December, 2014 | Faith No More 2.0

2212, 2014

Faith No More to play Graspop in Belgium on 21 June

admin2014-12-22T14:38:07+01:00December 22nd, 2014|Faith No More, News, Tour dates|0 Comments

Another date for Faith No More’s European summer festival run has been confirmed with the band booked in for Belgium’s monster Graspop Metal Meeting.

FNM will play on the summer solstice, 21 June 2015. Also on the bill are Slipknot, Kiss, Motorhead, Korn and Slash.

Tickets are already on sale from Ticketmaster and Proximus.

1912, 2014

Faith No More to play North America in August 2015?

admin2014-12-20T14:45:24+01:00December 19th, 2014|Faith No More|4 Comments

Canadian alternative music site 99 Scenes has reported that Faith No More will headline the Heavy Montreal festival in Quebec in August 2015.
The festival will take place at the Parc Jean-Drapeau from 7-9 August.
The festival itself has not confirmed any of its 2015 lineup. If the report is true, it would be Faith No More’s first Canadian concert since they played the Rage festival in Vancouver in October 1997.

(Hat/tip Antoine, Faith No More French Community)

1012, 2014

Faith No More tops charts – and almost in Pole position

admin2014-12-10T04:43:31+01:00December 10th, 2014|Faith No More, News|0 Comments

Faith No More’s Motherfucker single sits proudly at number 1 in the iTunes chart in Finland and Bulgaria.
It is also number 2 in Poland and Slovenia and number 77 in the Amazon.com charts.

The song peaked so far at 71 in the UK, 59 in Australia and 90 in Canada on iTunes – and 67 in Brazil and 77 in Spain. It is number 5 in Chile and 96 in the US.
Faith No More is also number 43 in the collated iTunes global chart.

812, 2014

Faith No More Motherfucker now available digitally

admin2014-12-08T23:44:47+01:00December 8th, 2014|Faith No More, News|7 Comments

Faith No More’s first single since 1997 is now available on Spotify and iTunes.
Get on Spotify

812, 2014

Links for a day…(vol. 171)

admin2014-12-08T11:24:57+01:00December 8th, 2014|Faith No More, Links for a day, Video vault|0 Comments

Mike Patton’s Fantômas played a Santiago sideshow and then the Rockout festival in Chile over the weekend. Thanks to those is Comments who posted videos.
Here is the full set from the first show:

part 2

And here is Twin Peaks from Rockout

And here is Rosemary’s Baby

Omen

ELSEWHERE the thank Chuck Mosley campaign continues. The Faith No More blog are running an auction to raise funds: They an inviting bids for:

an original promotional photo of the band from the early 80’s, it was saved in Bill Gould’s archive for around 30 years and sent as a gift to one of us. It was later signed by Chuck when he visited Chile in 2013.
So, how can you get this piece? Easy: Bid on it at this link: Facebook album!

If your bid wins then you make the donation of the amount reached to Chuck’s paypal account and we’ll send the Photo*. The auction ends on December 12th.

Remember our aim is to help, so if the bid is too high for you and you simply want to make a donation, we welcome you to do it here: [email protected]

And wise words on the subject from Ben in Comments:

I personally feel that with the amount of hours of my life since I was 10 years old that I’ve spent either listening to or humming Chuck’s songs Cement, VUA, and his songs with FNM that I’ve been ripping him off for years. Seriously, his VUA album was only $9 when I bought it and these demos were a dollar donation (I paid more to try to help him get a tour going, but a lot of people just paid the dollar). Anyway, I think these demos are great, several of them better than the album cuts. People should check them out and it’s for a good cause.

512, 2014

Faith No More Links for a day…(vol. 170)

admin2014-12-05T11:25:00+01:00December 5th, 2014|Faith No More, Links for a day|4 Comments

THE digital release of Faith No More comeback single Motherfucker may be just days away but nothing stops in Mike Patton world and the FNM singer is in Chile this week as Fantômas play the Rockout Fest.
The band kick off tonight with a sideshow along with the Melvins at the Teatro Cariola in Santiago:
More details here:

AS always Patton’s arrival in Chile has attracted great interest. On their Facebook page, Rockout posted this shot of the band arriving:

AND Rockout’s video of Mike P’s message to Chilean fans has been picked up La Nacion newspaper.

Post by Rockout Fest.

AWAY from Fantômas, today marks 17 years since this brilliant if end-of-an-era Faith No More performance on UK TV. I watched this randomly just last week but the Faith No More blog reminded me today that it was aired on 5 December 1997. TFI Friday indeed.

THE FDRMX site has published an insightful review of Motherfucker.
“The song is about rhythm and ascension. It’s a chanted, rising swell of drums, with a spoken rhyme that leads to a rather glorious, almost operatic, chorus filled with Patton’s distinctive melodious-psycho vocals.”

512, 2014

New Chuck Mosley music available

admin2014-12-05T07:26:40+01:00December 5th, 2014|Faith No More, News|2 Comments

Former Faith No More lead singer Chuck Mosley has a new series of demos for sale over at his bandcamp page:

Buy Chuck demos

You can also donate to Chuck directly via Paypal – chuckATmosleyvua.com
(replace the AT with @ – replaced for spam reasons)

And Chuck also appears on the record by Indoria – and you can now download the track What I Feel.

Download What I Feel

The band state:
“This album is being released early to help our good friend, Chuck Mosley with some financial hardships. Chuck has been a staple in the music scene for the last 25 years performing in: Faith No More, Bad Brains, Cement, and VUA.”

112, 2014

Faith No More Links for a day… (vol. 169)

admin2014-12-01T10:23:38+01:00December 1st, 2014|Faith No More, Links for a day|0 Comments

The gimp pimps the Record Store day show at the Amoeba

Radio ident for Motherfucker radio done as only Faith No More could. The promo is for Radio Tangra in Bulgaria.

Unleash your inner Mike Patton and win with the Rockout Fest.
The Chilean festival is holding a competition ahead of Fantomas’s performance there later this month.
Head over to the event’s Facebook page and do your best Patton impression and send Rockout Fest a 15 second video for a chance to win two tickets to Rockout Fest [with Fantômas, Primus and (the) Melvins].
Closing date is 23:59 on 1 December 1st [Chile time]. (Hat tip Pattonism on Facebook)

The sale continues at the Faith No More US store. Get 20% off when you spend more than $50.
Meanwhile, the international store has posted its Christmas delivery dates.

Friday 28 November
Tuesday 2 December
Thursday 4 December
Friday 5 December
Monday 8 December
Thursday 11 December
Friday 19 December 12 noon
Tuesday 23 December 12 noon

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Bill Gould is going to busy (busier!) in 2015, as another one of his projects House of Hayduk, will be releasing their second album. The release – entitled Distant Early Warning – will feature Bill and newcomer Dave Lombardo of Slayer and Fantomas. Our friends at the Faith No More Blog have all the details and an interview with House of Hayduk composer Mads Heldtberg,

112, 2014

More Faith No More at Amoeba video and photos

admin2014-12-01T05:48:18+01:00December 1st, 2014|Faith No More, News, Video vault|1 Comment

It is easy to scoff at people holding up cameras, phones and especially tablets at gigs and it is now regarded as a serious social faux pas with artists such as Jack White and Savages banning it outright at their gigs. But…in certain circumstances such as when new songs are being played for the first time or when a band is playing in a tiny venue, it would not be possible to see these unmissable performances but for the chutzpah of such camera warriors. So FNM 2.0 salutes you camera and tablet guy – and especially in this instance the likes of Eric Pace, Jason Gifford, Jose Henrique M. Oliveira Gonzalo Maldonado,Frank Slodysko, reyka wrekka and especially littlemoe69 for filming and uploading Faith No More‘s historic, iconic, for-the-ages performances at the Amoeba record store in San Francisco on Friday.

New full show:

(Fantastic overall views above and the song sounds great)

There are some great photos from Joshua Weinfeld here.

And Frank Vella also has a set on Flickr. (hat tip Pattonism on Facebook)

Amoeba also have some photos and should add their video of the show soon.

And Rock N Roll Cocktail also have truly amazing shots.

Recent Comments

On Faith No More to return to tour in 2020 plus ticket info (29)
- Benrun { FNM want to do something to help Australia...most people are thinking a tour, but how would that help unless they donated all the proceeds? Who could afford that? My suggestion: release the whiny-guitar-laden, sure to be awful "Seagull Song" for digital download to benefit a chosen fund. Every FNM fan would buy it. We don't care that it is probably a horrible song. Come on, FNM, what are you willing to sacrifice to help those in need?? } – Jan 19, 2:56 PM
- Benrun { Yes, I just read in Doug Esper's book about Chuck how surprised he was at how loud FNM are when they play...and of course how brutally hard Mike Bordin pounds his drums. } – Jan 17, 3:18 AM
- KingCol { Download was probably the greatest festival iv ever attended - Faith no more’s second live performance of their comeback and a lot of the crowd were more intrigued by their instant headliner status considering that they have been away more than a decade. I got the impression that a lot of people were not in the fnm loop and the interest was via other metal/rock bands referring to fnm as a major influence — When fnm walked on stage it got people’s attention be them fans or 1st timers . The crowd went in a way quiet and I remember... } – Jan 17, 12:14 AM
- Benrun { I read the Roddy Kerrang interview...it seems like they have something to inject into the world of music in 2020...so again, I'll reserve judgement. Maybe they will inject some extra snarky covers or something. I love FNM covers...them covering Violetta Parra, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Peaches & Herb, The Manhattans, and even MJ on the reunited tour was pretty awesome. I'd love some new live covers. Especially if they are there to troll festival goers...that's was FNM does. } – Jan 10, 4:23 AM
On Ghost's Tobias Forge praises hard-to-define Faith No More (24)
- Benrun { I'm very hopeful it will be something much more than announcing that they will play European festivals. I knew before this that Hellfest was announcing their line-up, and I figure they would play other shows over there. I personally feel that a countdown to a tour announcement without a promise of something new after 3.5-4 years of silence would be a huge misjudgment of fan enthusiasm. If it's just a tour, just announce it. They are my favorite band and musicians on the planet...I don't want to see them get too egotistical. } – Nov 26, 3:00 AM
- admin { Just 25 hours to go... } – Nov 25, 6:25 PM
- Benrun { Hmmmmm….I think Roddy just waved at us with the arms of a mountain....perhaps a surprise on Black Friday? } – Nov 24, 12:44 AM
- Benrun { No FNM news....4 years....can't....go...on...much....longer....need Live release....B side....even the Seagull Song....anything.... } – Oct 29, 1:03 PM
On Faith No More and the fall of the Berlin Wall (4)
- Gilly Bould { Small article and interview with Billy Gould about that night in the new issue of german music-magazine "Musikexpress"... } – Oct 21, 10:22 AM
On Faith No More's The Real Thing recalled on thirtieth anniversary (12)
- KingCol { Well Adrian , the next time you see them ? Would you by any chance let me know in advance if you meeting up with any of them ? Iv never met any of the band and If it wasn’t too much hassle I’d have some questions i would forward to you that perhaps they wouldn’t mind trying to answer at their own volition of course.. If it was a case of they being sick to the teeth of being burdened with the chore of politely having to answer every question put to them by the normal Norman’s of the... } – Jun 26, 12:51 PM
- KingCol { It seems like there's not as much humour or general wackiness evident these days "For the first few years you put humour first, everything's a big joke and so on. But then you look back and see that the humour is overshadowing other things, and you realise it can't be that way all the time. There's so many things about this band that have never made it to print or photos, people haven't seen there's a lot of dimensions here. It's easy to talk about what a bunch of smart arses we are, how our 'funky grooves' or 'metal' clashes... } – Jun 25, 2:38 PM
- KingCol { Bloody iPhone spellcheck —*sounds like* The laugh SOUNDS like his laugh . I always wondered where the origins of that laugh came from because it always sounded familiar as if from a particular tv show or film character. Maybe it’s roddy but it kills me not knowing ... “The world is yours” is another massive musical sample jigsaw . } – Jun 25, 1:39 PM
- admin { Hi Col No idea but will ask next time I see them. I know that some of them watched Rocky and Bullwinkle. } – Jun 25, 11:55 AM
On Small Victories tour in Los Angeles and San Francisco a great success (8)
- Benrun { FNM 2.0 is back! I missed you everyday you were gone! } – Jun 20, 1:36 AM
- KingCol { Another good topic /// has any got a favorite riff , drum solo or a part of any of the bands songs that stuck with you ? I always liked “return to your own vomit like a dog” I also like the Kronos quartet bit they sampled The whole song “Khad” is one huge wow weeeeee But what has blown me away recently was Fantomas / suspended animation - Sunday ————- the start of that song with the classical vibe to it is superb —— anyone know who wrote that part or was it a sample from else where.? } – Apr 24, 1:57 AM
- Benrun { Hello KingCol…I do the exact same thing! Everyday I just look at the latest post and check the comment number. You asked a very difficult question...I know Bill picked Midnight Cowboy, Bill and Patton together picked I Started a Joke when they heard it in a karaoke bar in Guam...I get a sense that it was because it was so sappy in a powerful way, but that's a guess. I'm sure Bill had his hand in the Serbia song and the Chilean Violeta Parra cover. I'd love to know the stories behind these choices. Jon played Rich Girl, Strawberry Letter... } – Apr 18, 3:26 AM
- KingCol { I dunno if there are more recent comments on other threads here but I normally just check the article at the top of page and the number of comments attributed to it . If it’s at the same number as the last time I checked i move on . Maybe a good idea for this site would be a comment section that’s not assigned to any thread so random thoughts/opinions etc can be posted .... like this one —-> In relation to past fnm cover versions and song samples and snippets, does anyone know or have an opinion on whether... } – Apr 17, 9:16 PM
On Links for a day 207: Not canon, Introduce Yourself, Patton latest and more (2)
- Warren B { FYI - the audio versions of these bootlegs are posted on www.archive.org. Just type Faith No More in the search. There are over 400 uploads covering the entire length of FNM's career. } – Apr 03, 3:49 PM
On Links for a day...(vol: 104) (38)
- durabari { Faith no more. I have never seen that video, Love it though. www.cmastering.com } – Mar 10, 2:06 AM
On Small Victories book events and signings in Los Angeles and San Francisco in February (8)
- Mark Rago { Ironically enough, I made a comment on a thread on YouTube yesterday where I razzed a lady a bit through the lyrics of the song in question ( I believe it was a Fantomas video, but I'm not certain of the song title), replying "Shut Up" to a humorous comment she made challenging anyone to give her crap for being a die-hard Mike Patton fan. I also replied that it's amazing that FNM and Mr. Bungle were ahead of the curve simply because they had a profound influence not only on musical contemporaries like Sepultura , Bjork , and Melvins,... } – Mar 01, 3:28 PM
- Benrun { I remember an interview with Bill and he was asked what songs he does or does not enjoy playing live anymore. I remember he liked playing Epic which surprised me...he definitely no longer enjoys playing Death March. But there are quite a few shows in the 2nd half of the 97 tour where they omitted Epic. They didn't play it at the Chile show with Trey and there were a few 2015 shows they didn't play it either, mostly when they played SI in it's entirety. } – Mar 01, 2:49 AM
- KingCol { The inclusion of “epic” in their set lists actually puzzles me - since for the most part the band normally doesn’t give into public demand and if anything would normally go against the grain - probably the bands most popular and well known song and i actually skip by it when listening them live and the only thing i like about the song is the end of the track when they include a sample from another artist. } – Feb 28, 9:01 PM
- Mark Rago { If I were Jim Martin, and Mike, Billy and Roddy were calling me a Mama's boy and insulting me in the Lions share of interviews, I wouldn't have been a team player either. That being said, it seems to me that Martin was the creative catalyst during the Mosley era and The Real Thing. Patton really started to pilot the bands style and writing during the making of Angel Dust, and I think Martin took umbrage with that, and the teasing and ribbing the other guys piled on him when absent from band interviews (good natured or not) started to... } – Feb 28, 2:03 PM
On Episode 3 of Podcast Croissant - the new Faith No More podcast - now live (6)
- Benrun { Podcast 4 about IY? Favorite song would be Anne's Song, followed by Faster Disco. But I love every song on the album. It is the best FNM album in terms of 5 guys fighting for their part to be heard, yet servicing the songs. It's got the best guitar tone of all the albums. The only possible criticism I can think of for the album is the one that Chuck gave it...that the drums are a little similar song to song...Puffy would stay intense but add more versatility on later albums. This album has so much tongue in cheek but... } – Feb 08, 3:05 AM
- KingCol { I always though that Patton on video croissant sounds like “ZIG” from “ZIG AND ZAG” } – Feb 03, 12:02 PM
- KingCol { I still watch video croissant on my vcr .. I love the live footage of the bottle throwing and i loved the everything’s ruined video at the time too .. The best thing about phoinex 93 is the fact that the audio was released long before the shaky footage was synced together. I listened to that audio for years and had so many questions about that show that the video answered... I think it was hot Canada who actually shared the show with me in exchange for the Slane 92 bootleg .. } – Feb 01, 10:59 PM
- Benrun { The earplugs comment came from me, I sort of chastised him with my facial expression over that one...it was backstage at Detroit 2015 that he told me that. Somehow we got on it because I work as a Speech Language Pathologist and had almost become an Audiologist. Great observation about the nasal shrillness cutting through. I feel like the keyboards remained harsher all the way through the AOTY tour and were more tame in the mix on the reunion shows, I missed the old harsher sound. One of the greatest things about the Phoenix Festival show in 93 is how... } – Jan 30, 4:25 AM
On Listen to episode 2 of Podcast Croissant, the Faith No More podcast (6)
- Benrun { KingCol, I email back and forth with that member regularly and have definitely benefitted from the connection because they have been a very generous trader of bootlegs. I've also loved getting bootlegs off of Dime a Dozen, still do. Pretty sure it is a "he" and "he" is a really cool guy. Not sure he is a big commenter on websites, and while he's definitely a FNM fan, he also loves a lot of other music. If you search for it you can find his trading website. I haven't messaged with him in a while though, I should check in. } – Jan 25, 2:50 AM
- KingCol { The real thing song itself is such a wonderful composition - I was blown away by the live donnington reunion version .. (on a side bragging note , I was also lucky enough to attend the gig in Dublin in the Olympia with a capacity of just 1200) As everyone else mentioned here already, the other obvious stand out tracks are “the morning after” and “under water love” . Ps : there is a loyal faith no more fan base here who continually comment on the various updates... was anyone here a member of the website “dime a dozen” I... } – Jan 24, 9:29 PM
- Emayan { Episode 2 was awesome! So much fun to go back over this classic of an album. Not a weak song on it...including Underwater Love (what an outro) and The Morning After (what an intro). The Real Thing is still one of the greatest rock songs ever. Pure perfection, an all-time favorite. } – Jan 23, 12:12 AM
- Rob { Podcast 2 a success!! Please don’t feel the need to speed up your analysis. I’ll totally be happy with a 3 or 4 hour analysis of TRT. My own notes on the TRT: 1. Underwater Love is underrated and those keyboard flourishes are beautiful. Also, I often link this song thematically to Nick Cave’s “Where the wild roses grow”. 2. Zombie Eaters lyrics to me are more about the thoughts of an autistic or seriously handicapped young adult man. 3. From Out of Nowhere, The Real Thing and Woodpecker are the best tracks on the album. 4. Have you heard... } – Jan 21, 12:23 PM

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