History Music / FaithNoMore

* ProgressiveMetal: Their work shows some shades of this, due to their fondness for experimentation.

** ''Angel Dust'' was [[DarkerAndEdgier much darker than anything the band had released before]], with the music being much heavier, the lyrics being more disturbing, and Mike Patton ditching the nasally alt-rock voice he employed on ''The Real Thing'' in favor of a [[GothRock Gothic]] croon.

* NewSoundAlbum: After releasing a single, "Quiet in Heaven"/"Song of Liberty", and demo cassette in a PostPunk style, they would shift into a more Metal-influenced sound with their debut ''We Care A Lot'', which pioneered AlternativeMetal, although it also employed a Post-Punk style, as did their later album ''Sol Invictus''.

** ''Angel Dust'' was [[DarkerAndEdgier much darker than anything the band had released before]], with the music being much heavier, the lyrics being more disturbing, and Mike Patton ditching the nasally alt-rock voice he employed on ''The Real Thing'' in favor of a [[GothicRock Gothic]] croon.

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Angel Dust'' was much darker than anything the band had released before, with the music being much heavier, the lyrics being more disturbing, and Mike Patton ditching the nasally alt-rock voice he employed on ''The Real Thing'' in favor of a [[GothicRock Gothic]] croon.
** ''King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime'' was heavier and almost keyboard-less due to Roddy Bottum being largely absent during that album's production.

* FunkMetal: After the Music/RedHotChiliPeppers, perhaps the genre's best-known band, even though they didn't work exclusively in it by any means...

* NewSoundAlbum: After releasing a single, "Quiet in Heaven"/"Song of Liberty", and demo cassette in a PostPunk style, they would shift into a more Metal-influenced sound with their debut ''Introduce Yourself'', which pioneered AlternativeMetal, although it also employed a Post-Punk style, as did their later album ''Sol Invictus''.

* AlternativeMetal: One of the founders of the genre.

%%* ConeOfShame: "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Cone of Shame]]".

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Angel Dust'' was much darker than anything the band had released before, with the music being much heavier, the lyrics being more disturbing, and Mike Patton ditching the nasally alt-rock voice he employed on ''The Real Thing'' in favor of a gothic croon.

%%* LowerClassLout: "RV"
%%* LyricalColdOpen: "Introduce Yourself", "Digging the Grave", "Collision"

* MetalScream: With Mike Patton, in a few songs.
* MotorMouth: "Surprise! You're Dead!" has Patton on a roll for this one.

* NonAppearingTitle: "Epic", "Stripsearch", "Naked in Front of the Computer", "Zombie Eaters", "Pristina"...

* PostPunk: They started out in this genre under the name "Faith No Man", releasing one single, "Quiet in Heaven / Song of Liberty". Their first album, ''We Care a Lot'', as well as their later album ''Sol Invictus'', displayed this genre as well.

* RapRock / RapMetal: Early pioneer of this.

%%* SpokenWord: The verses of "RV".

%%* UncommonTime: Shows up sometimes. "Malpractice" is a good example.

* StylisticSuck: The "Everything's Ruined" video, which features laughably obvious ChromaKey and StockFootage, inspired by county fair video booths. While the video is deliberately cheap-looking, it really ''was'' shot on a tight budget - after more lavish clips for "Midlife Crisis" and "A Small Victory", there wasn't much money left for a third video to promote ''Angel Dust''.

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime'' was heavier and almost keyboard-less due to Roddy Bottum being largely absent during that album's production.

* ProgressiveMetal

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[[caption-width-right:350: The band's lineup from 1997 to the present. [[note]] From L-R: Mike Bordin (drums), Billy Gould (bass), Music/MikePatton (vocals), Jon Hudson (guitar), Roddy Bottum (keyboards) [[/note]]]]

** Also from his project Tomahawk the song Malocchio starts out with Patton screaming 'CHEW IT!! CHEW IT!! CHEW IT TO SPIT IT OUT!!'.
** Fantomas' cover of the ''Series/TwinPeaks: Fire Walk With Me'' theme is sort of an interesting case because it contains a scream that's not actually performed by Mike Patton at all: It's a sample from the final episode of the TV series, which is scarier if you've seen the episode in question.
** The end of the bridge to Mr. Bungle's "Goodbye Sober Day" has one section in which Patton, unaccompanied, screams "CHAK! CHAK CHAK CHAK CHAKA CHAKA CHAKA CHAKA CHAKA CHAKA CHAK CHAK CHAK!" If you've never heard the song before, and it comes on while you're asleep, be prepared to wake up in terror.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: "Jizzlobber". Some would say it's a DarkerAndEdgier take on the trope.

** "Easy" by the Commodores, "War Pigs" by Music/BlackSabbath, the ''Film/MidnightCowboy'' theme, "Poker Face" by Music/LadyGaga, "Let's Lynch the Landlord" by Music/DeadKennedys, "Reunited" by Peaches and Herb, "I Started a Joke" by Music/TheBeeGees, "I Wanna Fuck Myself" by Music/GGAllin, "Niggas in Paris" by Music/KanyeWest and Music/JayZ, "Highway Star" by Music/DeepPurple. Not all of these are full covers -- some were brief snippets they would include in the beginning or middle of their own songs when playing live.

* FunkMetal: After the Music/RedHotChiliPeppers, perhaps the genre's best-known band, even though they didn't work exclusively in it [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly by any means]]...

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: What exactly ARE Faith No More? For simplicity's sake you could just say "a rock band", though it's a gross understatement. Mike Patton was hired precisely because he brought so much variety to Music/MrBungle, the archetypal band of this trope. In some ways, Faith No More are considered a poppier version of Mr Bungle with less of the GenreShift in their songs.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Veers between 6 and 7. A few songs (i.e. "The Real Thing", "Jizzlobber", "Surprise! You're Dead") go above this and a few (i.e. their cover of "Easy", "The Grade", "Edge of the World") that drop well below. These guys could pretty much play anything on the scale.

%%* FiveManBand:
%%** TheLeader: Billy
%%** TheLancer: Patton
%%** TheSmartGuy: Roddy
%%** TheBigGuy: Bordin
%%** [[SixthRanger Fifth Ranger]]: Jon

The band suffered its first AuthorExistenceFailure on November 9, 2017 when Chuck Mosley passed away due to a suspected heroin overdose.