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San Francisco, United States (1981 – 1998, 2009 – present)

Faith No More is an / group that formed in San Francisco, California in 1981. Their music usually combines elements of different genres, namely heavy metal, funk, hardcore punk, progressive, soul, film scores, R&B , hip hop, and jazz, among many others.

Faith No More formed in 1981 out of the ashes of Faith No Man, a band formed and headed by Mike “The Man” Morris. Roddy Bottum, Mike Bordin, and Billy Gould, all ex-Faith No Man members, decided they wanted rid of him, and rather than firing him, all three quit. They changed their name to Faith No More at the suggestion of a friend (as “The Man” was no more). After cycling through a few guitarists, the members recruited Jim Martin. A number of singers passed through, including a brief stint by Courtney Love. Chuck Mosley became the full time singer and appeared on their first two records. Their best known song from this era is probably “We Care a Lot”, which satirized the prevalence of charity-related rock efforts such as Live Aid and “We Are the World”.

The band gained a reputation for infighting and friction that sometimes went way beyond the limits of “creative differences.” In a notorious interview in 1987, Mosley claimed that Martin had hit him with a bottle, and there were frequent rumours of physical confrontations between band members. Indeed, in a short history of the band in one issue, the British music newspaper Melody Maker observed that the band’s internal relationships had descended into “pathological hatred”.
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  • owcazbombowca

    POLAND please!

    Tuesday morning

  • a-quintus

    The Cowboy Song is badass! +4

    Monday afternoon

  • lks_emmanuel

    fuckyourprayers, nice one. I really want to go. Of course, i hope they confirm more tour dates and include Brazil, even if it is unlikely - 3 months ago they came here, so...

    Sunday evening

  • papitadorada

    FNM FTW!

    Saturday morning

  • fuckyourprayers

    FNM headliner / Sonisphere France 2012. Anyone?

    Friday afternoon

  • Noiseux

    The Cowboy Song is badass! +3 easily masterpiece ²

    Friday afternoon

  • DavCnuk

    The Cowboy Song is badass! +2 easily masterpiece

    last week

  • A-lexandre

    The Cowboy Song is badass! +1

    last week

  • Lynx_Majic

    RV

    last week

  • kirollan

    Caffeine

    last week

  • lks_emmanuel

    mariazinn YOU DON'T SAY

    last week

  • mariazinn

    the best band ever

    last week

  • somemusicdude

    Nope, Epic is an entirely different song /lamejoke

    last week

  • TheMukeyMu

    falling to pieces is epic!

    12 days ago

  • Pedrorockeiro

    Epic

    13 days ago

  • jonathonwhitty

    The Cowboy Song is badass!

    14 days ago

  • Tarkus10

    Chuck's We Care A Lot > Mike's IMO

    18 days ago

  • lks_emmanuel

    hey, chuck isn't that bad in my opinion. he's different from patton, of course, but he had his style, and pre-patton fnm was good too. r'n'r is a really good song.

    19 days ago

  • somemusicdude

    Yeah, because Mike Patton doesn't write silly lyrics at all. And speaking of dated: http://www.last.fm/music/Faith+No+More/+images/4683525

    20 days ago

  • Zach216

    Introduce Yourself is hilarious in my opinion, grooves that make me wanna put on spandex and gloves, very dated. Some of the things Chuck rambles and babbles about are downright silly... Faith No More's progression was a combination of them becoming more skilled and adventurous song-writers/musicians and yeah the Patton guy joining the band then becoming one of the greatest singers ever on Angel Dust.

    21 days ago
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