. If I do unleashing it on a the unsuspecting dance floor it clears it faster then Jimi Saville noshing a cadaver.
So for the benefit of us all stop throwing stones about in glass houses - having a bit of nasty at a bunch of 19 year olds isn't nice becoming or very clever. They probably grew up listening to your music and you turn around and spit at them. So Patton just get on and reform Faith no More and play something more popular.