Hi there,
Thanks for all the messages of support of concern over the past few weeks. Not quite back to full health yet but getting there so updates may remain a little sparse.
Anyway, here goes for a brief recap which you may have seen elsewhere.
- No more official tour news yet but rumours abound. None of them seem to have much credibility – for example the much-reported idioteq.com story of a 1992 reunion tour featuring Faith No More stems from an online petition. More hope than expectation with that one I would expect.
- Mike Patton has been busy again and you can check out his vocals on the Guana Padano track Prairie Fire below:
- And Roddy’s Imperial Teen Feel the Sound album continues to pick up plaudits. As retweeted by the man himself, Spin magazine gave ‘Teen’s SXSW 2012 performance a rave review: “it was difficult to deny that we were watching perhaps the most foolishly underrated indie band of the past 20 years.”
- Tickets are available for Imperial Teen’s show in Los Angeles on Saturday at the Satellite.
- Via Patton Brasil on YouTube, Faith No More in St Louis in 1997:
Good to see you back….keep doing what you’re doing and keep getting better….
Welcome back, Admin!
Oh, too bad the 1st link posted by Mikel seems to be broken. The 2nd is OK!
I hope they have fire extinguishers in the FNM rehearsal basement.
Thanks for the heads up, Mikel! Gonna check it out. Glad to hear from u again, Adrian. Feel better!
And the story behind Epic:
http://www.ur.se/Produkter/166697-Latarna-som-forandrade-musiken/Webbexklusivt/Intervjuer
Great to have you back…
I have some news from Sweden.. For starters, FNM have been heavily featured in the Finnish series Lupaus, known as Löftet (or the promise) in Sweden. It is about four Finns that decide not to drink alcohol for five weeks. If I remember correctly, they used Evidence, Take this Bottle, Ashes to Ashes and lastly, in the sixth and last episode, Easy.
Also, the drummer for Sahara Hotnights does a show called Låtarna som förändrade musiken (The songs that changed the music) and interviewed, as well as played with, Bill and Puffy. It was actually featured right after the Löftet episode, on the very same channel. Not sure it is accessible from other countries, but just in case:
http://www.ur.se/Produkter/166704-Latarna-som-forandrade-musiken-San-Francisco-och-Seattle
Its great to have you back, I hadnt realised how much a part of my daily life this had become.
I hope you get back to full health soon!
Glad to have you back 🙂 Take care.
Also, can someone tell me what this is from? It sounds JUST like Mike Patton speaking… but why would he be reciting the lyrics to “Falling to Pieces”?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxLVZanFOwo
feel better!
The Drum Show discussing Trent Reznor and Mike Patton
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4jvWViPIxg
Great to hear you’re coming along well…thanks for letting us know. It’s a reminder to all of us that we’re lucky these FNM fuckers have taken good care of themselves as they get into their fifties…it’s not a given that you can handle theses kinds of tours at that age or that you’re even alive. Or that you can perform your music this good still! I mean…The Mystery Song is great, Roddy / IT just put out their BEST album yet, and Chuck (who I think is the oldest FNM-er) puts out his first solo album at 50 years old (almost 3 years ago) and it ROCKED! Let’s hope every associated with this reunion/reformation stays healthy…you too admin. I think you should be inducted as an honorary member of the band along with Matt Wallace.
AAAAHHHH Links for a day is back, i was havin withdrawal symptoms 😉
I wish you health! Come Back!
Glad to have you back, pal. Thank you very much.