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Formed in San Francisco in 1983, '''Faith No More''' is a [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]]/hard rock/funk band probably best known for its late 1980s/early 1990s work, including the singles "Epic" and "Falling to Pieces" (off theof their 1989 album ''[[The Real Thing]]''). InTheir style of music is difficult to categorize, but in some ways their sound anticipated [[nu metal]] of the late 1990s.

Early albums were recorded with [[Chuck Mosely]]. (At one point in the band's history, [[Courtney Love]] sang vocals.) Lead singer [[Mike Patton]] left Humboldt State University to join '''Faith No More''' in 1988.

''[[The Real Thing]]'' was a popular album in the early 1990s, with some of its videos receiving extensive airplay on [[MTV]] (including one showing a fish out of water, flopping about--provoking anger from [[animal rights]] activists. The footage was in [[slow motion]]; the fish was returned to its tank).

In 1990, the video for "Epic" received extensive airplay on [[MTV]]. The end of this video features [[slow motion]] footage of a fish out of water, a sight which provoked anger from [[animal rights]] activists in the summer of 1990. That same year, '''Faith No More''' gave memorable performances at the 1990 [[MTV Video Music Awards]] (September 6th) and on [[Saturday Night Live]] (December 1st).

Faith No More appeared on a [[Keanu Reeves]] and [[Alex Winter]] film soundtrack called ''[[Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey]]'' with [[Steve Vai]], [[Primus]], [[Megadeth]], [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] and [[King's X]].

In 1991, the '''Faith No More''' song "Perfect Crime" appeared on the soundtrack for ''[[Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey]]''. This was not to be their only soundtrack contribution: '''Faith No More''' collaborated with the [[Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.]] for the song "Another Body Murdered" on the 1993 ''[[Judgment Night]]'' soundtrack.

Faith No More's followup album ''[[Angel Dust]]'' featured the song "Midlife Crisis, as well as a re-recording of the theme to the film ''[[Midnight Cowboy]]''.

'''Faith No More''''s followup1992 albumrelease ''[[Angel Dust]]'' featured the songsongs "Midlife Crisis" and "A Small Victory", as well as a re-recording of the theme to the film ''[[Midnight Cowboy]]''. In the summer of 1992, '''Faith No More''' briefly toured with [[Metallica]] and [[Guns N' Roses]].

Faith No More's next album met with sharp scorn from [[Beavis and Butthead]] and the band has since faded to obscurity.

<b>Discography:</b><br>

We Care Alot (1985)<br>

Introduce Yourself (1987)<br>

The Real Thing (1989)<br>

Angel Dust (1992)<br>

King For A Day... Fool For a Lifetime (1995)<br>

Album of the Year (1997)

'''Faith No More''' officially broke up in April 1998.