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Peeping Tom were an American electronic rock group led by Mike Patton. To date, they have released one eponymous album and two singles on Ipecac Recordings. The band has featured a wide variety of well-known artists such as Amon Tobin, Massive Attack, Norah Jones and Kool Keith.

Peeping Tom
Mike Patton and Rahzel performing at Lollapalooza
Background information
Origin	San Diego, California, U.S.
Genres	Pop rock trip hop electronic rock rap rock alternative rock
Years active	2000–2007
Labels	Ipecac Recordings
Members	Mike Patton

Peeping Tom has been called Patton's most mainstream accessible work since his days with Faith No More.[1]

History

Work began on Peeping Tom in 2000, but the album was delayed six years due to Patton's recording or touring work with Fantômas, Tomahawk, Lovage, General Patton vs. The X-Ecutioners, Kaada/Patton. Additionally, around this time, he collaborated with Björk on her album medúlla, received "a guest spot on a Massive Attack record," scored two feature films, acted in Firecracker and did video game voice work in The Darkness. Finally, in 2006, the self-titled debut album, Peeping Tom was released through Patton's own label, Ipecac Recordings.

The entire album was written by Patton with a wishlist of collaborators he had in mind and hoped would contribute to the finished tracks. The album featured performances by artists such as Norah Jones ("Sucker"), Kool Keith ("Getaway") and Massive Attack ("Kill the DJ"), although almost none of the featured artists recorded their parts with Patton there. "Instead of swapping spit and underwear, we were swapping files," Patton explained. He said that "plenty of people on the record are still complete strangers to [him]."

The first single from the album was Mojo. It was accompanied by a music video featuring appearances by Danny DeVito, Mark Hoppus of Blink-182, Rachel Hunter and song performers Dan the Automator and Rahzel. The video was created by music video director Matt McDermitt. The band made its worldwide live debut on the May 26, 2006 episode of Late Night with Conan O'Brien.

Style

Describing the band's sound, Patton said:

"I don't listen to the radio, but if I did, this is what I'd want it to sound like. This is my version of pop music. In a way, this is an exercise for me: taking all these things I've learned over the years and putting them into a pop format. I've worked with many people who have said to me, 'oh you have a pop record in you, eventually you'll find it,' and I always laughed at them. I guess I owe them an apology."

Collaborators

• Rahzel
• Dan the Automator
• Kool Keith
• Doseone
• Norah Jones
• Bebel Gilberto
• Massive Attack
• Dub Trio
• Jel
• Odd Nosdam
• Amon Tobin
• Kid Koala
• Mike Relm
• Imani Coppola
• Butterscotch
• Rob Swift
• DJ Z-Trip
• DJ Quest
• DJ D-Sharp

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US [2]	US Heat. [2]	US Ind. [2]	AUS [3]	BEL (FL) [4]	BEL (WA) [4]	FIN [5]	FRA [6]	NOR [7]	UK [8]
2006	Peeping Tom Released: May 30, 2006 Label: Ipecac Formats: CD, LP	103	1	3	12	34	86	31	115	22	136
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Singles

Year	Song	Peak chart positions	Album
		US Alt. [2]
2006	"Mojo"	40	Peeping Tom
2007	"We're Not Alone"	—
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Music videos

• 2006 – "Mojo"

References

External links

• Peeping Tom discography at Discogs
• Allmusic: Biography
• Discussion of Peeping Tom on Ipecac Recordings site
• Official MySpace
• HoboTrashcan's One on One with Mike Patton
• Peeping Tom Discography

На других языках

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[de] Peeping Tom (Band)

Peeping Tom veröffentlichte das erste gleichnamige Album am 30. Mai 2006 unter dem Label Ipecac Recordings, das vom Band-Leader Mike Patton gegründet wurde. Der Name der Band bzw. des Projektes, welcher auf Deutsch so viel wie „Spanner“ bedeutet, stammt vermutlich von Michael Powells gleichnamigem Film (deutsch Augen der Angst), in dem Karlheinz Böhm 1959 die Rolle des psychopathischen Frauenmörders Mark Lewis spielt. Peeping Tom wurde von Patton schon nach der Trennung von Faith No More angekündigt. Nachdem Patton die Projekte Fantômas und Tomahawk ins Leben rief und nebenbei in diversen anderen Projekten arbeitete, erschien erst 2006 das Album von Peeping Tom. Jedes Stück dieses Albums wurde zusammen mit einem oder mehreren Gastmusikern eingespielt, unter anderem mit Massive Attack, Imani Coppola und Norah Jones.

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- [en] Peeping Tom (band)

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[es] Peeping Tom (banda)

Peeping Tom es una banda de pop encabezada por Mike Patton. El nombre de la banda y del disco provienen de la película de 1960 Peeping Tom del director Michael Powell.

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