Consistent collaborators by way of his various vocation incorporate avant-garde jazz saxophonist John Zorn, hip hop producer Dan the Automator and classical violinist Eyvind Kang. Patton analyzed at Eureka High School where by he satisfied bassist Trevor Dunn and later on guitarist Trey Spruance, both users of its audio idea class and jazz ensembles. Eureka nor the school's party scene, consequently shortly self-recognized as straight edge.