Author and musician Douglas Esper has penned his thoughts on the end of the current Faith No More tour on his terrifically-titled d-esper-ation blog. And Douglas also tells us that he is currently working with former Faith No More vocalist Chuck Mosley.
Here’s Douglas’s take on FNM 2012: “I know for years they balked at rehashing the old material, so to have them find a passion for these songs again enough to play dozens of shows around the world, made it special for me and, i imagine, the other fans as well.”
Douglas also told FNM 2.0 that he is currently working on ghostwriting a Chuck Mosley biography and he’ll be keeping us informed on the progress of that project.
Meanwhile, here is an interview that Douglas did with Chuck from 2009 with his interesting insights on his then relationship with the band.
I was so happy I saw him perform with the band. I thought he had a great reaction overall from the audience, though we were kind of rowdy with him: I had a beer or three and was one of those buffoons shouting “Uncle CHUCK!!” – but you could tell we all were chuffed to bits he was there. I hope it was a good experience for him as well.
Meant *pleaser not pleased. Phone spell check failure strikes again.
Hopefully Chuck is doing well. I used talk to him quite a bit on-line prior to the VUA album (he’s the ultimate fan pleased), but after his show with FNM he kind of dropped off the grid. No social media, or E-mail or anything. I was a little worried about him. I love his album, it’s always in my car stereo.