Michael "Mike" Allan Patton (Eureka, 27 gennaio 1968) è un cantante statunitense.
È conosciuto soprattutto per essere stato dal 1988 al 1998 il cantante dei Faith No More ma anche di altre band del calibro di Mr. Bungle, Fantômas e Tomahawk. Vanta inoltre numerose collaborazioni, live e in studio, con molti altri artisti (John Zorn, Dan the Automator, Melvins, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Melt-Banana, Sepultura, Kool Keith, The X-Ecutioners, Team Sleep, Björk, Subtle, Rahzel e tanti altri).
È stato anche il fondatore, nel 1999 dell'etichetta discografica indipendente Ipecac Recordings insieme a Greg Werckman.
Nel 2005 ha fatto anche il suo debutto cinematografico come attore protagonista nel film Firecracker di Steve Balderson.
Nel 2006 ha dato alle stampe il suo nuovo lavoro, Peeping Tom (nome del progetto e dell'album) frutto della collaborazione con moltissimi artisti quali Massive Attack, Odd Nosdam, Jell, Bebel Gilberto, Kid Koala, Doseone, Norah Jones, Dub Trio, Imani Coppola ed altri.
Discografia completa:
Faith No More
1989 - The Real Thing
1990 - Live at Brixton Academy
1992 - Angel Dust
1995 - King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime
1997 - Album of the Year
Mr. Bungle
1986 - The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny (demo)
1987 - Bowel of Chiley (demo)
1988 - Goddammit I Love America (demo)
1989 - OU818 (demo)
1991 - Mr. Bungle
1995 - Disco Volante
1999 - California
Fantômas
1999 - Fantômas (aka Amenaza Al Mundo)
2001 - The Director's Cut
2004 - Delìrium Còrdia
2005 - Suspended Animation
Tomahawk
2001 - Tomahawk
2003 - Mit Gas
2007 - Anonymous
Album solisti
1996 - Adult Themes for Voice
1997 - Pranzo Oltranzista
Peeping Tom
2006 - Peeping Tom
Album collaborations
1999 - She (by Maldoror - Patton and Merzbow)
2001 - Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By (by Lovage - Patton, Dan the Automator and Jennifer Charles)
2002 - Irony is a Dead Scene (by The Dillinger Escape Plan with Mike Patton (vocals, samples and percussions))
2004 - Romances (by Kaada/Patton)
2005 - General Patton vs. The X-Ecutioners (by Patton and The X-Ecutioners)
Albums featured
1995 - Burn or Bury (by Milk Cult, Patton performs vocals on Psychoanalytwist)
1996 - Roots (by Sepultura, Patton sings on the track Lookaway)
1997 - Blood Rooted (by Sepultura, Patton sings and co-writes Mine. His singing can be also heard on the remix of the track Lookaway.)
1997 - Great Jewish Music: Burt Bacharach (by Various Artists, Patton (vocals and keyboards) collaborates with David Slusser on She's Gone Away)
1997 - Great Jewish Music: Serge Gainsbourg (by Various Artists, Patton sings and plays all instruments on Ford Mustang)
1997 - Fear No Love (by Bob Ostertag, Patton contributes vocals to The Man in the Blue Slip and Not Your Girl)
1997 - AngelicA 97 (by Various Artists, House of Discipline contributes The Art Of Fist-Fucking (1 & 2) and Patton contributes to Romance For A Choking Man/Woman (with Marie Goyette) and cudegokalalumosospasashatetéwaot)
1998 - Charlie (by Melt-Banana, members of Mr. Bungle (and many others) contribute vocals for Area 877 (Phoenix Mix))
1999 - Memory Is An Elephant (by Tin Hat Trio, Patton sings on hidden track Infinito)
1999 - Tribus (by Sepultura, Patton co-writes and sings The Waste)
1999 - No Coração dos Deuses - Soundtrack (Patton performs Procura O Cara with members of Sepultura)
1999 - Song Drapes (by Jerry Hunt, Patton contributes text/vocals on Song Drape 7 "I Come")
2000 - The Crybaby (by Melvins, Patton sings and plays instruments on G.I. Joe)
2000 - Great Phone Calls (by Neil Hamburger, Patton featured on Music of the Night)
2000 - Down With The Scene (by Kid 606, Patton contributes vocals on Secrets 4 Sale)
2002 - Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three (by Various Artists, Patton performs on Six Pack)
2003 - Patton performs vocals on Koolade (formerly titled "Kool-Aid Party"), an unreleased song originally recorded for the album Team Sleep
2004 - Virginal Co Ordinates (by Eyvind Kang, Patton contributes voice & electronics)
2004 - Medúlla (by Björk, features Patton on Pleasure Is All Mine and Where Is The Line)
2004 - White People (by Handsome Boy Modeling School, features Patton on Are You Down With It?)
2004 - The End of the Fear of God (by Various Artists, Patton duets with Kid 606 on Circle A)
2005 - Crime and Dissonance (by Ennio Morricone, compiled by Alan Bishop of Sun City Girls with Patton's commentary)
2005 - Toto Angelica (by Alvin Curran, contains snippets of past Angelica Festival performances, including Patton's in 1997)
2005 - Oceanic: Remixes/Reinterpretations (by Isis, Patton contributed a version of Maritime)
2005 - Burner (by Odd Nosdam, features Patton on 11th Ave Freakout Pt 2)
2005 - Wei-Wu-Wei (by Corleone: Roy Paci, Patton contributes vocals on Tutto diventerà rosso)
2006 - Wishingbone (by Subtle, features Patton on Long Vein of the Voice)
2006 - New Heavy (by Dub Trio, features Patton on Not Alone)
2006 - Trouble – The Jamie Saft Trio Plays Bob Dylan (by Jamie Saft Trio, features Patton on Ballad of a Thin Man)
2006 - Quero Saber (by Carla Hassett, duet with Patton on a cover of The Beatles' Julia)
2007 - Athlantis (upcoming album by Eyvind Kang, Patton contributes vocals)
2007 - Vein (upcoming remix album by Foetus, Mike Patton contribution announced)
2007 - Weather Underground (upcoming album by Massive Attack, Patton is set to contribute vocals)
Fonte: wikipedia
ehm, devo aggiungere altro oltre che dire che i progetti che preferisco sono nell'ordine Fantomas, Faith No More, Mr. Bungle e Tomahawk?