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Faith No More
Funk-metal muscle, lounge irony, and hip-hop brakes—Bay Area weirdness sold to the world as arena theatre.
- Alternative metal
- Funk metal
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Biography
Faith No More welded Billy Gould's elastic bass, Roddy Bottum's keys, and a revolving-door singer policy until Mike Patton defined the classic era.
The Real Thing and Angel Dust proved they could chart without diluting odd time signatures or sardonic humour.
Their influence echoes wherever heavy bands still fearlessly pilfer pop, jazz, and sampler culture in one track.
Remastered streams expose dual-kick attack, horn stabs, and vocal FX that cheap earbuds flatten.
Faith No More came out of San Francisco with bassist Bill Gould, keyboardist Roddy Bottum, drummer Mike Bordin, and guitarist Jim Martin, and first recorded with singer Chuck Mosley. Mike Patton joined in 1988, and The Real Thing (1989) with Epic mixed funk, metal, and rap in a way few had heard.
Angel Dust (1992) was weirder and darker, and the band followed with King for a Day… Fool for a Lifetime (1995) and Album of the Year (1997). They split in 1998 and reunited in 2009, releasing Sol Invictus in 2015. Patton has also pursued side projects such as Mr. Bungle and Fantômas.
Interesting facts about Faith No More
- 01 American rock band formed in San Francisco, California in 1981.
- 02 Angel Dust (1992) brought avant-garde ambition to mainstream rock charts without losing their pop reflexes.
- 03 Mike Patton's arrival on The Real Thing (1989) redefined the band's voice and global reach.
- 04 Mike Patton joined as lead singer in 1988.
- 05 Sol Invictus (2015) was their first album in 18 years.
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