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	Fantômas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This Fantomas was a thief who committed spectacular robberies just for the thrill of it, and wore a white, skintight mask all the time or a variety of disguises so his true face was never shown.
		Apparently the series was strongly influenced by the James Bond movies, as Fantomas, equipped with advanced technology created by a scientist called Professor Semo, had all kind of adventures around the World, and even fought other, more cruel criminals.
		His mask in the comic book was clearly inspired by the fl mask worn by the Italian comic book criminal Diabolik, and his use of it was apparently influenced by the popular images generated by Mexican wrestling.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fantomas (1575 words)

	InternetEd Reviews: Fantomas/Melvins- Millennium Monsterwork (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Millennium Monsterwork is basically a live album by one band (namely Fantomas) playing two bands' worth of material that encompasses both their own music and the music of The Melvins.
		Fantomas itself is a quirky supergroup made up of avant-garde noise-man Mike Patton on vocals, Buzz Osborne (from The Melvins) on guitars, Trevor Dunn (from Mr.
		The band is back to their usual stuff again in "Liquorton Gooksburg," an insane sonic contortionist piece that is both interesting and funny, and "Cape Fear," which is a dramatic metal piece that mixes organic atmosphere with musical intensity.
	www.interneted.com /Reviewpages/fantomasmilleniummonsterwork.htm (501 words)

	Fantomas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Fantomas, named after a villain in a series of pre-World War I French crime novels, is the brainchild of Mike Patton, who also has a vested interest in the band’s label as co-founder and co-owner.
		The band’s latest release, Suspended Animation (due April 5), is a blistering mix of thirty tracks that are each named after a day in April.
		In addition to Fantomas, bassist Trevor Dunn will be bringing his side project out on the road as well: Trevor Dunn’s Trio Convulsant, a jazz trio that incorporates rock elements like power chords into their compositions.
	www.marqueemag.com /04_05/fantomas.html (732 words)

	Fantomas: Suspended Animation - PopMatters Music Review
		Displaying an uncanny ability to continually pull the rug out from underneath their collective audience, it was anybody's guess as to what Fantomas would do next, and to their credit, they've done it again, taking their sound into yet another uncharted territory, and leaving us shaking our heads in the process.
		Fantomas clearly pays homage to that onomatopoeic style of Stalling's, be it the ascending and descending notes that accompanied a tiptoeing Bugs Bunny, the ominous, bass-heavy chords that accentuated the stomp of a monstrous creature, or the slide Hawaiian guitar that marks the famous opening to the Looney Tunes theme.
		The overall performance of the band is as mesmerizing as you'd expect, but what's especially impressive is how much the four members elevate their playing, providing evocative, ambient sounds, and then shifting abruptly into a wild combination of math rock and speed metal (perfectly exemplified by the uproarious "04/29/05").
	popmatters.com /music/reviews/f/fantomas-suspended.shtml (652 words)

	Oregon Music Guide - Volume III, Number 4 - Fantomas
		I think Fantomas fans learned early on that things were going to be back-and-forth, cut-and-paste, and up-and-down.
		Fantomas is really his vision, and he has a clear idea of songs and the structure of the record.
		It did make things difficult for us in terms of scheduling and trying to be a consistent working band but I sort of appreciated it being just part-time because it allowed me to work in other groups and get involved with the jazz scene that was happening in San Francisco at that time.
	www.omguide.com /fantomas_20050408.html (1592 words)

	Boise Weekly - Not Your Everyday Newspaper: Noise: Noise: Fantomas
		You always hear singers of rock bands saying shit like, "I like to think of my voice as another instrument in the band," maybe to make themselves seem more artistic, but in the case of Patton's work in Fantomas, that's exactly the case.
		Fantomas, however, is distinctly his band, as he writes and arranges all of the music, with little input from the other members.
		Fantomas is a groundbreaking musical entity whose material will undoubtedly be puzzled over for years to come.
	www.boiseweekly.com /gyrobase/Content?oid=oid:1755 (831 words)

	band bio
		The band is looking to record and leaning towards putting the record out themselves (early 99?).
		This new record also attests to the fact that as musicians, Incubus has found happiness and contentment in being a hard rock band that didn't feel the need to be the hardest, with the most strings tuned down, with the riffs that made the crowds bounce the highest.
		One of these was reproduced and sold without the band's permission (on tape in 1991 and on CD in 1997), creating one of the more popular Mr.
	www.angelfire.com /rock/joesmusicpage/photos.html (1715 words)

	Ink 19 :: Fantomas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Fantomas, the band as well as the album of the same name, is the brainchild of the brilliant and overlooked Mike Patton.
		For example, Patton may start a song screeching while the band plays schizophrenically behind him, then suddenly the music is replaced by Patton playing samples and making noises with no other "instruments" playing.
		Though Patton wrote all of the music, each band member's distinct playing style can be heard, such as Osbourne's sludgy guitar or Lombardo's double bass kit plowing through the mix.
	www.ink19.com /issues_F/99_06/wet_ink/music_fi/084_fantomas.shtml (250 words)

	ArtsEditor: August 2001: Shape-Shifters
		Fantômas (the band)'s roots stem from the post-punk alternative metal scene, but deviate drastically from there.
		The album, as with the band's recent European live sets, starts with the familiar and haunting strain of "The Godfather Theme." But just when we feel we are in a comfortable and familiar place, the band chimes in at full metal throttle in a free-form fury.
		The band has another album in the works, expected to be out by 2002; it will be interesting to see if their third album retains the narrative stylistic quality of these adapted movie themes, or more closely resembles the reigned-in wildness of their first release.
	www.artseditor.com /html/august01/aug01_fantomas.shtml (1280 words)

	The Tool Page: Tour Reviews
		Fantomas opened their last show for the band on this tour, and I found their unique sense of music amusing, but it dragged on too long and seemed repetitive when I was so anxious to see Tool.
		It is not just a band playing together that looks like they punch a time clock when they get on stage, like most bands these days, but more a group of friends who actually care about their music and the experience they bring to the fans.
		This is not a band that is going to go touring around the world playing their hit singles to the average joe fan that listens to them on the radio.
	toolshed.down.net /tour/fall01/011009.html (10445 words)

	A Guide to the Progressive Rock Genres
		Bands such as Jethro Tull, Van Der Graaf Generator and Family were defined by their vocalist's signature, some of them achieving great success especially in mainland Europe.
		Bands that fall under the Zeuhl rubric vary from offshoot bands such as Weidorje and Zao, those with contemporary influence such as Eskaton, Potemkine and Eider Stellaire, to modern groups such as Xaal, Koenji Hyakkei, Ruins and Happy Family.
		These bands are often considered close to the genesis of progressive metal or prog-metal due to their more overt inclusion of 70s symphonic rock influences in their style.
	www.gepr.net /genre2.html (10533 words)

	CMT.com : Fantômas : Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		By tour's end, Fantomas was briefly put on hold as its members returned to their other bands, but by early 2001, the quartet had recorded a second album.
		The band spent the remainder of 2001 touring behind the album, as Patton hinted that the group may go directly back into the studio by year's end to work on an album of all new material.
		The new studio material was put on the backburner, while Fantomas and Melvins performed together live as a seven-piece supergroup, "The Fantomas Melvins Big Band," releasing Millennium Monsterwork in April of 2002.
	www.cmt.com /artists/az/fantomas/bio.jhtml (332 words)

	Metal Rules!!: Heavy Metal Concert Reviews
		Fantomas sounded superb, and their performance was virtually flawless, which is amazing considering the technicality and insanity of their album.
		Timing is critical for this band, and it was very entertaining watching Mike staring at Dave with evil eyes to make sure they're right on target.
		Fantomas ripped through the first half of their album with very little pauses and in-between-song ramblings.
	www.metal-rules.com /concerts/SOD_Crowbar_Skinlab.htm (2290 words)

	Amazon.com: Fantomas: Music: Fantômas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Fantomas is ambiance at its most annoying--which, of course, is the mission of this cacophonous California supergroup.
		Fantomas are my favourite band that are around these days and this is where it started.
		The Fantomas project is often thought of (mentioned as) a heavy metal supergroup, but this is really a bad way to think of the band.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000IKTC?v=glance (1978 words)

	Fantomas - TrikiWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		After the breakup with his band, Faith No More, the singer Mike Patton, formed a new band, named Fantomas after the anti-hero of the French crime novels, Fantomas.
		It was in the spring of the 1999 when Fantomas released their first album, called simple, “Fantomas”.
		After the tour finished the band was back in the studio for recording their third album, but this time with Melvins.
	www.trikiwiki.com /Fantomas (205 words)

	Sputnikmusic - Fantomas
		One of Mike Patton's many projects, Fantomas are also a supergroup, containing members of thrash-metal legends Slayer, Patton's very own Mr Bungle, and alternative icons The Melvins.
		Releasing borderline unclassifiable music, sometimes referred to as "cartoon metal", they seem intent on pushing musical boundaries as far as they can go, as is most obviously shown on their 74 minute 1 track album, "Delirium Cordia".
		Bands: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
	www.sputnikmusic.com /bands.php?bandid=257 (91 words)

	* Dusted Reviews - The Fantomas/Melvins Big Band *
		On December 31, 2000 both bands convened to play a show together in California, and this is the end result.
		The band also takes on versions of thriller themes (different versions of which would appear on the second Fantomas record) like "The Omen" and "Cape Fear".
		These are good too, but it's when the band(s) stray from Melvins territory that the major problem from this disc comes to light - it sounds pretty much like a Mike Patton project in and of its own.
	www.dustedmagazine.com /reviews/170 (582 words)

	:: donaufestival.at :: The Fantômas Melvins Big Band (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		At the time of its foundation, the “beast in the form of a band” made it its main business to set cartoons to the experimental blend of noise and metal.
		Remotely related to John Zorn’s “Naked City”, the band opposes cartoon and animated film to an experimental parallel universe.
		The second highly complex ingredient of the main course will be a formation whose first tours were accompanied by no less a roadie than Kurt Cobain.
	www.donaufestival.at /619_ENG_HTML.htm (300 words)

	MetalReview.com - Metal Review of Fantômas - Suspended Animation
		i think fantomas would be a lot better if he'd shut his annoying squeeling voice sometimes....
		4/7/2005 2:11:39 PM Fantomas is indeed one of the more greater bands for their originality and utter ball grabbing intensity, and fuckin eh are they talented....listen before you shit out your mouth....its a waste of words.
		The effort that all these bands from the ipecac label put into stretching the boundaries and keeping the excitement in the music is more than of any other new label out there.
	www.metalreview.com /viewreview.aspx?ID=1552 (1428 words)

	Fantomas At TJs
		The songs are executed almost perfectly, the band are looking good and their sense of humor is still very much intact.
		Fantômas were superb they unleashed wave after wave of sonic fury, each one enough to make the members of Radiohead hang their heads in shame.
		There is really very little I can say, the band were near perfect, the music was spot on, and Mike was his usual diamond front man, with enough banter and strange facial gurnings to keep even the most miserable person amused.
	www.flashinghobo.com /new_page_3.htm (691 words)

	W (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		A veteran of countless bands, he is a founding member of the acclaimed Hasidic New Wave with Frank London, and was one of the first musicians to blend Jewish Music with Jazz.
		Weather Report formed in 1971, and this was recorded by a great version of the band (for they were a band always in transition) and this, their fourth studio album, was the album that saw Alfonso Johnson replacing founding bassist Miroslav Vitous (although both appear on the album).
		This was the band starting to head in a more electric and 'popular' direction, but it's still one of their very best.
	www.waysidemusic.com /Templates/frmTemplateA.asp?SubFolderID=46&SearchYN=N (3194 words)

	the M E L V I N S .net ::
		Fortunately I'd been playing in the stupidly complicated Fantomas with the stinkingly talented Trevor Dunn since 1998 and I knew if he could pull off playing those nightmarish songs he could handle learning the Houdini record with practically no rehearsal.
		They’ll also have copies of the LP version of their newest collaboration with Jello Biafra which is signed by all band members and cover artist Camille Rose Garcia.
		Monday, January 16, 2006 - 12:24 AM Dale's band Altamont are playing a few shows in the state of California, if you are in the general vicinity or have discovered the means of teleportation be sure to take heed of this oppurtunity.
	www.themelvins.net (2831 words)

	Fantômas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		This is a band that Buzz is in, bio and photos taken from ipecac.com
		The band released their self-titled first album on Ipecac Recordings (co-owned by Mike Patton) in the spring of 1999.
		They are hoping to release another CD in late 2001 or early 2002.
	www.themelvins.net /discography/side/fantomas (280 words)

	Bungle to FANToMAS: Six degrees of Mike Patton
		The multi-member band (whose core members included Patton, guitarist Trey Spruance, bassist Trevor Dunn, saxophonist Clinton "Bar" McKinnon and drummer Danny Heifetz) originally formed back in the mid-Eighties in Eureka, California, while its members were still in high school.
		"This band was poisoned by one person's petty jealousy and insecurity, and it led us to a slow, unnatural death.
		Peeping Tom, for which Patton plays all of the instruments himself, will finally release an oft-delayed debut, and there will be records by Fantomas and Tomahawk, as well as General Patton vs. the X-ecutioners, a collaboration with turntable specialists the X-ecutioners.
	www.bungletofantomas.com (1483 words)

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	Fantomas/Melvins Big Band - Millennium Monsterwork - Review - Stylus Magazine
		Imagine: the two best bands from one of the world’s most adventurous labels combining their talents once and once only.
		I was expecting full-blown collaboration between two original, creative bands who have been nothing but awesome for the past few years.
		Generally this wouldn’t be a complaint, but with no variation taking place in the songs and a minimum of collaboration occurring between the two bands, crowd noise is the only thing differentiating these Monsterwork performances from the original recordings.
	www.stylusmagazine.com /review.php?ID=720 (653 words)

	SOUTHERN \| catalog > band > Fantomas
		Sounding most similar to their debut, this new album is based on a calendar entry for April.
		Perfectly captures the band's visceral humour + dramatic live menace.
		Covers of various mov ie soundtracks done in Fantomas' own inimitable way.
	www.southern.net /southern/catalog/FANTO (234 words)

	Amazon.com: Millennium Monsterwork: Music: The Fantomas,The Melvins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Bungle) in Fantomas, which features Slayer drummer Dave Lombardi, there's a cacophony of influences, from death metal to experimental to Black Sabbath.
		A monsterwork brought to you by Mike Patton's Fantomas and the Melvins.
		Sadly, this effort to merge the two bands is a disappointment.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000063KNP?v=glance (1249 words)

	eBay - fantomas band, Music Memorabilia, Entertainment Memorabilia items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Fantomas Melvins Big Band s/n Silk Screen gig poster
		FANTOMAS MELVINS BIG BAND BERLIN 06 GIG POSTER GLOW INK
		MELVINS FANTOMAS BIG BAND- Silkscreen poster by malleus
	search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=fantomas+band&newu=1&... (227 words)

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