Tim Lucas
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Q&A: Faith No More's Mike Patton Talks New Music
Three years ago, Mike Patton (Faith No More, Fantomas, Mr. Bungle, etc.) unveiled a new chapter in his work with a series of live concerts fronting a 30-piece orchestral unit billed as Mondo Cane (pronounced "Mondo Con-ay"). The name, plucked from a 1963 Italian documentary about bizarre traditions and rituals around the globe, means "a dog's world." But more to the point is that the movie introduced the Oscar-winning hit song "More," whose soaring romanticism has become emblematic worldwide of a musical point in time.That time is Italy in the early 1960s, when Rome was one of the major film capitals of the world.
