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Courtney Love used to sing for Faith No More. It was always this odd factoid that was thrown around every once in a while. But for whatever reason, it never seemed real to me. Well, I can’t really say that anymore. VH1 recently aired an episode of their ‘Behind the Music’ documentary series on the ‘Love’-ly lady herself and they even got a few words in from Roddy Bottum on the whole situtation. And uhhhh….if I’m to believe that those two banged uglies, then him being gay now makes perfect sense. (The FNM part starts at 3:10.)
Anyway, Courtney was out of the band almost as quickly as she was in, and I guess they found Chuck Mosley not too much later. And they all lived happily ever after. Then that other guy came in and ruined everything. (snort, snort)
It still feels weird to say it, but… I SAW FAITH NO MORE. Not even just that…I SAW FAITH NO MORE THREE TIMES.. A feat some might call crazy and obsessive, but the fact of the matter is that in terms of Faith No More fans, I am amongst the younger of the bunch. Angel Dust came out when I was seven, if that gives you any idea. So, I never even heard of them until towards the very end of their first run. I figured I’d never see them in a million years, but then I flipped a shit when rumors started spreading that they were reuniting back at the very end of 2008. (Yes, it was THAT long ago when all this started.) They played in London and the Download Festival that following June, and it was one big agonizing waiting game watching them schedule more dates all over Europe, South America, Australia and wherever the fuck else before they finally revealed they were doing US dates. I wanted to go to the San Francisco shows in April, but they were smack dab in the middle of the week, and uhhh….I have this thing called a JOB, so it really wasn’t going to work. But then the unthinkable happened: July 5th at the Williamsburg Waterfront. I got my ticket the second the presale opened. But then the EVEN MORE unthinkable happened: two more dates. One more at the Williamsburg Waterfront on July 2nd, and one in Philadelphia on July 3rd. Three show all right here in the Northeast. Two of which I did not even have to leave the city I live in to get to. I knew I had to go to all of them. This was never going to happen again.
And so, I did go to all of them. So now I invite you to read all about how I spent my Independence Day weekend with my favorite band in the entire world. I don’t really feel much like writing a long, drawn out essay on each show, so a lot of this will be whatever random thoughts popped in my head throughout each evening. Ready? Let’s begin:
The time has finally come. I will be seeing Faith No More not once, not twice, but THREE TIMES this weekend. The adventure starts tonight at the Williamsburg Waterfront. Tomorrow, I’ll be making my way down to the city of brotherly love for round 2 at The Mann Center in Philadelphia. (It looks very large and majestic from the pictures. I’m especially excited for this one!) I have July 4th off. (Happy Berfday, ‘Merica.) And I’ll be wrapping things up back at the Williamsburg Waterfront on Monday. I’m like one of those psycho Phish fans, except I smell better.
If you’re attending any of these shows, feel free to hit me up. I’ll probably be drunk and won’t remember you anyway. (SRSLY) If not, you can follow my livetweets on Twitter: @reigninblonde
I’ll try to recollect as much as possible for a legit recap next week.
Faith No More played their final show of their 3-night hometown stint at The Warfield in San Francisco last night. The band kept teasing about something very special that was to go down, and I totally called what it was: THE RETURN OF CHUCK MOSLEY!
I had read a while back that the only reason Chuck wasn’t part of the reunion already was because he couldn’t get his passport in order to fly overseas. But now that Faith No More are finally playing shows in the US, it was all systems go. Or so we thought…
What do I need to say? You all have ears. He sounds like shit. No enthusiasm. No charisma. No nothing. Was he drunk? Or was that Chuck just being Chuck? People were legit excited to see him, and this is the performance he gave. WTF. Well thank heavens for Roddy and Billy. Look at those guys rock! In pastel-colored pants, no less.
So ya know what?….it IS a dirty job and someone DOES gotta do it. That someone is not Chuck Mosley. GET OFF MY PLANE!
As for the fest of the boys, I’ll be seeing them in July. Not just for one show now….but THREE. Unreal. It’s like I’m a Phish dork or something.
-Elise
P.S. Anyone remember this little gem he put out last year? Oof. It’s just sad.
Faith No More have added a new cover to their set list on the current Aussie/NZ leg of their “Second Coming” tour. It’s Crowded House’s “Don’t Dream It’s Over.” I’m all for beltin’ out the chorus to this song, but I have never EVER known the lyrics to the verses. I’d say the same for the other cover they had been doing: “Reunited.” Buncha kooky motherfuckers. Whatever, still sounds good.
Makes me wonder what they’ll play when they’re finally here in the Northeast. (And not some stupid hipster jam fest in the desert.)
My vote is for “Tarzan Boy.” Tell me that wouldn’t be awesome.
I’ve been sitting here, waiting and wishing for these damn FNM tour dates to be announced so I can finally think about something else….and my friend sends this my way: A Small Victory, a FNM tribute band from right here in Brooklyn. AWESOME! Sort of. They sound kinda ehhh. Well, they have a show at Club Europa with a PRIMUS tribute band next Friday. I’m not sure I can go, but…dude.
There’s a bunch more FNM tributes out there. Here are the ones I know of:
Musically, they’re all…whatever, but those damn vocalists are pretty set on trying to mimic Mike Patton as best they can. What sorts of people are these that spend a good chunk of their time pretending to be Mike Patton? What goes through their mind? Maybe I should try to score an interview with A Small Victory’s singer….get inside his head a little. I guess it’s about as close as I’ll get to the real thing. Snort, snort.
Aaand with that, I shall leave you with something topical that I found on the Faith No More 2.0 blog. They are totally TEAM CONAN.
As for me….I’m an old lady who can’t even stay up that late anymore, anyway.
I am currently enduring a new hectic schedule. I do this thing at my new job….it’s called WORK. (Wow!) Quite a change from my last gig. I am also experiencing the worst sinus headache known to man. I am grumpy. Seems like a fine time to start whining…
Welcome to another installment of “Elise bitches about not having seen Faith No More yet.” South America recently got their fix of my favorite band, and since they had such a jolly good time (and who can blame them?), petitions from both Chile and Brazil have now started circulating the internet to get them to come back. Thoughts:
Can we Northerners have a go first? Stop hogging all the fun.
Even after they play here…just how long is this reunion supposed to last that they might decide to actually return to South America? I was under the impression that this wasn’t going to be super long-term. Not that I’d mind, but still.
Do petitions ever actually work? I can’t recall ever seeing one that did.
Bleehhhhh I want to die. I’m hoping to be back in fighting form soon. My nose feels like it’s going to explode. WAAHHHH
You may (or may not) have noticed that we were a little slow this week. There are a couple of reasons for this, but things will pick up soon enough. Julia’s in Kentucky this weekend, and I’ll be throwin’ more than a few back here in New York. I’m checking out some Skeletonwitch tomorrow evening, which should be just divine.
As for next week, we have something very very special planned that we’re pretty sure you’ll all enjoy. So keep it here! It’s gonna be good.
Until then…please enjoy this new footage of Faith No More playing a show in Mexico a few nights ago. They wore some silly masks during their first song, and still managed to sound way better than Slipknot!
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