Faith No More-angel dust
February 15th 2010 08:02
Back in the mid 90’s alot of kids would either listen to metal (Metallica, Slayer, etc) or a rejuvenated punk rock (Green Day, Offspring, Nofx) or clinging on to grunge. Coming in almost smack bang in the middle of all genres was Faith No More. Crunching heavy riffs mixed with keyboards and punk rock spirit, Faith No More released “Angel Dust” and grew a mixture of responses. Some people caught on to it and loved. Some didn’t get it and hated it. When you push aside the opinions and actually get down to the songs. What you get is a a great album with diverse sounds, lyrics, ideas and texture that I feel it is probably one of the first albums to allow themselves to be so diverse in the space of 50 minutes.
‘Land Of Sunshine’ kicks off the record with a cacophony of sound before settling into a heavy funk slap-and-pop bassline. First single ‘Midlife Crisis’ is as straight up rock song as Faith No More could get. This followed by the polka/country waltz feel to ‘RV’ about a drunk trailer park trash father giving negative advice to his children. ‘Smaller and Smaller’ is a Black Sabbath inspired metal song and is followed by ‘Everythings Ruined’, a great tale of a parents dismay at finding out their son is a counterfeiter of money. A children chorus sings in ‘Be Aggressive’ and ‘Crack Hitler’ hints at some of the more musically obscure work Mike Patton has done with his other band Mr. Bungle. The album rounds out with two covers. ‘Midnight Cowboy’ is an instrumental track from the theme of a old western movie and the last track is probably their greatest hit, the cover of ‘Easy’.
Faith No More is a band that a lot of other bands, musicians and alternate music fans will say is a major influence. Never had a band blended rock, metal, punk, jazz, funk and alternative with such ease and naturalness. Comparisons to Red Hot Chili Peppers are adequate, but in the end doesn’t quite describe their sound sufficiently. Quite possibly one of the most underrated albums of the nineties, “Angel Dust” is a classic.
‘Land Of Sunshine’ kicks off the record with a cacophony of sound before settling into a heavy funk slap-and-pop bassline. First single ‘Midlife Crisis’ is as straight up rock song as Faith No More could get. This followed by the polka/country waltz feel to ‘RV’ about a drunk trailer park trash father giving negative advice to his children. ‘Smaller and Smaller’ is a Black Sabbath inspired metal song and is followed by ‘Everythings Ruined’, a great tale of a parents dismay at finding out their son is a counterfeiter of money. A children chorus sings in ‘Be Aggressive’ and ‘Crack Hitler’ hints at some of the more musically obscure work Mike Patton has done with his other band Mr. Bungle. The album rounds out with two covers. ‘Midnight Cowboy’ is an instrumental track from the theme of a old western movie and the last track is probably their greatest hit, the cover of ‘Easy’.
Faith No More is a band that a lot of other bands, musicians and alternate music fans will say is a major influence. Never had a band blended rock, metal, punk, jazz, funk and alternative with such ease and naturalness. Comparisons to Red Hot Chili Peppers are adequate, but in the end doesn’t quite describe their sound sufficiently. Quite possibly one of the most underrated albums of the nineties, “Angel Dust” is a classic.
Faith No More-Angel Dust LP
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