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Wednesday, February 25, 2009

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Faith No More reforms with Mike Patton!

Posted by Joel Weiss on Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 4:40 PM

In a press release issued early Tuesday, the band responsible for unleashing Mike Patton upon the mainstream music world announced its return.  Faith No More is back!

Back in the early 90s when MTV actually played music videos on a regular basis, eyes shooting lightning bolts in the palms of hands and fish flopping around in synch with a somber piano melody were common sights.  These were memorable images from the classic Faith  No More video "Epic."  The band peaked with The Real Thing in 1990, Patton's first album with the band, and slowly began their decline.

Angel Dust bares the distinction as the first CD I ever bought.  Its lead single "Midlife Crisis," with the earlier "Epic," have since been credited (or blamed, depending on your outlook) for the eventual rise of suburban white guys rapping over chugga-chugga riffs somehow coined as 'nu-metal.'  The album performed almost as well as The Real Thing commercially, but showcased a new diversity to the band's sound to the detriment of virtuoso guitarist, Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey co-star, and amateur pumpkin farmer Jim Martin.  Martin left soon after, and so did many of FNM's fans.  The band released two more mediocre albums before splitting; and Patton resumed creating one weirdo-rock record after another with bands like Mr. Bungle, Fantomas, Tomahawk, Peeping Tom, ad infinitum.

As Pitchfork reports, details are scarce.  We don't know the band's lineup.  Is Jim Martin involved?  Will there be anything beyond this European Tour?  New music?  Time will tell.  "Epic" after the jump.

"Epic" from The Real Thing (1989)

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Per Blabbermouth; no Martin: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=114601 Also, no North America shows planned at all.

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Posted by autopsy4 on February 25, 2009 at 12:53 PM

Great news! Hopefully FNM reclaim some stature with this bout of shows. And hopefully we'll be graced with a stop in Tampa Bay. If memory serves, Mr. Bungle predates FNM and the Bungle demos landed him the FNM gig.

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Posted by Joran Slane on February 25, 2009 at 2:28 PM

Autopsy4 - That link pre-dates the reunion announcement by about a week. While I'm pessimistic about Martin's involvement, I think we can still cling to a glimmer of hope. ;)

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Posted by Joel Weiss on February 25, 2009 at 3:34 PM

you must one of them there "optimist" people.

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Posted by autopsy4 on February 25, 2009 at 3:56 PM

Faith No More bassist Billy Gould released a statement to Blabbermouth about the band's reunion this summer, and it noted that the lineup for the "unique beast, part dog, part cat"'s summer's run of shows will consist of Gould, Roddy Bottum, Mike Patton, Mike Bordin, and Jon Hudson on guitar.

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Posted by autopsy4 on February 26, 2009 at 1:54 PM

Thanks for the update, autopsy4!

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Posted by Joel Weiss on February 26, 2009 at 3:24 PM

Wow, those two last album aren't mediocre dude! Listen again.

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