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Nice interview/article of Mike Patton at the AV Club

On voicing for Bionic Commando:

“I just did a make-up session where they were getting into the latter stages of the game, and lines have changed and things like that. It was much more sound effect type work. Like, “Imagine yourself falling from a 30-story building. Now imagine yourself tripping. Now imagine yourself getting hit by a lead pipe in the head.” And, you know, kind of improvising on the fly. That was pretty fun.”

On the first Bungle Album:

“Our first record was kind of a culmination of our teenage years. It’s all in there: pornography, videogames, death metal, and then some other leanings that came to us later, like some sound design stuff and a little bit of improv, some more compositional chops. Every record we made basically summed up five or 10 years of frustration.”

On Mondo Cane:

“What I did was I put a band together, like a 10-piece band, and I rehearsed them to death. Most of them are people my age, and yeah, they know this music very well or at least they know of it. What I did was I twisted the arrangements up to kind of make them my own. This stuff in some ways is kind of sacred and you don’t just wanna karaoke it. You don’t want to just play it A to Z. It’s an exciting prospect. So I did that and then we found an orchestra there in central Italy. I had some friends write some string arrangements and orchestral parts out for me. We did several shows there, and now it’s kind of growing beyond that. We’re working with local orchestras in different countries.”

On the Fantomas hiatus:

“It’s slowed down a little bit because we’ve gotten distracted with other things, but I’ve started writing a new record. It’s gonna be a bit of a stretch for us. I want to try to make an all-electronic record. I’m trying to figure out how to do that, the practicalities of doing that. So I don’t think it will be out probably for another year, but the band is still very much in my mind.”

On Guitar Hero/Rock Band:

“If someone can do something creative with it, I’d buy it in a second. I mean, would you go see a band of 10-year-old kids playing original music on Rock Band? I would. I’m not saying I’ll like it, but I definitely would go see it.”