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Faith no More. Mike Patton.


bubinga5

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Ill be honest I've listened to bits and bobs of FNM over the years, and the musical chameleon that is Mike, what I have listened to is great.   then i got into Mr Bungle which is sooooo good. Girls of Porn being a favourite . I love this though. The bass line from Bill is really great and totally owns this recording.  I know good music when I hear it. I think. 

 

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4 minutes ago, lou24d53 said:

Billy Gould is actually very chatty on Facebook...if you ever feel drunkenly compelled to randomly message him like I did a few years back...very pleasant, but I backed off before I became stalker territory...😂😂

Sounds right up my street.😂

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Last time I went to the Download Festival they headlined the Friday, I didn't know much about them before but came away a fan, first thing I did when I got home on the Monday (after a shower) was to go out and buy Angel Dust.

Great band with brilliant songwriting and performances; Billy Gould's tone is superb too, particularly on King For A Day

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I just looked up The Real Thing on Wikipedia, staggered it came out in 1989.  I remember a mate playing it to me for the first time on 30th March 1990; the only way I know this is because it was a Friday and we were driving down to Pagham for the weekend with our wives.  It was also the weekend of the Poll Tax Riots in London.  Our gals had gone down in a different route, my mate had just got a Porsche 911 and wanted to get all showy off on the A3 and he stuck the album on just before we got to Guildford.  I have to say that I hadn't heard anything like it before,  Mike Patton's voice was just majestic.

Moving forward, I discovered Mr Bungle a couple of years later.  I'd concur with @bubinga5, The Girls Of Porn was the highlight.  The only thing I didn't really take to was the goofing off between tracks, so as soon as I had a decent DAW, I dreamily reduced it to a more succinct ten track album.  I'd also say that time I was very into bands like Living Colour and Fishbone, so the content of that first album wasn't as a unique as experience as The Real Thing, but it was still a belter.

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Bill Gould is hands down my favourite bass player and biggest influence.

i remember him in an interview saying you should play bass like you are fighting with it!

i love the slap, funk, metal, rock and everything else mixed together.

 

My favourite ever gig was FNM at the Sheffield Arena in 91 or 92.

Wierdest ever gig I went to was a Mr Bungle gig 😀

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