Faith No More: most underrated rock band of the 90s?

Philly show sold out almost instantly. Over 200 tickets for sale on Stubhub almost instantly. Hating scalpers so hard right now.

STOKED for the new album

I respect Faith No More, and even listen to them from time to time, but sometimes I think-- this band pioneered quite possibly the world's worst genre, rap-metal.

They have 3-4 rap metal songs max though.

Yeah, I think you're thinking of Urban Dance Squad.

It feels like there's a rap-metal undercurrent in a lot more than just 3-4 songs. In my opinion, the worst thing about Faith No More is how dated they sound, both on "The Real Thing" and "Angel Dust." For whatever reason, it just sounds old. The keys in particular usually sound cheap and horrible.

xpost Don't blame Urban Dance Squad! They were great and not rap metal.

have tix for SF show in April :D

Lucky! I tried both the presale and the general public sale and failed.

they went quick

appaz a ton of tix showed up on stubhub soon after :/

the only faith no more i could get into was the first version with chuck mosley, that dude had an awesome personality as a vocalist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKP98hDBJ8w#t=56

this one sounds much less good to me

i really like it

Yep, that's definitely Faith No More. Harking back to The Real Thing in terms of arrangement.

Tracklist, BTW:

01. Sol Invictus
02. Superhero
03. Sunny Side Up
04. Separation Anxiety
05. Cone of Shame
06. Rise of the Fall
07. Black Friday
08. Motherfucker
09. Matador
10. From the Dead

the new album is A CRACKER

Guessing it'll leak pretty soon.

cool song. pointless to compare it to Album of the Year given so much time has lapsed, still i'm glad it doesn't seem like they picked up from where they left off.

the new album is A CRACKER

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Getting pretty incredible early reviews.

it's kind of amazing, if you had just played the first second of that new song to me, I would have known immediately that it was Faith No More. Something about that guitar tone...l

There's a great 3-minute song in "Superhero" but no reason for it to meander on for over 5.

no i love the outro

disappointing to see that Jim Martin's not back...

Never gonna happen.

interesting song. it sounds very nu-metal to me (except for the keys)... but then, I guess they'd sort of pioneered that sound.

what happened to Jim that it's never gonna happen?

He now lives in Castro Valley, California, with his wife, son, and daughter. He has gained fame in recent years for his non-musical endeavors in championship pumpkin growing.

There's a great 3-minute song in "Superhero" but no reason for it to meander on for over 5.

Yeah, seriously. I kept waiting for the cool suprise breakdown parts that FNM arrangements usually offer, but nope. Not bad, but doesn't justify the length and repetition. Might work better in context.

it's a really good album

i saw jim martin and mike patton share a stage... when patton was watching martin play with infectious grooves at orion (rip)

i was there B)

RIGHT NEXT TO ME

I dunno if pining for Jim is really the move anyway since, w/ King for a Day and Album of the Year their entire sound got streamlined, and sleeker and more eccentric and less "metal" and even less macho to some extent

They're probably the type of guys that would value growing as a band than pulling an INDIE CINDY and stopping by with more of the same shit; and thus would necessitate Hudson in the fold. Their setlists have been leaning towards KFaD stuff any way, and that album def "holds up" the best of their entire catalog, nearly 20 years later.

Basically, they moved on and so should you, imho

agree

Though it's true that it makes Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey historically inaccurate

It couldn't maintain its airtight consistency forever.

Jim shreds but Whiney basically otm..."it's over man, let him go"

Their setlists have been leaning towards KFaD stuff any way, and that album def "holds up" the best of their entire catalog, nearly 20 years later.

I like many prefer Angel Dust, but Martin had very little input into the creative direction of that album by all accounts.

wow i can't believe i just learned about this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d17UkOTIwyg

listened to their whole discog for a live review once, thought they were overrated if anything =\

you're wrong but it's ok

it always struck me that the production on their albums weren't as good or as appropriate as they could have been.

like it did them a disservice more often than not

the last time i saw fnm before the reunion they played brixton academy with sparks as support, and brought them back on to play this town... as the encore. they were better that night than they'd been since the angel dust tour.

whoahey! it's maura!

Blatant self-promo, etc, but my Faith No More feature is in the new issue of MOJO, the one with Fleetwood Mac on the cover (which is a great, great piece as well). Buy it, magazines smell nice.
https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-xaf1/t51.2885-15/e15/11350981_1609890965916481_969707631_n.jpg

:D

does anyone understand the ire between patton and the chilis? from the mr. bungle set where they make the "hAPPY herroween" joke to neil hamburger opening for FNM and taking the piss out of RHCP - anyone get it?

guess he kicked them off a bill, but seems like patton took it pretty hard, including covering them in a mock fashion