Faith No More is an alternative rock group that formed in San Francisco, California in 1982. Their music combines elements of heavy metal, funk, hardcore punk, progressive, soul, hip hop, and jazz, among many others. Their sound is influenced by
Eric Burdon ,
Killing Joke and
Frank Zappa , among many others.
Faith No More formed in 1982 out of the ashes of Faith No Man , a band formed and headed by Mike "The Man" Morris. Roddy Bottum , Mike Bordin , and Billy Gould , all ex- Faith No Man members, decided they wanted rid of him, and rather than firing him, all three quit.
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They changed their name to Faith No More at the suggestion of a friend (as "The Man" was no more). After cycling through a few guitarists, the members recruited Jim Martin . A number of singers passed through, including a brief stint by Courtney Love . Chuck Mosley became the full time singer and appeared on their first two records. Their best known song from this era is probably "", which satirized the prevalence of charity-related rock efforts such as Live Aid and "We Are the World".
The band gained a reputation for infighting and friction that sometimes went way beyond the limits of "creative differences." In a notorious interview in 1987, Mosley claimed that Martin had hit him with a bottle, and there were frequent rumours of physical confrontations between band members. Indeed, in a short history of the band in one issue, the British music newspaper Melody Maker observed that the band's internal relationships had descended into "pathological hatred".
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