FAITH NO MORE:

The first time I heard FNM was in 1992. They had just released Angel Dust, and the single Midlife Crisis was airing constantly on MTV. My uncle had bought the album and kept bragging about how cool their album was. Being 12 years old, it didn't take him much convincing to get me to listen to it. And since it kicked ass, didn't take me long to get hooked either. I eventually got the CD myself, and I've been into them ever since.

FNM's sound is indeed in a league of it's own. They made their own sound by mixing heavy metal, funk, hip-hop and prog. rock. Giving out their debut album in 1985, We care a lot, they had already changed vocalists once. Starting for the band was no other than Courtney Love, widow of Kurt Cobain and now vocalist of the group Hole. But Chuck Mosley took her role for their debut album along with their next release, Introduce Yourself. Neither of these were particularly good, although Introduce Yourself did show signs of their style actually working as music style that could hold it's own. It wasn't untill they replaced vocalist Chuck Mosley with Mike Patton and gave out The Real Thing, that FNM finally had a hard rock act that they could be proud of.

Patton was a much better suited vocalist for FNM than Mosley. Being able to swiftly jump from singing and rapping, as well as adding a bizarre slant to the lyrics. Besides adding a new vocalist, the band had tightened focus on their own genre, giving birth to the hit single, Epic.

In 1992 they followed up The Real Thing, with the release of Angel Dust, and the smash hit Midlife Crisis. It sold respectably, but it didn't have the crossover potential of The Real Thing. However, it was with this release that Patton found his voice.

Albums:
We care a lot (1985)
Introduce Yourself (1987)
The Real Thing (1989) (platinum)
Live at the Brixton Academy (1991) (gold)
Angel Dust (1992) (gold)
King for a day... fool for a lifetime (1995)
Album of the Year (1997)
Who cares a lot (1998, 2 CD collection; best of CD, along with a disc of unreleased demos)