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

sorry, I know I'm about two years late to this party, but I just had to mention that the above comment might just be the single most inaccurate stream of words ever recorded in the history of human communication.

that is all.

I stand corrected. THAT was the single most inaccurate stream of words ever recorded in the history of human communication.

I love Faith No More still to this day.

they do give good schmaltz though - 'this guy's in love' and 'spanish eyes' are fantastic.

what with oasis not released any new music in this period, i am surprised you say this. perhaps it's bollocks?

No, I'm quite certain, and that's why I was fed up with it. They really floundered in the post-Britpop years, which was a shame really cos it had a really good format.

Not trying to one-up Dog Latin here but while (imho) the effects of Britpop were pretty cancerous for UK music, it's impact on the quality of music journalism was more akin to a flesh eating virus.

But then I remember when Smash Hits would have one page completely devoted to dance/indie/rock etc charts. That kind of broad approach is unthinkable even for Plan B anymore it seems (ok ok, counter argument could be that the charts have become far more irrelevant in the mp3 age BUT I have the notion that more awareness of their machinations and trends in general among indie people would be a better alternative to the current state of affairs than throwing Ideological Popism at them and hoping they die (or at least stop fooling around with retro guitars and seeing every Arctic Monkey record sold as a victory of real-ness).

This isn't the direction things are going to go in though quite clearly. That idea was lost a long time ago. Youtube > TOTP/MTV and iPod > Radio. In all probability not a bad thing, a changing culture is better than a dying one, but it makes me wonder if rock bands like Faith No More are going to be a thing of the past. Maybe Slipknot are the closest equivalent these days... Or Lordi.

Ah, Marion Barry, how we loved thee.

Faith No More's Epic was one of those albums my dad brought home only to have me play the living shit out of when I was around 10ish (I think that's when it came out. We had the cassette and the liners fell apart from being opened again and again). I loved Angel Dust, but had a friend who bought King For A Day and declared that it sucked, so I gave it a pass. Ah, youf. I liked Album of the Year a lot (I still think it's underrated), and probably would have rated it eponymously then.

I do remember catching them on that tour and seeing a young Limp Bizkit open up for FNM. LB kept saying "Who likes Rage? Who wants to hear some Rage?" and played not one, not two, but hree Rage Against the Machine covers. They were booed off the stage. (And thus, I can say that I hated LB before they got big).

I haven't heard that in probably 10 years....I remember it being really "wierd" but I bet it's not so wierd now.

Hmmm...

http://www.thetripwire.com/uncategorized/2009/02/24/faith-no-more-will-reunite-for-summer-tour/

if martin was playing, I'd go (maybe)

Was that really Kim Dowsett posting things like this?:

word, ma nigga!

― Kim, Thursday, 22 July 2004 01:12 (4 years ago)

Oh, just read the rest of the thread and I see it wasn't. nm.

see you in europe, everyone!

I thought hell would freeze over before patton would reform FNM

Don't care in the least.

if you notice me calling you a dumbass, then you care at least as much to open this thread twice!

No word yet if iconic “Epic” guitar-soloist (and primary guitar player for most of the band’s existence) Jim Martin, or original singer Chuck Mosely will be involed.

lol that would be worth seeing

Just because I opened the thread again doesn't mean I care about the band/reunion, merely that I'm interested to see what ILM has to say about it... xpost

Nice try! ;-)

I SUGGEST it's a good thing this BANd is reforming.

if the sad old pixies can do a karaoke tour and pay rent for 2 more years, why not these guys.

to be honest, if someone had asked me, in 1994, whether these bands would do this 15 years later, I would've said no. but i don't know why. every generation thinks it had a bright burning moment?

Sorry to disappoint you Sundar, did you really have to ask?! but I guess I should thank you for having this thread now come up under my real name on Google? man alive... :P

Superb collection of posters they have for this tour: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=99941&id=16942753414&comments#/album.php?aid=99941&id=16942753414

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I don't know know about the nineties but a big yes for the eighties.

Alright... I'm revisiting these FNM albums and what can I say... they're pretty good.

YOU WIN WHINEY

YOU WIN

F*N*M* rool. dunno if they're still 'under-rated' but they're certainly unfuckwithable in my book.

i can't really be sure about how properly rated they are. none of my friends like them, so they seem under-appreciated. they also get zero radio play here in toronto, unlike the RHCP's, nirvanas and soundgardens of the same era.

angel dust and king for a day... are my favourites. the latter is creeping up and slowly becoming more of a favourite, but there are different qualities that i love about both.

Going to see these dudes tomorrow night.

Seeing on th 5th

5th No More

So is Chuck Moseley involved then? I saw them twice with Chuck and then twice with Mike Patton, and the Chuck gigs >>>>>>>>> the Patton gigs.

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On April 14, 2010, Mosley made a surprise appearance on stage at a Faith No More concert in San Francisco. This marks the first time since 1988 that he has performed with the band. Chuck performed the songs "As the Worm Turns", "Death March", "We Care A Lot", and "Mark Bowen" on his own with the band, and was joined by Mike Patton during the final encore to perform a duet on "Introduce Yourself"

Holy shit - I did not know this! I also forgot about "Will Rap Over Hard Rock For Food." Will have to get around to checking that out, next time I buy music.

sounds pretty ace, although i loved patton's take on 'Mark Bowen' during the Angel Dust tour...

I also forgot about "Will Rap Over Hard Rock For Food." Will have to get around to checking that out, next time I buy music.

Don't do it. Seriously, don't.

I've never heard FNM's pre-Patton albums. Worth checking out (bearing in mind that The Real Thing is my least favourite of the Patton ones)?

defintely.

if anything, they're weirder than what came after The Real Thing.

aw <3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN6igTdwJSg

<3 patton and chuck together as friends <3

Yeah, I thought that when Mike replaced Chuck, the band lost most of what made them interesting - the mix of funk and punk and rap and metal that i'd found enagaging got blanded out into predominantly metal. Maybe they got more interesting again later, but by then I'd moved on. And honestly; those Chuck gigs were astounding.

Still needs Big Jim back tbh