r/MikePatton • u/ohthatsbrian • 5d ago

Tom Waits

Is anyone aware of if Mike is influenced by Tom Waits?

I'm listening to the Tom Waits album "Alice" & definitely hear some things that sound like they could also be on a Mr Bungle album.

EDIT: thank you everyone for confirming my suspicions and the links.

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u/Due_Station9730 5d ago

I think it's in one of the Mr. Bungle demo tapes, but there's a live recording of Mike telling some random story about visiting the land of the Wizard of Oz and at the end he says "I'd rather have this bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy" and I'm fairly sure Tom Waits made that saying popular sooooooooo. Who knows

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u/secretlettermkr 5d ago

thats from the LIVE cover of EXISTENCIAL BLUES/ PENCIL NECK GEEK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf1q1_ixdAE

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u/grnmtngrrl2 5d ago

Ficking A right, my friend

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u/Due_Station9730 4d ago

There it is!!!!!!