Mike Patton was born in Eureka, California to a social worker mother and a PE teacher father. Patton's home was strictly secular. During his first years, his family had an apartment in San Josein which they spent much time before

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Faith No More: 1988–1998; 2009–present
After the members of Faith No More heard Mr. Bungle's second demo tape in 1987, they approached Patton to

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Film work
In 2005, Patton signed on to compose the soundtrack for the independent movie Pinion, marking his debut scoring an American feature-length film. However, this had been held up in production and may be on the shelf

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Labelled as an "icon of the alt-metal world", and a "reluctant pin-up boy", Patton reacted strangely to his fame. According to a 2002 article from East Bay Express: "[Mike Patton]'s undeniably

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Patton married Cristina Zuccatosta, an Italian artist, in 1994. The couple divided their time between San Francisco and Bologna, Italy. The couple separated in 2001, but later reconciled. Patton has referred to her as his "best friend" and says that "she probably

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A list published by Consequence of Soundbased on vocal range acknowledged Mike Patton as "the greatest singer of all time" in popular music. Before the disbandment of Faith No More in 1998, Patton was already highly respected by colleagues and listeners, and this

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Voice, techniques and style
Throughout his career, Patton has utilized various different genres including, avant-garde, alternative metal, experimental, experimental rock, art pop, contemporary classical, funk metal, and thrash metal. Mike Patton's vocals

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