What better way to Celebrate Mike Patton's 57th birthday than to take a listen to his best vocal performances. In picking the best I eliminated any of his noise or orchestral work, he is at his best when he is employing his sense of dynamics and wide theatrical range concisely that tells a story after all that is what singers do. I feel his best work is when he displays outright aggression to varying degrees, while still maintaining hooks and melodies so that is what the focus is here, pretty much narrowing it down to Tomahawk, Peeping Tom, Mr. Bungle, and Faith No More.
Not only is he one of my favorite singers, but these ten songs also display why he is one of the best "rock" singers though he wears rock music like a loose garment, as he employs elements of soul, country, and metal into what he does. I think these songs are also some of the strongest lyrically though his performance on them could sell you if he was just pulling his lyrics from the ingredients of a soup can. I am thankful to have seen him live in most of these projects and glad he made it another trip around the sun with us this year. So here are the top 10 Mike Patton songs.
10- ""Don't Even Trip"
9-"Love is a Fist"
8-"Malpractice "
7-"The Real Thing"
6-"God Hates a Coward
5-"None of Them Knew They Were Robots"
4-"Surprise You're Dead"
2-"My Ass is On Fire"
1- "Kindergarten"
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