There's something about taking music as one's life work that brings out the bonkers in people. Somehow, being a professional musician morphs people from being of this world into beings from another realm entirely.
Take Mike Patton of Faith No More and Mr Bungle fame and the following:
* Faith No More covered the Eastenders theme tune at Leeds Festival 2009.
* There track 'Caffeine' was written about a sleep deprivation experiment Patton undertook.
* Faith No More once played a festival where bottles of piss were used as missiles aimed at the band themselves. In good humour, Patton threatened to drink the next one that landedon the stage. A man good on his promise, he downed it and proceeded to throw up throughout the remainder of the set.
* He used to shit in hairdryers in hotels.
* Patton provided the voices of the monsters in 2007's 'I Am Legend' starring Will Smith.
Hah! And euw! :-)
ReplyDeleteI remember hearing from my boyfriend-in-law (my sister's boyfriend) that Patton was a nutter but I didn't know any of the above. Luckily, he's hot! :-D
Some Dark Romantic
Lol, yes Mina he definitely is! I didn't realise the full extent of his weirdness until I started looking into it and with hindsight there's some things there I'd rather not know! Thanks for visiting.
DeleteMike Patton - definately eccentric! Nice to meet you!
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Hey, thanks for the comment. Yes, he's definitely a nutter, I just hope he doesn't read this. Sorry Mike.
DeleteI wonder what it is that brings out the bonkers in them? Because some of those things you listed are just plain CRAZY!
ReplyDeleteHappy A-Z! Nice to meet you!
Hi Peggy, thanks for your comment. I don't know if it's the excessive amount of drugs or whether they were like that in the first place!
DeleteLove Mike! And all--eer most!--of his eccentric ways.
ReplyDeleteHey, thanks for stopping by. Yeah, he's good for a laugh, but sometimes goes a little too far! I wonder if he does any of these things at home...
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