Peeping Tom (band)

Peeping Tom is a band led by Mike Patton. To date, they have released one eponymous album and two singles on Ipecac Recordings. The band has featured a wide variety of well-known artists such as Massive Attack, Norah Jones and Kool Keith.

Peeping Tom has been called Mike Patton's most mainstream accessible work since his days with Faith No More.^[1]

History

After about six years of delays, the self-titled debut album, Peeping Tom, finally saw the light of day in 2006. It was released through Mike Patton's own label, Ipecac Recordings.

The whole album was written by Patton with a wishlist of collaborators in mind that he hoped would perform on the finished tracks. "It's an exotic way of working for someone accustomed to a band environment," Patton says. "It was charming, really. None of the usual Animal House stuff. Instead of swapping spit and underwear, we were swapping files."

The finished album featured performances by artists such as Norah Jones ("Sucker"), Kool Keith ("Getaway") and Massive Attack ("Kill the DJ"). Referring to the fact the almost none of the artists recorded their parts with Patton there he said: "Plenty of people on the record are still complete strangers to me."

The first single from the album was "Mojo." It was accompanied by a music video featuring appearances by Danny DeVito, Mark Hoppus of Blink-182, Rachel Hunter as well as song performers Dan the Automator and Rahzel. The video was created by buzzed about music video director Matt McDermitt.

The band made their worldwide live debut on Late Night with Conan O'Brien on May 26th, 2006.

As work on Peeping Tom began in 2000 and was interrupted to accommodate Patton's recording or touring work with Fantômas, Tomahawk, Lovage, General Patton vs. The X-Ecutioners, Kaada/Patton, Rahzel and guest turns on Björk and Massive Attack records, two feature film scores, his film acting debut in Firecracker, videogame voice work in The Darkness and an ultimately "ridiculous" major label flirtation, enough material has massed for a second and possibly third record.

Style

Describing the band's sound, Mike Patton said:

"I don't listen to the radio, but if I did, this is what I'd want it to sound like. This is my version of pop music. In a way, this is an exercise for me: taking all these things I've learned over the years and putting them into a pop format. I've worked with many people who have said to me, 'oh you have a pop record in you, eventually you'll find it,' and I always laughed at them. I guess I owe them an apology."

Collaborators

• Rahzel
• Dan the Automator
• Kool Keith
• Doseone
• Norah Jones
• Bebel Gilberto
• Massive Attack
• Dub Trio
• Jel
• Odd Nosdam
• Amon Tobin
• Kid Koala
• Mike Relm
• Imani Coppola
• Butterscotch
• Rob Swift
• DJ Z-Trip
• DJ Quest
• DJ D-Sharp

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

References

1. ↑ "Peeping Tom - Peeping Tom". Allmusic. Metacritic. Retrieved 24 July 2014. 
2. 1 2 3 4 Peak chart positions in the United States:
   • "Peeping Tom > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2010-08-07. 
   • "Peeping Tom Album & Song Chart History: Alternative Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2011-04-06. 
3. ↑ "Discography Peeping Tom". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-08-07. 
4. 1 2 Peak chart positions in Belgium:
   • "Discografie Peeping Tom" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-08-07. 
   • "Discographie Peeping Tom" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-08-07. 
5. ↑ "Discography Peeping Tom". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-08-07. 
6. ↑ "Discographie Peeping Tom" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-08-07. 
7. ↑ "Discography Peeping Tom". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-08-07. 
8. ↑ Zywietz, Tobias. "Chart Log UK: Rodney P. – The Pussycat Dolls". Zobbel. Retrieved 2010-08-07. 

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Peeping Tom (band).

• Allmusic: Biography
• Discussion of Peeping Tom on Ipecac Recordings site
• Official MySpace
• HoboTrashcan's One on One with Mike Patton
• Peeping Tom Discography