I thought it was Dan the Automator AKA Nathaniel Merriweather, but then I guess there are a lot of different people on it, so...

he is the main guy, but patton and some girl named jennifer charles were brought in for vocals

I know, I just look into some things too much. haha...

at least you are a critical listener!!! I hate people who give me the old "I like everything" line. that is such bullshiot. that means they have no discernment! ha ha!

Like when Katie Couric asked Governor Palin what periodicals she reads and she said "Oh, all of them."

yeah, sure.

what is it with patton.. he makes shit records and still comes up smelling of roses.........

i liked half of tomahawks anonymous and 25 percent of mr bungle and a smidgen of some other shit but fantomas and the rest.. its muck! imo

it's cuz the girls think he's foxy

But...but...but... Patton is wanking off without actually having any technical mastery? Surely? Unlike the overwhelming majority of rock musicians ever, Patton is the one who sounds very much like he'd love to do something other than rock, but simply isn't capable. I don't have much time for Zorn, but at least he can justify his fourteen million projects by being able to play the shit out of his horn...

Indeed.

that is all true Glice. I see him as the vocalist equivalent of Frank Zappa, doing his best to annoy the shit out of everyone around him.
Naked City was some cool scary shit though man.

california is such a sweet, amazing record. I love "air conditioned nightmare", "pink cigarette", "none of them knew they were robots", and the brilliant "goodbye sober day". My buddy saw them on tour after this album came out and said that mr. bungle not only played the songs perfectly live (!), they actually sounded better. I prefer disco volante because it's so dark and every song is a masterpiece...

Trey Spruance.. he deserves a thread. By far the most underappreciated guitar player ever...

you like california? that record annoys the fuck out of me. but i too love disco volante, i dont get how that record is so great. terry spruance i guess, but im not even into secret chiefs 3 half as much as you. i like them, of course.

haha california is amazing! How can you like the more-annoying-by-far disco volante but not california? Disco Volante is better obviously but california perhaps has better songwriting on it.

I can't trust a person who cannot appreciate King for a Day...Fool for a Lifetime -album.
Faith No More was a great band.

Who me? I didn't say I didn't like FNM, they just usually don't excite me.

Angel Dust is some kind of masterpiece though.

I meant generally. Didn't mean you.

ohhh. Gotcha.

I did not say listen to rock for the sake of rock

I say "don't you listen to rock so YOU CAN ROCK?"

I do. I dont know AFI, but my chemical romance can rock a twelve year old for sure. ha ha ha

I really do not like the sound on calivfornia. the songs sound overproduced and I do not like the songs. I prefer Mr Bungle when they are in full schizophrenia mode.

as far as FNM, I love we care a lot, and real thing, and ANGEL DUST for sure, but King for a day was boring,a nd I refuse to listen to any FNM record without Jim martin, the man whose riffs on Jizzlobber blow anything on king for a day out the water.

Mike Patton does what he does. You either appreciate it or you don't. I'm not saying you "get it", that's pretentious. I'm just saying that the guy has a unique sound that is hit or miss depending on one's preference. I, personally, think Loveage and Peeping Tom are both INCREDIBLE records. But, whatever, that's me. I vote in favor of genius.

I love Patton. Always have and always will. I wouldn't quite take his spunk in the mouth these days, but many of your guys' criticisms seem a tad unjust. Mike falls victim of being hailed above and beyond by his fans who praise him as the second-coming of Christ, when the dude is really just a pretty damn good singer who likes to explore the true capabilities of his own vocal chords. I mean, there has to be a reason why so many great artists choose to work with him.

And with that being said...let's enjoy some Mondo Cane.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x4ji4EB3g0

John Zorn's Six Lithanies For Heliogabalus, definitively a must-have