Faith No More

[Axl]

IMO....

FNM aren't big enough to headline outright.

GnR aren't 'special' enough to justify all this wait being as they were there 3 years ago.

Fill in the blanks.

[BobbyG]

IMO....

FNM aren't big enough to headline outright.

GnR aren't 'special' enough to justify all this wait being as they were there 3 years ago.

Fill in the blanks.

[Axl]

They headlined the second stage last time out, so why not have them 3rd/4th on the bill?

Whether it's FNM/GNR/Blink 182/Led Zep/The Beatles headlining, Korn won't be sub-headlining, so I don't really know what they've got to do with it.

Edited February 24, 2009 by Axl

[Salt_On_Everything]

they were 2nd headliner in 2006 weren't they? so i reckon they won't be lower than 3rd.

[dewdropmagic]

One of Faith No More's last UK Festival dates (it may have been the last, I can't remember) was headlining the Phoenix Festival.

If they could headline that which wasn't even specifically a "rock" festival they can easily headline Download.

They never had particularly massive success in their home country but they were pretty huge throughout Europe.

[Axl]

They probably could headline, they're no smaller than Def Lep or Slipknot.

But i just hope they don't, because i'd rather it be someone else who i'm more familiar with. I'm one of the ignorant majority who think they've only got one song

[damagedoor]

They probably could headline, they're no smaller than Def Lep or Slipknot.

But i just hope they don't, because i'd rather it be someone else who i'm more familiar with. I'm one of the ignorant majority who think they've only got one song

[r0w]

Get yourself 'Angel Dust', for a start. You'll see that not only have they got more than one song, but about a thousand other bands have been living off them ever since. :-)

[Salt_On_Everything]

i only have a best of and the 'Digging The Grave' ep, i should really invest in more!

[Lithium05]

I think the problem with fnm is awareness, alot of the younger/casual Download goers are only likely to have been exposed to a couple of songs, probably just "epic" and "easy" and maybe "we care a lot" not sure the "kerrang tv" generation have had much access to more than those songs

[damagedoor]

I think the problem with fnm is awareness, alot of the younger/casual Download goers are only likely to have been exposed to a couple of songs, probably just "epic" and "easy" and maybe "we care a lot" not sure the "kerrang tv" generation have had much access to more than those songs

[Salt_On_Everything]

agreed. no FNM, no nu-metal in my opinion...

[Lithium05]

It's true. There're a lot of people on the forums who are saying something like "they're not big enough to headline because I don't know them." Which is fair enough on one level, but it's about more than that. The Kerrang generation might not *really* have known who The Pixies were, but they deserved their headlining slot at L/R. Without them, no Nirvana (to some extent). Without FNM, no half the bands the younger generation listen to now.

RATM, even. Not insignificant in terms of album sales, but most random people would have struggled to name more than 'Killing in the Name'. I saw that in the crowds: people mad to see them who - really - didn't know them at all and were just there because it was RATM.

[biffoire]

They're playing sonisphere apparently.

[Salt_On_Everything]

apparently according to whom?

[darrenbha]

I take exception to this comment that people who aren't old enough don't know much of faith no more so saying they're not big enough. I saw them several times first time round and don't think they're big enough

[Salt_On_Everything]

calm down, you don't wanna antagonise your arthritis!

[darrenbha]

No arthritis here mate. Looks like the sonisphere thing was a hoax on another site

[Salt_On_Everything]

only joking! i take it you saw the fake 'contract' on the official forums then?

[darrenbha]

Quite funny reading it made too

[Salt_On_Everything]

agreed. bout as convicincing as one of pogo's line-up posters... kinda wonder why people go to the effort really.

[beLIEveR]

Assuming they're doing a UK festival (I'd be shocked if they don't), it'll be Download.

Why would they play below two bands at Sonisphere, or Arctic Monkeys/Radiohead/Kings of Leon at R/L, when there's a major headline slot available to them.

And having agreed to do a headline slot, why would they THEN go on to not headline at another festival?

[metallimuse]

Assuming they're doing a UK festival (I'd be shocked if they don't), it'll be Download.

Why would they play below two bands at Sonisphere, or Arctic Monkeys/Radiohead/Kings of Leon at R/L, when there's a major headline slot available to them.

And having agreed to do a headline slot, why would they THEN go on to not headline at another festival?

[Salt_On_Everything]

off the topic a bit, but someones 'dream line-up' on the official forums had FNM below Electric 6 on 3rd stage.

that way madness lies...

[beLIEveR]

Download do have a history of having their headliner's play lower down at other festivals though.

Most famously and without excuse was My Chemical Romance who headlined Download and then played 4th down in one of the tents at T in the Park the same year.

I'm pretty sure that Feeder when they headlined Download played lower down the bill at other festivals that year but then you could argue that they only headlined due to Blink 182 spliting.

Lostprophets when headlining Download also played very low down the bill at V festivals the same year.