Faith No More is an American rock band from San Francisco, California, formed in 1979.[4] Before September 1983,[5] the band performed under the names Sharp Young Men[6] and later Faith No Man.[7] Bassist Billy Gould, keyboardist/rhythm guitarist Roddy Bottum and drummer Mike Bordin are the longest-remaining members of the band, having been involved since its inception. The band underwent several early lineup changes, and some major changes later. The lineup of Faith No More consists of Gould, Bordin, Bottum, lead guitarist Jon Hudson, and vocalist/lyricist Mike Patton.
After releasing six studio albums, including best-selling records The Real Thing (1989) and Angel Dust (1992),[8] Faith No More officially announced its breakup on April 20, 1998. The band has since reunited, conducting The Second Coming Tour between 2009 and 2010, and releasing its seventh studio album, Sol Invictus, in May 2015.[9] After the touring cycle of Sol Invictus, Faith No More went on hiatus once again. In November 2019, the band announced that it would reunite to embark on a 2020 UK and European tour, but it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Touring was due to recommence with 2021–2022 dates, but the tour was cancelled with Patton citing mental health reasons,[10] and the band remains on hiatus as of 2024.[11]
History
The band's classic logo, used on the 1985 debut We Care a Lot. It was originally designed by bassist Billy Gould as an homage to the Symbol of Chaos.[12]
Early days (1979–1984)
The genesis of Faith No More was the group Sharp Young Men, formed in 1979,[13] by vocalist Mike Morris and keyboardist Wade Worthington. Drummer Mike Bordin and bassist Billy Gould joined afterwards. Morris called the name "a piss-take on all the 'elegant' groups at the time".[14] Later, he proposed the name Faith In No Man, but eventually the band settled on Bordin's suggestion, Faith No Man (stylized as Faith. No Man).[14] The band recorded "Quiet in Heaven/Song of Liberty", released in 1983. The songs were recorded in Matt Wallace's parents' garage, where Wallace had set up and been running a recording studio while the band was still recording under the name Sharp Young Men,[15] with Morris, Gould, Bordin and Worthington. Worthington left shortly thereafter. The band's name was changed to Faith No Man for the release of the single, which featured two of the three songs recorded in Wallace's garage,[16] and Roddy Bottum replaced Worthington. Bottum, Gould and Bordin quit the band shortly after and formed Faith No More. They chose the name in September 1983 to accentuate the fact that "The Man" (Morris) was "No More". The band played with several vocalists and guitarists, including a brief stint with Courtney Love, until it settled on vocalist Chuck Mosley in 1983[17] and, later, guitarist Jim Martin.[18] Their first release under the Faith No More name was a self-titled cassette in 1983, which featured a live performance from that year on Side A, and a 20-minute instrumental track on Side B.
We Care a Lot and Introduce Yourself (1985–1988)
Faith No More's singer from 1984 to 1988, Chuck Mosley (photo from 2016)
After the name change, the band initially started recording We Care a Lot without backing from a record label and, after pooling their money, recorded five songs. This gained the attention of Ruth Schwartz, who was then forming the independent label Mordam Records, under which the band, after getting the necessary financial support, finished and released the album. It was the first official release for both the band and the label.[19]
In late 1986, Faith No More was signed to Los Angeles label Slash Records by Anna Statman.[20] The label had recently been sold to the Warner Music Group subsidiary London Records, ensuring a widespread release for the band's following albums. Introduce Yourself was released in April 1987, and a revamped version of their debut album's title track "We Care a Lot" saw minor success on MTV. Mosley's behaviour had started to become increasingly erratic, particularly during a troubled tour of Europe in 1988. Incidents include him allegedly punching Billy Gould on stage,[21] the release party for the album Introduce Yourself—during which he fell asleep on stage—and one of Mosley's roadies getting into a fistfight with Martin during the European tour.[22][21] Mosley was eventually fired after the band returned home from Europe. Gould reflected, "There was a certain point when I went to rehearsal, and Chuck wanted to do all acoustic guitar songs. It was just so far off the mark. The upshot was that I got up, walked out and quit the band. I just said: 'I'm done—I can't take this any longer. It's just so ridiculous'. The same day, I talked to Bordin, and he said: 'Well, I still want to play with you'. Bottum did the same thing. It was another one of these 'firing somebody without firing them' scenarios."[21]
Mike Patton joins and The Real Thing (1989–1991)
Faith No More in a promotional photo for The Real Thing, c. 1989–1990
Mosley was replaced with singer Mike Patton in 1988. Patton, who was singing with his high school band, Mr. Bungle, was recruited at Martin's suggestion after he heard Mr. Bungle's first demo tape, The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny.[23] According to Patton, he first met the band during a 1986 gig at "a pizza parlor" in his hometown of Eureka, California.[24] Two weeks after joining Faith No More, he had written the lyrics to the songs that made up the Grammy award-nominated The Real Thing, which was released in June 1989.[25]
"Epic" was released in January 1990 and was a top 10 hit. The music video received extensive airplay on MTV in 1990, and angered animal rights activists for a slow-motion shot of a fish flopping out of water at the end of the video.[26][27] That same year, Faith No More performed at the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards (September 6) and on the 293rd episode of Saturday Night Live (December 1).[28][29] "From Out of Nowhere" and "Falling to Pieces" were released as singles, and a cover of Black Sabbath's "War Pigs" was produced for non-vinyl releases. In 1990, the band went on an extensive U.S. tour, sending The Real Thing to Platinum status in Canada, the U.S., and South America. The album also had big sales numbers in Australia, U.K., and the rest of Europe, pushing the total sales well above 4 million worldwide.
Vocalist Mike Patton joined Faith No More in 1988, succeeding Chuck Mosley
In February 1991, Faith No More released its only official live album, Live at the Brixton Academy. The album includes two previously unreleased studio tracks, "The Grade" and "The Cowboy Song". The same year, the band contributed the song "The Perfect Crime" to the soundtrack to Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey. Martin also made a brief cameo in the film as "Sir James Martin" as the head of the "Faith No More Spiritual and Theological Center". Patton's original band Mr. Bungle went on to sign with Slash and Reprise Records's parent label Warner Bros. Records in 1991, after the worldwide success of The Real Thing.[30]
Angel Dust (1992–1994)
Faith No More displayed an even more experimental effort on its next album, Angel Dust, released in June 1992.[25] One critic wrote that the album is "one of the more complex and simply confounding records ever released by a major label"[31] and another that the single "'A Small Victory', which seems to run Madame Butterfly through Metallica and Nile Rodgers [...] reveals a developing facility for combining unlikely elements into startlingly original concoctions."[32]
Aside from "A Small Victory" (which received a nomination for Best Art Direction at the MTV Video Music Awards), the tracks "Midlife Crisis" and "Everything's Ruined" were also released as singles. The album included a re-recording of the theme to the film Midnight Cowboy, and later pressings included a cover of The Commodores' "Easy", which in some parts of the world became the band's biggest hit. Angel Dust charted one spot higher on the Billboard 200 than The Real Thing, but was not as commercially successful in the U.S., selling 665,000 copies there. It outsold The Real Thing in many other countries. In Germany, the record was certified Gold for sales of more than 250,000 copies. The album also matched the sales of The Real Thing in Canada (Platinum) and Australia (Gold), and surpassed it in the Netherlands, France, Russia, and the U.K. Worldwide sales are around 3.1 million copies.
After touring to support Angel Dust in the summer of 1993, longtime guitarist Martin left the band due to internal conflicts. He was reportedly unhappy with the band's change in musical direction on Angel Dust, calling it "gay disco".[33] According to Bottum, Martin was fired via fax.[34] Martin himself states it was his decision to leave.[35] Both Godflesh guitarist Justin Broadrick and Killing Joke guitarist Geordie Walker were reportedly invited to join Faith No More after Martin's departure, but declined.[36] The position was filled by Mike Patton's Mr. Bungle bandmate Trey Spruance, who left after recording 1995's King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime, just before the band was to begin its world tour. Spruance was replaced by Dean Menta, the band's keyboard tech.
King for a Day..., Album of the Year and break-up (1995–1998)
The alternate "barking dog logo", based on the artwork for Faith No More's 1995 album King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime
Faith No More's fifth studio album, King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime, was released in March 1995,[25] and varies greatly from song to song in style; punk, country, jazz, bossa nova, thrash metal, gospel music, along with other signature FNM elements, are woven together throughout the album. Singles included "Digging the Grave", "Evidence", and "Ricochet". The album featured Mr. Bungle's Trey Spruance on guitar. The record went Gold in the U.K., Australia, New Zealand, Netherlands and Germany, which gave the album a respectable sales figure of around 1.5 million copies; this was significantly lower than the sales of their previous albums. A 7 x 7-inch box set of singles was released, which included the B-sides and some interviews between the songs.
Album of the Year was released in June 1997 and featured yet another new guitarist, Jon Hudson, who was a former roommate of Billy Gould. The album debuted much higher than expected in some countries (for example, in Germany, the album debuted at No. 2 and stayed in the chart for 5 months). In Australia, Album of the Year went to No. 1 and was certified Platinum. The album charted in many countries in Europe. To date,[clarification needed]Album of the Year has sold around 2 million copies worldwide. The singles "Ashes to Ashes" and "Last Cup of Sorrow" had minimal success (notably, the music video for "Last Cup of Sorrow", which featured actress Jennifer Jason Leigh, was inspired by the Alfred Hitchcock film Vertigo). "Stripsearch" was released as a single in various countries (excluding the U.S. and U.K.). The album received largely negative reviews from U.S.-based critics at the time. Rolling Stone magazine wrote in June 1997 that "[They] are floundering around desperately, groping for a sense of identity and direction in a decade that clearly finds them irrelevant",[37] while Pitchfork Media stated "Album Of The Year leaves one feeling like waking up and finding last night's used condom – sure, the ride was fun while it lasted, but what remains is just plain icky. And you definitely don't want it in your CD player."[38] Following the album's release, Faith No More toured with Limp Bizkit in 1997, who were frequently booed by Faith No More's fans.[39][40]
In early 1998, rumors of Faith No More's imminent demise began; commencing with a post to Faith No More newsgroup alt.music.faith-no-more claiming Mike Patton had quit the band in favor of side projects. This rumor, denied at the time, proved to be at least partly true. Faith No More played their last show in Lisbon, Portugal on April 7, 1998.[25] The band cancelled their planned support tour for Aerosmith and on April 20, Billy Gould released a statement by email and fax, saying "[T]he decision among the members is mutual" and "the split will now enable each member to pursue his individual project(s) unhindered." The band "thank[ed] all of those fans and associates that have stuck with and supported the band throughout its history."
Reformation (2009–2012)
Rumours that Faith No More would reunite for shows in the U.K. in the summer of 2009 were circulating in late November 2008,[41] but were originally dismissed by bassist Billy Gould. He explained: "If anything like this were to happen, it would have to come from the band, and I haven't spoken with any of them in over a year. So as far as I know, there isn't anything to talk about, and I'm pretty sure that if you were to contact Patton, he would tell you the same thing."[42]
After an eleven-month hiatus, Faith No More played four shows in South America in November 2011. On the first date (November 8, 2011), the band played a "mystery song", which led to speculation of new material.[50] They played Sonisphere France on July 7, 2012.[51] Following several more shows in Europe during 2012, Faith No More became temporarily inactive again. Mike Patton spent 2013 touring with his reformed rock supergroup Tomahawk,[52] while the band's other members also pursued their own side projects. In July 2013, Billy Gould confirmed that the band's hiatus would not be permanent, saying "We will do something again only when all members are with the focus on that, and ready for the challenge. This is not the time... yet."[53]
In November 2011, the band performed “king for a day, fool for a lifetime” album live at Maquinaria Festival in Chile with Trey Spruance on guitar.[54]
In a 2015 interview, Roddy Bottum said that the band originally intended to reform with guitarist Jim Martin for their reunion tour, but it did not happen.[55]
Sol Invictus, hiatus and touring (2015–present)
On May 29, 2014, Faith No More posted a message (along with a photograph of Mike Patton) on their Twitter account, saying that "the reunion thing was fun, but now it's time to get a little creative." On July 4, Faith No More played their first show in two years at Hyde Park in London, supporting Black Sabbath.[56] At that show, Faith No More debuted two new songs "Motherfucker" and "Superhero" (also known by fans as "Leader of Men").[57][58] On August 20, the band posted "The Reunion Tour is over; in 2015 things are going to change." These tweets led to speculation that the band was working on new material.[59][60] On August 30, Gould said that the band is "considering doing something new", and may begin work on a new studio album at some point in the not-too-distant future, explaining, "to do something creative would be a really good thing to do."[61] On September 2, Bill Gould revealed to Rolling Stone that the band had begun work on a new album.[62][63] Faith No More headlined the final edition of Australia's Soundwave in February and March 2015.[64]
The band released their seventh studio album, Sol Invictus, in May 2015.[9] The songs on the album were influenced by The Cramps, Link Wray and Siouxsie and the Banshees.[65] Speaking to Revolver, Gould described the song "Cone of Shame" as "blues-based rock and roll". Describing the song "Matador", he said: "parts of it remind me of the first Siouxsie and the Banshees album. We used real pianos and that brings this organic quality to it to the music".[65] The second single from the album, "Superhero", was shared by the band on March 1, 2015.[66]
In August 2016, the band performed two concerts with former lead singer Chuck Mosley to celebrate the reissue of their debut album We Care a Lot.[67] The band was billed as "Chuck Mosley & Friends" for the two shows and featured the lineup of Mosley, Mike Bordin, Billy Gould, Jon Hudson and Roddy Bottum.[68]
Former Faith No More singer Chuck Mosley died on November 9, 2017. The cause was described as "the disease of addiction.” He was 57 years old.[69]
In February 2018, it was announced that a documentary film on the late former Faith No More frontman Chuck Mosley had begun production; titled Thanks. And Sorry: The Chuck Mosley Movie, the film is being directed and edited by Drew Fortier and produced by Douglas Esper.[70]
On November 23, 2019, Faith No More updated its official website and social media accounts with an image of the band's eight-pointed star logo in front of a snow-covered mountain top, accompanied by a clock counting down to November 26, 2019; on the latter date, the band announced its first shows in five years set to take place in Europe in June 2020, including Sunstroke Festival in Ireland, Hellfest in France and Tons of Rock in Norway.[71][72] Less than twenty-four hours later, the Mad Cool Festival in Madrid, Spain, scheduled for July 2020, was added to the list of the band's festival dates.[73] They subsequently rescheduled most of its tour dates, including the Australian and European legs, to 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[74][75] The band was scheduled to play two shows at the Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles with System of a Down, Helmet and Russian Circles, which were initially set to take place May 22–23, 2020, but were postponed twice due to the pandemic,[76][77][78] and Faith No More was replaced by Korn.[79] The band was scheduled to play additional shows in September 2021 but these were also cancelled with Patton citing mental health reasons.[10] In a 2022 interview with The Guardian, Patton disclosed that he has not spoken to the members of Faith No More since the initial show cancellations, leaving the band's future in question.[80][81][82] In October 2024, keyboardist Roddy Bottum stated that the band is on a "semi-permanent hiatus".[11]
Faith No More's lyrics have been described as "bizarrely humorous". When interviewed about his lyrics, Patton responded, "I think that too many people think too much about my lyrics. I am more a person who works more with the sound of a word than with its meaning. Often I just choose the words because of the rhythm, not because of the meaning."[120]
Corey Taylor (frontman for both Slipknot and Stone Sour) told Loudwire in 2015 that if it wasn't for Faith No More, he "wouldn't be here today." While recovering from an attempted suicide at his grandmother's house, he saw the band perform "Epic" live on the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards and the performance inspired him to begin writing and performing music again.[139]
They were voted No. 52 on VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock".[140] The band is credited for inventing the alternative metal genre which began in the 1980s and that fuses metal with other genres, including alternative rock.[141] Tim Grierson of About.com said the band "helped put alternative metal on the map."[142] Faith No More has also been credited for influencing nu metal bands, such as Limp Bizkit, Korn, and Sevendust,[143] primarily due to the popularity of "Epic", and other early material that featured rap and rock crossovers. Papa Roach vocalist Jacoby Shaddix, a self-confessed fan of the band, stated in a 2015 interview "They fused some of that hip-hop and rock together. They were one of the earliest bands to do that, and definitely pioneers to a whole genre. If you listen to Korn, if you listen to how the bass and the drums lock up, it's quite similar to how Faith No More was doing it in their early years."[144] Papa Roach guitarist Jerry Horton also listed Faith No More as a major influence when the band was starting out.[145] In a 2019 interview on the Australian channel Rage's Midnight Show, Tobias Forge, leader of the Swedish rock band Ghost, explained what the band meant to him by saying, "In the 90s there were a few bands that I liked a lot, and still like to this day, that are consecutively hard to niche. One band is Faith No More. Who knows what they play? No one knows really. It's a synth band? No. Is it a heavy metal band? No, not really. It's just a really, really good rock band."[146]
The band and their 1990[note1] single "Epic" have frequently been cited as an example of an '80s or '90s one-hit wonder.[147][148][149]Flavorwire stated in 2014 "Although the band always had a loyal fan base and Patton remains an indie hero, they only cracked the Billboard Hot 100 once, with Epic." Others have noted that after "Epic"'s success, the band still managed to remain highly popular in regions outside North America: including Australia, South America, Europe and the U.K.[150] The band's original final record Album of the Year notably experienced high sales in countries such as Australia (where it went platinum),[151] New Zealand and Germany, while being deemed a commercial failure in their native USA.
In October 2000, a tribute album organized by Faith No More's former manager Warren Entner was first announced.[169][170][171] It was set to feature principally high-profile nu-metal and alternative metal bands, including Papa Roach (covering "The Gentle Art of Making Enemies"),[169][172]Korn (covering "Surprise! You're Dead!"),[169][173] Disturbed (covering "Midlife Crisis"),[172][173]Taproot (covering "Ricochet"),[174][172][173]Deftones (covering "RV"),[170][169][173]Primer 55 (covering "Digging the Grave"),[173]System of a Down (covering "Cuckoo for Caca"),[175][173][176] as well as Fear Factory,[173][177]Slipknot,[173][176]Incubus,[173][176] and Slaves on Dope.[178] Though several of the bands recorded their songs, a record label was never set and this tribute was never released.[171]Papa Roach notably performed "The Gentle Art of Making Enemies" during its 2001 European tour,[176] while Disturbed performed "Midlife Crisis" on its 2001 North American headlining tour.[179] In reaction to the news of this Various Artists tribute, Patton posted the following on his Ipecac Recordings website on February 20, 2001: "FNM Tribute Record - ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ Who cares? Do you really want to hear bands ruin great songs? Mike's reaction...... "let sleeping dogs lie""[180] In a July 2003 interview with CounterCulture, when asked about this tribute Patton responded "No idea. Don't really care as long as I get my cut."[181]
In 2023, The Lucid along with Violent J (Insane Clown Posse) released a re-imagining of "Epic" titled "Sweet Toof"; keeping the music unchanged but re-writing all lyrics and vocal melodies except for a callback to the original chorus during the outro.[183]
Feud with the Red Hot Chili Peppers
After the release of The Real Thing, a feud developed between Faith No More and fellow funk-influenced Californian group Red Hot Chili Peppers, whom they had previously played with on The Uplift Mofo Party Tour, while Chuck Mosley was still Faith No More's lead singer. Patton and Chili Peppers' frontman Anthony Kiedis have been involved in a near 35-year old feud stemming from his accusations of Patton imitating his mannerisms and image for Faith No More's 1989 music video "Epic".[184][185][186][187] Much of the animosity of Patton's feud with Kiedis involved his other band Mr Bungle, with very few recent comments attacking Faith No More. Over the years, media attention often exaggerated tensions between the two bands, including TV personalities such as Greg Gutfeld.[188][189] Despite this, various members of Faith No More and Red Hot Chili Peppers appear to have remained on good terms since the initial controversy. Regarding the perceived conflict, Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea stated in a 1996 interview, "There was never any fight between us, that was a bunch of bullshit created by the media. I mean I think they're a good band. Maybe there was some things said between Anthony and the singer [Patton], but it all means nothing to me. [...] Those guys in the band are nice people and there's no fight, let's not fight."[190] At a 2014 show in Brooklyn, Red Hot Chili Peppers also notably covered a portion of the Chuck Mosley-era song "We Care a Lot".[187]
1. ^ The song was recorded in 1988 and first appeared on 1989's The Real Thing, although it gained popularity after being released as a single in 1990.
^ abBreihan, Tom (November 10, 2017). "Chuck Mosley, Former Faith No More Frontman, Dies at 57". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 16, 2020. Mosley joined the band in 1983. He sang on their first two albums, 1985's We Care a Lot and 1987's Introduce Yourself. With those two albums, the band helped establish the sound of California funk-metal,
^Gittins, Ian (2015). The Periodic Table of Heavy Rock. Random House. ISBN978-1-78503-165-6.
^Thomas, Stephen. "Faith No More Biography on Yahoo! Music". Music.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on August 21, 2008. Retrieved November 15, 2010. With their fusion of heavy metal, funk, hip-hop, and progressive rock, Faith No More has earned a substantial cult following.
^Neil Strauss (April 23, 1998). "The Pop Life; Horde Festival Offers a Surprise". The New York Times. Retrieved March 18, 2011. Faith No More, the 15-year-old San Francisco rock band known for its energetic mix of punk, jazz, heavy metal, alternative rock, samba, polka, and easy-listening, has broken up.
^Greg Prato. "Album of the Year review". AllMusic. Retrieved March 14, 2011. Outstanding tracks blend hard rock and pop melodicism the way only FNM can. Album of the Year was a fitting way for one of alternative rock's most influential and important bands to end its career.
^Van Put, Brett (March 13, 2023). "Vision Eternel Interview"(PDF). Transcending the Mundane. Archived(PDF) from the original on March 13, 2023. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
^ abcd"Papa Roach FNM Tribute". Metal Hammer. October 18, 2000. Archived from the original on October 19, 2000. Retrieved August 20, 2024. Papa Roach, North California's hottest new rock band, have exclusively revealed to Metal Hammer that they are recording a track for a forthcoming Faith No More tribute album. The band will shortly record 'The Gentle Art Of Making Enemies', a track which appeared on FNM's overlooked classic 'King For A Day… Fool For A Lifetime'. Coby Dick, the Roach's lead singer, told the 'Hammer: "Faith No More really inspired a lot of bands and 'King For A Day…' is in my all-time top five albums. I don't know who else if on the album but I think Korn and Deftones will also record tracks. We're very excited about it and I can't wait to get in the studio.Alt URL
^ ab"More Faith". The PRP. December 28, 2000. Archived from the original on November 10, 2001. Retrieved August 20, 2024. More information has surfaced on the upcoming Faith No More tribute album which is currently in the works. The latest addition to the tribute, is the band Primer 55 who tentatively plan to cover the track "Digging The Grave", which came from the groups 1995 effort "King For A Day, Fool For A Lifetime". Papa Roach are also on board for the project and plan to cover the track "The Gentle Art Of Making Enemies" which also comes from the aforementioned album. Papa Roach were in fact originally set to hit the studio to track their cover of the song recently, but have now delayed those plans until a label for the release is decided upon. Meanwhile, another rumored contribution for the disc which is being put together by former Faith No More and current Deftones manager, Warren Entner, is the Deftones covering "RV", a track which originally surfaced on the 1992 classic, "Angel Dust". Other artists rumored to be involved in the project are Taproot and System Of A Down although it is unsure as of yet which songs they will cover if they are included. No release date has been set for the album as of yet, although more details are expected to be released shortly.
^ abcdefghi"Faith No More". WhiteTrashDevil. January 31, 2001. Archived from the original on April 25, 2001. Retrieved August 20, 2024. More news on the upcoming as-yet-untitled Faith No More tribute album: Disturbed are set to cover "Midlife Crisis," Deftones are covering "RV," Primer 55 is covering "Digging The Grave," Taproot is covering either "Ricochet" or "Cuckoo For Caca," Papa Roach will be covering "The Gentle Art Of Making Enemies," and Korn is covering "Surprise Your Dead." Other rumored acts include System Of A Down, Slipknot, Incubus and Fear Factory. The album is expected to be released sometime later this year, although it is currently unknown which label will release it.
^Webb, Brian (March 27, 2001). "Interview: Taproot". The PRP. Archived from the original on June 13, 2001. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
^"Keep the Faith". The PRP. February 13, 2001. Archived from the original on October 8, 2001. Retrieved August 20, 2024. Taproot will be contributing their cover of the track "Ricochet" to the upcoming Faith No More tribute album. In other news, Disturbed have already recorded their version of "Midlife Crisis" for the effort and band front man David Draiman commented on it stating: "We've been Faith No More fans for a while and I think it's a tremendous honor to be making a contribution to this tribute album, Our version stayed true to the original, but we definitely did it the Disturbed way. It's much more aggressive." Meanwhile, Deftones DJ, Frank also recently commented on the status of their contribution saying that they have yet to pick a song to cover, though it looks more than likely that they will show up on the album. The current rumored lineup for the disc so far is as follows: Primer 55 covering "Digging The Grave". Taproot covering "Ricochet". Papa Roach covering "The Gentle Art Of Making Enemies". Disturbed covering "Midlife Crisis". System Of A Down covering "Cuckoo For Caca". Korn covering "Surprise Your Dead". Other acts who are rumored to also be contributing to the disc include Slipknot, Incubus and Fear Factory. No release date for the effort has been set yet, though its quite possible that it may surface in stores this summer/fall.
^ abcd"Midlife Sickness". The PRP. January 30, 2001. Archived from the original on February 2, 2001. Retrieved August 20, 2024. Disturbed have now chosen their selection for the upcoming and as yet to be titled Faith No More tribute album. They will be covering the track "Midlife Crisis", which comes from the groups 1992 classic "Angel Dust". Other artists tentatively lined up for the disc include: The Deftones covering "RV" Primer 55 covering "Digging The Grave" Taproot covering either "Ricochet" or "Cuckoo For Caca" Papa Roach covering "The Gentle Art Of Making Enemies" Korn covering "Surprise Your Dead" While, other acts who are rumored to also be contributing to the disc include System Of A Down, Slipknot, Incubus and Fear Factory. The album is expected to be released sometime later this year, although it is currently unknown which label will release it. Meanwhile, in related news, Papa Roach performed their cover of "The Gentle Art Of Making Enemies" live during last night, Monday January 29th's performance in London, England at the Astoria.
^"No More Papa". The PRP. October 18, 2000. Archived from the original on January 19, 2003. Retrieved August 20, 2024. A Faith No More tribute album is in the works and will feature tracks from today's heavier acts, so far Papa Roach have been confirmed for the album and will be recording their version of the song "The Gentle Art Of Making Enemies" in the near future for the disc which will hit stores sometime next year. Other bands rumored to be included on the album include the Deftones, Korn and Slaves On Dope.
^"New Sickness". The PRP. March 16, 2001. Archived from the original on April 17, 2001. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
