Mike Patton is a polyvalent frontman well-known for switching between diverse genres without difficulty. The genius was born on January 27th, 1968 in Eureka, California. He has an impressive 6 octave vocal range, which is wider than Mariah Carey, Dave Lee Roth and Axl Rose! To his fans, he is considered the “greatest singer of all time”.

Additionally he is a multi-insturmentalist, film composer, producer and actor.

Patton’s career started as a high-schooler when he founded Mr Bungle, a jazz/death metal/carnival music/ska-fusion band. His ecclectic taste has since been mirrored through the rest of his career, releasing Italian pop, soundtrack music, noise, jazz-fusion, hip-hop and various strands of metal.

His “big break” came when Faith No More recruited him to replace Chuck Mosely as their lead singer. When Faith No More broke up in 1997 (before reuniting again in 2009), his creative output crescendoed with many projects and collaborations, including “supergroups” Fantomas, Tomahawk and Rahzel collaboration Peeping Tom. To date he has made more than 30 studio albums, composed 4 soundtracks and guest appeared on more than other 60 albums.

In 1999, he founded Ipecac Records with Greg Werckman, who had previously managed Alternaive Tentacle’s label and fronted the noise supergroup DUH. The formation of the label allowed Patton to retain creative control on his first new project – Fantômas. The label has since released a large number of Patton and associates' projects as well as a large catalogue from a diverse range of artists including the legendary Melvins (aka Kurt Cobain’s favourite band); post-metal pioneers ISIS; Omar Rodriguez-Lopez of At The Drive-In and The Mars Volta fame; glitch/IDM/techno/breakbeat savante Kid 606; Curse of the Golden Vampire, a side-project of Alec Empire Norwegian sound artiste Kaada and Ennico Morricone (arguably the most prolific film composer of the modern era).