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That's a matter of opinion and his most recent material (i.e. the "Invincible" album) isn't what I wanted to post about anyway (even though its lack of commercial success may be explained in another way).

But while I'm on about musical influences and since I mentioned Faith No More...I'm convinced that Mike Patton is influenced by MJ to an extent. First, it's clear that he's influenced (to an extent) by pop music. This is evident from his singing style in the later Mr Bungle demos, "The Real Thing" and other Faith No More albums, Peeping Tom and the pop covers performed in concert with his various groups, amongst other things. Now, before anyone says it's entirely in jest, I would argue that this isn't true, because he ventures to sing a lot of these songs largely in a serious way. It's different when you can tell that he's aping someone (as you can with his Hetfield impression when he did "Enter Sandman" in a medley with "Zombie" by the Cranberries. That and the fact that the setlist title of the song "She Loves Me Not" from Faith No More's "Album of the Year" was "Michael Jackson", which is sung tongue in cheek but with honesty all at once (well, that's Patton for you). So there's some trivia right there.