YMMV / Faith No More

• Awesome Music:
  • Their 1992 album Angel Dust is widely regarded as one of the most groundbreaking, influential albums in music history. The Real Thing is also well-loved.
  • "YOUUUUU WAAAAANNNT IT ALLLLLL BUT YOUUUU CAN'T HAAAAAVE IT!" In all honesty, "Epic" is pretty much the track that put Faith No More on the map. So much was achieved from a track meant to mock the Red Hot Chili Peppers, between showing the band's technical capabilities and Patton's powerful vocal range.
  • "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 Metal Scream ("IT! SHOULDN'T! BOTHER ME!") mixed with one-man wails, and an outro where Patton plays with his Soprano and Gravel tendencies like a champion. All in less than five minutes of music.
• Big-Lipped Alligator Moment: The CD version of The Real Thing has as the final track "Edge of the World", a creepy lounge-jazz track about a pedophile (there's a mention of being "40 years older") who's offering "candy" to a girl. For bonus whiplash, it comes on the heels of the heavy Mideastern-influenced instrumental "Woodpecker from Mars" (the final track on the vinyl version) and a blistering note-for-note cover of Black Sabbath's "War Pigs".
• Epic Riff:
  • "Epic", true to its name.
  • The drum intro to "Midlife Crisis".
  • The keyboards in "From Out of Nowhere".
  • The bass riff in "Falling to Pieces".
  • The main riff from "Smaller and Smaller".
• Fandom Rivalry: With Red Hot Chili Peppers, born after "Epic" was released and Anthony Kiedis accused Mike Patton of ripping off his singing style.
  • 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 Mr. Bungle's California album until after RHCP put out Californication and got Mr. Bungle thrown off several festival dates in Europe, so in a concert on Halloween of 1999, Mr. Bungle dressed up as the Chili Peppers and performed a mock-medley of their songs, pretending to shoot heroin and snort cocaine, and mocking the death of original Chilis guitarist Hillel Slovak. Kiedis then got Mr. Bungle thrown off another festival bill they were supposed to share with RHCP in Australia. Read up for more information - notably, the management and the other RHCP members emphasized to Mike that Anthony alone was responsible for that.
• Funny Moments: When they were featured on Top of the Pops, the band was forced to lip-sync their performance of "From Out of Nowhere". Patton proceeds to do things like doing a really hammy performance, batting his lips with his fingers while singing, and bobbing his tongue in his cheek.
• Growing the Beard: The band is considered to have done this with hiring Mike Patton, a highly skilled but then-unknown vocalist, to replace Chuck Moseley.
• Germans Love David Hasselhoff: The band was much bigger in Europe and Australia than the US. Their cover of The Commodore's 1977 hit "Easy" even managed to top the ARIA singles chart in Australia, making it the groups second #1 there, after "Epic."
• Heartwarming Moments:
  • The reason the band reformed: they realized they still really liked each other and that they made great music.
  • The band sometimes inviting former singer Chuck Mosley on stage to sing some of his old songs. While opinions vary on the actual performance, it's still a sweet show of respect to a former colleague.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: In the film Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, 'classic lineup' guitarist Jim Martin was introduced in the future as the leader of the "Faith No More Spiritual and Theological Center". The band's reputation only grew after their break-up and reunion, so describing a New Age facility named after them may not be too far off.
  • A review of ''We Care a Lot'' went "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? Lionel Richie?" Who knew that wasn't the only time Richie and Faith No More would be connected.
  • The band joking about how the flopping fish in the music video for "Epic" belonging to 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 CNN interview promoting her album Biophilia) becomes this when you realise that Mike Patton would later collaborate with her on the latter's 2004 album Medúlla.
• Memetic Mutation: Amongst fans, Chuck Mosley's monologues at the start of "Death March" and "The Crab Song" have appeared in many comments on the man's work.
• Moment of Awesome:
  • When they reformed in 2009.
  • Opening their first (official) reappearance with a cover of Peaches & Herb's Reunited, no less.
  • Releasing Sol Invictus in 2015, their first album in nearly eighteen years, to great reviews and their highest Billboard chart placement since their heyday.
• Signature Song: "Epic", "Midlife Crisis" or to a much lesser extent, "From Out of Nowhere" for the Mike Patton era, "We Care A Lot" for Chuck Mosley.
• Vindicated by History:
  • Initially receiving a lukewarm reception, especially in comparison to 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 bandmate Trey Spruance receiving particular praise for his contributions.
  • Despite the negative reception at the time,Album Of The Year has developed a stronger reception over the years.
  • 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 , his reunion gig, and his tragic passing.

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