Ian Watkins (Mike Patton fan) of Lostprophets pleads guilty
Posted: 03 Dec 2013, 04:30
Pleads guilty to raping babies.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/lo ... ed-2870635
Even stranger, is I've seen this guy compared to Mike Patton in reviews a few times.
"In fact, as much as Gavin Rossdale was accused of trying to grift Kurt Cobain's very essence, Ian Watkins is just as guilty of reproducing Mike Patton's multi-faceted voice; whether it was sweet melodic intervention, the pseudo-rapping, or maniacal screaming, the entire Faith No More repertoire seems to be unleashed in The Fake Sound of Progress, the title alone a perfect set-up straight-line if you get right down to it."
http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-fake- ... 0000014237
"The Mike Patton scream Prophets vocalist Ian Watkins perfected on 2001's Fake Sound of Progress has -- like it did for Brandon Boyd and Doug Robb -- mellowed into a blandly earnest yawp capable of keeping things thick enough for the dudes but still rife with those heartfelt intakes of breath that the ladies love. "
http://www.allmusic.com/album/start-som ... 0000325638
"Faith No More are the greatest band ever. At least that's what you'd think listening to the six-piece Welsh group Lostprophets. Luckily, they're imitating one of the most innovative metal acts of all time. "Last Train Home" is one of the catchiest hard-rock songs to hit the radio in the past three years. Singer Ian Watkins has Mike Patton's croon/scream down cold, and his group deftly applies FNM's anything-goes approach: equal parts thrash riffs, symphonic keyboards and moody jazz intervals. It's a kick ass tribute"
http://web.archive.org/web/200710120823 ... _something
"A cruelly apt title, this, since these immaculately-groomed show ponies of British nu-metal sound rather like hairy old Faith No More after a particularly heavy night of macho turmoil and turd-polishing."
http://www.nme.com/reviews/lostprophets/6145
RN: Do you think the Faith No More comparisons are unfair?
Stuart Richardson: Yeah I mean as far as Ian singing like Mike Patton in that kind of voice I think everyone sings like that. It’s like a language. In the 90s everyone sung like Mike Patton unless you were doing that silly shouty-rappy type thing. And now emo’s going to be the next big thing.
http://www.archive.lasthours.org.uk/int ... tprophets/
Lostprophets guitarist explaining why Ian Watkins never warmed up before shows
"Ian's the only one that doesn't warm up -- we all need to. He should warm up, you know? The only reason he doesn't is because he says Mike Patton didn't warm up. It's ridiculous."
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,609582,00.html
The band even covered "The Real Thing" at a show...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjH9A4PknsU
What are your feelings on this baby-raping, Mike Patton worshiper? Do you hear a Patton influence?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=603uqEm2pLE
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/lo ... ed-2870635
Even stranger, is I've seen this guy compared to Mike Patton in reviews a few times.
"In fact, as much as Gavin Rossdale was accused of trying to grift Kurt Cobain's very essence, Ian Watkins is just as guilty of reproducing Mike Patton's multi-faceted voice; whether it was sweet melodic intervention, the pseudo-rapping, or maniacal screaming, the entire Faith No More repertoire seems to be unleashed in The Fake Sound of Progress, the title alone a perfect set-up straight-line if you get right down to it."
http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-fake- ... 0000014237
"The Mike Patton scream Prophets vocalist Ian Watkins perfected on 2001's Fake Sound of Progress has -- like it did for Brandon Boyd and Doug Robb -- mellowed into a blandly earnest yawp capable of keeping things thick enough for the dudes but still rife with those heartfelt intakes of breath that the ladies love. "
http://www.allmusic.com/album/start-som ... 0000325638
"Faith No More are the greatest band ever. At least that's what you'd think listening to the six-piece Welsh group Lostprophets. Luckily, they're imitating one of the most innovative metal acts of all time. "Last Train Home" is one of the catchiest hard-rock songs to hit the radio in the past three years. Singer Ian Watkins has Mike Patton's croon/scream down cold, and his group deftly applies FNM's anything-goes approach: equal parts thrash riffs, symphonic keyboards and moody jazz intervals. It's a kick ass tribute"
http://web.archive.org/web/200710120823 ... _something
"A cruelly apt title, this, since these immaculately-groomed show ponies of British nu-metal sound rather like hairy old Faith No More after a particularly heavy night of macho turmoil and turd-polishing."
http://www.nme.com/reviews/lostprophets/6145
RN: Do you think the Faith No More comparisons are unfair?
Stuart Richardson: Yeah I mean as far as Ian singing like Mike Patton in that kind of voice I think everyone sings like that. It’s like a language. In the 90s everyone sung like Mike Patton unless you were doing that silly shouty-rappy type thing. And now emo’s going to be the next big thing.
http://www.archive.lasthours.org.uk/int ... tprophets/
Lostprophets guitarist explaining why Ian Watkins never warmed up before shows
"Ian's the only one that doesn't warm up -- we all need to. He should warm up, you know? The only reason he doesn't is because he says Mike Patton didn't warm up. It's ridiculous."
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,609582,00.html
The band even covered "The Real Thing" at a show...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjH9A4PknsU
What are your feelings on this baby-raping, Mike Patton worshiper? Do you hear a Patton influence?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=603uqEm2pLE