Musician and actor Corey Feldman recently opened up about why he passed on Faith No More frontman Mike Patton for a guest spot on a new song. He shared his reasoning in an appearance on the Hate To Break It To Ya Podcast.
Feldman explained how the new track came together and walked through his thought process when selecting a collaborator. He ultimately landed on Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst instead of Patton.
“Fred [Durst] and I have a new song… I put out a teaser for it. It’s sick. I’ll play it for you in the car if you want. It’s really sick, dude. It’s really good,” Feldman said. “I got like this monster rock band. We have like a supergroup of like monster rockers and they’re all on, you know, they’re all playing. And I got like Robin Diaz from Puddle Of Mudd and like actually one of Manson’s guys, a lap pedal player, or pedal steel, sorry, player, who’s doing some stuff on it. It was just this really eclectic group… But yeah, really cool. Really badass song that I did.”
Feldman then described how the song originated from a spontaneous jam session and how he shaped it into something more structured.
“And I just kind of sat in on it. It was a bunch of guys that were working on a jam and they were like, ‘We need a melody.’ So I just sat down and I wrote a melody really fast. And then I was like, ‘But I hear it as like a rock-rap song, so it needs a really good rapper.'”
When it came to choosing that rapper, Feldman revealed that Patton was actually his first choice — but concerns about alleged cult associations gave him pause.
“And they were like, ‘Well, who do you think?’ And I was going through the names and I actually thought of Mike Patton. He was the one that I wanted first, and I’m a fan of his work, but he’s a little bit tied to, you know, those things that I…” Feldman said. “[There’s no] smoke around Patton. Just the stuff you’re talking about, the cult stuff. Yeah. So, it looked a little dark. So, I was like, I don’t think that’s the best marriage. But I like his work, but just not his message, maybe. So, anyway, so I thought, well, that might be a little dark. So, then I was like, ‘Who’s a great rapper that’s not going to go dark on me? Oh, I know, Fred!'”
With Patton ruled out, Feldman reached out to Fred Durst, and the collaboration quickly came together.
“So, I called Fred and I said, ‘I got this new jam. What do you think?’ And he’s like, ‘Oh, I don’t know. Let’s hear it.’ So, I sent it to him. He’s like, ‘Dude, that’s badass.’ I was like, ‘All right, you want to do it?’ He’s like, ‘Yeah, let’s do it.’ I was like, ‘All right.'”
No release date for the track has been announced yet.
These are not the first allegations Feldman has directed at Patton. In a separate conversation with comedian Jamie Kennedy, Feldman explicitly claimed that Patton is a member of a “Satanic pedophile cult.” He offered no evidence to support the claim in either instance.
The cult remarks on the podcast did not arise in isolation. Feldman and the host were already deep into a discussion about satanic cults before Patton’s name came up, which provides important context for how the comments were framed.
Patton has not publicly responded to Feldman’s allegations. He remains one of rock’s most prolific and respected figures, known for his boundary-pushing work across multiple projects spanning several decades. He continues to front Faith No More while also releasing new material with his experimental band Mr. Bungle.
Feldman has long positioned himself as an outspoken voice on dark and controversial subjects within the entertainment industry. He has spent years publicly discussing alleged abuse he experienced during his time as a child actor in Hollywood. His willingness to name names — with or without supporting evidence — has made him a polarizing figure in those conversations.
