Not so fast. A few days ago, it was reported that “Watchmen” writer/ curmudgeon Alan Moore would be working with ex- Faith No More singer and multi-instrumentalist Mike Patton on an upcoming multimedia project for Lex Records. It was basically an audiobook with artwork and a score.
Justin Broadrick, formerly of industrial metal band Godflesh, now of dreamy, metal-droners Jesu (highly recommended, btw) — who coincidentally apparently once turned down an offer to fill a guitar slot in FNM — was apparently on board as well to help out with the soundtrack.
However, Lex Records issued a statement saying all this was premature. According to The Guardian who spoke with Lex founder Tom Brown, the confusion began when he was asked by Billboard if any other musicians were involved. “I said no, but that eclectic experimental musician Fog (Andrew Broder) and experimental hip-hop artist Doseone (Adam Drucker) had asked Justin Broadrick and Mike Patton if they were interested. I was very clear that they had not confirmed.”
Further confusion was likely added because Patton is working on separate Lex project with Tunde Adebimpe of Brooklyn indie-rockers TV on the Radio, but the Guardian says don’t hold your breath waiting for a Moore/Patton team-up, he’s busy with a Faith No More reunion and as per usual, 10,000 other projects (the experimental singer broke up with his wife years ago and blamed the split on the tax and strain of his multiple projects; guy literally always has 10 pots on the stove cooking at once).
Still Fog and Doseone working on a project that Alan Moore is working on? Not bad for them at all. Patton will next be heard in a movie-related project voicing one of the ‘Transformers‘ in Michael Bay’s explosion-o-thon, “Revenge Of The Fallen.”
