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"I'm not sure why these nu metal bands say Faith No More influenced them. I don't want to be held responsible for the swill they're putting out." Mike Patton on his work ethic, stealing records and what happened when INXS asked him to be their singer

In this 2001 interview, we found that musical maverick Mike Patton relished his artistic freedom following Faith No More's split

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"They were doing something totally unique and otherworldly. It was mysterious and thrilling." 10 songs that Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland wishes he had written

10 songs which shaped Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland's life and music

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“The title was a kind of code word because the song was a preposterous, grandiose thing. Patton wrote the words a week after he joined the band”: The groundbreaking hit that saved Faith No More’s career – and saved the life of Slipknot’s Corey Taylor

The enigmatic lyrics continually allude to “it” – while never quite articulating what “it” actually is

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Mike Patton hints Faith No More have split for good

Faith No More singer Mike Patton has insisted the end of Faith No More isn't "a sad thing".

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“When you've been in a band you’re always, in the back of your head, thinking, 'Well, maybe this is it.' And I don't mind that feeling. I don't see it as a sad thing”: Mike Patton on feeling closure at the end of Faith No More

Band haven’t played live since 2016

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“I don’t see it as a sad thing”: Last Faith No More tour had “unspoken” sense of closure, says Mike Patton

The alt-metal innovators were scheduled to return in 2020, but abandoned plans due to Covid and Patton’s mental health

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"In the spirit of the Olympics, Team Tomahawk has decided to rise up and go for the gold once again." Mike Patton's alt. rock supergroup Tomahawk announce first tour since 2013

The "worst kept secret in show business" is now official as Tomahawk share A Huge Waste of Your Time and Money Tour plans

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"I was being bombarded with Madonna's image on TV." How a beloved rock band took aim at a pop megastar, sampled Simon & Garfunkel and ushered in a genre-mashing masterpiece with a 90s classic

This Faith No More song is so catchy, Disturbed covered it on two separate occasions

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“We didn’t expect to be Bon Jovi. We didn’t go into this band wanting to own 15 houses and have 17 supermodels on speed dial”: The 90s alt-rock superstars who lost half their audience and angered Axl Rose by making the most antagonistic album “in history”

How Faith No More made ‘the least commercial follow-up to a hit record in history’

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“It feels good to have a thousand people flipping you off. Just to see the amount of middle fingers go up when we go into it is amazing”: The alt-rock superstars who trolled their fans with a 70s easy listening cover – and scored a huge hit with it

Faith No More had already covered War Pigs

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"It was the perfect tragedy. Heavy metal albums found in their rooms, antisocial behaviour." How Lemmy, Corey Taylor, Henry Rollins and the metal community united to save three teenagers at the heart of a murder case that shocked America

The story of the West Memphis Three captured the attention of the metal world - and some of its biggest artists took action

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"I don’t think so. No." Roddy Bottum on whether he'd play with Faith No More again

Keyboard player Roddy Bottum appears to put the final nail in Faith No More's coffin

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“We opened with it and the crowd broke through the barrier. We had to stop midway because people were getting hurt”: The game-changing late 80s single that put an obscure band from San Francisco on the map and helped ignite the alt rock explosion

New singer, new sound, the start of a whole new era

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Add to playlist: the crisp conviction and poetic intrigue of Feeo, and the week’s best new tracks

Theodora Laird’s serene vocals navigate delicate, textural atmospheres like a breath of fresh air on a beautiful debut, with support from her regular collaborator Caius Williams

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"This is what art is": Mike Patton returns to action with new project AVTT/PTTN with folk rock stars the Avett Brothers

Listen to AVTT/PTTN's debut single Eternal Love now

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"Nine Inch Nails made me quit my day job." Zeal & Ardor's Manuel Gagneux picks the 10 songs that changed his life

From discovering black metal through Darkthrone to being inspired by Mike Patton for Stranger Fruit, these are the 10 songs that have shaped Zeal & Ardor's Manuel Gagneux

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“He’s gone from being unable to do the shows to clearly being unwilling to do shows with us”: Faith No More drummer Mike Bordin doesn’t see estranged singer Mike Patton rejoining the band any time soon

Don’t hold your breath for a Faith No More reunion

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How power couple Paula and Dave Lombardo traded thrash metal for sultry alternative: "Venamoris is a rebirth."

Venamoris' second album To Cross Or To Burn explores the darker side of the human psyche

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"While I survived the 90s, not all of me did." Alice In Chains icon Jerry Cantrell on riffs, extreme metal and the best rock record to come from Seattle

Ever wondered what extreme metal bands Alice In Chains jammed to? Jerry Cantrell has the answer

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“A ferociously experimental trip into the outer limits of rock, jazz, soundtrack music, cartoon horror and Zappa-like chaos”: The prog credentials of Mr. Bungle’s Disco Volante

Bizarre instrumentation and avant-garde construction made Mike Patton and co’s second album a curveball of epic proportions

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"We’re in a really weird spot, and I can’t really tell you what’s going on. I don’t know myself." Faith No More's Bill Gould has no clue as to his band's current status, and it seems like no-one else does either

Faith No More haven't played live since 2015 and co-founder Bill Gould admits that he's as clueless as anyone else as to whether the band have a future

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“People want to get onstage and stagedive, but if you run into me, you’re not coming back. There’s a Travis Bean-shaped dent in someone’s head”: Duane Denison on the inspired return of the Jesus Lizard – and that time he tried to sell Steve Howe a guitar

Chaotic, unpredictable, brilliant, the Jesus Lizard finally recorded their post-reunion album and it does not disappoint. Denison checks in to tell us how it came together and where it stands in the band's history

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“They asked Chris Cornell – they needed an exceptional singer”: How Faith No More’s landmark alt-metal masterpiece The Real Thing could have been very different

Charismatic new singer, groundbreaking new sound, a rap-metal classic in the making – this is how Faith No More’s The Real Thing helped usher in the alt-rock decade

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Faith No More are on “semi-permanent hiatus”, says keyboardist

The alt-metal pioneers haven’t performed together since 2016

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“I can just make music I like and it’ll **** off people I don’t like”: Zeal & Ardor on why metal gatekeeping is “funny” – plus Björk, Anthony Fantano, Mayhem and more

We tried to interview Zeal & Ardor mastermind Manuel Gagneux about gatekeeping. We ended up discussing Mayhem, Björk, Anthony Fantano and Mike Patton instead.

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