Faith No More Back on the Cover of Kerrang! Magazine
Kerrang! Magazine has always seemed to promote Faith No More more than other rock music magazines, so it comes no surprise that the news of Faith No More’s reunion would take the cover of the March 11th issue.
In this week’s Kerrang! magazine we welcome back the newly reformed Faith No More!
After an 11 year split, FNM are reforming for this year’s Kerrang!-sponsored Download festival. We chronicle how the San Franciscan nutjobs became the finest – and moist shocking – band of the ’90s!
March 12th, 2009 at 3:55 PM
…90′s photo?
March 12th, 2009 at 10:25 PM
Billy sad that Brasil is Possible, Please we need this consert!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks!!!!!!
March 13th, 2009 at 10:28 AM
nice pic!
March 13th, 2009 at 11:42 AM
looks like it will just be an article on them as bill put on twitter that there will be no interviews etc just stuff the band will put will themselves through their own channels
March 13th, 2009 at 1:33 PM
hahaha…”moist shocking”
They always DID have the ability to shock things that were moist.
March 14th, 2009 at 3:32 PM
you are right planetmaker nothing new in kerrang about fnm.just read billys twitter……does anyone out there know trey reznor he is from cardiff in wales…..hope you can help
March 15th, 2009 at 10:13 PM
Alleluyah!
March 15th, 2009 at 10:34 PM
Is there any way to ask questions through Twitter?
March 15th, 2009 at 10:57 PM
Nevermind about asking through Twitter, I take it you can’t. How did people ask him about Brazil though? Anyway are they reuniting just for the tour? It wouldn’t be such big news then for people outside Europe. I want to know if they’re making another album!
March 15th, 2009 at 11:22 PM
Who thinks this reunion has anything to do with the bad economy? I think the guys can’t pay their bills lol
March 16th, 2009 at 11:19 AM
I think this reunion (like others) has everything to do with the worldwide economic crisis. There is something good about this crisis after all
March 16th, 2009 at 1:34 PM
The Batman-
that’s what i thought! maybe the recession is killing off the bands’ labels.
i have my own theory. maybe Patton was waiting until he got divorced before he confirmed a reunion, so all the money he would make from it he wouldn’t have to part with half.
March 16th, 2009 at 1:41 PM
Well, then praise Jebus for the bad economy.
March 16th, 2009 at 5:24 PM
jesus… fuck the economy and fuck any stupid theory… just be happy that we are going to have the opportunity to see this band live once again!
March 16th, 2009 at 9:44 PM
ah men to that lol
March 18th, 2009 at 7:38 AM
From Roddy’s Twitter:
RODDYBOTTUM REaLly appreciating the FNM attention. NZ, Brazil, down under, yes to ALL of yous. I’ll post dates soon!!! Big Hug!!!!!!
March 18th, 2009 at 7:39 AM
WOOHOOO!!
March 19th, 2009 at 8:52 PM
Hi, Billy!!!
Please, come to Brazil! We all love FNM and are excited to see you again! Tell Mr Patton we still have “guaraná”.
I’m an old fan! And cant wait to check out your new album!
Kisses from Rio de Janeiro!
March 20th, 2009 at 1:54 AM
I have been a fan of Faith No More for well over 20 years, from their pre-Mike Patton work through their breakup in the late-1990’s. I snuck them in between other songs in rotation as a college radio DJ, back when the station was still good – 88.3 WVCR, Siena College – in the mid 1990’s. I have heard a lot of arguments about why Faith No More broke up. The direction the band was moving, personality conflicts, egos in the way, sick of working together, etc.
There is no doubt that when a group of people work together day-in-and-day-out and two or more of them do not see eye to eye – to the point where they hate each other – that a certain amount of dysfunction sets in. This dysfunction begins to eat away at the rest of the group. This dysfunction can lead to people quitting jobs, bands breaking up, and people getting divorced.
My contention is that after the recent announcement of a reunion tour that it should absolutely, beyond a shadow of a doubt, include Jim Martin.
One of the biggest arguments I have heard which led to Jim Martin’s departure from the band was the focus on vocals and lyrics, with less emphasis on the guitars.
Despite replacement guitarists, an accentuated focus on keyboards and bass to compliment the vocals in the albums which were to follow “Angel Dust,” Martin’s presence and virtuosity are conspicuously absent from them. Although good albums in their own right, the element of earlier albums which showcased Martin’s style and technique are missing.
Time apart can often have a healing effect on past relationships. While they may not be (and may never be) completely mended, they can become, to an extent, functional. Hell, I get along with and tolerate people I stopped (for very good reasons) hanging around with. Perhaps the members can go on tour with each contributing to songs that they contributed to and played in the past. Martin could cover songs from “We Care a Lot,” through “Angel Dust.” Trey Spruance (not sure if he is actually touring) and Jon Hudson could cover the later stuff. It would give them a break between sets.
I am a Mike Patton fan. I am a Jim Martin fan. The Cowboy Song. Epic. The FNM cover of “War Pigs.” We Care a Lot. Zombie Eaters. Falling To Pieces. Classic stuff. I’m beggin’ ya. Pretty please with a cherry on top. Add him to your FaceBook pages. Whatever it takes. Ask “Sir James Martin” to join the tour already. Please?
March 20th, 2009 at 12:14 PM
rugbymetal. They still hate him and have fucked him right off. Hes not coming back and apparently said he doesnt want to either. Dont get all pretentious about it fella they are better off without him and ive no doubtthey will perform better as a result. Changing guitarists during the show would make it so cheesy it would be a complete joke.
March 20th, 2009 at 9:17 PM
Yeah they REALLY did not get along with Jim. They never spoke to him again. They might as well ask Axl Rose to join them. Jim hardly did anything in Angel Dust and that was their best album. Did you ever see “The Making of Angel Dust” where he says “I don’t know what they’re doing”. Maybe it was because the focus was less on guitars, but don’t bother dreamin about him being back.
March 22nd, 2009 at 10:23 AM
they have always favoured faith no more because once upon a time it was a good enough mag, now its emo ridden shite and they now it. fnm hark back to better days in rock/metal and better reading,something you could learn about your favourite bands and not have to worry about the free eyeliner and studded dog collar falling all over the floor then having to wipe your own tears away because middleclass life is darn tough!
March 23rd, 2009 at 3:38 PM
Jim was good – but the band is better without him…
March 24th, 2009 at 7:38 AM
He may have been good before Angel Dust, but if it were up to him we would have never gotten an Angel Dust. So good riddance to him.
March 24th, 2009 at 8:38 AM
The reunion is the best music news of 2009 thus far!
April 12th, 2009 at 1:10 PM
Whats all this I hear bout Mike and the trouble and strife breaking up?
September 1st, 2009 at 9:48 PM
RMQG15 made a great case for the dillemma of “covering” earlier FNM song’s without one of the key contributors. It’s not necessarily disingenuous, but it’s a little bit… dodgy? Really, Jim deserves way more appreciation. Nothing against the new stuff that many people seem to like, but if the band is appreciated strongly for their work during Jim’s membership, and it is, that should stand to reason for some capitulation of what gave this band the stellar respect that people around the world have. It’d be nice to see some peace not war