Some of you may have been waiting for a band you've heard of. Well, here you go. It won't be the last one, I promise. It's sort of funny that Faith No More is as well known as they are, since their music was pretty adventurous, their behavior off the wall, and their style all over the map. Their most popular vocalist, Mike Patton, is famous for his multiple stints with edgy and/or avant garde musicians across genres (e.g. John Zorn, Bjork, Kool Keith, Melvins, Melt-Banana and Dillinger Escape Plan to name a few). For him, Faith No More is pretty tame, but by most standards they were an innovative and kind of weird bunch of guys, setting the stage for other alternative metal bands of the 90s.
Epic was the band's biggest hit, and you'd have to have been living under a rock in 1990 to not be familiar with it. However, it's probably been too long, so give it a listen below. It's really a great song, even 23 years later. After a brief, heavy, anthemic and keyboard-laden intro (essentially the chorus minus the vocal), the song goes right into a Red Hot Chili Peppers-reminiscent rap-ish verse. There's a second variation of the chorus later which blends the heavy rock of the chorus with the punk-y rap of the verse that returns a couple of times and underlies the guitar solo before fading out into a nice solo piano outro. Enjoy Faith No More's only top 10 hit, Epic.
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