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"We just wanna be the happy bums that we are. Thats all."
Mike PattonDespite the aural onslaught, King (For A Day) is not an assault I thin — Mike Patton
"Despite the aural onslaught, King (For A Day) is not an assault I think its us being us, more than anything. I think we finally had the resources to be us on this record."
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Michael Allan Patton is an American singer, songwriter, producer, and voice actor, best known as the lead vocalist of the rock bands Faith No More and Mr. Bungle. He has also fronted and/or played with Tomahawk, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Fantômas, Moonchild Trio, Kaada/Patton, Dead Cross, Lovage, Mondo Cane, the X-ecutioners, The Avett Brothers, and Peeping Tom. Consistent collaborators through h
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"Revenge is good. I think revenge is healthy too, and if you can use music in that way, a sort of therapeutic way for yourself, it cant do any harm. So if King (For A Day...Fool For A Lifetime) is angry in any way, its angry in a random, chaotic, healthy way. Like the guy who goes into a building, shoots a bunch of holes in the wall and then leaves. He didnt kill anybody."
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