Fantômas (band)
American experimental metal supergroup formed in 1998.
Vocalist Mike Patton formed the avant-garde metal supergroup Fantômas just before Faith No More fell apart, creating it from a set of spasmic songs he had composed.[1]
Quick Facts
- Origin
- California, U.S.
- Genre
- Experimental metal
- experimental rock
- grindcore
- alternative metal
- Years active
- 1998–present
- Label
- Ipecac
- Spinoffs
- Dead Cross
- Spinoff of
- Mr. Bungle
- Current members
- Mike Patton
- Buzz Osborne
- Trevor Dunn
- Dave Lombardo
Facts from the source article.
Making and release
Patton composed a series of spasmic songs and sent demos to guitarist Buzz Osborne, bassist Trevor Dunn, and drummer Igor Cavalera.[1] All of Fantômas' albums have been released through Patton's independent label Ipecac.[1] Several prominent record labels initially showed interest, primarily due to Patton's commercial success with Faith No More.[1] Patton recalled that people from Geffen attended shows but disappeared afterward.[2]
Patton stated that independent labels were interested, but none that he was interested in.[2] Patton described the planned album as "an all-electronic affair" with no acoustic instruments.[3] In November 2008, Rock-A-Rolla reported the new album was being worked on with a tentative June 2009 release.[3] In May 2009, Greg Werckman stated that Mike "hasn't even begun" recording the next Fantômas record.[3]
Cavalera turned down the offer but put forward Dave Lombardo from Slayer as a suitable replacement, and Lombardo agreed to join.[1]
What the cited sources add
An Adams article for Focus Features notes that Patton assembled the supergroup after Faith No More's breakup and named it after the villain in a French crime novel.[4] The same source describes the debut album as 30 songs ranging from four seconds to just over five minutes, which Patton called a "sci-fi homage"[4] Mushroomhead's frontman, identified as Jmann, listed Fantômas' first album as the record he played most often during 2000.[5]
References
- Wikipedia, "Fantômas (band)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Zulaica, "No Exit: Even Better Than the Real Thing? – Mike Patton Puts His Faith in Fantomas and Mr. Bungle", BAM Magazine, July 5, 1999; Burton, "Decibel Magazine: Fantômas – Suspended Animation", decibelmagazine.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Fantômas (band)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Here's a Long Lost Mike Patton Interview, to Mark Faith No More's Return", June 1, 2015 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Fantômas (band)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Patton Juggling Numerous New Projects <nowiki>", Prometheus Global Media; "rock-a-rolla.com » Mike Patton Preps New Fantômas and Mondo Cane Albums!", Rock-A-Rolla, October 8, 2008; "Greg Werckman Interview", Rock-A-Rolla, May 2009 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Adams, "The Tone of Destiny", Focus Features, April 1, 2013. facts only, no text reused. focusfeatures.com
- "JMANNS PAGE". facts only, no text reused. mushroomheadxx.20megsfree.com
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