MIKE PATTON: 'Part Of What FAITH NO MORE Shows Are Is Chaos And Unpredictability'

April 22, 2010

Erin Broadley of the LA Weekly recently spoke FAITH NO MORE singer Mike Patton about audience interaction and the band's reunion.

"With FAITH NO MORE, even though we're a bunch of old men, what I remember about our best shows is some sort of confrontation with the audience," Patton said. "I didn't even have to think about it ... When we started doing these shows, that element about what I do when I perform came back. It's not planned, it's not thought out. I really even sometimes think to myself, 'Hey let's just play the show tonight, don't be an asshole, don't pick a fight, don't do this, don't do that...' and then things happen, you know?"

Patton continued, "Part of what FAITH NO MORE shows are is chaos and unpredictability. Just trying to keep that alive and survive at the same time. Let's just take FANTOMAS at Coachella [in 2005]. Really my issue was not to stir up any shit or even talk to the crowd or even acknowledge the crowd. I want to play the music as best as I can. I want to make it as perfect as I can. Really it's more like a classical music recital. It's a completely different approach and completely different results. With FAITH NO MORE I'm a little more free. To me it's more like rock and pop music so I've got a chance to 'entertain the crowd' or fuck with the crowd and I try and play that up."

Photos of FAITH NO MORE's April 13, 2010 concert at The Warfield in San Francisco, California can be found at this location (courtesy of Alan Ralph).

FAITH NO MORE reunited last year and has played European shows, but has yet to announce a full North American trek.

FAITH NO MORE kicked off its reunion tour on June 10, 2009 with a headlining performance at the Brixton Academy in London, England.

Original guitarist Jim Martin is not part of the reunion. Performing in his place is Jon Hudson, who played with FAITH NO MORE during the latter stages of its initial run after Martin departed.

The rest of the band's best-known lineup — singer Mike Patton, Gould, drummer Mike "Puffy" Bordin and keyboardist Roddy Bottum — is intact.

FAITH NO MORE released "The Very Best Definitive Ultimate Greatest Hits Collection" in June 2009 in the U.K. via Rhino Records.

This double disc set contains the band's greatest hits on the first CD, while the second CD features b-sides and rarities.

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