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Mike Patton and Zu Budapest Audio Download

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

Mike Patton and Zu Budapest 13 of June 2008
http://rapidshare.com/files/124382936/MikePattonandZUBudapest.rar.html

Mike Patton and Zu Quartet Belgrade Review

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

A fun and frank review of the Patton Zu concert in Belgrade.

Bungleoid zu/patton review

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Patton & Zu in Sofia

Friday, June 6th, 2008

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http://international.ibox.bg/news/id_1041711584

Some Patton/Zu stuff

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

Nice photo album of the Rome Mike Patton/Zu show (pw is zuppa)

Some toob vids:

Sweet Zu/Patton live piccies from Italy by Aurora

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

Aurora, a friendly stubbadub reader recently attended the Mike Patton/Zu show on the 3 March, in Rome @ Circolo degli Artisti. She took some wicked pics and has kindly allowed me to post a a smattering of them. You can see more of her work here.

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Mike Patton & Zu to tour Europe

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

Mike Patton will be performing a string of dates with Italian band Zu. Zu’s music has been described as “a fusion of hardcore punk, free jazz and noise rock”. Should be some very interesting shows.

Tour Dates:

2 mar 2008 @ L’Usine Geneve (Switzerland)
4 mar 2008 @ Ossigeno Torino (Italy)
5 mar 2008 @ VK Brussels (Belgium)
6 mar 2008 @ Tivoli Utrecht (Netherlands)
7 mar 2008 @ Interzona Verona (Italy)

Press Release:

(PR) Zu & Mike Patton have teamed up for a string of European dates. ZU represent something unique in the Italian independent scene, a band that built a strong fan base worldwide thanks to an uncompromising sound and more than 1000 gigs in nearly 10 years.

Their sound is an unique mixture of jazz improvisation, noise, hardcore attitude and extreme metal and in their career they released records and shared stage with artists like: The Melvins, The Ex, Dalek, Peter Brotzmann, Hamid Drake, Alvin Curran, Ken Vandermark, Mats Gustafsson, The Thing, Amy Denio, Damo Suzuki, Eugene Chadbourne, Geoff Farina & many more.

This time ZU have a very special partner on stage: Mike Patton an artist who simply changed todays’ music, from his earliest works with Faith No More to the experiences with Mr. Bungle, Fantomas, Tomahawk & Peeping Tom.

ZU and Mike Patton already toured together when the Roman band opened for the Melvins/Fantomas world tour and made a special appearance in 2006 in Ceanada, at the Victoriaville festival, a prelude to great future projects.

LINE UP: ZU & MIKE PATTON

Massimo Pupillo - bass
Jacopo Battaglia- Drums
Luca Mai - Sax
Mike Patton: vocals & more surprises!!!

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Other Zu sites:

Zu’s Myspace
Zu Wiki
Zu’s Homepage