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Faith No More on Buzz TV Australia on 1997
And another one – Mike B and Billy interviewed on Australian TV in October 1997.
Faith No More on Australian TV in April 1993
YouTube user ShitifoundonVHS has uplaoded some old Aussie TV videos on the site and here is one we haven’t seen before – Faith No More performing Easy on Tonight Live in April 1993.
Mike Patton sings for little girl in Sydney show and more Mondo Cane
Mike Patton rounded up his three-date Sydney Mondo Cane trip with a second performance at the State Theatre on Tuesday night. During Sole E Malato he invited a six-year-old girl on stage and sweetly sang to her.
http://youtu.be/O2LKODdsA0Y
Meanwhile, the Mondo Cane shows were widely covered in the mainstream Australian media. Under the title “Mike Patton’s wild, wild Italian world”, The Australian was full of praise, reporting:
“There were the moments of classic Patton: the screams, the “noises” in his throat, the facial expressions that flicked from maniacal to playful and suave, the way he incorporated objects such as a guiro, a megaphone and a starter’s pistol into the occasion. He’s a showman, and for 90 minutes he held this audience in awe despite many of them having little idea what he was on about.”
Meanwhile, the Sydney Morning Herald gave a four-star review: “With a 24-piece orchestra, including a dozen Sydney string players, the dense musical arrangements of heavily dated Italian pop came alive. Never mind that we can’t relate to the Italian lyrics, Patton is a master of song and almost a caricature of a crooner. His expressions are ridiculously exaggerated and his diction is meticulous.”
The Daily Telegraph was equally effusive: “It wasn’t until he let rip with the screams on Che Notte! that we were reminded of his stunningly varied musical pedigree that has run from everything from soundtracks to experimental alt-metal. From that point on, the audience was riveted, never quite sure what Patton would do next. He seemed to lure the crowd into a Faustian pact, displaying devilish charm alongside his musical virtuosity.”
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Mondo Cane at Sydney Festival round-up
The unseasonal torrential rain in Sydney could not dampen the enthusiasm for Mike Patton’s Mondo Cane on 14 January at the Sydney Domain.
Videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQGpbyb2pPo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqJ_FX0wqcg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfADy4jQtwI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qdTGDtUFd0
Photos
Nina Ackerman has kindly supplied us with a superb collection of shots from the concert.
All pics (c) Nina Ackerman
Media reports
Adelaide Now
“Patton and his orchestra were forced to take a break with the words “violins don’t like rain”. With the remaining crowd in good spirits, Patton resumed his set after a 15 minute break. Cue big cheers, with the charismatic frontman’s performance and encore a reward for braving the soggy conditions.”
Cel Sydney
“This free concert was spectacular and if you braved the weather you witnessed an epic and unique show. Patton joined forces with an orchestra, band and choir, a 25-piece ensemble and delivered like he did playing rockshows with his other bands.”
Tickets
Tickets are available here for Mondo Cane’s two remaining Sydney shows on 16 and 17 January.
Links for a day…(vol. 127)
Our regular round-up given the Storify treatment
http://storify.com/faithnomore20/links-for-a-day-vol-126
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Tagged Australia, Faith No More, Links for a day, mike patton, roddy bottum
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Faith No More play War Pigs in Australia 1990 with Mike Patton on drums
The one where an injured and seemingly annoyed Puffy leaves and Mike Patton apparently takes over on drums.
This was recorded in 30 July 1990 in Sydney as part of a Live at the Wireless show for Australia’s leading station Triple J.
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Downloads of the full show are very easy to find on Google.
Bill’s birthday and burnt hair in Australia
Mat very kindly sent me an extract from the Australian book Rock Reader – Underneath The Riffs over the weekend with perfect time as the story contained within concerned Bill Gould’s 30th birthday – just 18 years ago yesterday.
In the interests of copyright we’ll not reproduce the entirety of chapter 5 of the book but the story goes that Faith No More were touring in Australia in 1993 and were due to appear on the Aussie Channel 7 TV show Tonight Live with Steve Wizard on 24 April. Sarah Brown, who was doing the publicity for the tour, recalled in the book how she received a call from Bill’s mother asking her to help arrange champagne and a cake for Bill’s 30th birthday that day.
In between the rehearsal and live TV show, Sarah arranged for the band to gather at the Mushroom Records in Melbourne. She said: “At the appropriate moment with huge chocolate cake replete with 30 lit candles I entered the boardroom with the entire company singing “Happy Birthday to You” to Billy. He was completely overwhelmed and couldn’t believe his mother had been on the phone to arrange this specially. For me the killer moment in particular was when Billy bent over the cake to blow out the candles, his hair caught fire. I was dying and paranoid about whether he had been burnt seriously, the band thought it was hilarious.”
For the TV appearance itself, the band – probably peeved at having to play to a backing track – suddenly took up smoking as they performed Easy after reading about the new anti-tobacco laws that banned any promotion or depiction of smoking on TV.
Video footage below:
[youtube id="OqSUykBAToM"]Links for a day…(vol. 52)
- Faith No More for the Rock N’Roll Hall of Fame? The band will be eligible next year though this blog from the New Jersey Star-Ledger is dismissive: “Next year’s list of newly eligible candidates, for instance, couldn’t be more underwhelming: it’s unlikely that the Indigo Girls, Megadeth and Faith No More will garner much support.” The same article goes on to propose Jane’s Addiction, Green Day, Alice in Chains and Oasis as future inductees.
- As we tweeted yesterday, LA Weekly have an in-depth “first listen” of Mike Patton’s Mondo Cane album. Sample quote:”But there is a key difference between this release and the majority of Patton’s enviable back-catalog: there’s not a whiff of weird for weird’s sake (with all due respect), making Mondo Cane — and not the regrettably hip-hop infused Peeping Tom — the true Patton pop record that his acolytes have been waiting for all these years.”
- And here is the track-listing for the record which is released in the US on 4 May.
1. Il Cielo In Una Stanza
2. Che Notte!
3. Ore D’Amore
4. Deep Down
5. Quello Che Conta
6. Urlo Negro
7. Scalinatella
8. L’Uomo Che Non Sapeva Amare
9. 20 KM Al Giorno
10. Ti Offro Da Bere
11. Senza Fine
[youtube id="KkhyyESYE5I"] - More Mondo Cane via Patton Archivo. Ipecac have released some new promo photos of Mike for the Mondo Cane release.
More wallpaper-sized images - Stubbadub have a great round-up of Faith No More in Australia photos.
- Finally, if you have any Courtney Love and Faith No More photos or video can you contact VH1′s Behind the Music’s Laura: laura.sibleyATmtvnmix.com
Faith No More at Soundwave Perth video and set list
Faith No More wrapped up their Australasian tour in one of Faith No More 2.0′s favourite cities with the final date of the Soundwave festival in Perth. It seemed like they finished on a high with a longer than usual festival set including Ugly in the Morning.
Video:
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Set list:
(thanks to Firsa and mouthoftheocean)
Reunited
From Out of Nowhere
Be Aggressive
Caffeine
Evidence
Gentle Art of Making Enemies
Chinese Arithmetic
Last Cup of Sorrow
Ricochet
Easy
Ashes to Ashes
Midlife Crisis
I Started a Joke
Ugly in the Morning
King For a Day
Epic
Just a Man
Encore:
Chariots of Fire>Stripsearch
We Care A Lot
Pristina
Links for a day…(vol.49): Chatroulette and more
- Faith No More are again proving pioneers by becoming the first band to broadcast a gig live via Chatroulette during their Australian tour. IT Wire have picked up on the story. Sample quote: “There were a number interesting characters that popped up last night, most notably a man and his son who bobbed along to the music and did devil horns with their hands. No-one else seemed to appreciate the effort, most users disconnected within 5 seconds when they saw a sea of 1000 raised fists and bright lights, instead of someone to talk to. There were young girls, half naked guys, and a grandpa playing guitar.”
- And here is some video courtesy of Male Practice in comments:
[youtube id="ENZ0a1Dr8tc"] - Photo proof from Stacey in comments:
- The band have sent their best wishes to their many, many fans in Chile after the devastating earthquake this weekend, with Roddy tweeting “our hearts and well wishes go out to our special friends in Chile. love & support from FNM” and Bill adding: “On behalf of FNM we would like to dedicate this tweet to all of our friends in Chile.” Faith No More 2.0 also sends best wishes to our many readers in Chile and hope you are safe and sound. A big shout to our friends Patton Archivo and mikepatton.cl.
- Reviews are finally starting to appear from the mainstream media in Australia. Here’s a review of one of their Festival Hall shows.
- This Town Ain’t Big Enough…in Sydney:
[youtube id="bpGAKimOkcc"] - This Guy’s in Love with You at the first Melbourne date:
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