Source: The Wire.
Ipecac Recordings was established in 1999 by Mike Patton (Mr Bungle/Faith No More/Fantomas/Tomahawk) and manager Greg Werckman, initially in order to release Patton’s collaboration with Japanoise maestro Masami Akita aka Merzbow (1999’s She, credited to Maldoror) and the debut album by his cinematically inclined avant rock ensemble Fantomas.
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