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Links for a day…vol. 138
- The band spent last week in rehearsal for their upcoming tour, according to Roddy Bottum on Twitter
- [tweet https://twitter.com/roddybottum/status/204117145074925568]
- Bigger pic here
- Swiss festival site openairguide is running a competition for 2 passes to Rock for People in the Czech Republic on 6 July, which of course features Faith No More as headliners.
- Relatively reclusive UK multi-instrumentalist Tom Vek has included Mike Patton as singer in his “Fantasy band” for The Independent: “Vocals: Mike Patton: The slicked-back-hair charmer from post-metal-thesps Faith No More has the capability to be screaming one second and crooning the next.”
- Anyone in the UK want to join a Faith No More tribute act? Check this out.
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RIP Robin Gibb; Peter Jones
Sad news today of the passing of Bee Gees icon Robin Gibb at the age of 62. The Venn diagram overlap of Faith No More and Bee Gees fans might not be the largest but FNM gained an appreciation of Gibb’s songwriting they might not have had due to the band’s 1995 cover of I Started a Joke – the perfect showcase for Mike Patton’s vocal range and the Gibb brothers’ often overlooked songwriting ability.
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Today also saw the passing of Crowded House drummer Peter Jones.
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Links for a day…vol. 137
- Please support Roddy on his AIDS/LifeCycle Ride.
Info and donate here
- Early version of Jungle features on SF Unscene compilation
[youtube id="S75J9nKm6-E" w="480" h="360"] - Teaser for the new Tomahawk release
[youtube id="ctEh2s9wcHE" w="480" h="360"] - We actually featured this cover a few years back but now it has made it on to the soundtrack of one of the biggest movies/films of all time - Five Finger Death Punch’s version of From Out of Nowhere from the The Avengers soundtrack
[youtube id="6JKyFS7Y-jo" w="480" h="360"] - A song called Faith No More – that is all
[youtube id="TLSig3Iafc0" w="480" h="360"] - Prometheus star influenced by Mike Patton (via PopBytes):
“Also, growing up, musicians like Mike Patton set the foundation for me to want to be on stage and to want to govern emotion and laughter every night. And that’s why I do so much theater.” - Mike P featured in the essential Atlantic magazine
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Faith No More: 20 years on
This week marks 20 years since I first saw Faith No More live – when they played with Guns N’ Roses and My Little Funhouse at Ireland’s iconic Slane Castle on 16 May 1992.
Here’s the band mentioning the gig in an interview on MTV’s Headbanger’s Ball
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Sonisphere confirm Knebworth cancellation
Sonisphere have confirmed that the UK leg of the touring festival, which was to have featured Faith No More as headliners, has been cancelled.
A statement on the Sonisphere site read: “It is with very heavy hearts and much regret that we announce the cancellation of Sonisphere Knebworth 2012.
“Putting the festival together in what is proving to be a very challenging year was more difficult than we anticipated and we have spent the last few months fighting hard to keep Sonisphere in the calendar. Unfortunately circumstances have dictated that we would be unable to run the festival to a standard that both the artists and that Sonisphere’s audience would rightly expect.
“We want to express our deepest regrets to the artists and to thank all the staff, suppliers and contractors who worked so hard with us to try and pull off what has proven to be an impossible task and we know how much they share in our disappointment. We also want to send a huge thanks to the Sonisphere fans who stuck by us and we are so sorry that we can’t fulfil what we set out to do.
“Ticket holders will automatically receive a full refund direct from their ticket agents.”
Team Sonisphere.
Sonisphere UK cancellation rumours intensify
Thrash Hits, the BBC and now the NME are reporting that the UK leg of the Sonisphere, which Faith No More are down to headline, will be cancelled.
The BBC story went so far as reporting that Queen had announced the cancellation on their official site. But the offending article – which featured the statement “It is with very heavy hearts and much regret that we announce the cancellation of Sonisphere Knebworth 2012″ – does not now feature on the Queen site.
No news yet from FNM but we’ll keep you posted.
Links for a day…vol 136
- Some nice isolated tracks from Midlife Crisis are now on YouTube courtesy of Stakaline:
Here’s vocals, keys and sample: - And Puffy’s drums:
- And speaking of the drumming deity, can you spot him here at the recent Sharks v Flyers NHL game?
(via Chris Panter) - Roddy and Imperial Teen perform Ivanka from their Amoeba instore gig last weeekend:
- Faith No More and Atari cartridges? Ricardo alerted us to this in comments
- Alas is seems someone has put together an elaborate fake as this image and post testifies:
- We may have posted this before but its a gem regardless – Faith No More featuring Young MC, Ozzy Osbourne and James Hetfield on Epic and War Pigs from 1990:
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Faith No More to headline Sunday at Sonisphere Knebworth: tickets now on sale!
Faith No More will top the bill on the Sunday of the Sonisphere UK festival at the iconic Knebworth venue.
Faith No More will give a UK exclusive performance on 8 July on the Apollo stage. Faith No More bassist Bill Gould said:”It was over 2 years ago when we decided to reform and play those amazing UK shows. The good news is, we’ve had a couple of years to improve our skills; moving our song to error ratio down 3.5 full percentage points. Watch out UK, we’re going to do it right this time!!”
The festival also sees Kiss give a world exclusive performance on the Friday night with Queen featuring Adam Lambert headlining the Saturday in a European exclusive.
Tickets pre-sale NOW
The special ticket pre-sale for FNM, Kiss, and Queen fans starts at 8pm UK time (i.e. now) through seetickets.com. No password needed, just the link. General sale starts on Thursday 23 February at 9am.
Other bands playing on the Sunday alongside Faith No More are Incubus, Marilyn Manson, Mastodon, Refused, Cypress Hill and Andrew WK.
General Knebworth info
You can find all the information you need to know about the fesival including tickets, how to get there and accommodaton here.
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Faith No More to play Sonisphere France – with poster and ticket details
Faith No More are to headline the Sonisphere France festival on 7 July.
FNM will play the Saturday night of the festival which takes place in Amneville.
Tickets go on sale for the festival on 22 February at 10am CET at www.avosbillets.com
Links for a day…(vol. 133)
- Tomahawk update first and the band’s Record Store Day release will be a box set of their three albums entitled Eponymous to Anonymous. The band’s Facebook page reported: “ Available on Record Store Day, all 3 albums on vinyl for first time, with space to insert the soon to be released 4th Tomahawk record coming soon!” Record Store Day is on the 21 April this year.
- Meanwhile, Trevor Dunn has joined the band.
- Next to Imperial Teen. The band play Noise Pop on 24 February and have also added these dates:
- Feb 25, 2012 @ Amoeba Records, San Francisco, CA FREE at 2 pm
- March 24, 2012 @ The Satellite, Los Angeles, CA
- And the band continues to attract rave reviews for Feel the Sound, with a 72 score on Metacritic.
- A What a Day remix from Kemtek
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