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Faith No More

#22
Mark Perry said:
+1 Wasn't Jim Martin (guitarist) chucked out for being a bit on the egotistical side? I'm a big fan of King for a day - probably their most eclectic album (altough i only own that and angel dust).
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Egoes don't get any bigger than Mike Patton's and he stayed to the end.

From what I understand Jim Martin wasn't pleased with non-metal, non-funk music they were writing after The Real Thing.
 
#27
Another Bill Gould/FNM fan reporting in!

I really dig Bill. He was a big influence on me as a player and I still try to bring a lot of what I learned from him to my lines. he really inspired me to be creative at a time when a lot of the music I was listening to wasn't really that creative at all!

I love Epic and King For a Day, but the real stand out to me is Angel Dust. He was really pushing the boundaies on that record, the whole band were. The little slap line from Everything's Ruined, the distorted bassline behind the guitar solo in A Small Victory, the slap line in Crack Hitler, the thunderous, riotous explosion of Caffeine. Excellent stuff.

Not only was Billy a fantastic player, the band meshed brilliantly as a unit. They came together and wrote some of the most infectious songs around. Every track on Angel Dust has at least one moment that stands out and wows you, whether it be the Sepultura-esque (and if you don't believe me, listen to Chaos AD) peak of Caffeine or the lilting guitar melodies of RV. Whats more, Billy's bass tone is consistently brilliant (and stayed just as good for King For a Day).

In fact, I'd stick my neck out and say that A Small Victory is one of the finest songs I've ever heard.

I don't care for what Patton does these days, but the band that produced Angel Dust was one of the finest around.
 
#28
Am I the only person that really felt "Album of the Year" was just that? Not to mention the best way to go out?

If I had to rank them I'd got like this:
AotY
KfaD
Angeldust
TRT
IY
WCA

More or less the reverse order of they releases.

Also, if anyone hasn't already had a chance to check out the b-sides and rarities that haven't been released (The Big Kahuna, Light up and Let Go... etc) GREAT STUFF!!!!!!
 
#29
zongeek said:
Am I the only person that really felt "Album of the Year" was just that? Not to mention the best way to go out?

If I had to rank them I'd got like this:
AotY
KfaD
Angeldust
TRT
IY
WCA

More or less the reverse order of they releases.

Also, if anyone hasn't already had a chance to check out the b-sides and rarities that haven't been released (The Big Kahuna, Light up and Let Go... etc) GREAT STUFF!!!!!!
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King
Album
Angel
Real

I prefer the Patton stuff infinitely more than Man era
 
#30
msquared said:
He may not be an amazing technique monster, but he comes up with bass parts which sound great in the context of what the rest of the band is doing. And of course all of that is a matter of opinion, but Billy Gould being inspring or favored as a bass player is a pretty widely held one.
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Thats pretty much it. He isnt a bass god, but he knows how to write a line that fits perfectly to the rest of the song. My personal favourites are Evidence, Stripsearch, The gentle art of making enemies, Digging the grave, and Jizzlobber.

But yeah, Mr Bungle are AWESOME. Get their first album, its wicked pretty much from start to finish.Disco Volante is pretty good as well, but it gets weird. Not that their first album doesnt, but this one is really weird.
 
#31
abark000 said:
Philistine.

He is a testament to what rock bass playing should be, something that stands out enough to be worth listening to, but not screaming, "Check out this wanktacular line I wrote." That whole band is a testament to what a rock band should be. Everyone who has ever played in that band has been very talented, yet cared very little about stroking their own ego with uber-technical parts that detract from the song as a whole. His playing is great because he had the chops to do so much more, but he realized any parts other than the one's he played would say so much less. Not to mention that he wrote the vast majority of the later songs.
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I was going to say something, but then Adam already said it. Basically, if you don't like Billy Gould, you don't like rock bass.
 
#33
I, for one, worship the triptic Real Thing - Angel Dust - King For A Day.

Real Thing is a solid rock album. It's got some kick ass tunes (Surprise! You're dead!). Vocal tones are a bit strange at first.

Angel Dust is more ecclectic, it's got a couple of syncopated numbers, and very very dark (Jizzlober, pretty effed up). I hated the album at first, but really, it's one of my all time favorite now. It's got more keyboard stuff.

King for a day is even more eclectic. It's got some metal with churning riffs, some bossa, rock, easy listening, big band jazz, smooth jazz, and some weeeird lyrics (cuckoo for caca? The tune slays, but the Patton turns scatologic).

easiest and more straight forward is Real Thing. Most intriguing is Angel Dust. The album cover says it all.

And yeah, Billy Gould rocks! And Mike Bordin is one hell of a drummer.
 
#38
Matt Till said:
Don't overlook Faith No More as a band, and Billy Gould's amazing bass playing. Get the entire album Angel Dust, you won't regret it.
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+ 5 million

How did I miss this thread?

I love wearing my Angel Dust shirt to concerts...I find all the closet FNM and Bungle fans:)

Although Angel Dust is one of my fave albums, I still like Billy's older, Gibson tone from the first two albums, and the Aria tone from The Real Thing....but Angel Dust was a welcome dark turn that scared the record company - kudos to FNM.

"The Real Thing" , from 6:46 till the end of the song = bass tone heaven for me.


EDIT: I just started reading this thread, and didn't realize how many people like this band..nice!
 
#39
FaithNoMan said:
I still like Billy's older, Gibson tone from the first two albums, and the Aria tone from The Real Thing
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I think he once told me in an email that Angel Dust was also recorded with his Aria, although I could've sworn the bass in "RV" sounds too clean to be the Aria. But I guess the master himself knows best.
 
#40
phxlbrmpf said:
I think he once told me in an email that Angel Dust was also recorded with his Aria, although I could've sworn the bass in "RV" sounds too clean to be the Aria. But I guess the master himself knows best.
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That is strange, right?

Angel Dust screams "Zon and Bartolini" to me..I had Barts put in my Aria Pro, and hated them, but I had an easy time getting "Angel Dust" tones with them...I went to passive basses after that.

I always preferred his Ric-like sound on his older albums, yet loved Angel dust as an album....Billy sounded like Paul D'Amour 7 years before Tool even came along..
 

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