Cranking some Faith No More this morning

[ParaDime77]

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?

[Chip Z'Hoy]

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.

[Bono Nettencourt]

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

[daveg]

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

[Rocker4Real]

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

[Bono Nettencourt]

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

[DemonFilth2001]

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

[Shredderpete]

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.

[tooth]

The first 2 records with Chuck Mosley & Jim Martin are excellent. I liked where they were at the time & it's a shame it didn't work out. After that, there are some good songs here & there but overall, I don't get it.

[Bono Nettencourt]

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.

It was like they were too unique for their own good.

[Mister Freeze]

It's common on this board to overlook it in favor of Angel Dust or stan for the early shit with the other singer, but The Real Thing is great. I don't revisit it as often as I should.

An instant nostalgia fix for a brief moment in time we call 1990.

And one of the few albums the metalheads and alternative kids in high school could agree on.

[Lobo]

The first two albums are good musically but as a vocalist Chuck Mosley was all wrong for the band. He has to be one of the worst singers I've ever heard. The guy sings with a fucking lisp. How bad to you have to be to sing with a lisp LOL.

The Real Thing and Angel Dust were awesome.

The band was never the same once Jim Martin left.

I liked King For A Day, it's a really good album but I didn't like Trey Spruance on guitar all that much. He kept things a little too basic, he didn't do any solos from what I remember. It was just chunky riffing for the whole album. He played it a bit too safe. It sounded like a session player came in to do pre-written parts and that's it, nothing more.

Then they switched guitarists again bringing in Jon Hudson who I liked even less than Spruance. Album Of The Year wasn't as good as King For A Day. It was actually a kinda boring. It seemed to me like the band lost their edge. They seemed to be getting, dare I say, bland.

I get that Jim Martin and the other guys didn't get along but a lot of bands have personal issues between them yet manage to make great music. He played stuff that was unexpected and surprising. He took chances.

The band was never the same after he left, it was a steady decline from there.