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San Francisco, California, USA (1981 – 1998, 2009 – present)

Faith No More is an group that formed in San Francisco, California, USA in 1981. Their music combines elements of various different genres, including heavy metal, funk, hardcore punk, progressive, electronica, soul, gospel, film scores, soft rock, 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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  • lulled

    Labeling Faith No More "Mike Patton" is pretty much idiotic.

    16 May 4:18pm Reply

  • santoaxl

    rv: amazing

    13 May 9:40pm Reply

  • FeedingWhatIAm

    Soundgarden in Similar Artists? .-.

    13 May 5:08am Reply

  • Treats4TheSOUL

    I HATE YOU! Talking to myself. Everybody's staring at me. I'm only bleeding.

    11 May 3:23pm Reply

  • anathepea

    "who the hell is mike patton and why should we care" i really hope this becomes the title of their next album [7] - one of the best bands of the 90's, hands down and they're totally awesome live!

    6 May 2:38pm Reply

  • niQboy

    ZOMBIE EATERS. Can't get enough of The Real Thing, awesome album.

    6 May 12:20pm Reply

  • Raysouza12

    One of the best bands of the 90s ... Mike Patton is fuck!

    6 May 1:44am Reply

  • Skidium

    Oh god, being ages since i listened to these guys.

    3 May 12:24am Reply

  • marinakalcic

    RV ♥

    1 May 7:41pm Reply

  • lucas_gonzalez

    Epic

    24 Apr 7:28pm Reply

  • Pooterbang

    "who the hell is mike patton and why should we care" i really hope this becomes the title of their next album [6]

    24 Apr 3:16am Reply

  • TommyJK

    These guys need new haircuts. Or old ones. I forget which.

    23 Apr 4:54am Reply

  • gokunirvana

    "who the hell is mike patton and why should we care" i really hope this becomes the title of their next album [5] I wonder why they haven't used it yet.

    22 Apr 2:03am Reply

  • Ivansxm

    @fonoiado Why i came here and read this fucking shit?

    19 Apr 6:10pm Reply

  • madeira_sensei

    xD

    19 Apr 12:06am Reply

  • LiamVIII

    "who the hell is mike patton and why should we care" i really hope this becomes the title of their next album [4]

    18 Apr 9:03pm Reply

  • JamesMJK

    YOU'RE PERFECT, YES IT'S TRUE. BUT WITHOUT ME YOU'RE ONLY YOU.

    17 Apr 11:31am Reply

  • MaximumPezcore

    My love for this band will never fade.

    16 Apr 11:14pm Reply

  • wojciechan

    "who the hell is mike patton and why should we care" i really hope this becomes the title of their next album [2]

    15 Apr 8:38am Reply

  • ikd-sj

    [land of sunshine] brilliant (ﾟ∀ﾟ)!!!

    13 Apr 9:22am Reply
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