FAITH NO MORE ARE HEADLINING THE DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL
Monday, March 2nd, 2009 at 4:05pm by Axl Rosenberg
Faith No Mania continues!
Following the news that the legendary Faith No More are, in fact, reuniting, it has just been announced that they will headline the opening night of this year’s Download Festival in the UK. Slipknot and Def Leppard will headline the following nights.
Oddly enough, the FNM-inspired nu-metal acts that Mike Patton has repeatedly professed hatred for, Korn and Limp Bizkit, will play earlier that same day.
Will Patton make fun of Fred Durst from the stage? Will Nikki Sixx throw a fit that Motley Crue’s umpteenth tour isn’t nearly as newsworthy? Can FNM’s performance even possibly live up to expectations? I guess we’ll have to wait and find out.
On a side note: I know some non-European readers have been freaking out because the band allegedly has no plans to tour the rest of the world right now. All I can say is: chill. We have it from a good source that this reunion is going to last quite awhile. Just be patient.
-AR
Mike Patton has repeatedly professed hatred for, Korn and Limp Bizkit.
Glad we have something in common. This reunion is going to bring back some memories.
Holy 1998 Batman! Download line-up looks straight outta the 90’s. All we need now is Nirvana to join the bill lol
muzikwhore…. except for the fact that Axl is talking out of his ass. Try finding any record of Patton talking shit about any nu metal bands and you’ll come up empty handed. If Axl has some source for his statement that he’d like to share, I’d love to see it. Never mind the fact that Mike Bordin, his former and current bandmate, played drums for Korn for a tour. Or that Patton himself has collaborated with Jonathan Davis on a Sepultura track. So, either Axl is full of shit or Patton has no integrity despite appearances to the contrary.
No, instead we’ll just let the metalsucks guys continue to represent alleged “facts” as they deem fit all in the name of conforming to their own small minded view; turning metal press into nothing more than the equivalent of pop bullshit like TMZ or Perez Hilton. Way to go guys.
He has said some bad things about nu-metal, but Patton has worked with Jonathan Davis, Chino Moreno, and Serj Tankian.
I know for sure though that he does probably hate the Bizkit.
To further add to my above comment, I hope to dear God that they come over here to the US.
PLEASE.
I have seen interviews in which Mike Patton Has cringed and made snide remarks in response to the insinuation that he was (because he was, like it or not) a major inspiration to the entire “nu-metal” scene. It is not that surprising that he would de-facto distance himself from any relation to a sub-genre that garners as much disdain as nu-metal…Beyond that, I can verify that Mike Patton is not a particularly nice guy and a bit of a pretentious ass. Maybe I would be too if I had pipes of fucking gold and was the singer of a platinum selling band by the ripe ol’ age of 18…I’ll still be at the reunion show if they play my city.
Mike Patton isn’t pretentious at all. He hasn’t got an over-inflated sense of worth that’s undeserved.
The man is humble, way more humble than he needs to be, considering Faith were arguably the first and best alt rock band of all time, and he has a million and one other under-the-radar genius projects that have made him a cult hero to musicians, music fans and such.
Before the inevitable “They’re doing it for money!” come up; no, they’re not. Mike Patton had the chance to earn an assload by fronting the reformed Inxs, he didn’t. He’s not on the breadline and he’d never do anything for that reason. Whether or not the other guys are, I don’t know, but Mike Patton isn’t. I doubt we’ll get an album, but with Mike Patton, anything is possible.
Very true. This is definitely not for the money. NOBODY in the band is hurting for money – but they DID want to get back and kick out the jams again!
believe it or not…
limp bizkit OPENED for Faith No More…
on their “album of the year” tour in 1997…
at least through the midwest…
yup…
I am not debating Mr Patton’s musical integrity at all, who could? I’m not saying that his attitude is undeserved either, but I have met the man on more than one occasion and have exchanged stories with several artists who have worked with him in one capacity or another and to say he is not pretentious is just plain untrue. Don’t get me wrong, I am a fan and I’m not trying to slag the guy. I’m just suggesting that he won’t be getting any awards for “nice guy of the year.” Maybe it is just the price of being a genius.
Patton in pretentious. He has the propensity to be a dick. A lot of artistic individuals are the same way. Maynard is the same way but I still love me some Tool. Neither one of them gets paid to be a nice guy though so who gives a fuck?
You won’t get any arguement from me on that one, Ben. I think both (Patton and Keenan) come from a long line of frontmen who have created an adversarial relationship with their staunchest supporters and fans as a reaction to the “hero worship” that they feel so uncomfortable with. But instead of physically baiting the audience like Iggy, Rollins or even David Yow, they seem to do it with dismissive and sarcastic remarks in the press.