Remembering Mr. Bungle's first demo tape, The Raging Wrath of the Ester Bunny, the members of Faith No More approached Patton to audition as their lead singer in 1988.[34] The band tried out more than fifteen singers to fill the role, including Chris Cornell from Soundgarden, but they settled on Patton in view of his versatility.[37][38] In the next months they performed a few live shows together and Patton would be officially announced as their new singer in January 1989, replacing Chuck Mosley, which forced Patton to quit his studies at Humboldt State University.[32][39] Mosley subsequently formed the bands Cement and VUA, and had several special "one-off" performances at shows with Faith No More and Patton before his death in 2017.[40][41]