Faith No More

“Sorry it took us so long to get back here, we had to go get old.” The Faith No More reunion was nothing new by the time the band from San Francisco graced Colorado with its presence at Red Rocks. The Second Coming Tour kicked off in London over six years ago. Mike Patton and the boys saw countless countries before returning home to play The Warfield in 2010. More dates, more countries, and a new album followed, yet Colorado was still left hanging. So although it hadn’t been thirty years (as they claimed last night), they had kept their Rocky Mountain fans waiting for almost two decades. I don’t know the exact date (or venue), but I’d have to guess it was around ’97 or ’98, for the Album of the Year Tour. The last time I saw them was in San Diego with Steel Pole Bath Tub for the King for a Day Tour, so it didn’t surprise me that Mike Bordin had gone grey, or that he needed a little oxygen assistance to pound away at his kit 6,400 feet (“Dennis Hopper on drums!”), but what shocked the hell out of me was the agelessness of Mike Patton. I’ve seen the guy perform with various side-projects at various festivals through the years, but I’ve never seen him as alive as he was last night. The few technical difficulties that the band experienced were largely erased by Patton’s unbelievable vocal range. - See more at: http://ilistensoyoudonthaveto.com/2015/09/10/faith-no-more-red-rocks-09-08-15/#sthash.m323uBsp.dpuf

The newly reunited Faith No More have returned with their classic alt-rock sound and despite several line up changes and alterations, Billy Gould and Roddy Bottum are in tow to perform to their loyal fan base with a plethora of cult hits. Hardly charismatic onstage, what they lack in showmanship they make up for in technical ability as from the first chords of 'Zombie Eaters' the band do not miss a single beat throughout.

Having enjoyed moderate chart success during their heyday, the band has a devoted fan base readymade as well as new revellers to their set. Having toured almost continuously from their incarnation in 1985 to their demise in 1998, the band are a slick performance act and never allow the pace to falter or drop off. A brilliant triple hit of their three most known singles 'Easy', 'Everything's Ruined' and 'Midlife Crisis' get the audience enthused and applauding during the mid-dip.

Now with some energy behind them, they finish on a brilliant 'Ashes To Ashes', taken from their last release 'Album of the Year'. The audience erupts in cheers and it is obvious proof that they are incredibly happy to have this band back together.

Faith No More takes 90s alternative rock and puts quite the interesting spin on it. Behind the masterful vocals of Mike Patton, the greatest vocalist of our generation, Faith No More takes the usual 90s alternative rock sound and adds in a bit of hip hop based influence and metalizes it all together for one of the most unique sounding bands of all time.

Some may look down on them for being so influential to the god-awful “rap metal” or rap influence in nu metal, but the fact that Faith No More spawned these types of bands should not be a knock on them, Faith No More has Mike Patton, other bands don’t. It’s no surprise why other bands failed.

As if it wasn’t enough to be an incredible studio vocalist, Mike Patton is able to not only pull this material off flawlessly in a live setting, but he is able to pull it of flawlessly while also unleashing bucket loads of energy. The guy was put on this earth for one reason and one reason only and that is to bring us immense joy with his unique timbre, unbelievable range and packaging that all together with unmatched energy in live performances.

Roddy's keyboard crapped out after the first song or two and they worked on it for most of the set and only got it fixed with a few songs remaining. Poor guy was clearly frustrated, and after each song the rest of the band would gather around the drum kit to decide which song to play next that didn't rely too much on the keyboard part. As a result, I think we got a slightly different set list than was intended, but band and audience took it in stride. I was hoping for a few more songs from The Real Thing and Angel Dust but the only disappointment for me was that they didn't play Zombie Eaters. I loved watching Billy Gould work his bass magic and Mike Patton can still sing scream like always. I'm super happy I finally got to see these guys play...better late than ever I guess!

Unbelievable performance by all band members, most memorably front-man Mike Patton, of course. I don't know how he can scream for 5 minutes then sing something as soft as "Easy". His voice is phenomenal and I hope I get to see them again before they (inevitably) split again. Was disappointed that the venue tried to oust us so soon after the show ended. It's widely known that the band makes an appearance after the show to meet their dedicated fans.

Great show. If you weren't there, you really missed something.

Great gig in a good venue. Sound quality was good from the seats, maybe less so at the back of the standing area. Dubioza Kolektiv were a very typical FNM support band and got the crowd down the front going. FNM started with new track, Motherf**ker, from the new album, Sol Invictus, which was superb and just continued to bang out the hits with new tracks fitting in well right until the end.

After 18 yrs. Faith no more has returned in a big, powerful new sound way! Like a fine 18yr. Aged scotch, they have just gotten better&better! It was one of, if not the, greatest concerts ive ever been to! And ive definately dont miss the new album may 18th!been to a lot!!! Dont miss em,

Faith No More's return to the Motor City was nothing short of amazing. Patton and co. played a lengthy set peppered with classics spanning their entire career, including a guest appearance by former FNM front man Chuck Mosley. Another bucket list act achieved!!! Truly spectacular...

They were awesome and really seemed happy that people came out to see them! Band was tight, Patton was money! Great set list across all albums with a good sample of the new songs as well. Great to see they are having a good time playing together after such a hiatus!

Faith no More were great, nothing else to say about it. Mike is at home in Italy, so it was fun to have him talking in Italian with the audience!
The worst was the location, a parking lot with no view of the stage... but this wasn't their fault!