Metal, Hardcore, Indie, Rock
Professionally shot footage of Faith No More’s performance on June 12th, 2015, at the annual Pinkpop festival in Landgraaf, Netherlands, was released by the festival’s archival channel on December 6th, as per theprp. The performance featured the band promoting their 2015 comeback album, “Sol Invictus,” which was released one month prior to the event. This album marked their first release since 1997 and is currently their most recent work, raising the possibility that it may also be their final studio effort. Twenty years earlier, Faith No More made their first of two appearances at Pinkpop, with footage from that performance shared earlier this year by the same archival channel.
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Faith No More‘s bass player Bil Gould briefly remarked on the band’s debut album “We Care A Lot” turning 40 on November 30th. The band was led by the late Chuck Mosley on the 1985 release. While the group reached popularity in 1989, after sacking Mosley and replacing him with Mike Patton, “We Care A Lot” wasn’t a forgotten footnote for the band. Unknowingly contributing to the development of the subsequent rap metal and nu metal genres, it was a frequently disregarded cornerstone of the band’s career. The title tune was also a small hit, which has found fresh life over the years, including being performed by Korn back in 2016 and being utilized as the theme song for the reality TV show ‘Dirty Jobs’.
Once the music is recorded and it let out into the world, everything becomes subjective: is it better, is it worse, is this the band at its most intuitive or most naive? On a techical level, this one is far from our best work. But in terms of spirit, it’s right up there. A highly willful gang of presumptuous kids, not quite understanding who they were, but yet, clearly feeling where they need to go. The band was unknown, so there were no outside expectations. But plenty of freedom and drive, and though we did argue a lot, we were united in the project on a core level..we spent money that we didn’t really have to create a vibe, and when it was finished, we looked at ourselves differently. So to me, this might be the one that matters the most, and set the stage for what was to follow.
