Faith No More

[dave_mc]

i don't really think you can hold them responsible for nu metal, it's not like they knew it was going to happen. i mean, i hate nu metal, but i like FNM. That'd be a bit like blaming niels bohr for the atomic bomb because he came up with the structure of the atom... :?

[Will]

Can't be arsed to read the whole thread, but remember Feeder a few years ago?!

more to the point, WhiteSnake and Def Leppard!!!
Didn't think that would happen so soon, after my girlfriend of the time promised to buy tickets, then found out the cost of them. I hope they are on the same day.

[FELINEGUITARS]

I wish they would have some sense and put the oldie/classic bands all on the same day

Whitesnake, Def Leppard, ZZ Top, Motley Crue, Anvil etc

Then I dont have to pend 3 days in a warzone with 3rd world toilets to see them all
I've never liked festivals that were more than a day - always liked the old Monsters of Rock and indoor gigs

[WezV]

old Monsters of Rock

i always thought download was just the latest version of monsters of rock... quite local for me actually but i always like the camping at festivals so tend to go further

[shobet]

Old monsters of rock, now we're talking! I had to use my pants to wipe my arse after a particularly large poo (even by my standards) before going in 88, I believe it was due to mixing my drinks, or something. But at least it was only the one day going commando after that. I felt sorry for the bird that was standing outside the lav to go in next. If I'd have known, I wouldn't have stuck me cecks to the side of the cubicle. Oh happy days...

[Johnny Mac]

^ :lol:

I went to Monsters Of Rock and yes they did it all in one day. It was a great day out and cheap!
The 3 day thing and spreading those bands over it, is how the promoters get you to part with the money for a 3 day ticket. Fests years ago were organised in the spirit of the event. Now its about money. IMO this turn of tactics came about in the mid 90's when 'Britpop' became popular and that took over Glastonbury from the crusty new age traveler event it had become. Mr Eavis realised he was sitting on a Goldmine, or his advisers did and that high price and 3 day event style of organising became the template for the other festivals. This is of course just my observation but things did rapidly change when Festivals became popular or more popular than they had been previously.

[Philly Q]

I went to the first two Monsters of Rock - Rainbow in '80 and AC/DC in '81.  Didn't enjoy it that much to be honest - I forgot my glasses one year (due to having to get up at 4am) so couldn't see anything all day.  And the other time it was raining so the whole place turned into a sea of mud with bales of hay dotted around like little islands.  We did meet Mick Box from Uriah Heep though! 

I avoided the "toilet problem" (so beautifully described by Shobet  :lol: ) by not eating or drinking, at all, for 24 hours...

Never again.

[Johnny Mac]

I went to the first two Monsters of Rock - Rainbow in '80 and AC/DC in '81.  Didn't enjoy it that much to be honest - I forgot my glasses one year (due to having to get up at 4am) so couldn't see anything all day.  And the other time it was raining so the whole place turned into a sea of mud with bales of hay dotted around like little islands.  We did meet Mick Box from Uriah Heep though! 

I avoided the "toilet problem" (so beautifully described by Shobet  :lol: ) by not eating or drinking, at all, for 24 hours...

Never again.

 :lol: :lol:

[ToneMonkey]

My mum went to Mosters of Rock with my brother.  Was there one with Metalica and Machine Head?

[JRM75]

ahhh wish I had the cash to travel from Oz to see this, with all the hostility towards FNM getting the headlining gig, patton will be in his element. 

[gingataff]

My mum went to Mosters of Rock with my brother.  Was there one with Metalica and Machine Head?

1996

Edit: I was there, and probably got the T-shirt.

Edit: Actually I just checked Wikipedia and it was 1995: Time flies :(

[Roobubba]

Admittingly I used to love some of their stuff (Epic, Midlife Crisis, Ashes to Ashes)

I can take or leave FNM. I do like some of their stuff, like those songs mentioned above - very good tracks - but the one thing that keeps me from really liking Faith No More is the truly abysmal vocal work on, especially (but not limited to): We Care A Lot. It's absolutely diabolical! Reminds me of the total vocal failure that is Bob Dylan...

Either way, they are undoubtedly a big band who have influenced a lot of people, but - unlike the Beatles - they *did* manage to do some good stuff, so they should at least have a little bit of respect for that :)

Roo

[Ian Price]

the one thing that keeps me from really liking Faith No More is the truly abysmal vocal work on, especially (but not limited to): We Care A Lot.

Chuck Moseley isn't the singer anymore Roo so you have no reason to not like them (unless you don't like Mike Patton!)

[Roobubba]

the one thing that keeps me from really liking Faith No More is the truly abysmal vocal work on, especially (but not limited to): We Care A Lot.

Chuck Moseley isn't the singer anymore Roo so you have no reason to not like them (unless you don't like Mike Patton!)

Excellent :) I figured that, since Album of the Year is pretty much fine as far as vocals goes, they'd got rid of the previous loser :) Good for them!

[FELINEGUITARS]

My first Monsters gig was 1984 with
    * AC/DC
    * Van Halen
    * Ozzy Osbourne
    * Gary Moore (recorded as Live At Monsters Of Rock)
    * Y&T
    * Accept
    * Mötley Crüe


Went again in 1988 - the year that the fans died in the GNR crush  (GNR were somewhat overrated that day to be fair)
    * Iron Maiden
    * KISS
    * David Lee Roth
    * Megadeth
    * Guns N' Roses
    * Helloween


The year after it was at Milton Keynes (Bon Jovi, Europe, Skid Row and Vixen)

Went again in 1990
# Whitesnake
# Aerosmith
# Poison
# Quireboys
# Thunder

And 1991
    * AC/DC
    * Metallica
    * Mötley Crüe
    * Queensryche
    * The Black Crowes