History YMMV / FaithNoMore

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Roddy Bottum's coming out as gay in 1993. He's been one of the most prominent LGBT faces in rock for long enough that people seem to forget that he was one of the first, if not ''the'' first mainstream [[note]]several punk musicians including Gary Floyd of The Dicks and Randy Turner of the Big Boys beat him to the punch for being among the first in general, however he wasn't that far off[[/note]] rock musicians to come out at a time when the world as a whole was still distinctly more homophobic than it is now. He paved the way for numerous other musicians to come out, including [[Music/{{JudasPriest}} Rob Halford]], who mentioned that Bottum was the catalyst for his coming out. To younger fans who either weren't alive at that time or were too young to be cognizant of it when it happened, however, it may seem as if it's a case of "much ado about nothing". Most of the media attention at their peak of fame was more aimed at Mike Patton, mostly due to his trolling interviewers with admittance to corprophia (apparently not true) and the like, as well as being a band that was fairly open about its internal squabbles. Roddy coming out was almost an afterthought in most mainstream music media.

** Initially derided for his vocal limitations, Chuck Moseley has come to be embraced by much of the fandom, especially since the rerelease of ''We Care A Lot '', [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=H6PbyQH7aDo his reunion gig]], and his [[PosthumousPopularityPotential tragic passing]].

** The band joking about how the flopping fish in the music video for "Epic" belonging to Music/{{Bjork}} (at the time the lead singer of the Icelandic alternative rock band the Sugarcubes and was once seen as a joke before the Icelandic singer confirmed their story about her pet fish Linear Soul Child in a 2011 Creator/{{CNN}} [[http://www.bjork.fr/Linear-Soul-Child interview]] promoting her album ''Biophilia'') becomes this when you realise that Mike Patton would later collaborate with her on the latter's 2004 album ''Music/{{Medulla}}''.

* FaceOfTheBand: To most, Faith No More is Mike Patton and a bunch of nameless guys, as is often the case for Patton's bands. However, James Martin and Roddy Bottum also get a fair bit of recognition, Martin getting a cameo in ''Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey'' and Bottum being recognised for his work with Imperial Teen (and for being one of the few openly gay people in metal). Chuck Mosley is quite well-known as well, if only because Patton replaced him. Courtney Love is possibly the most famous person to ever be a member of Faith No More (much more than Mike Patton), but her stint with the band is barely known. Finally, while certainly the least obvious to the average listener, bassists and drummers tend to hold Billy Gould and Mike Bordin in high regard.
** Martin is well-known among hardcore ProfessionalWrestling fans, due to a superfan who resembled him being in the front row of nearly every ECW taping and several Wrestlemanias (known colloquially as "The Faith No More Guy").

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN3K5hNEPwU When they were featured on]] ''Series/TopOfThePops'', the band was forced to lip-sync their performance. Patton proceeds to do things like doing a really [[LargeHam hammy]] performance, [[BattyLipBurbling batting his lips with his fingers while singing]], and bobbing his tongue in his cheek.

* SignatureSong: "Epic" or "Midlife Crisis" for the Mike Patton era, "We Care A Lot" for Chuck Mosley.

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN3K5hNEPwU In this video]], the band was forced to lip-sync their performance. Patton proceeds to do things like doing a really [[LargeHam hammy]] performance, [[BattyLipBurbling batting his lips with his fingers while singing]], and bobbing his tongue in his cheek.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yoABwIlX3s YOUUUUU WAAAAANNNT IT ALLLLLL BUT YOUUUU CAN'T HAAAAAVE IT!]]

** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9_hCjcFNO0 A Small Victory]]" is not a song to be overlooked. Patton's lyrics about his grievance against competitiveness are punctuated by an iconic riff. Halfway through the song, it becomes a rich mash of solos and riffs, with Patton dotting the tune with his own MetalScream ("IT! SHOULDN'T! BOTHER ME!") mixed with one-man wails, and an outro where Patton plays with his SopranoAndGravel tendencies like a champion. All in less than five minutes of music.

** Initially derided for his vocal limitations, Chuck Moseley has come to be embraced by much of the fandom, especially since the rerelease of ''We Care A Lot '', [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=H6PbyQH7aDo his reunion gig]], and his [[DeadArtistsAreBetter tragic passing]].

* FandomRivalry: With Music/RedHotChiliPeppers, born following Anthony Keidis seeing a Music/MrBungle show and thinking Mike Patton stole his singing style.
** The music video for "Epic" is largely a parody of the Peppers.
** After a first meeting where they managed to at least settle the feud somewhat, Mike got angry at RHCP again because they asked the record company to postpone Music/MrBungle's ''California'' album until after RHCP put out ''Californication'', so in a concert he sang a verse mocking "Under the Bridge" and pretended to shoot up. Kiedis then got Mr. Bungle thrown off a festival bill they were supposed to share with RHCP. [[http://www.bunglefever.com/faq.html#I.14 Read up for more information]] - notably, the management and the other RHCP members emphasized to Mike that Anthony alone was responsible for that.

** Initially receiving a lukewarm reception, especially in comparison to ''[[ToughActToFollow Angel Dust]]'', ''King For A Day, Fool For A Lifetime'' is now highly regarded as perhaps the most varied album in their career, with Patton’s Mr.Bungle Trey Spruance receiving praise for his contributions.

** Initially derided for his vocal limitations, Chuck Moseley has come to be embraced by much of the fandom, especially since the rerelease of ''We Care A Lot '', [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=H6PbyQH7aDo his reunion gig]], and his [[DeadArtistsAreBerter tragic passing]].

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: ''The Real Thing'', recorded after Chuck Mosley was fired and replaced by Mike Patton. Mosley was vocally limited, and Patton was highly skilled but unknown at the time. It brought him and the whole band their biggest success.

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN3K5hNEPwU In this video]], the band was forced to lip-sync their performance. Patton proceeds to do things like doing a really [[LargeHam hammy]] performance to [[BattyLipBurbling batting his lips with his fingers while singing]].

** The band joking about how the flopping fish in the music video for "Epic" belonging to Music/{{Björk}} (at the time the lead singer of the Icelandic alternative rock band the Sugarcubes and was once seen as a joke before the Icelandic singer confirmed their story about her pet fish Linear Soul Child in a 2011 UsefulNotes/{{CNN}} [[http://www.bjork.fr/Linear-Soul-Child interview]] promoting her album ''Biophilia'') becomes this when you realise that Mike Patton would later collaborate with her for the latter's 2004 album ''Music/{{Medúlla}}''

* EarWorm: BE AGGRESSIVE! B-E AGGRESSIVE! B-E-A-G-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-E!

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yoABwIlX3s YOUUUUU WAAAAANNNT IT ALLLLLL BUT YOUUUU CAN'T HAAAAAVE IT!]]

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The band was much bigger in Europe and Australia than the US. Their cover of The Commodore's 1977 hit [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPzDTfIb0DU "Easy"]] even managed to top the ARIA singles chart in Australia, making it the groups second #1 there, after "Epic".

** [[https://books.google.com/books?id=rOtx9nPM4ncC&pg=PA36 A review of ''We Care a Lot'' went]] "''[[WaxingLyrical They care a lot. They care a lot.]]'' It's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it. If they don't care, who will? You? Music/LionelRichie?" Who knew [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPzDTfIb0DU that wasn't the only time Richie and Faith No More would be connected]].

** Opening their first (official) reappearance with a cover of Peaches & Herb's ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_mvIQPcdbc Reunited]]'', no less.