Playing their first show in the US since 1997, Faith No More has been confirmed to play the Coachella festival on Saturday, April 17th.
No word yet on additional US dates.
No, that’s not a joke, there’s yet another Faith No More greatest hits album coming out June 1st, and it’s really called “The Very Best Definitive Ultimate Greatest Hits.”
CD 1 – Fully Remastered Tracks
CD 2 – B-Sides, Covers and Rarities
iTunes Exclusive Tracks
If you want a copy for free, Thrash Hits is giving away five copies.
Thanks to mik kime for sending this along.
This morning Billy shared a photo of their rehearsal space.
Roddy drove up to San Francisco from Los Angeles today to rehearse with the band. He promised photos when he arrived and posted these shots of the individual members on TwitPic. This is the closest we’ve gotten to a reunion photo so far.
Twitter has been around for over two years, but it seems to have reached critical mass recently.
Billy Gould (@mrgould) started using it to communicate about the Faith No More reunion. Then Roddy Bottom (@roddybottom) joined. Even Chuck Mosley (@chuckmosley) has an account now. With the launch of the new website, Ipecac Recordings (@ipecacrec) is now on Twitter as well.
I often come across things of interest, but don’t get around to posting them until it’s old news or I’ve forgotten about them entirely. So, with the recent popularity of Twitter, I realized that I can send out tweets much more frequently and more timely than I can update this site. So for fresh content, follow @CacaVolante on Twitter.
If you weren’t able to get a copy of the March 11th issue of Kerrang!, here’s a composite of the article:
Thanks to “Mr John” for the scans.
I try to keep up with what’s going on with the FNM reunion, but to make sure you get all the information, there are a couple of other blogs that you should be reading, if you’re not already.
If there are other blogs actively covering the Faith No More reunion, please let me know.
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!
According to a Digital Spy interview with Krist Novoselic, bands like Faith No More “paved the way for Nirvana.”
“Living on the margins for so long, living in the underground scene it’s like: ‘Oh this will never catch on’.
“But it did, and it was starting to change where you had bands like Faith No More and Jane’s Addiction.
“They were these rock bands but they were more like alternative or edgy. Then they paved the way for Nirvana.”
Douglas Esper recently interviewed Chuck Mosley about his new album and asked him what he thinks about the Faith No More reunion.