There’s the realistic choices of who can actually sing and might take the gig and the unrealistic choices of someone that might be amazing but would never do it (or wouldn’t be asked).
Given he described some of the Angel Dust stuff as disco, but this seems way more disco than anything off AD?
Haven’t seen this shirt in 10+ years. A little faded & wrinkly but still rockable.
Mike Patton declined to be interviewed for this feature. It was he who informed the rest of the band in 1998 that he wouldn't be doing another Faith No More album, and the last time I interviewed him, in March 2001, he wasn't shedding any tears over the band's dissolution. At his most generous, he pointed out that Faith No More were in the past, and described the whole experience as an "out-of-control, nauseous carnival ride". For him, the band had "said all that it had to say".
"I was in Faith No More for 15 years. We were a good, honest band, and I was only ashamed to be in that band on a couple of occasions," Mike Bordin shrugs. "Now if you're talking about the singer, he'd probably say that there were only a couple of occasions in his 10 years in the band that he wasn't ashamed to be there. Patton probably didn't see any difference between us and Hanson, for instance."
"If Patton wants to piss on our legacy that's fine," spits Gould, "I think it's pretty fucking cool that we inspired those bands. We wanted to write songs that would last for a long time and I think it's awesome that people think our music still stands up."
Bottum, Gould and Bordin all admit that while they've all got other plans and don't necessarily miss FNM, they wouldn't totally dismiss the idea of getting back together at some point in the future. Patton, typically, has already insisted that he would never return to the group, but the others aren't too bothered anyway.
"If he said an emphatic 'No' to a reunion that's fine with me," admits Gould. "Patton was in the band for half the lifespan of Faith No More so his relationship with that band is different from ours. The hard work was done when he joined."
"Patton will probably work with every single person in the world rather than come back to us," laughs Bordin. "In his head, he's got it all worked out, and he feels superior about it. But you know what the bottom f**king line is? I don't care. I've played with Ozzy and Korn and Jerry Cantrell, I play drums and I'm not 'Mike Bordin of Faith No More. But every time I see Patton mentioned in the local papers wherever, he's still 'Mike Patton, ex-Faith No More' and that's the huge irony.
"Patton won't go back and do it" - and here Bordin drops his voice to an amused, conspiratorial whisper - "but he's still making a living off it. And you know what, that'll probably torture him to the end of his days."
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Believe it or not, there wasn't always a lot of Patton music for fans. FNM and Bungle, and...Adult Themes for Voice.
Wanting more Patton, I bought the CD. And still have it all these years later. I even listened to it. Twice. Once on the day I bought it, and this morning when I found an old CD binder. I'll listen to it again in another roughly 30 years, I'm sure!
I had no idea this was re-released. I was about to check out when I decided to have a quick look at my local record store’s Mike Patton section.
Got this when they were touring the album over here in the UK. Which I guess makes me old…even though it still feels like only yesterday.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=veAKpc13T_o
Someone who used to work for mtv in the early 90s has been uploading rare (and in some cases, previously unseen) footage of bands like GnR, Metallica, and of course, Faith No More. A few days ago they uploaded the entire Angel Dust documentary, restored in HD, straight from the source tapes.
Now that we have clearer audio of the bridge part for Seagull Song, I’m wondering if we can somehow integrate it into future fanmade versions.
My mum vaugely remembers going to a signing in 1995. If they are can someone tell me whose is who’s
They're really promoting this thing. Second late night talk show appearance