History Music / FaithNoMore

* EpicRocking: "The Real Thing", "Jizzlobber", "Zombie Eaters", "King for a Day", their cover of "[[Music/BlackSabbath War Pigs]]". Ironically, "Epic" is slightly less than five minutes long (4:55).

* ''Sol Invictus'' (2015)

* ConceptVideo: The "Last Cup Of Sorrow" video is an AffectionateParody of ''Film/{{Vertigo}}'', with Mike Patton as Scottie, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh as Madeleine, and the rest of the band making humorous cameos.

* IntentionallyAwkwardTitle: "Crack Hitler", "Jizzlobber", "Cuckoo for Caca", "Naked In Front Of The Computer", and "Motherfucker". The latter was a single, no less.

* LyricalColdOpen: "Introduce Yourself", "Digging The Grave", "Collision"

* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: Trey Spruance's guitar credit is buried at the very end of the credits in the liner notes for ''King For A Day...'' due to the band being pissed at him for backing out of the band at the last minute after replacing Jim Martin and recording the album (he saw the tour schedule and decided it wasn't for him).

* NonAppearingTitle: "Epic", "Stripsearch", "Naked In Front Of The Computer", "Zombie Eaters", "Pristina"...

** "Das Schutzenfest" is a parody of German polka music, and how music sung in other languages can often include offensive lyrics that would go past the radar of someone who doesn't know the language in question.

* {{Retraux}}: The song "Mouth To Mouth" from ''Album Of The Year'' is written in the style of the band's work with Chuck Mosley. Mike Patton imitates Chuck's rhythmic style of rapping (similar to tracks like "R'N'R"), and the Middle Eastern sounding music calls to mind the way many of the songs from that period were based around synth lines and tight bass and drum rhythms. The track particularly stands out because the rest of the album is far more driven by electronica and metal. Many fans have wondered what "Mouth To Mouth" would sound like with Chuck on vocals.

* StepUpToTheMicrophone: "Motherfucker" has Roddy Bottum speak/rapping the verses, with Mike Patton only singing the chorus. Combine that with an IntentionallyAwkwardTitle and a chorus consisting of a ClusterFBomb, and it was a particularly unlikely lead single for ''Sol Invictus''.
* StraightGay: Roddy Bottum. Bottum revealed his homosexuality in 1993. In a 2001 article in The Advocate, Bottum stated that "I would never have thought as a gay teen I'd be in a band that would be considered heavy metal or hard rock."
* SurprisinglyGentleSong: Their cover of [[Music/BlackSabbath "War Pigs"]] was a live staple, so at a certain point they decided to spite the metalhead audience who started to ask for "War Pigs" and go into the Commodores' "Easy", and later Music/TheBeeGees' "I Started A Joke" instead.

** "We Care A Lot" features constant flashes to a baby. It's never explained.

** "Land of Sunshine", which has quite a funky tune, is about cults brainwashing people by asking a lot of personal questions and then pretending these things are 'wrong' and they can help them. [[note]]The song was written by piecing together phrases from fortune cookies and [[ChurchOfHappyology Scientology]] personality test questions.[[/note]]

* AmbiguouslyGay: Roddy Bottum.Bottum revealed his homosexuality in 1993. In a 2001 article in The Advocate, Bottum stated that "I would never have thought as a gay teen I'd be in a band that would be considered heavy metal or hard rock.

Oh, and apparently they are destined to one day found the "[[Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure Faith No More Spiritual and Theological Center]]".

** In live performances, Mike Patton pretty much always adds a couple of these to "Epic" - "it's outta sight" becomes "shit's outta sight", while "so you lay down on it and you do it some more" becomes "so you lay down on it and you fuck it some more".

* StepUpToTheMicrophone: "Motherfucker" has Roddy Bottum speak/rapping the verses, with Mike Patton only singing the chorus. Combine that with an IntentionallyAwkwardTitle and a chorus consisting of a ClusterFBomb, and it's a particularly unlikely lead single for ''Sol Invictus''.

* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: It's very rare for this band, but they do have an example in their cover of Music/GGAllin's "I Wanna Fuck Myself" - in order to mimic the sound of the original version, they deliberately made the recording quality as murky and indistinguishable as possible.

[[caption-width-right:350:The band's lineup from 1997 to the present.[[note]]From L-R: Mike Bordin (drums), Billy Gould (bass), Music/MikePatton (vocals), Jon Hudson (guitar), Roddy Bottum (keyboards)[[/note]]]]

Faith No More is an AlternativeMetal band formed in San Francisco, California in 1981 by bassist Billy Gould, keyboardist Wade Worthington, vocalist Mike Morris and drummer Mike Bordin. A year later, Wade Worthington was replaced by keyboardist Roddy Bottum and Mike Morris was ousted. After going through a series of singers which included CourtneyLove, the band was joined by Chuck Mosley in 1983. The same year, Jim Martin was recruited to replace guitarist Mark Bowen. After a long, long time spent changing the lineup before, eventually, Chuck Mosley was replaced by Music/MikePatton, and the band found massive success with their third album, ''The Real Thing'', which contains their best-known song "Epic".

!!Discography:

!!The band has examples of the following tropes:

* CoverVersion: "Easy" by the Commodores, "War Pigs" by Music/BlackSabbath, the ''Film/MidnightCowboy'' theme, "Poker Face" by Music/LadyGaga, "Let's Lynch The Landlord" by Music/DeadKennedys, "Reunited" by Peaches And Herb, "I Started A Joke" by Music/TheBeeGees, "I Wanna Fuck Myself" by Music/GGAllin, "Niggas in Paris" by Music/KanyeWest and Music/JayZ, "Highway Star" by Music/DeepPurple. Not all of these are full covers - some were brief snippets they would include in the beginning or middle of their own songs when playing live.

* EvilLaugh: The chorus of "Land Of Sunshine" consists of this provided by Mike Patton.
* FakeOutFadeOut: The album version of "Anne's Song" fades out near the end of the track, then it quickly fades back in for about ten seconds and [[NoEnding just abruptly cuts off]] - this is particularly jarring because the next track on the album, "Introduce Yourself", has a LyricalColdOpen.

** "Caralho Voador", from ''King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime'', has a verse in Portuguese (as well as the title[[note]]"Flying Dick", as in "penis"[[/note]]). For bonus points, it's styled after Bossa Nova.

** They have performed live versions of "Evidence" in several languages. The translation isn't always so smooth. A studio version of the song in Spanish was available via iTunes, and appears on the Argentinian release of ''Fool For A Day... King For A Lifetime''.

* SurprisinglyGentleSong \ TrollingCreator: Their cover of [[Music/BlackSabbath "War Pigs"]] was a live staple. So at a certain point they decided to spite the metalhead audience who even started to ask for "War Pigs" and go into the Commodores' "Easy", and later TheBeeGees' "I Started A Joke" instead.

** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rcYBP0FdL8 Falling to Pieces]]" includes [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext exploding fish and hands with eyeballs.]]

* SurprisinglyGentleSong \ TrollingCreator: Their cover of [[BlackSabbath "War Pigs"]] was a live staple. So at a certain point they decided to spite the metalhead audience who even started to ask for "War Pigs" and go into the Commodores' "Easy", and later TheBeeGees' "I Started A Joke" instead.

The band is best known for combining elements of HeavyMetal, {{Funk}}, ProgressiveRock, HipHop, HardcorePunk, and {{Jazz}}, among many others, [[spoiler:among many, many, many others... seriously...]], and is considered one of the most influential rock bands of modern times, "Epic" having massively influenced the NuMetal genre.

* EvilLaugh: "The chorus of "Land Of Sunshine" consists of this provided by Mike Patton.

** "Land of Sunshine", which probably has some rather well-hidden subtexts, but is about being happy (and not by using drugs), and is set to a dark metal background with snarly vocals.[[note]]The song was written by piecing together phrases from fortune cookies and [[ChurchOfHappyology Scientology]] personality test questions.[[/note]]

** They have performed live versions of "Evidence" in several languages. The translation isn't always so smooth.

They broke up in 1998 but reformed, triumphantly, in 2009. [[http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/faith-no-more-to-release-first-album-in-18-years-plot-u-s-tour-20140902 Their seventh album, the first in 18 years, followed in May 2015]].

So far they have made the following albums:

Oh, and apparently they are destined to one day found the "[[Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure Faith No More Spiritual and Theological Center]]".

* ConceptVideo: The "Last Cup Of Sorrow" video is an AffectionateParody of ''{{Film/Vertigo}}'', with Mike Patton as Scottie, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh as Madeleine, and the rest of the band making humorous cameos.

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%%[[caption-width-right:644:The band's lineup from 1997 to the present.[[note]]From L-R: Mike Bordin (drums), Billy Gould (bass), Music/MikePatton (vocals), Jon Hudson (guitar), Roddy Bottum (keyboards)[[/note]]]]

FaithNoMore is an AlternativeMetal band formed in San Francisco, US in 1981 by bassist Billy Gould, keyboardist Wade Worthington, vocalist Mike Morris and drummer Mike Bordin. A year later, Wade Worthington was replaced by keyboardist Roddy Bottum and Mike Morris was ousted. After going through a series of singers which included CourtneyLove, the band was joined by Chuck Mosley in 1983. The same year, Jim Martin was recruited to replace guitarist Mark Bowen. After a long, long time spent changing the lineup before, eventually, Chuck Mosley was replaced by Music/MikePatton, and the band found massive success with their third album, ''The Real Thing'', which contains their best-known song "Epic".

* TheCameo: Since 2010, former singer Chuck Mosley has occasionally joined the band live to sing one of the ''Introduce Yourself'' tracks.

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[[caption-width-right:595:The band's lineup from 1997 to the present.[[note]]From L-R: Mike Bordin (drums), Billy Gould (bass), Music/MikePatton (vocals), Jon Hudson (guitar), Roddy Bottum (keyboards)[[/note]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:349:From L-R: Mike Bordin (drums), ]]

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They broke up in 1998 but reformed, triumphantly, in 2009. As if September 2014, [[http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/faith-no-more-to-release-first-album-in-18-years-plot-u-s-tour-20140902 it was announced their seventh album, the first in 18 years, will be released on April 2015]].

** "Happy Birthday, fucker"/"I deserve a reward, 'cause I'm the best fuck that you ever had" from "The Gentle Art of Making Enemies".

* PrisonRape: [[WordOfGod Patton]] said that "Jizzlobber" was about his fear of going to prison and (presumably) being raped.

* {{Troll}}: Bottum wrote the lyrics to "Be Aggressive" and made them as unambiguously about gay fellatio as possible just to see if Patton would actually sing them.

* WordSaladLyrics: A fair part of their discography; "Epic" springs to mind as a specific example, although you will hear all sorts of contradictory accounts of what Mike Patton allegedly said the lyrics mean, many of which are urban legends. Mike has mentioned before that he feels his lyrics are his weakest skill in composition.

* StepUpToTheMicrophone: "Motherfucker" has Roddy Bottum speak/rapping the verses, with Mike Patton only singing the chorus. Couple that with an IntentionallyAwkwardTitle and it's a particularly unlikely lead single for ''Sol Invictus''.