Ghost main man Tobias Forge’s love for Faith No More is nothing new, but in his recent appearance as guest host of Australian channel Rage‘s Midnight Show (which once featured Mike Patton as guest host), he played the band’s Midlife Crisis and explained what Faith No More meant to him:
“In the 90’s there were a few bands that I liked a lot, and still like to this day, that are consecutively hard to niche. One band is Faith No More. Who knows what they play? No one knows really. It’s a synth band? No. Is it a heavy metal band? No, not really. It’s just a really, really good rock band.”
I’m thinking that Roddy probably was responsible for most of the samples as he was collecting them in a box and then some homeless guy almost stole them!…as read about in Small Victories. But it also says Jim went out in a swamp and recorded the noises for the beginning of Jizzlobber. I wish FNM would go back to being a little more theatrical. Also, I’ve decided to start counting the 1/13/1986 show at the I-Beam that Bill allowed to be released on youtube as an “official” release, making it the best FNM live album…love watching and listening to that show. Chuck was excellent…Puffy is a maniac on Arabian Disco. I ripped it from youtube and listen to it while working out.
I think anyone who has a different motivation on the musical path they take usually end up passing through the kibbutz of faith no more — midlife crisis has that great beastie boys sample in it too, I wonder who’s idea that was?