Faith No More - Discography (1983-2009)

01. VooDou - Stripsearch
02. Bile - Midlife Crisis
03. Parallax 1 - We Care A Lot
04. Tub Ring - Mouth To Mouth
05. Imbue - The Gentle Art Of Making Enemies
06. Donkey Punch - The World Is Yours
07. Daiquiri - Everything's Ruined
08. The Drowning Season - Kindergarten
09. The Rib - Malpractice
10. Ichabod - Absolute Zero
11. Sump Pumps - Be Agressive
12. Yellow #1 - As The Worm Turns
13. Victims In Ecstacy - Stripsearch
14. Medulla Nocte - King For A Day
15. Esper's Obsession - We Care A Lot

01. Grim Faeries - Jizzlobber
02. Hate Dept. - Edge Of The World
03. Germ Theory - A Small Victory
04. DieSchon - We Care A Lot
05. New Low - Blood
06. Fountain Head - Naked In Front Of The Computer
07. Basement Love Underground - Stripsearch
08. Sickend - Midlife Crisis
09. SMP - Another Body Murdered
10. New Grenada - Why Do You Bother
11. Humans Being - Surprise You're Dead!
12. Window Pane - Spirit
13. Son Of Indra - Digging The Grave
14. Mukrak - The Real Thing
15. Combine Heathen - Edge Of The World

Mike Bordin — ударные
Mike Morris — вокал и гитара
Bill Gould — бас
Wade Worthington — клавишные

Mike Bordin — ударные
Roddy Bottum — клавишные
Chuck Mosley — вокал
James B. Martin — гитара
Bill Gould — бас

Chuck Mosley — вокал
Roddy Bottum — клавишные, бэк-вокал
Bill Gould — бас, бэк-вокал
Mike Bordin — ударные и перкуссия, бэк-вокал
Jim Martin — гитара, бэк-вокал

Mike Bordin — ударные
Roddy Bottum — клавишные
Bill Gould — бас
Jim Martin — гитара
Michael Patton — вокал

Mike Bordin — ударные
Roddy Bottum — клавишные
Billy Gould — бас
Jim Martin — гитара
Mike Patton — вокал

Mike Patton — вокал
Mike Bordin — ударные
Billy Gould — бас
Roddy Bottum — клавишные
Trey Spruance и Dean Menta — гитара (приглашённые музыканты)

Mike Bordin — ударные
Roddy Bottum — клавишные
Billy Gould — бас
Mike Patton — вокал
Jon Hudson — гитара

Сначала был "Epic". Да-да, во многом, благодаря этому боевику Faith No More получил путевку в жизнь один из самых прогрессивных и популярных на сегодняшний день стилей - рэп-кор, он же - металл-хип-хоп, он же - рэп-металл. В те времена, лет 15 назад, музыку, которую играли Билли Гульд (Bill Gould) и компания, было сложно отнести к какому-то определенному стилю, но это недоразумение существовало лишь по той причине, что не было создано еще подобного музыкального направления. По большому счету, Faith No More были первыми белыми, которые стали играть ядреную смесь хард-рока, металла, фанка и хип-хопа. Пожалуй, Faith No More да и, может быть, Red Hot Chili Peppers обязаны своей популярностью и Limp Bizkit, Korn, Papa Roach, и Linkin Park и все те головорезы, которые живут в мозгах сегодняшних подростков и штурмуют хит-парады по обе стороны океана.

Официально группа берет свое начало в 1982 году в Сан-Франциско. К моменту записи дебютной пластинки "We Care a Lot" (1985) в качестве лидер-вокалиста группа перепробовала массу достойных людей, среди которых засветилась даже Кортни Лав (Courtney Love).
В конечном итоге, благодаря жесткому вокалу Чака Мосли (Chuck Mosley), металлическим запилам гитариста Джима Мартина (Jim Martin), драйву басиста Били Гуда, а также стараниям ударника Майка Бордина (Mike Bordin) и клавишника Рудди Боттума (Roddy Bottum) "We Care a Lot" увидел свет.
Спустя пару лет вышел альбом "Introduce Yourself", с более связным и плотным звучанием; речитатив и металлический саунд не находились в таком резком, как это могло показаться на первом альбоме диссонансе, и звучали как единое целое.
В 1988 на смену Мосли, уволенному за пьянство и склочный характер, пришел вокалист Mr.Bungle Майк Паттон (Mike Patton), обладавший универсальной манерой исполнения, заключавшейся как в безупречном исполнении хип-хопа, так и в обыденном пении в широком диапазоне. Тексты группы тоже претерпели изменение, став, стараниями Паттона, более глубокими и осмысленными. Вскоре музыкальный мир потряс знаменитый хард-коровый мега-хит "Epic" (развивший идею предыдущего хита "We Care A Lot" в исполнении Мосли), который не только предопределил развитие всего жанра, но и стал в своем роде культовым эталоном, на который равняются до сих пор. В 1988 у группы вышел альбом "The Real Thing". После того, как клип на "Epic" вышел на экраны (защитники животных возмутились по поводу бьющейся на полу рыбки в конце видео), и дела у музыкантов поперли в гору. Группа была номинирована на Грэмми в категории "Лучшее выступление в стиле хеви-металл/хард-рок, а пластинка получила в Штатах платину.

В 1991 на волне успеха "The Real Thing" группа выпускает в Великобритании запись своего живого выступления "Live At Brixton", продвигая свои прогрессивные музыкальные идеи в Европу и покоряя публику Старого Света.
Год 1992 ознаменовался выходом альбома "Angel Dust" ("ангельская пыль" - слэнговое обозначение кокаина), имевший внушительный успех у весьма разносторонней публики. Несмотря на весьма успешные продажи и общий благополучный творческий фон, в группе опять возникли разногласия, на этот раз между Джеймсом Мартином и остальными участниками. В воздухе циркулировали слухи относительно того, что большинство гитарных партий Мартина были удалены при окончательном сведении "Angel Dust". Слухи оказались не беспочвенны - к началу записи в 1994 четвертого альбома группы гитарист покинул состав. На "Angel Dust" не оказалось хитов подобных "Epic" и сам альбом достиг в Америке лишь золотого статуса, зато в Европе, с ее более свободными взглядами, а также в Австралии пластинка разошлась тиражом гораздо большим, чем "The Real Thing".

В 1995 вышел самый сильный и интересный альбом не только в истории группы, но и в рок-музыке 90-х. На "King for a Day, Fool for a Lifetime" рэп отошел на второй план, речитатив вытеснил тяжелый гитарный напор, во многом благодаря гитаристу Mr. Bungle Трею Спруансу (Trey Spruance), и альтернативная концепция, близкая к гранжу. Во время тура в поддержку альбома Трей был заменен на гитариста Дина Меншиа (Dean Mentia), который, собственно, продержался в коллективе до окончания концертов, и уже к записи следующей пластинки был замещен Джоном Хадсоном (Jon Hudson). Несмотря на то, что такие вещи, как "Evidance" и "Digging The Grave" стали мировыми супер-хитами, диск был весьма прохладно встречен в Америке, погрязшей к тому времени в гранже. Зато в Австралии и Европе пластинка была встречена "на ура".
В 1997 году альбомом "Album of the Year", довольно невнятным даже по мнению фанатов, была поставлена точка в истории одной из самых знаковых групп 90-х. После тура в поддержку альбома, в апреле 1998, музыканты Faith No More заявили о своем распаде.

Паттон, будучи в свое время фронтменом Mr.Bungle и участником авангардного проекта вместе с Джоном Зорном (John Zorn), сформировал новый коллектив Fantomas, в состав которого вошли также гитарист Melvins Баз Осборн (Buzz Osbourne), басист Mr.Bungle Тревор Данн (Trevor Dunn) и основатель Slayer, барабанщик Dave Lombardo. Родди Боттум продолжил творческую деятельность со своим проектом Imperial Teen, выпустив еще в 1996 альбом "Seasick". Остальные участники Faith No More до сих пор остаются в творческом поиске, не размениваясь по мелочам, продолжают почивать на лаврах былой славы.

In 1981, Bay Area California musicians Mike "Puffy" Bordin, Billy Gould, Mike Morris, and Wade Worthington formed a band called Faith No Man. A year later when Worthington was replaced by keyboardist Roddy Bottum, and Mike "The Man" Morris was ousted, the group began calling themselves Faith No More. After going through a series of singers which included Courtney Love, the band was joined by Chuck Mosely in 1983. The same year, Jim Martin was recruited to replace guitarist Mark Bowen. A four-song demo tape recorded in 1984 led to the band's first real album, "We Care A Lot," released on Mordam Records in 1985.

Within a year the band signed up with Slash Records, and in 1987 their second album, "Introduce Yourself," was released. The subsequent tour brought Faith No More a good deal of press in Europe, but when the tour was over the rest of the band chose to fire Mosely due to his constant drinking, limited vocal capabilities, and squabbles with bandmates.

Mike Patton, frontman of Eureka, California band Mr. Bungle, was a replacement suggested by Jim Martin, who had heard a demo tape that exhibited the long-gone death metal side of Mr. Bungle. Patton was hired in January of 1989. In two weeks he had written lyrics for the songs Faith No More was working on for their next album, and "The Real Thing" was released six months later.

The album was a critical success, and the band toured with Metallica shortly, playing in front of huge audiences. Even so, it wasn't until the song "Epic" was released as a single in January of 1990 that Faith No More's popularity took off in the U.S., thanks in large part to heavy rotation of the video (which even received some negative attention for a brief scene of a fish flopping around out of water) on MTV. Another successful video for "Falling To Pieces" followed. Members of mega-rockers Metallica and Guns N Roses named Faith No More among their favorite rock groups. The band received a Grammy nomination for Best Heavy Metal/Hard Rock performance. By the end of the year, "The Real Thing" had gone platinum in the U.S.

In 1991, following the impressive success of "The Real Thing," Faith No More released in Britain a recording of a live show they played there, along with two previously unreleased tracks, entitled "Live At Brixton." A video of the same performance called "You Fat B**tards" was released elsewhere. The San Francisco band was now playing large venues worldwide as the main act, their unique sound & Patton's manic stage antics a draw for fans of all kinds of music.

With Faith No More's fourth studio album, "Angel Dust," Patton had more time to compose as a full-fledged member of the band, and Gould, Bottum, & Bordin, thanks to the success of "The Real Thing," had more confidence in their ability to create the album they wanted to. At the same time, Martin began to become dissatisfied with the direction that their music was going, and often did not show up at scheduled rehearsals. Gould was sometimes forced to fill-in guitar parts. In the summer of 1992, after the release of the album, its first single, "Midlife Crisis," played regularly on MTV and radio. It was followed by videos for the b-side "Easy," which was very popular in Europe, and "A Small Victory."

The latter, though an excellent video, was almost entirely overlooked by MTV, perhaps because neither song supported the hard rock image of the band prevalent since "The Real Thing," and MTV U.S.A. favors music that is easily categorized. Meanwhile, Faith No More was part of the biggest tour of the year, opening for rock giants Metallica and Guns N Roses. After that tour, on which they received lukewarm responses from fans of the main acts, they embarked on tours of the U.S. and Europe as headliners to smaller crowds.

In the end, there was no single on "Angel Dust that measured up to the success of "Epic," and the album did not sell as well as "The Real Thing" had in the U.S., but it did sell enough copies to go gold. It was even more popular in Europe and Australia, outselling "The Real Thing" in Britain.

By the time the touring for "Angel Dust" was complete, the rest of the band agreed that Jim Martin was holding them back with his lack of enthusiasm for the direction their music was taking. In November of 1993 he was fired.

For 1995's "King For A Day, Fool For A Lifetime," Mr. Bungle guitarist Trey Spruance was recruited. However, once the album was recorded, however, he left the band before touring began. The reasons given for his departure varied depending upon whom you asked; Faith No More maintained that Spruance was unwilling to commit to a long, worldwide tour. Trey claimed that he was ready to tour, but the others decided he wasn't right for the band, and never really made him a permanent member in the first place. Dean Menta, a former Faith No More roadie & guitarist for the band Duh, was Spruance's replacement.

Though "King For A Day, Fool For A Lifetime" reached number one on the charts in Australia, and spawned such overseas hits as "Evidence," the album was hardly noticed in the U.S. Videos were made for "Digging The Grave," "Evidence," and "Ricochet," all songs with commercial potential, but which were virtually ignored by American MTV. A less than enthusiastic response to shows in the UK prompted the band to cancel the second portion of the European "King For A Day" tour, although band members insisted that this would provide an excellent opportunity for them to get back in the studio & start working on their next album while they were happy with their current line-up.

Over the next two years, rumors of a breakup were rampant as several members of Faith No More spent time with various other projects. Drummer Mike Bordin toured with Ozzy Osbourne, Mike Patton toured with Mr. Bungle in support of their new album & released two solo works, and Roddy Bottum found success with his Imperial Teen.

Once again they had to find a new guitarist. "Dean had been our guitar player and worked great for the tour, but when it came to writing, we found that we worked differently," said Bill Gould. They settled upon Jon Hudson, a friend of Gould's and former member of Systems Collapse. The band's sixth studio album, "Album of the Year" was released (June 1997), along with singles and videos for "Ashes To Ashes," "Last Cup of Sorrow," and the electronica-tinged "Stripsearch." Successful tours of America, Europe, and Australia ensued.

In the early months of 1998, break-up rumors spread even more intensely than usual. There was speculation that the band members' many side-projects were taking their toll, and interest in Faith No More was waning. On April 19, 1998 Bill Gould began spreading the following by e-mail and fax:

"After 15 long and fruitful years, Faith No More have decided to put an end to speculation regarding their imminent break up... by breaking up. The decision among the members is mutual, and there will be no pointing of fingers, no naming of names, other than stating, for the record, that "Puffy started it". Furthermore, the split will now enable each member to pursue his individual project(s) unhindered. Lastly, and most importantly, the band would like to thank all of those fans and associates that have stuck with and supported the band throughout it's history. "

In February 2009 the band members convened for the first time in 11 years, and as a result of this reunion, mutually decided to reform the band. Shortly following their announcement, they confirmed a string of shows in Europe and have now officially embarked on a new path as a band, and a currently unwritten future.
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