| Product Summary | | Label: Rhin/mesa/bluemoon Records | | UPC: 00081227609924 | | Release Date: 1/28/2003 | | Buy.com Sku: 60585671 | | Item#: MHC6TT | Format:  CD |
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(p)2003 Warner Strategic Marketing
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Faith No More includes: Chuck Mosely, Mike Patton (vocals); Jim Martin (guitar, backgound vocals); John Hudson (guitar); Roddy Bottum (keyboards, background vocals); Billy Gould (bass, background vocals); Mike Bordin (drums, congas, background vocals). | | Additional personnel: Trey Spruance (guitar). | | Producers include: Faith No More, Matt Wallace, Steve Berlin, Andy Wallace, Roli Mosimann. | | Compilation producers: Billy Gould, Emily Cagan, John Vassiliou, Karen Ahmed. | | Recorded between 1985 and 1997. Includes liner notes by Paul Gargano. | | All tracks have been digitally remastered | | Faith No More was one of the most direct links between 1980s college rock and heavy metal, a pairing that helped give way to the broad "alternative metal" genre in the '90s. Formed in the early '80s, the San Francisco band bridged musical styles with gleeful abandon, as Roddy Bottum's New Wave-inspired keyboards and Jim Martin's metallic guitar riffs bounced off of bassist Billy Gould's funk lines and drummer Mike Bordin's tribal percussion. | | This well-selected 2003 collection presents a concise overview of the group's output, from early tracks featuring Chuck Mosely, a hopelessly off-key--but admirably energetic--singer (nicely showcased on the rambunctious hit "We Care a Lot"), to the group's heyday with the mercurial frontman Mike Patton. Starting with the revved-up "From Out of Nowhere" and the genre-hopping, omnipresent hit "Epic," THIS IS IT focuses on the band's Patton years, moving into the more aggressive and experimental territory of '92's ANGEL DUST (the seething "Midlife Crisis") and on to later albums, throwing in a few rarities for good measure. While FNM's influence on nu-metal has been acknowledged, this 19-song compilation also points the way towards Patton's adventurous later projects (Fantomas, Tomahawk, et al). |
| | Artist Overview | | San Francisco's Faith No More began dispensing their funk-laden thrash metal in the early 1980s with vocalist Chuck Moseley. When tensions led to the firing of Moseley, the band found a fitting replacement in Mr. Bungle frontman Mike Patton. Their classic-rock guitar riffs, slap-happy bass playing, atmospheric keyboards, and tribal drumming, alongside Patton's vocal gymnastics, proved to be a winning combination. FNM's 1989 album, THE REAL THING, became a surprise hit the following year. In 1992, the group released their masterpiece, ANGEL DUST, and embarked on a world tour with Gun N' Roses and Metallica. After the departure of guitarist Jim Martin, Faith No More released two more albums and called it a day in 1998. Since then, band members have gone on to numerous other projects, most notably Patton's Fantomas and Tomahawk collaborations. |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 01/28/2003 | | Original Release Date : 2003 | | Catalog ID : 76099 | | Label : Rhino Records (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Mixed | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00081227609924 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Uncut (5/03, p.115)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "...If only today's metal crop could boast such misanthropic wit and invention..." |
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