{"id":547308,"date":"2026-07-18T07:37:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T07:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/547308\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T07:37:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T07:37:17","slug":"i-would-go-ill-take-nirvana-and-soundgarden-and-you-can-have-limp-bizkit-and-korn-melvins-frontman-buzz-osborne-loves-annoying-mike-patton-by-blaming-faith-no-mores-vocalist-for-inspiring-the-bi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/547308\/","title":{"rendered":"“I would go, I’ll take Nirvana and Soundgarden and you can have Limp Bizkit and Korn.” Melvins frontman Buzz Osborne loves annoying Mike Patton by blaming Faith No More’s vocalist for inspiring the birth of nu metal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Melvins frontman Buzz Osborne<\/a> has revealed one of his favourite methods of trolling and upsetting his friend and Fant\u00f4mas bandmate Mike Patton: he simply ‘credits’ Patton for inspiring the birth of nu metal<\/a> via his ground-breaking work with Faith No More<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Faith No More – and specifically their breakthrough album The Real Thing (1989), Patton’s debut with the San Francisco band, plus it’s bold and brilliant follow-up Angel Dust<\/a> (1992) – have long been cited as a major influence by members of Slipknot, Deftones, System of a Down, Korn and Limp Bizkit. But Patton has never been shy about expressing his disdain for nu metal, refusing to accept any responsibility whatsoever for the music made by artists who cite him as an inspiration. <\/p>\n

“Faith No More spawned an awful lot of shitty bands,” the singer joked to Kerrang! in 1999. “Most of those bands I don’t like at all, and I’d hate to take credit for what they’re doing. I think you have to have a very vivid imagination to link them and Faith No More.”<\/p>\n

“Do you think I listen to any of that stuff at all?” he once asked Metal Hammer. “No, it’s for 13-year-old morons!”<\/p>\n

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Nevertheless, the association is never going to go away, which is why Buzz Osborne, a musician forever identified as a pivotal influence upon Seattle’s grunge scene, delights in using the link to wind up Patton.<\/p>\n

Speaking with Patton’s Tomahawk bandmate Duane Denison (also the guitarist with The Jesus Lizard<\/a>) in an interview hosted by Consequence<\/a>, Osborne said, “I used to have a joke with Patton, \u2019cause he\u2019s called influential as well. And I would go, I\u2019ll take Nirvana and Soundgarden and you can have Limp Bizkit and Korn. He\u2019s like, \u2018Fuck you.\u2019 [laughter] That was always funny. But I mean the whole n\u00fc-metal thing to me it all sounded like Helmet<\/a> ultimately.”<\/p>\n

“I think that the word influence is misused,” Denison says. “I think maybe we inspire them to play, but I don\u2019t think we influence their music. I think that, you know, people, they tend to name-drop when they use the word influence. And they, \u2018Oh I\u2019m influenced by Stockhausen and Miles Davis.\u2019 And then you go to their house and it\u2019s all Mott The Hoople and Bob Seger.”<\/p>\n

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Tomahawk and Melvins are touring North America this summer on their amusingly-titled A Huge Waste of Your Time and Money tour<\/a>, which kicks off in Nashville on July 18.<\/p>\n

“In the spirit of the Olympics, Team Tomahawk has decided to rise up and go for the gold once again,” Denison said when the tour was announced.<\/p>\n

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