Fantômas (band)
Categories: American heavy metal musical groups | Supergroups
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Fantômas | |
| Image:Fantomas promo 2001 1s.jpg | |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Status | active |
| Origin | {{{country}}}}}} |
| Genre(s) | Alternative metal |
| Label(s) | Ipecac Recordings |
| Members | Mike Patton Buzz Osborne Trevor Dunn Dave Lombardo |
Fantômas is an alternative metal (dubbed dada-metal by one [1]) band formed by singer Mike Patton (of such famous bands as Mr Bungle and Faith No More), guitarist King Buzzo (of The Melvins), bass guitarist Trevor Dunn (who has worked with such famous avant-garde musicians as John Zorn) and drummer Dave Lombardo (of Slayer). Patton named the group after Fantômas, a villain featured in a series of crime novels popular in France before World War I.
Fantômas are unique in several ways: Patton rarely sings conventional lyrics with the group, preferring his own bizarre style of voice music or scat singing. They also arrange albums around strange concepts/themes. Fantômas ('Amenaza Al Mundo') was based on Science-Fiction comics, with every song simply given a page number (Page 1, Page 2 etc.). 'The Director's Cut' was a series of reinterpretations of Movie Themes. 'Delìrium Cordìa' was one song, the concept being about having surgery without Anaesthetic. 'Suspended Animation' (Recorded in the same sessions as Delirium Cordia') is an album of twisted cartoon music, each track named after a day in the month of April 2005. (Friday The 8th, etc.).
In summer of 2005 the band toured Europe with Terry Bozzio on drums, due to the fact that Lombardo was on tour with Slayer. Lombardo returned to the band for the final dates of the tour, which concluded on September 15, 2005.
Discography
- 1999 Fantômas (aka 'Amenaza Al Mundo')
- 2001 The Director's Cut
- 2002 Millennium Monsterwork 2000 Live w/The Melvins
- 2004 Delìrium Cordìa
- 2005 Suspended Animation