Few high profile artists will have a schedule that’s not bulging in the spreadsheet, after all, they didn’t get where they are by sitting around in a deck chair all day sipping daiquiris out of a coconut – that comes later. But there’s busy, and then there’s Mike Patton.
Songwriter and frontman for bands as original and influential as Mr. Bungle, Faith No More, Tomahawk, Fantomas and Peeping Tom, it seemed there were few terrains that this sonic adventurer had not scaled. And then came MIKE PATTON’S MONDO CANE; a new entity for the inimitable vocalist that marries his instrument-like voice with an orchestra, choir, band and popular Italian music from yesteryear. Of course.
MONDO CANE is unlike any of Mike Patton’s previous projects. First, and most obviously, MONDO CANE is an Italian language release. Secondly it finds the singer paying homage to other songwriters, an unusual path for a man that will need lifetimes to make a dent in the mountain of his own ideas. “My purpose in revisiting these pieces,” he explains, “is not to relive the past, not for nostalgia, but more to illustrate through modern and adventurous interpretation exactly how vital and important this music still is.”
In November, MIKE PATTON’S MONDO CANE will be performing one headlining show only. Wherever you live around the country, drive, sail, fly, whatever it takes, do not miss MIKE PATTON’S MONDO CANE at Melbourne’s Regent Theatre.
MONDAY 12 NOVEMBER MELBOURNE, REGENT THEATRE 18+
www.ticketmaster.com.au
TICKETS ON-SALE FRIDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER, 9AM AEST
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** Read our Mike Patton – “Mondo Cane” album review here…
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