Sadly, after being inundated with questions concerning the alleged consumption of his own piss for years, the subject rarely rears its purple head in Mike Patton’s interviews these days. Nope, it’s all about the music and pushing envelopes now with the ever-ready Patton. And not even piss envelopes either! Sigh. That’s good, I guess -- it’s always a smart move to shake off any persistent and lazy interview pigeonholes -- but us part-time fetishists and new age nutritionists need some urine monologues before taking the plunge. I know everyone else is sick of it, but I really have no problems beating this dead horse for ’nother decade or two. Unfortunately, fans of "real" music news win out this time around, because Patton’s always exciting Fantômas combo will be playing some dates in Australia and New Zealand and that is more important than any crass showering of golden affection. No shit.
Fantômas -- Patton, with, presumably/possibly, Buzz Osbourne, Trevor Dunn, and Dave Lombardo or Terry Bozzio or Dale Crover -- will participate in Australia’s and New Zealand’s six-city Big Day Out Festival starting January 16 in Auckland, New Zealand and will also play a few side shows opening for System of a Down’s Serg Tankian while there (who is also playing Big Day Out, along with Neil Young, TV on the Radio, Arctic Monkeys, Hot Chip, Lupe Fiasco, The Prodigy, The Ting Tings, and a bunch of acts freeze-frothing at the mouths to scoot down under during this harsh winter chill). The Fantômas shows will feature 2001’s The Director’s Cut heady homage album in its entirety. While Patton will steal the scene on a hundred albums this year, there is no concrete news on when the next Fantômas album is due. Rumor has it set for June, but all dates are tentative at this time. Piss or get off the pot, Fantômas!
What a waste:
01.16.09 - Auckland, New Zealand - Big Day Out 2009
01.18.09 - Gold Coast, Australia - Big Day Out 2009
01.21.09 - Brisbane, Australia - The Tivoli #
01.23.09 - Sydney, Australia - Big Day Out 2009
01.24.09 - Sydney, Australia - Enmore Theatre #
01.25.09 - Melbourne, Australia - The Palace #
01.26.09 - Melbourne, Australia - Big Day Out 2009
01.30.09 - Adelaide, Australia - Big Day Out 2009
02.01.09 - Perth, Australia - Big Day Out 2009
# Serg Tankian
