Mr. Bungle frontman Mike Patton returned and performed live for the first time in a couple of years. It was recently witnessed that he attempted to knock a drone out of the sky during the band’s performance on December 11 at Knotfest Chile.
Between Patton’s incredible vocal work and the band’s stellar instrumental performance, this Mr. Bungle show made for an awesome experience. Fans are certainly glad to witness Mike back out on stage and enjoying himself.
Mike Patton attempts to knock out drone
As you can see in the video below, Patton and his bandmates were in the midst of covering Slayer’s “Hell Awaits” when the drone flew directly into his line of vision. After flipping his middle finger at the craft, Patton gestured for it to fly closer. When it obliged, he unsuccessfully attempted to knock the drone out of the air with his microphone. Patton then offered up another insulting hand gesture and led the band into their next genre-bending cover, Seals and Crofts’ “Summer Breeze.”
The longtime Faith No More star isn’t the only singer to recently express frustration with drones flying too close to the stage, a tactic increasingly employed by fans seeking to film concerts.
Last month Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose addressed drone-flying fans on social media after noticing an increase in air traffic at the band’s Australian shows. “People were pissed,” he explained. “However much fun anyone’s having you’re still trying to stay focused and do your job and give fans the best shows you can. …We get it can be ‘fun’ to get your drone bootleg video but we’d appreciate it if anyone planning to be a drone pirate took the fans and the band into consideration and played with your toys somewhere else.”
