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Listening to The Real Thing album for the first time in quite a while. Thinking back as to how unique their sound was when the album was released back in 1989. The production was fantastic.

The band was signed to Slash Records, was that a subsidiary of a larger label?

Two songs that stuck out to me this morning are total masterpieces:

“The Real Thing” - https://youtu.be/HYFDKk4K1tY?si=rhs2DsgwcJdt-wRO

“Zombie Eaters” https://youtu.be/33dAH1vC4K0?si=3bJd4viPMCi4ww3b

Your thoughts?

I used to LOVE Faith No More growing up, and they remain the only band that my mother disapproved of. Nothing I listened to bothered her--GN'R, Ice Cube, Slayer, Deicide, none of it. Except FNM. And she would never really say why, just "He's on drugs." They made her so sick to look at.

Anyway, I don't listen to them much these days but I'll put them on occasionally.

"Just a Man" from King for a Day is seriously one of the most astonishing songs of the 90's and it's buried at the very end of an album no one bought. Tragic.

I didn't really get their appeal. Their cover of "Easy" is probably my favorite thing by them.

Chip Z'Hoy wrote: ↑Sat Sep 13, 2025 6:34 am I used to LOVE Faith No More growing up, and they remain the only band that my mother disapproved of. Nothing I listened to bothered her--GN'R, Ice Cube, Slayer, Deicide, none of it. Except FNM. And she would never really say why, just "He's on drugs." They made her so sick to look at.

Anyway, I don't listen to them much these days but I'll put them on occasionally.

"Just a Man" from King for a Day is seriously one of the most astonishing songs of the 90's and it's buried at the very end of an album no one bought. Tragic.

That's funny. I listened to everything and my parents only hated Extreme. Think it was the album cover.

As for FNM, I tried to get into them a few times..besides Epic, nothing stood out to me

I remember my brother thinking he was so cool and cutting edge for buying that CD. He told me, "They combine Rock and Rap!"

Rocker4Real wrote: ↑Sat Sep 13, 2025 7:05 am I remember my brother thinking he was so cool and cutting edge for buying that CD. He told me, "They combine Rock and Rap!"

They had one really good release. Then nose dived. Like LIVE after Throwing Copper.

Huge loyal following here in Australia. One of my favourite bands. The story goes that when Epic was a hit in the US, they were over here. By the time they got back, they’d missed the chance to really hammer that promo in the States and just couldn’t get that heat back.

Over here we seem to like their eclecticism. I sometimes get the impression people in their own country think of them as a rap-rock band and then they get confused when like 99% of their stuff has no rapping in it. I guess you only have one chance to make a first impression.