Billy Gould and FNM

Kink Rimson · #1 06-20-2009, 11:02 AM

I had the good fortune to see the reunited Faith No More at the Download festival last week.
In addition to being an amazing gig, and the fact that they played Cuckoo for Caca, Billy Gould had one of the best live bass sounds I have ever heard.
I want a Zon.
That is all.

rulyøngo · #2 06-20-2009, 11:09 AM

I envy you!!!

Pearldiver · #3 06-20-2009, 03:57 PM

Did Billy use his wall of peaveys again? or has he moved on to something else?

Also does he still have that "grunt" sound he had on The Real Thing and Angel Dust?

jonthebass · #4 06-20-2009, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Pearldiver

Did Billy use his wall of peaveys again? or has he moved on to something else?

Also does he still have that "grunt" sound he had on The Real Thing and Angel Dust?

I was at Brixton Academy & Download and can report that Mr.Gould is still using a wall of Peavey's and has still got that great 'grunt' sound going on.

They were stunningly good and Billy Gould & Mike Bordin are a serious, serious rhythm section.

JTB

()smoke() · #5 06-20-2009, 07:04 PM

i reaaally want to see them

Gasman · #6 06-20-2009, 07:07 PM

I'm jealous. Love FNM and Gould. One of the very best rock bands of the 90's.

Kink Rimson · #7 06-22-2009, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Pearldiver

Did Billy use his wall of peaveys again? or has he moved on to something else?

Also does he still have that "grunt" sound he had on The Real Thing and Angel Dust?

It looked to me like a more modern Peavey head, can't recall the name but it's the one that the blokes from Slipknot and Nickelback advertised... Pro something?

Here is a link to a clip from Download, sounds pretty similar to the old stuff I reckon!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcK5Q...om=PL&index=32

You get a good look around the 2.00 mark.

Rickett Customs · #8 06-22-2009, 07:42 AM

The peavey "tour series"

Kink Rimson · #9 06-22-2009, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Alembicplyr

The peavey "tour series"

I'll take two!

Russell foulkes · #10 06-23-2009, 07:00 AM

apart from the things allready mentioned(i mean,they did CUCKOO!!!!),one of the highlights of their set at download was a drunk,half naked guy dancing next to us and shouting all of the words,as the set went on,he got more drunk and more naked!
the punchline?
he was supposed to be reviewing it for the times!!!
i wonder how THAT review turned out?!

phxlbrmpf · #11 06-24-2009, 04:22 PM

Cool, so he was using an all-Peavey rig after all at Download, the cabs were easy to spot but I wasn't sure if the head was a Peavey as well. That said, when watching footage from a couple other festivals they played on recently, I spotted that he was using two Ampeg stacks. And yep, he sounded pretty much the same using them.

It's a shame I didn't really have the cash to see their show in Frankfurt on Tuesday, according to the videos I've seen, they played "King for a Day" and it sounded pretty much just like on the record! The video quality was so bad that I couldn't even tell if Jon was using an acoustic for the verses, but my guess is he wasn't and used some kind of pedal to approximate an electric acoustic sound.

Bassmingo · #12 06-25-2009, 08:42 AM

I'll be seeing them in august for the first time. it only took 19 years!

Greevus · #13 06-27-2009, 11:32 PM

King For A Day is in my all-time fave records!! F*n great that they are back. Patton is god and Gould is jesus....

CaracasBass · #14 01-03-2010, 11:34 AM

Anyone knows the specs of Billy´s Zon? I know it´s a Sonus, but it looks like the pickups are in a different position: a humbucker in the middle and a jazz in the bridge...

Kink Rimson · #15 01-03-2010, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by CaracasBass

Anyone knows the specs of Billy´s Zon? I know it´s a Sonus, but it looks like the pickups are in a different position: a humbucker in the middle and a jazz in the bridge...

I think it's a PJ, only with the P pickup in a soapbar casing.

CaracasBass · #16 01-03-2010, 12:56 PM

Thanx, I´d already found another thread with the info. I knew it has to be somewhere in the forum.

Mikeus · #17 02-08-2010, 12:06 AM

Read about bill, songwriting early years and his peavey gear here:

http://www.underweb.com.br/brsabor/r...idhotmetal.pdf

going to see them later this month here in Melbourne!!! (AU)

JimmyM · #18 02-08-2010, 12:20 AM

i saw fnm blow billy idol off the stage in orlando in 1991. mike patton came out wearing a domino's pizza shirt, and the first thing he did was spit water on the crowd. i knew right then it was going to be a great show. billy idol kind of sucked. steve stevens quit and the new guitarist was decent but extremely boring. but fnm was amazing. billy's tone was cutting.