Faith No More

[fishman17]

As I say I know relativly little about FNM. I have heard a handful of songs but apart from that my knowledge of them comes from reading a couple of RHCP biogs that (whilst obviously slightly bias) paint FNM in a pretty bad light as being copyists, something I would have to agree on having heard what I have. I may be wrong, as you can tell I know little about them, but you can't tell me epic is not a complete RHCP rip off? I actualy really like the song though and I would be really happy if they played

[rivalschools.price]

the people who think faith no more are one hit wonders are as uninformed as the ones last year who thought rage against the machine only sang 'killing in the name'

[bouncingflea]

<3 FNM

[shoptildrop]

Holy s***t official statement from band stating they are getting back together for european tour!! wooo hoooo

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/inde...-reveal-lineup/

Although this doesn't mean festies but who cares - when/where is all I'm bothered about :0)

[shoptildrop]

As I say I know relativly little about FNM. I have heard a handful of songs but apart from that my knowledge of them comes from reading a couple of RHCP biogs that (whilst obviously slightly bias) paint FNM in a pretty bad light as being copyists, something I would have to agree on having heard what I have. I may be wrong, as you can tell I know little about them, but you can't tell me epic is not a complete RHCP rip off? I actualy really like the song though and I would be really happy if they played

[thomasowen]

the people who think faith no more are one hit wonders are as uninformed as the ones last year who thought rage against the machine only sang 'killing in the name'

Edited February 27, 2009 by thomasowen

[she bangs the drums]

They are in one hit wonders in the respect that they have had only one top 10 single in both America and England.

[JeffLynnesBeard]

They are in one hit wonders in the respect that they have had only one top 10 single in both America and England.

[rivalschools.price]

the tag 'one hit wonders' is usually reserved for the type of band that appears from nowhere,has a huge hit,then fades in obscurity.not bands who sell millions of albums,sell out worldwide arena tours,have a massive fanbase,but happen to have only cracked the top 10 on a single occasion.

[she bangs the drums]

So following that logic are the following bands "one hit wonders"?:

The Pixies - highest UK singles position = 23

Pearl Jam - " " " = 10

RATM - " " " = 8

Smashing Pumpkins - " " " - 7

etc...

I've read enough of your threads to know that you have an eclectic (and generally excellent!) taste in music, and am surprised you use singles chart positions as an indicator of musical influence or prominence!

Whilst maybe not in the same league as most of the above bands, FNM are not that far behind and I would be overjoyed for them to play or headline

[fishman17]

They are in one hit wonders in the respect that they have had only one top 10 single in both America and England.

[thomasowen]

Are you really being serious?

They sold around 2/3 million just in album sales of the first 5 albums alone?

I'm not sure why you are still making these comments when you have admited you weren't into them, if you had been you would realise that this is a ridiculous statement and that the RHCP and other bands copied them.

[Paul ™]

Neil states FNM are the 3rd headliners for Download

[irons]

Neil states FNM are the 3rd headliners for Download

[eFestivals]

bit it's looking like Reading has Radiohead - hardly a tiny band!

[benisright]

If that's true Download is crapping over a fair few festivals this year, including Reading/Leeds with the spunkey Monkeys and KOL. Reading/Leeds had the upper hand last year, the tables have turned thou.

[rivalschools.price]

also,as the same company runs both festivals,they can hardly have turned the tables on themselves.as ive stated before,i think theyve delibrately done it this way because they know that reading will sell out anyway.anybody who knows the booking patterns for previous reading festivals knows that a reformed faith no more would definately have played reading,but they have put them on the download bill to sell more tickets as they dont need them on reading/leeds bill.i know this shows little respect to the rock fans who bought early bird reading tickets but its a buisiness decision.

[benisright]

also,as the same company runs both festivals,they can hardly have turned the tables on themselves.as ive stated before,i think theyve delibrately done it this way because they know that reading will sell out anyway.anybody who knows the booking patterns for previous reading festivals knows that a reformed faith no more would definately have played reading,but they have put them on the download bill to sell more tickets as they dont need them on reading/leeds bill.i know this shows little respect to the rock fans who bought early bird reading tickets but its a buisiness decision.

[sammysundae]

faith no more are headlining download. just to let you know. has this already been posted?

[rivalschools.price]

Im pretty certain that radiohead are a much bigger band than Faith No More. And FNM would never have headlined reading.

[irons]

It really depends what music you listen to. And if you ignore the fact that reading hasnt got any subheadliners or 2nd stage headliners rumoured yet.

Plus radiohead are a bigger band than any band announced for download.

Edited March 1, 2009 by irons