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Faith No More
Frequently Asked Questions
- Faith No More Resources
- Band Member Profiles
- Band History
- What is Faith No Man?
- Was Courtney Love really in Faith No More?
- Who is Mark Bowen?
- What singers, guitarists and other members has Faith No More had before the final line up?
- What happened to Chuck Mosely?
- What happened to Jim Martin?
- What happened to Trey Spruance?
- What happened to Dean Menta?
- Has Faith No More been in contact with Jim since he was fired?
- How did Faith No More meet up with Jon Hudson?
- What are the band's official releases?
- Which songs have video clips been made for?
- What are the lyrics to Jizzlobber's first verse?
- What are the extra lyrics to Get Out?
- What language is the four lined verse of Caralho Voador in? And what does it mean?
- Is it true that Evidence has been recorded in different languages?
- Which part of Malpractice is the Kronos Quartet sample?
- What is Mike Patton rambling about in the background of Kindergarten?
- What is being said in Jim, the song from the 1985 album "We Care A Lot"?
- Where are some of those familiar Land of Sunshine lyrics from?
- Where can I find lyrics to the B-sides and 'Album Of The Year'?
- Did Mike Patton write the lyrics to Caffeine during a sleep deprivation experiment?
- What are the main influences on Patton's lyrics?
- I saw Faith No More live and they played a song where Mike sang 'I just wanna be a woman'. What was this song???
- Which songs, originally recorded with Chuck Mosely, have Faith No More performed live with Mike Patton?
- Were any Chuck Mosely songs re-recorded with Mike Patton?
- What are the meanings of various songs?
- What are all the songs which do not appear on the albums? Including Remixes?
- What are the alternate song titles used by the band?
- Why was 'Ricochet' referred to as 'Nirvana'? Were they all big fans and 'Ricochet' is a tribute? Is Star A.D. about Kurt Cobain's death?
- What are ex-Faith No More band members doing now?
- What other projects have band members involved themselves with?
- What was Mike Patton's involvement with Sepultura?
- What is Video Macumba?
- What is FNM's connection with Primus?
- Where is some of the different album cover artwork from?
- Were any other samples, besides Kronos Quartet, used on Angel Dust? Any on the other albums?
- What guitar tablature books are available?
- What movie soundtracks has Faith No More appeared on?
- What was Jim Martin's part in Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey?
- What are the details of the accident during the recording of King For A Day, which involved some band members?
- What is the band's rig?
- Which awards have FNM won? Been nominated for?
- What is the story behind the artwork for "Album of the Year"?
- What is going on in the Last Cup of Sorrow video? Is it based on something?
- Is there a Faith No More IRC (International Relay Chat) channel?
- I have 'The Real Thing' on CD, but I see the album on audio cassette and it says it has two extra songs! Should I buy this to complete my collection?
- How about these juicy bits!?
1. FNM Resources
The Website
http://www.fnm.com/
The Mailing List
http://lists.cv.org/listinfo.cgi/cv-cv.org
The Discography
http://www.fnm.com/discography/
The Newsgroup
alt.music.faith-no-more
The Book
Faith No More: The Real Story
Authorized biography, by Steffan Chirazi
ISBN 1 898 141 150
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2. Band Member Profiles
Bass:
William David Gould Junior, more commonly known as Billy Gould.
Bill was born in Los Angeles on 24th April 1963. He went to school in
LA with Roddy Bottum. He currently lives in San Francisco and had been
in the band since 1982.
Keyboards:
Roswell Christopher Bottum, Roddy Bottum to us all.
He was born in Los Angeles on 1st July 1963. He is a classically trained
pianist who also lives in San Francisco and had been in the band since
1982.
Drums:
Michael Andrew Bordin, also known as "Puffy".
Mike Bordin was born in San Francisco on 27th November 1962. His nickname
Puffy, which first used to be Puff Head, came from his hair style as a
teenager. He had a really puffy afro and Jim Martin came up with the idea
to call Mike Puffy. He studied African rhythms and is left-handed. He'd
also been in FNM since 1982.
Vocals:
Michael Allan Patton, commonly known as Mike Patton.
Mike Patton was born on 27th January 1968 in Eureka, CA. He joined Faith
No More in 1988. He lives in both San Francisco and Bologna Italy.
Guitar:
Jon Hudson
Hudson was the band's last guitar player. He joined FNM in 1996, and contributed
to the writing of 'Album Of The Year'. Before Faith No More, he played
in a Bay Area band called Systems Collapse.
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3. Band History
See the Band Biography Page.
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4. What is Faith No Man?
Faith No Man was an early configuration of Faith No More. It had Mike Bordin on drums, Wade Worthington on keyboards, Billy Gould on bass and Mike "The Man" Morris on guitar and vocals.
After about a year of existence, Worthington left the band, at which point Billy invited his roommate Roddy Bottum to take his place at the keys. Bill, Puffy and Roddy all got along well with this collaboration, yet they all had a problem with the singer. He was older, bossier and tried to dictate how they should dress to suit his vision of the band. So as a polite means of firing him, the remaining three quit.
Now free to pursue their own direction, the band became increasingly bizarre. With "The Man" out of the band, they needed a new name. A friend of Billy's, Will Carpmill, (who incidentally used to be in a band called Systems Collapse...sound familiar?) suggested Faith No More, seeing as The Man was essentially no more.
The new name stuck. So in 1982, Faith No More was finally born. One 7" single was released under Faith No Man. It contained two songs "Quiet in Heaven" and "Song of Liberty", on Propaganda Records.
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5. Was Courtney Love really in Faith No More?
She was indeed. She joined the band in 1983, a period in which FNM were going through a lot of singers and guitarists. Courtney was in the band for roughly a year. Billy explains why she didn't stay: "She's got to lead and tell people what's what. She was the dictator, and in our band things were democratic."..."At that time she couldn't sing too well, and she had a lot of personal problems, so she had to leave the band."
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6. Who is Mark Bowen?
Mark Bowen used to be a guitarist in FNM sometime between 1982 and 1984. Not much else is known about him, including the reason why FNM wrote a song titled Mark Bowen which appeared on the 1985 album We Care A Lot.
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7. What singers, guitarists and other members has Faith No More had before the final line up?
FNM has its fair share of ex-band members. Here they all are, in ascending order:
Singers: Joe 'Pop-o-Pie' Pye, Walter, Paula Frazer, Mike Morris, Courtney Love, Chuck Mosely.
Guitarists: Mike Morris, Jake Crucifix, Mark Stewart, Desmond Trial, Scott Colbertson, Mark Bowen, Jim Martin, Trey Spruance, Dean Menta.
Keyboardists: Wade Worthington
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8. What happened to Chuck Mosely?
The band had always accepted that Chuck Mosely had drug, alcohol and attitude problems. According to Bill Gould: "It's just really hard to describe how difficult it was working with this guy." The problem reached new heights when Chuck got drunk and fell asleep on stage during the 'Introduce Yourself' release party. The band could not deal with him any longer and he was fired before the recording of "The Real Thing" in 1988.
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9. What happened to Jim Martin?
Depends
on who you ask. Bill Gould says "To make a long story short-- Jim wrote
very few of the parts on Angel Dust. In fact, the tension and difficulty
due to his lack of contribution on that album had a lot to do with his eventual
ouster. Having said that, I'd rather not go song by song through who wrote
what. For the record I'm happy to leave it that all of the songs on Angel
Dust were FNM songs, meaning, written by all of the members equally, including
Jim like the credits say." When asked why he was no longer in the band, Martin replied, "Two words: Mike Patton. When I joined the band, we were going to spread hatred and have fun. At some point we stopped doing both."
Billy explains further: "Musically we were always kinda different. But... it got to a point I think when the chemistry can even just wear itself out into nothingness. Everybody tried to make things work, it just became so stressful that it became just kinda obvious."..."I think that if we didn't change members we would have broken up."
So Jim Martin was fired, supposedly by fax, on November 30, 1993.
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10. What happened to Trey Spruance?
According
to the band on numerous occasions, Trey left the band as he was unable to
commit to the hectic touring schedule which Faith No More endured with each
release. Puffy had this to say: "Trey didn't come highly recommended by the only person in the band that knew him! Mike Patton said "He's a great guitarist, he'll do the job, but he's not dependable and he'll fuck us up ultimately due to his lack of any sense of responsibility.""
Billy: "I really liked his guitar playing, I think musically he worked out. But I think probably we would not have worked out on the road, and so I'm glad that he decided to leave when he did." Trey left the band before any touring began.
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11. What happened to Dean Menta?
After
playing guitar on the 1995 King For A Day World Tour, Dean was out of the
band.It had been reported that the reason for Dean's exit was that the writing process for the new album wasn't working out.
Mike Patton's comments on the departure of Dean: "We finally realized that it didn't work. We sure realized that more than him, it's not that we fired him...but we decided to look for someone else...so to be honest we fired him in a way."
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12. Has Faith No More been in contact with Jim since he was fired?
A reporter asked Roddy this question when KFAD was released: -Are you in contact with Jim Martin? -No, I haven't talked to him since we fired him. Although we had this listening party in Hamburg (Germany), for journalists and the record company. For some reason, Jim was in Hamburg at the time. Everyone in the band was really nervous that he'd show. I was saying, 'Why would he want to show up?', but, sure, he showed up with this huge thug of a guy who was really heavy, like a Mafia type - he was so powerful they couldn't have not let him in, or he would have bombed the place later on. So, there he was with this big Hamburg heavy. He stayed at one end of the club and we were at the other end. It was a boring night. -So no one talked to him? -No.
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13. How did Faith No More meet up with Jon Hudson?
Jon is an old friend of Bill Gould's, a former roommate in fact. They'd known each other for 7 or 8 years before he joined FNM.
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14. What are the bands official releases?
ALBUMS
SINGLES
FULL-LENGTH VIDEOS
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15. Which songs have video clips been made for?
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16. What are the lyrics to Jizzlobber's first verse?
They will sum it all up in a sentence.
A verdict made by those who know.
I'm ready to make a commitment.
I'm willing to make love to concrete.
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17. What are the extra lyrics to Get Out?
I don't speak that language anymore!
My blood is not that color anymore!
My blood don't shine same way anymore!
I cannot deny it anymore!
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18. What language is that four lined verse of Caralho Voador spoken in? And what does it mean?
Both the title of the song and a small section of it are in Portuguese.
The title Caralho Voador translates to "Flying Dick". The Portuguese verses original lyrics are not written with the correct spelling. Here is the original verse, the corrected version, and the English version of the part.
Original Lyrics - In "REAL" Portuguese - In literal English
Eo non posso dirigir - Eu não posso dirigir - I can't drive
E agora a pares - E agora aparece - And now show-up
Neo dedu indehado - Meu dedo enterrado - My finger buried
No neo naris - No meu nariz - In my nose
When the English translation is rewritten into proper English, the translation is something like this:
"Flying Dick"
I can't drive
And now my index finger
Shows up in my nose.
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19. Is it true that Evidence has been recorded in different languages?
Yes. It is known that there are studio recordings of Evidence in three different languages, besides the English version. They are Portuguese, Spanish and Italian. Faith No More has done the Portuguese and Spanish versions live, in Portugal/Brazil and Chile respectively. The Spanish version appears on the Argentinian pressing of King For A Day.
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20. Which part of Malpractice is the Kronos Quartet sample?
The sample in Malpractice can be heard at 2:56
,
3:02, 3:22 and 3:26. It is taken from Dmitri Shostakovich's Quartet No. 8 which appears on the album "Black Angels" by Kronos Quartet. The piece contains four movements. The sample in Malpractice is taken from the second movement titled Allegro molto (Track 8 at 2:10).
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21. What is Mike Patton rambling about in the background of Kindergarten?
After a careful listen it seems obvious that Mike has taken on the role of an auctioneer. Talk of bidding and 'Going once, twice, SOLD!' is audible.
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22. What is being said in Jim, the song from the 1985 album We Care A Lot?
The conversation, before the song starts, sounds like this:
Puffy: "Don't play it Jim."
Jim: "Why not?"
Puffy: "I said so."
Jim: "I'll play it all fucking night."
It's also been suggested that it's actually "Don't BLOW it...", and "I'll BLOW it all fuckin' night."
The one line at the end of the song sounds like it could be: "?????? you're
fuckin in the house"
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23. Where are some of those familiar Land of Sunshine lyrics from?
In a L. Ron Hubbard personality test offered by the Church of Scientology, the following questions are present:
#12. Do you often sing or whistle just for the fun of it?
#52. Does life seem worthwhile?
#60. Does emotional music have quite an effect on you?
#192. Do you sometimes feel that your age is against you (too young or too old)?
#195. Do others push you around? *Question #195 is written on the lyric sheet but is not in the album version of the song.
Now if those lines didn't ring any bells then maybe these will. They're from Fortune Cookies!
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24. Where can I find lyrics to the B-sides and 'Album Of The Year'?
There's a comprehensive FNM Lyrics Page. You can find all the lyrics you need there, including a translation of Das Schützenfest and the German lyrics to it so you can try and sing along, as well as lyrics to 'Album Of The Year' sent in by Billy Gould.
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25. Did Mike Patton write the lyrics to Caffeine during a sleep deprivation experiment?
Apparently yes he did. Roddy has also pointed out that caffeine is "the only drug he [Patton] does". But Caffeine was not the only song written during that time. Here's what Patton had to say about Land Of Sunshine: "I wrote that song when I was doing an experiment in sleep deprivation with my body. I was up for three days straight and I was watching a lot of...late night TV programs...that are kind of self-help oriented...(Here he went into an explanation of infomercials, like "The Power Of Positive Thinking" etc.). So yeah, I was watching a lot of those so I wrote a really kinda absurdly positive song."
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26. What are the main influences on Patton's lyrics?
When asked "Where do they come from?"
Patton replies: "They come from my head, my ass, my toilet, my pillow,
places like that."
Q:
"Do you have any particular influences when you write lyrics?"
Patton:
"Sure. Everything, absolutely everything. Its just like writing music.
Sometimes you draw it from a particular source, sometimes you steal, sometimes
you try and think back on how the hell did this start and you can't think
about it."
The first overall influence might be the popular director Stanley Kubrick.
The connection can be seen in the following instances: In the Falling
To Pieces video, Mike Patton dressed up like Alex from "Clockwork Orange",
a Stanley Kubrick movie. In Kubrick's movie "Full Metal Jacket" a The
First to Go, The Last To Know logo from the US Marine Corps appears. "Paths
Of Glory" is an old Stanley Kubrick movie.
The following examples are from books: "Homeboy" by Seth Morgan, contains
this phrase: "Just got to where I had to run as fast as I could to stay
in one place. To get anywhere, I had to run twice as fast." which strongly
resembles Ricochet's "Runnin twice as fast to stay in the same place."
Mike Patton has mentioned that he was reading this book. "Fear and Loathing
in Las Vegas" by Hunter S. Thompson contains this phrase (in boldface):
"Kill the body and the head will die" which also appears in FNM's song
"What A Day".
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27. I saw Faith No More live and they played a song where Mike sang 'I just wanna be a woman'. What was this song???
This is Portishead's "Glory Box". Faith No More had done a lot of covers live. They didn't do the entire songs but Mike Patton liked to insert snippets of various cover songs into the show. (see the Statistics and Cover Songs Page)
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28. Which songs, originally recorded with Chuck Mosely, have Faith No More performed live after Mike Patton joined?
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29. Were any Chuck Mosely songs re-recorded with Mike Patton?
Yes, As The Worm Turns was re-recorded in the studio with Mike Patton on vocals. It was done in 1991/2 and appeared as a B-side on the Australian Midlife Crisis single, as well as a couple of other releases. Please refer to the Discography for details. The new version has a few small additions from Roddy's keyboards, apart from the obvious inclusion of Patton.
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30. What are the meanings of various songs?
First of all, here's a quote for you:
"I think that too many people think too much about my lyrics. I am more a person who works with the sound of a word than with its meaning. Often I just choose the words because of the rhythm not because of the meaning."
- Mike Patton
With that in mind, we can have a look at some explanations of song meanings from the band themselves.
A Small Victory
Patton: "Its kind of about, well my dad was a coach, so I grew up and I always wanted to win. And well, I found out that I just cant win every game...darn it."
Midlife Crisis
Patton: "The song is based on a lot of observation and a lot of speculation. But in sort of a pointed way its kind of about Madonna...I think it was a particular time where I was being bombarded with her image on TV and in magazines and her whole schtick kind of speaks to me in that way...like she's going through some sort of problem. It seems she's getting a bit desperate." Mike has also said that its not so much about a midlife crisis, as he couldnt empathise in what it would feel like, but "it's more about creating false emotion, being emotional, dwelling on your emotions and in a sense inventing them."
RV
When FNM write songs, sometimes they see them visually first. They communicate to each other visually what they want the song to sound like. This technique was used when writing RV (which stands for Recreational Vehicle). The visualization as described by Mike Patton was a "fat guy sitting in a trailer, eating horrible food, watching horrible TV, maybe beating his kids every once in a while or abusing his wife. Thats what that song is about. Thats a whole, I would say, culture in America, of working class, white-trash Americana."
Crack Hitler
Billy: "'Crack Hitler' is about this drug baron who takes Crack and compares himself with Hitler, because he commands enough depended people. So he thinks he's the biggest one...you know what's funny about all this? His skin is not even white! He's coloured and he thinks he's Hitler? We all laughed a lot about him, so we had to dedicate him a song."
Be Aggressive
Roddy, who came out in 1992, wrote the lyrics to this song. Roddy, when asked what the song was about in a 1992 interview for "The Advocate," replied "Swallowing. It was a pretty fun thing to write, knowing that Mike was going to have to put himself on the line and go up onstage and sing these vocals."
Malpractice
Patton: "It's about a lady who goes to a surgeon and she's getting operated on and she realizes she likes the surgeon's hand inside of her. She doesn't even care about being cured, she just wants someone's hands inside of her - she gets addicted to that."
Caralho Voador
Billy: "Well we all know what Caralho Voador is right? Its like this flying dick right. Well its about a man in his car, whos just a fucked up old man, he drives around the city and hes picking his nose. And basically he's a dick, and the car is like his wings. He flies around the city and he's like a flying dick."
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31. What are all the songs which do not appear on the albums? Including remixes?
Patton Era
Faith No More appeared on the Sparks album 'Plaigarism' (1997, Virgin Records). They performed two songs with Sparks,
Faith No More are credited for producing those tracks with Ron and Russell Mael. Dean Menta also plays guitars on one song on the album, 'Funny Face'. Released in 1997.
Remixes
Mosely Era
Patton Era
Note: Ashes To Ashes (DJ Icey & Maestro Mix) appears on both the UK/International (LASCD61) and the Australian (850911-2) 'Ashes To Ashes' single under the same name but the two are completely different remixes of the song. The track which appears on the Australian single also appears on a Reprise Promo CD, and the track which appears on the UK/International single also appears on a UK/International 12" Ashes To Ashes single except it has a different title: Ashes To Ashes (Dub Mix)
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32. What were the alternate song titles used by the band?
It's humorous when a band member didn't know a song
title and had to ask "What's the song that goes, "This is the best party
I've ever been to?"". This is because the band went by code names for
the songs. So here now are some of them.
Working titles:
Set
list titles:
Setlist name and working title:
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33. Why was 'Ricochet' referred to as 'Nirvana'? Were they all big fans and 'Ricochet' is a tribute?
From interviews in 1992 and 1995, Billy and Roddy expressed an interest in the band. Roddy was friends with Kurt and Courtney also. However neither of these factors are the actual reason. 'Ricochet' was written the day of Kurt's suicide, and that is the only reason we have been given for this.
And while we're on the subject of Nirvana, is it true that the song "Star A.D." was inspired by Kurt Cobain's death?
No. When asked this question, Mike Patton had the following to say: "Kurt? God no! It's about a phenomenon. And if that guy happened to be one, I don't know. It's one of those things that happen; it's a Vegas thing. What could be more shameful than having to change your colostomy bag onstage?! Vegas is great, though. I love it. Welcome to America."
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34. What are ex-Faith No More band members doing now?
For details on the members of the final FNM line-up, please see next Question.
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35. What other projects have FNM involved themselves with?
Apart from Faith No More, each member of the band pursued other musical interests with different bands and projects, most of which still continue. It would be unfair to refer to them as side projects as is commonly the case, as most of them are treated with as much importance as Faith No More was.
Mike Patton -
Solo Work
Mike has recorded two albums as a solo artist. The first titled Adult Themes For Voice (1996) which contains sound effects created by voice and microphone, recorded on a four track in various hotel rooms throughout the world (so it says). The locations of the hotels would suggest the sounds were recorded while Faith No More were on tour in 92/95. Whether this could actually be described as music has been debated. It is, nevertheless, an interesting listen.
Mike's second album is composed by him, but is by no means a solo album. Pranzo Oltranzista (1997) "magically transports the listener to a surreal ambient world of the unexpected" and features the talents of Erik Friedlander on cello, Marc Ribot on guitar, William Winant on percussion, John Zorn on alto saxophone and Mike doing voice and sound effects. The album follows the theme of food. The CD sleeve contains various recipes for each piece, and over the music noises associated with food, such as chopping and chewing, can be heard. Both albums are on Tzadik Records, Composer Series.
Mike, at times, appears at festivals and other shows around the world performing his unique vocal contortions similar to what appears on his two albums. He has performed in groups named House of Discipline and Perfect Victim which also include artists such as John Zorn, Merzbow, Ikue Mori, David Slusser, Bob Ostertag and several others.
- Adult Themes For Voice (1996) TZ 7015
- Pranzo Oltranzista (1997) TZ 7022
- Maldoror-She (1999) (collaboration with Japanese noise guru Masami "Merzbow" Akita) IPC-003
Mr. Bungle
Mike is still an active member of the band which he has been in since high school, Mr. Bungle. Mr. Bungle is presently comprised of Mike on vocals, Trey Spruance on guitar and keyboards, Trevor Dunn on bass, Danny Heifetz on drums, Clinton 'Bär' McKinnon on tenor sax and keyboards and Theo Lengyel on alto sax. On the last two albums and subsequent tours, percussionist William Winant accompanied them. Whether he is to become a seventh member of the band is yet to be seen. Theo Lengyel left Mr. Bungle before California in 1999.
- The Raging Wrath Of The Easter Bunny (demo) 1986
- Bowel Of Chiley (demo) 1987
- Goddammit, I Love America (demo) 1988
- OU818 (demo) 1989
- Mr. Bungle (album) 1991
- Disco Volante (album) 1995
- 'Travolta/Quote Unquote' Video Clip
- California (album) 1999
John Zorn/Naked City
In 1991 after John Zorn produced Mr. Bungle's debut album, Mike appeared as a guest vocalist at some Naked City (Zorn's band) shows. From 1991 onwards, Mike has continually worked with Zorn on various projects.
Fantômas
With Buzz Osbourne (Melvins) on guitar, Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle) on bass, and Dave Lombardo (ex-Slayer) on drums, Fantômas made their debut in the summer of 1998 with live shows in San Francisco and New York City. The band's debut, self-titled album was released on Patton's own record label Ipecac Records. (www.ipecac.com)
- Fantômas, 1999 IPC-001
- The Director's Cut, 2001 IPC-017
- Millenium Monsterwork - "Live: New Year's Eve 2000", 2002 IPC-019
The Millenium Monsterwork album is a live recording of a performance by
Fantômas and the Melvins, officially called FantômasMelvins Big Band.
Fantômas also appeared on the Tzadik tribute album 'Great Jewish Music -
Marc Bolan'. They cover the song
'Chariot Choogle', (1998) TZ 7126.
Tomahawk
Tomahawk formed in 2000. The members are Duane Denison (ex-The Jesus
Lizard), Mike Patton, Kevin Rutmanis (Melvins), and John Stanier
(ex-Helmet)
- Tomahawk, 2001 IPC-018
Peeping Tom
There are currently no official releases from Peeping Tom. Mystery surrounds the possible other members of this band. So far only a few demos have leaked out.
Lovage
Lovage is Dan The Automator with Mike Patton & Jennifer Charles. They
have toured around America and have one alkbum release:
- Music to make love to your old lady by, ARK75052 (2001)
Guest appearances by Mike Patton on various albums
- John Zorn's Elegy - Mike appears on this record adding his vocal sound effects. TZ 7302 (1992)
- Bob Ostertag's Fear No Love - Mike performs vocals on two songs 'The man in the blue slip' and 'Not your girl'. AVAN 041 (1994)
- Milk Cult 'Burn or Bury' - Mike Patton does vocals on one track 'Psychoanalytwist'. P2 53914 (1994)
- Sepultura 'Roots' - Mike Patton does vocals on one track 'Lookaway' RR 8900-5 (1996). He also co-wrote and performs on 'Mine', a b-side on the single 'Attitude' RR 2299-3.
- Various Artists: 'Great Jewish Music - Burt Bacharach' - Mike appears on the track 'She's Gone Away', doing vocals and keyboards. TZA 7114-2 (1997)
- Various Artists: 'Great Jewish Music - Serge Gainsbourg' - Mike sings on the song 'Ford Mustang'. TZA 7116 (1997)
- Weird Little Boy - AVAN 48 (1998)
- Tin Hat Trio - 'Memory is an Elephant' (1999) - Uncredited vocal appearance on bonus track 'Infinito'. EMI 56786
- Sepultura 'Tribus' - (1999) 'The Waste'. Remix of 'Kamaitachi' with vocals by Patton. RR 8622-3
- Brazilian movie soundtrack - 'No Coração dos Deuses' (In the Heart of Gods) - the track is "Procura o Cara" which means "Look for the Man" in Portuguese, and features members of Sepultura, with Patton on vocals. (1999) RR 8639-2.
- Jerry Hunt 'Song Drapes' - Mike sings on 'Song drape 7 - I come, 1999 TZ 7045
- John Zorn 'Taboo & Exile - (1999) TZ 7325
- The Melvins 'The Crybaby' - Mike sings on the song 'G.I. Joe', (2000) IPC-006
- Kid606 'Down with the Scene' - Mike sings on the song 'Secrets 4 Sale', (2000) IPC-007
- John Zorn 'The Big Gundown - 15th Anniversary Edition' - (2000) TZ 7328
- John Zorn 'The Gift' - TZ 7332 (2001)
Mike Bordin -
Ozzy Osbourne
Puffy, being a huge Black Sabbath fan in his youth, jumped at the chance
to perform with Ozzy Osbourne on his Retirement Sucks tour. Ozzy asked
Puffy to join him when the opening for a new drummer arose. Puffy will
continue on as Ozzy's drummer over the Ozzfest tour this summer. He is
now also officially in Black Sabbath.
- Ozzy Osbourne 'Blizzard of Ozz' (2002)
- Ozzy Osbourne 'Live at the Budokan' (2002)
- Ozzy Osbourne 'Down to Earth' (2001)
Former Guns 'n' Roses member Duff McKagen had a solo album 'Beautiful
Disease' in the works. This is album was scheduled to be released in early
1999 but due to the merger between Universal and Polygram it never got
released. Mike Bordin was one of the guests on the album, alongside Slash
and Izzy Stradlin.
Guest appearances by Mike Bordin on various albums
- Primus 'Sailing the Sees of Cheese' - (1991)
- Various Artists: Flyin' Traps - "Choked" by Tim Alexander & Mike Bordin (1997)
- Jerry Cantrell 'Degradation Trip' (2002)
- Primus 'Frizzle fry' (2002)
Bill Gould -
Brujeria
Bill plays with a death metal band Brujeria (pronounced Broo-her-ria).
They claim to be Mexican and the members are: Dino Cazares ex-Fear Factory
on guitar, Raymond Herrera ex-Fear Factory on drums, Juan Brujo on vocals,
Shane Embury from Napalm Death on bass, and Pat ex-Down By Law also on
bass, as well as Billy Gould. Billy goes under the name "Guero sin Fe"
which translates to 'Blond without Faith'. They have released a number
of 7"s and two full albums titled "Matando Gueros" (1993), which translates
to 'Killing White Boys', and "Raza Odiada" on Roadrunner Records. Dino
Cazares also produced "Raza Odiada".
Billy appeared on Milk Cult's album "Burn or Bury". He played guitar on
one song 'Bow Kiness Static' (1995).
Billy also appeared on "Kiss My Ass: Classic Kiss Songs Regrooved" in
a band called Shandi's Addiction. They covered "Calling Dr. Love" for
the tribute album. Bill played bass guitar on and produced this track.
Vocals by Maynard Keenan from Tool. Guitar by Tom Morello and drums by
Brad Wilk, both from Rage Against the Machine. (1994 Polygram Records)
Gould currently runs his own record label, Kool Arrow Records and specializes in promoting bands from around the globe.
Billy has done a lot of work producing and mastering the following albums:
- Produced a Russian punk band called 'Naive'. One of the oldest punk bands in Russia, they formed in the army, back in 1988. "They kinda sound like the Ramones and the Toy Dolls, that old pogo style of punk."
- Produced an album for a South American band called "Makina", which appears on Polygram records and is available in South America.
- Mixing, mastering, assembly on the album “Caveat Emptor (1999)”, by Ancient Chinese Secret. Released on the Slap-a-Ham label.
- Mastering and assembly on the album “Crush, Kill, Destroy (1999)” by Spazz. Released on the Slap-a-Ham Label.
- Produced “Post Alcoholic Anxieties (1999)” by Naïve. Released on his own Kool Arrow Label.
- Mastered the album “East West Blast Test (2000)” by Dodge/Witte. Released on the Slap-a-Ham Label.
- Mixing engineer and producer on “Fucc The Ins (2001)” by
Kultur Shock. Released on his own Kool Arrow Label.
Roddy Bottum -
Imperial Teen
Roddy's band, Imperial Teen, has received critical acclaim for its debut pop album 'Seasick'. In this band, Roddy takes on a different role to what we are used to, as Imperial Teen shows his talents as a singer and guitarist (and occasional drummer). The quartet consists of Roddy on vocals and guitar, Lynn Perko on drums, Will Schwartz on vocals and guitar also and Jone Stebbins on bass.
- Seasick, 1996 Slash/London
- What Is Not To Love, 1999 Slash/London
- On, 2002 Merge Records
Roddy played keyboards on L7's 'Hungry For Stink' album, on the song "Riding
With A Movie Star". (1994)
Roddy appeared on a CD by Monster Voodoo Machine, Suffersystem (1994). They're an industrial band from Toronto, which has recently
broken up.
Jon Hudson -
Jon use to be in a Bay Area band called Systems Collapse
before he joined Faith No More. Besides having a demo tape, Systems Collapse
appeared on a double compilation album called "To Sell Kerosene Door To
Door". It's on In-Sight Records. Jon Hudson was not in the band at that
time, he joined them later on. This compilation was put together by the
band Glorious Din. These are the only known recordings of the band.
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36. What was Mike Patton's involvement with Sepultura?
Mike and the Sepultura guys have known each other personally for quite some time. On Sepultura's album 'Roots', Mike sang vocals on track 8, 'Lookaway'. The lyrics were written by Jonathan Davis of Korn, who also did vocals on that track. Mike co-wrote a song with Sepultura called 'Mine'. It appeared as a b-side on certain editions of Sepultura's 'Attitude' single, as well as 'Blood Rooted', the Sepultura b-sides album. Mike Patton also did the vocals on this song. In 1999, Patton added vocals to the track previously titled "Kamaitachi" and it was re-released as "The Waste". Mike also appeared on a Brazilian soundtrack: "No Coração dos Deuses" (In the Heart of Gods) - the track is "Procura o Cara" which means "Look for the Man" in Portuguese, and features members of Sepultura along with Patton on vocals.
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37. What is Video Macumba?
Video Macumba is a compilation video containing scenes for...mature audiences, edited by Mike Patton. It is from around 1991/1992. It also has Mr. Bungle's 'Travolta' (Quote Unquote) video in the middle. Three guys received this video in Brazil: A journalist, Max Cavalera (former Sepultura vocalist/guitarist) and Joäo Gordo (Ratos de Poräo vocalist). There are scenes of people dying and others eating faeces. Gordo wrote a song for it after having watched the tape. He also reviewed it for a Brazilian magazine. The song appears on the 1994 album "Just another crime in massacreland", on Roadrunner Records.
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38. What is FNM's connection with Primus?
Mike Bordin appears in the credits on most of Primus' releases. Here are some details:
On the first Primus album'Frizzle Fry', the following credits appear: "Special thanx to Susan and Howard for letting us spill bong water into their console (the Exxon/Puffy conspiracy)".
Faith No More is thanked on 'Suck On This', "Hugs and Kisses to Faith No More".
On 'Tales from the Punchbowl', in the song "Over the Electric Grapevine" Primus mentioned Introduce Yourself: "Then 'Introduce Yourself' came on as they barreled through the fog."
On 'Sailing The Seas Of Cheese' Bordin is credited as playing the "Two-Skinned Foreskin Drum" on track 13 -'Los Bastardos'. He is also listed as one of the Bastardos under drums and vocals as 'Puffster'.
Jim Martin plays guitar on "Eclectic Electric", a track on Primus' 1999 album "Antipop"
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39. Where is some of the different cover artwork from?
The US Single for Midlife Crisis, which has a photo of the band in Red Square with a group of soldiers, is obviously not real. The Band's faces were put onto the faces of the people in the picture. The guy in between Mike and Jim was in the original picture, and is not connected with the band in any way.
The King For A Day...Fool For A Lifetime artwork comes from a book called Flood: A Novel In Pictures, by Eric Drooker. ISBN 0-941423-79-4
The Album of the Year artwork is explained in Question #47
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40. Were any other samples, besides Kronos Quartet, used on Angel Dust? Any on the other albums?
For Angel Dust, these have been listed: Simon and Garfunkel, Z'ev and music from The Wizard Of Oz.
The Simon and Garfunkel song that was sampled is called "Cecilia," and it appears in "Midlife Crisis" (in the drum track).
The barking/howling at the beginning of "Caffeine" was heard in the movie "A Rose for Emily," but it is likely that both the movie and FNM got the sound from a collection of stock sound effects, which Roddy has mentioned using.
There's also a squeaky part of Midlife Crisis which sounds a lot like it could be sampled from Car Thief by the Beastie Boys, off the Paul's Boutique album. This is yet to be confirmed.
The sample in 'Collision', off 'Album Of The Year' is taken from a cb radio.
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41. What guitar tablature books are available?
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42. What movie soundtracks has Faith No More appeared on?
- Gremlins 2: The New Batch, "Surprise You're Dead!" (1990)
- Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey, "The Perfect Crime" (1991)
- The Taking Of Beverly Hills, "Epic" (1991)
- Judgment Night, "Another Body Murdered" (1994)
- BioDome, "We Care A Lot" (1996)
- Grosse Point Blank, "We Care A Lot" (1997)
- Black Hawn Down, "Falling to Pieces" (2001)
-
Jack Frusciante è uscito dal gruppo,
"Digging the Grave" (1996)
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43. What was Jim Martin's part in Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey?
Jim Martin appeared in the film as "Sir James Martin of Faith No More, founder of the Faith No More Spiritual and Theological Centre". Jim's lines in the movie were: "Station!" and "What a shithead. " Jim also played the Sterling Air Guitar parts for the movie.
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44. What are the details of the car accident during the recording of King For A Day, which involved some band members?
An accident occurred while in Bearsville for the recording of King For A Day. Its been described as rather bad. Mike Patton, Mike Bordin and Trey Spruance were in it, Patton was driving. They lived!
Mike P: "Well we saw God. We had a really bad car accident. ...We had to look at lot of things in the face...it was nice. "
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45. What was the bands rig?
Mike Puffy Bordin
(Tech List - From 1995):
Drums: Yamaha Recording Custom
Cymbals: Zildjian
Sticks: Vic Firth
Heads: Remo
Pedals: DW
Note: Billy has said that Puffy changed to a 26" kick drum.
Billy Gould:
Roddy Bottum:
Jon Hudson:
The instrument Mike Patton used on the Album Of The Year tour, on the songs 'Midnight Cowboy' and 'This Guy's In Love With You', is called a Melodica.
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46. Which awards have the band won/been nominated for?
As far as the BAMMIES go (Bay Area Music Awards), Faith No More won the following awards:
- Club Band Of The Year: Faith No More 1989
- Outstanding Group: Faith No More 1990
- Outstanding Song: Epic 1990
- Outstanding Male Vocalist: Mike Patton 1990
- Outstanding Drummer/Percussionist: Mike Bordin 1990
- Outstanding Keyboardist: Roddy Bottum 1990
- Outstanding Keyboardist:
Roddy Bottum 1992
- 1989: The Real Thing was nominated for Best Metal Performance - Vocal or Instrumental
- 1990: Epic was nominated for Best Hard Rock Performance
- 1992: Angel Dust was nominated for Best Hard Rock Vocal Performance
MTV Video Music Awards:
- 1990: Epic was nominated for best Heavy Metal / Hard Rock Video of the Year
- 1991: Falling to Pieces was nominated for best Heavy Metal / Hard Rock Video of the Year
- 1991: Falling to Pieces was nominated for Best Art Direction in a video
- 1991: Falling to Pieces was nominated for and won Best Special Effects.
- 1993: A Small Victory was nominated for Best Art Direction
The Real Thing received a Platinum Record
Award in 1990
Angel Dust
received a Gold Record Award in 1995
King For A Day received a Gold Record Award in 1995
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47. What is the story behind the artwork for "Album of the Year"?
Bill Gould says:
"Actually the man was an old president of Czechoslovakia who died in the '30's, but his significance is more symbolic than political. He was a very aristocratic president at a time when Czechoslovakia was one of the richest countries in the world. His funeral was HUGE (they are the shots on the album artwork) and his death took place on the eve of WW2. If there is any symbolic importance, it is the depiction of the death of a 'golden age.'"
The artwork was also used on FNM Tour T-shirts in Europe. A lot of people are of the opinion that the man pictured is 'Lenin'. He isn't. Billy had this to say:
"I realized that his "death mask" face looked alot like Lenin, but not until after the shirts were printed. We might change it."
The name of the president is Tomas Garrigue Masaryk (1850-1937). He was the first president of independent Czechoslovakia (1918).
Inside the CD sleeve in the funeral picture, the words "Pravda Vitezi" appear on the coffin. "Pravda Videzi" translates to "Knight of truth - Knight if integrity". It means "Truth will prevail" / "The truth wins". It's a phrase which appears on the Czech president's flag.
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48. What is going on in Last Cup Of Sorrow Video? Is it based on something?
Faith No More latest video for their single "Last Cup Of Sorrow" have you confused? Well, don't be. Here's a brief explanation:
The video is based, more or less, around the Alfred Hitchcock cult classic film Vertigo, which stars movie legends James Stewart and Kim Novak in the leading roles. So if many scenes from the video strike you as confusing, odd, or out of place...don't worry. It's okay; not everyone is expected to have seen Vertigo. But if you're interested in getting the full "effect" of the clip, read on.
The main character Scotty, a veteran police officer, played by Stewart in the film and Mike Patton in the video, suffers from severe acrophobia (a fear of heights and falling). In the line of duty, when a fellow officer hangs from a roof top, Scotty is left immobilized by a fear of heights and allows the man to fall (*this scene is clearly present in the very beginning of the "Last Cup" video*).
Because of his fear, he is forced to retire from the police department until he finds a suitable cure. (*Mike Patton can be seen on a stepping stool looking "Up. Down." when he passes out from his fear*) Enter Scotty's long time friend Gavin Elster (*not represented in the video*) who asks him to follow his wife, Madeline (Kim Novak; *represented by actress Jennifer Jason Leigh in the video*), whom he says is both "possessed" and "suicidal".
Although Scotty is at first wary of the task at hand, once he sees Madeline he must follow through as he is instantly attracted by her beauty. The chase leads Scotty to find Madeline visiting gravesites (*shown in the video, while Billy Gould seems to be portraying the character Madeline is obsessed with in the film*), staring at old paintings for hours on end, and visiting old rundown hotel rooms through out San Fransisco.
The plot takes yet another twist when Scotty witnesses Madeline's fall into the San Francisco Bay and he saves her from what seems to be an failed suicide attempt (*this is in the video, you can't miss it*). They are forced to begin a face to to face relationship and Scotty soon falls deeply in love with her. But Madeline's obsession with death grows worse and when she describes an old mission she had seen in a dream, Scotty brings her there in an attempt to snap her out of her suicidal state. Once there, Madeline dashes for a bell tower in a suicidal attempt but Scotty's fear of heights prevents him from saving her this time around. (*Patton chases Leigh up the towers stairs; looks down the staircase and gets dizzy, a body is shown falling through a window of the tower* - a scene right out of the movie.)
Unable to continue with his life, Scotty is still obssessed with the dead love, Madeline. One day he meets a woman who looks nearly identical to his lost love, who goes by the name of Judy Barton (*represented in the video by Leigh wearing a black wig*). Judy herself also has her secrets which soon throw Scotty back into a world in which he must battle illusion and reality (*the scene with the floating Patton head and the trippy background is taken from the original film*).
Now, I don't want to give too much of the film away...but you get the basic idea. The film was recently re-mastered and re-released in widescreen format and can be found at nearly any local or chain video store, so go pick it up if you're curious. But keep in mind, not all of the scenes or ideas in the video were taken from the movie (pornography, cross dressing, Mike Bordin eating a bagel). It seems the basic ideas, themes, plot, and characters were used to convey their own story, so a lot of what's happening is really up in the air.
- Thanks to Nick Chester for this analysis.
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49. Is there a Faith No More IRC (International Relay Chat) channel?
Yes there is...two in fact! You can meet and chat with fellow FNM fans on: #FaithNoMore on Efnet, [Check out http://www.efnet.org/ for servers] and #Faith_No_More on Oz Org [Check out http://www.oz.org/ for servers]
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50. I have 'The Real Thing' on CD, but I see the album on audio cassette and it says it has two extra songs! Should I buy this to complete my collection?
No need to stress. The two extra songs which are mentioned are 'War Pigs' and 'Edge of the World'. They are listed as 'two extra songs' as they were not included on the vinyl version of 'TRT'. The CD does have it, so if you have that, don't bother!
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51. How about these juicy bits!?
Yeah right, and Mr. Bungle wrote a song about Jim Martin.
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