what about Faith no more?

[changso]

Ever heard of them? I think they are pretty good!
Correct me if I'm wrong but I hear that Opeth are fans of them.

 

[in2thenight]

ive heard maybe two or three songs and they sounded cool. lots of bands site them as major influences on their music. i might have to check out one of their cds...

 

[Till Fjalls]

I've owned three albums by these guys, and I find them really boring. Each album seems to have a song or two or three that are good, but the rest are totally boring to me. The good ones seem to be the heavy songs, while others (the lame ones) are Funky, clean, weird songs. I never got in to them enough to come up with a good desription of the sound. The heavier tunes are good though, but not great. songs to check:

Jizzlobber
The Gentle Art of Making Enemies
MidLife Crisis
Digging the Grave
Ugly in the Morning

There may be a few more heavy tunes, I don't recall them all. BTW, I think jizzlobber is a masterpiece. It's extremely dark and weird, the riffing is bizarre. I wonder what they were on when they wrote this tune!

 

[Mikhail Capone]

Faith No More were fucking brilliant. Get "Angel Dust" and "King for a Day, Fool for a Lifetime" now.

 

[hornblow555]

Faith No More is one of my favorite "mainstream" bands, I always found their songs to be much more engaging that the crap that clutters up the airwaves now, yet accessible enough for them to reach a wide audience. I think it's really sad that they broke up, and I really don't think any of the post-FNM stuff is very good (or maybe it's just a letdown from FNM's brilliance...). My favorite albums are "Angel Dust" and "King for a day...", though every Mike Patton era album has its moments.

 

[S4R]

Angel Dust is one of my favorite albums; simply crazy is the best way to describe it in my opinion. Till Fjalls is correct Jizzlobber is insane, it’s my favorite track off of Angel Dust. This band was amazing and very influential. If you love music, BUY ANGEL DUST!

 

[Don Corleone]

FNM is definitely worth giving a listen. everyone should check them out. beside the tracks mentioned above, they did an amazing live cover of war pigs by black sabbath: check that out, too.

 

[loudsilence]

Faith No More was one of the most talented bands out there. They could sound like 3 or 4 different music genres on one CD. The other stuff Mike Patton has done is pretty trippy. The second Fantomas is good, Tomahawk is good, and the third CD from Mr. Bungle is awesome. Mike Patton is definitely an original.

 

[Kevin Kitchel]

I guess I have a slightly different opinion of FNM than most of you, I think they got better as they went on, and Album of the Year is head shoulders above the others! I still like it even more than Mr. Bungle's California (which is maybe a suprise, because Disco Volante is one of my favorite recordings EVER. Right up there with 7th Son of a 7th Son, Pet Sounds and Smile, Celestial, and MAYH). I also enjoy the first Fantomas CD more than the second one.

Anyone else have the first s/t Faith No More CD? Its really different. They re-did a lot of the songs for the second one, and on the Japanese Angel Dust there is a re-recording of one of the songs, "As The Worm Turns". Its one of my favorite FNM songs, download the Mike Patton version if you can!

 

[Liquid Tension]

I still listen to The Real Thing and Angel Dust and I don't like Fool for a Lifetime.

If you like Faith no More then you need to check out Pain of Salvation!

 

[NovembersDirge]

Faith No More ruled!

 

[Demonspell]

I listened to Real Thing and Angel Dust countless times in my teenage years...so now you listen, cause I'm omniscient!

 

[RETIREDTrapped]

Faith no more are brilliant... Angel Dust is fucking brilliant, especiall the 5/4 and 7/8 sections in Malpractice...

Cooooooold..... Hands..... Yooooouuuur... Hands.... Cover my mouth...

 

[Kushantaiidan]

Faith no more are brilliant.

I love Jizzlobber..

Angel Dust is a masterpeice.

I gotta DL all their songs again.. because I sold all my CD's a few years ago, when I ran out of money... Iwant them back!

 

[Jo]

WHAT an artist! He is currently very busy working on various projects, check out
ipecac.com

 

[ProgMetalFan]

Admittedly, I know very little of their work other than "The Real Thing", which is a great album. "We Care A Lot" is a pretty cool tune as well.

 

[Windom Pearl]

Faith No More has been my bestever-band for years now. Man, I just can´t get bored to listening them. Worshi, worshi.

 

[Salamurhaaja]

Originally posted by hornblow555
Faith No More is one of my favorite "mainstream" bands

I have to disagree on the "mainstream", sure they got air play on MTV, but most of their songs are so far removed from the regular "mainstream" that they would never get played on the 'new' MTV.

And btw, I love them, I only have "Album Of The Year" right now, but I used to have them all and I will one day when I again have time to get the rest.

Edit: Had to change the CD title, since it was wrong.

 

[random_phil]

Faith No More were an amazing band. Mike Patton is an absolute genius. Subversive to the last. If you like Patton, you need to check out Adult Themes For The Voice, or something like that. Fantomas/Mr. Bungle/Tomahawk are all brilliant as well.

 

[hornblow555]

Originally posted by Salamurhaaja


I have to disagree on the "mainstream", sure they got air play on MTV, but most of their songs are so far removed from the regular "mainstream" that they would never get played on the 'new' MTV.

That's why I put "mainstream" in quotes, to show how ridiculous some of these labels are, because while they were unquestionably unique and talented, they did do remarkably well with The Real Thing. Regardless of the label, FNM were a groundbreaking band whose influence is still being felt today (Nu-Metal anyone?).