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IF THIS WHOLE “METAL” THING DOESN’T WORK OUT, THERE’S ALWAYS A CAREER IN PUMPKIN FARMING

 Wednesday, October 10th, 2007 at 12:04pm by

Faith No MoreJust ask ex-Faith No More guitarist Jim Martin. Our pal Nick over at The Deciblog reminded us of a hilarious fact we had forgotten about; Jim Martin is now a champion pumpkin farmer. Reports The Deciblog:

The results from yesterday’s Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, California are in: Oregon farmer Thad Starr shattered the previous contest record with a 1524 lb pumpkin. Since the first place winner gets $6 per pound, Starr walked away from the event with $9144… Jim Martin, formerly of Faith No More, must be totally jealous: the highest he’s placed in the annual contest was 4th in ‘03 with a 1064 lb pumpkin. Not that he’s throwing in the towel on his alternative career anytime soon; Martin hit the leader board again this year for the “Biggest from a San Mateo County Farm Bureau Member” for his 977 lb behemoth. The pumpkin will be on view this weekend (Oct. 13 + 14) at the Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival.

It’s good to hear that at least one former rock star hasn’t moved into producing and recording shitty bands or otherwise making a fool of himself. Seriously. Pumpkin farming is so metal.

-VN

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  • xtianrut

    Jim Martin rules. He’s not just Metal, he’s Punk As Fuck too.

    Pumpkin farming. I love it.

  • http://www.coreymitchell.com Liquidman666

    Man, I still miss Chuck Moseley.

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    who could miss chuck moseley? Thats like missing gary cherone!

  • http://www.coreymitchell.com Liquidman666

    Chuck Moseley > Mike Patton

    hands down…

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  • Joe Mama

    If you miss Chuck Moseley then you’re an idiot!! Patton is way freakin’ better than that guy was. FNM’s best work was definitely with Patton.

  • Scatoma

    Patton for sure. I have seen Moseley with Cement and Patton with many bands and there is no comparison. Didn’t he break his back anyway?

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    Even though FNM made some really good tunes before Patton came in, it was mostly Martin and the melodic keyboards of Roddy which made it great. With Mosley FNM would have gone the STP way anyway. With Patton, it was a sudden new dimension and attitude. Mike Patton is so versatile that he reminds me of a chameleon or Johnny Depp in movies!