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Faith No More Is An American Alternative Metal Band From San Francisco California Formed In 1979. Before Settling On The Current Name In July 1983 The Band Performed Under The Names Sharp Young Men And Later Faith No Man. Bassist Billy Gould Keyboardist/rhythm Guitarist Roddy Bottum And Drummer Mike Bordin Are The Longest-Remaining Members Of The Band Having Been Involved Since Its Inception. The Band Underwent Several Early Lineup Changes And Some Major Changes Later. The Current Lineup Of Faith No More Consists Of Gould Bordin Bottum Lead Guitarist Jon Hudson And Vocalist/lyricist Mike Patton. After Releasing Six Studio Albums Including Best-Selling Records The Real Thing 1989 And Angel Dust 1992 Faith No More Officially Announced Its Breakup On April 20 1998. The Band Has Since Reunited Conducting The Second Coming Tour Between 2009 And 2010 And Releasing Its Seventh Studio Album Sol Invictus In May 2015. After The Touring Cycle Of Sol Invictus Faith No More Went On Hiatus Once Again. In November 2019 The Band Announced That It Would Reunite To Embark On A 2020 UK And European Tour But Due To The COVID-19 Pandemic This Was Postponed. Touring Was Due To Recommence With A Brief US Tour In September 2021 Followed By The Previously Postponed UK And Europe Dates In June 2022 But All Tour Dates Were Cancelled With Patton Citing Mental Health Reasons. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Faith_No_More Studio Albums
We Care A Lot 1985 Introduce Yourself 1987 The Real Thing 1989 Angel Dust 1992 King For A Day... Fool For A Lifetime 1995 Album Of The Year 1997 Sol Invictus 2015
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Faith-No-More - The Real Thing
"Epic" Was A Breakthrough Hit Single By The Alternative Metal Band Faith No More. It Was Released In 1990 And Featured On Their Third Album The Real Thing. It Peaked At #9 On The Hot 100 And Was The Band's Only Top 10 Hit In The US. It Is Also The Band's Most Popular Song And A Staple In Their Concerts. Like All Of The Songs From The Real Thing There Is No Interpretation Of What The Song Is About Because Singer Mike Patton Wrote The Lyrics To Follow The Rhythm Rather Than Focusing On A Topic. Several Sources Including MuchMusic Claim That The Song Is About Masturbation. This Song Combines Heavy Metal With Rap Paving The Way For Rap Metal And Funk Metal. Some Rap And Hip-Hop Artists Have Cited This Song As A Major Influence In How They Shout And Syncopate Their Lyrics With Heavy Guitar-Driven Riffs. "Epic" Has Been Covered Both In Concerts And On The Kerrang Higher Voltage CD A Compilation Of Artists Covering Other Songs In This Case Welsh Rock Band The Automatic Covered The Song. The CD Was Released 20 June 2007. The Metalcore Band Atreyu Also Covered The Song On Their Album Lead Sails Paper Anchor. A Master Track Of The Song Also Appears In The Music Video Game Rock Band. A Shortened Version Of The Song Is Also Featured In The Racing Game Burnout Paradise. The Song Also Appeared In A Commercial For The Console Versions Of Street Fighter IV With The Announcer Stating About The Game's "epic Return". "Epic" Was Ranked #30 On VH1's 40 Greatest Metal Songs And #67 On Their 100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders List Even Though Faith No More Has Other Big Hits Too .
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Faith No More Is An American Alternative Metal Band From San Francisco California Formed In 1979. Before Settling On The Current Name In July 1983 The Band Performed Under The Names Sharp Young Men And Later Faith No Man. Bassist Billy Gould Keyboardist/rhythm Guitarist Roddy Bottum And Drummer Mike Bordin Are The Longest-Remaining Members Of The Band Having Been Involved Since Its Inception. The Band Underwent Several Early Lineup Changes And Some Major Changes Later. The Current Lineup Of Faith No More Consists Of Gould Bordin Bottum Lead Guitarist Jon Hudson And Vocalist/lyricist Mike Patton. After Releasing Six Studio Albums Including Best-Selling Records The Real Thing 1989 And Angel Dust 1992 Faith No More Officially Announced Its Breakup On April 20 1998. The Band Has Since Reunited Conducting The Second Coming Tour Between 2009 And 2010 And Releasing Its Seventh Studio Album Sol Invictus In May 2015. After The Touring Cycle Of Sol Invictus Faith No More Went On Hiatus Once Again. In November 2019 The Band Announced That It Would Reunite To Embark On A 2020 UK And European Tour But Due To The COVID-19 Pandemic This Was Postponed. Touring Was Due To Recommence With A Brief US Tour In September 2021 Followed By The Previously Postponed UK And Europe Dates In June 2022 But All Tour Dates Were Cancelled With Patton Citing Mental Health Reasons. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Faith_No_More Studio Albums
We Care A Lot 1985 Introduce Yourself 1987 The Real Thing 1989 Angel Dust 1992 King For A Day... Fool For A Lifetime 1995 Album Of The Year 1997 Sol Invictus 2015 read less
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"Epic" was a breakthrough hit single by the alternative metal band Faith No More. It was released in 1990 and featured on their third album The Real Thing. It peaked at #9 on the Hot 100, and was the band's only Top 10 hit in the US. It is also the band's most popular song and a staple in their concerts.
Like all of the songs from The Real Thing, there is no interpretation of what the song is about because singer Mike Patton wrote the lyrics to follow the rhythm rather than focusing on a topic. Several sources, including MuchMusic, claim that the song is about masturbation.
This song combines heavy metal with rap, paving the way for rap metal and funk metal. Some rap and hip-hop artists have cited this song as a major influence in how they shout and syncopate their lyrics with heavy guitar-driven riffs.
"Epic" has been covered both in concerts and on the Kerrang Higher Voltage CD, a compilation of artists covering other songs, in this case Welsh rock band, The Automatic covered the song. The CD was released 20 June 2007. The metalcore band Atreyu also covered the song on their album Lead Sails Paper Anchor. A master track of the song also appears in the music video game Rock Band. A shortened version of the song is also featured in the racing game, Burnout Paradise. The song also appeared in a commercial for the console versions of Street Fighter IV, with the announcer stating about the game's "epic return".
"Epic" was ranked #30 on VH1's 40 Greatest Metal Songs, and #67 on their 100 Greatest One-hit Wonders list (Even though Faith No More has other big hits too). Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.