Actually its Faith No Man from 1982 with Mike Morris on lead vocals. This were uploaded to YouTube but I’ve only stumbled upon them now via Thanks, It Came as a Set. As that blog notes, this has a very Public Image Limited sound and is very much of its time.
These tracks – Quiet in Heaven and Song of Liberty – were released in 1982 as a 7″ single under Faith No Man on Ministry of Propaganda Records.
Here is an All Music Guide review. Sample quote: “Singer Mike Morris is actually really good, using his John Lydon vocals to rant angrily over the solid background supplied by the rest of the band. The lyrics are the typical angry San Francisco punk topics: they hate the government, they hate their girlfriends, and they’re terribly unsatisfied.”
This album goes for big bucks at auction ($200+) but is nearly impossible to find. The We Care a Lot LP is more readily available but the Austrialian CD re-issue is much more rare. It would be great if one day a full box set was available with all of these tracks and all the b-sides, etc.).
$153 in the last auction I found online
Word…I guess I could look it up but I wonder if there is any record of Mike or Chuck performing either of these songs live. Billy’s bass and Mike B’s drums really come through on Quiet in Heaven. It’s a very different sound overall than what we’ve come to know. In contrast to We Care A Lot and Introduce Yourself, there’s not much hint of what was to come. Pretty good songs though.
I picked one up about a year or so ago, great scan of he labels, caver and insert on my site.
http://www.pattonmad.com/Faith%20No%20More/Pages/FaithNoManQuietInHeaven7USA.html
Cool insert…I see that Matt Wallace produced this album as well. They also mention Roddy, so I guess Wade was out before the album went to press.
“Wade. austa la bye bye. – passing the faith to roddy.”