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post #1 of 80
2/25/09 at 1:24am
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post #2 of 80
2/25/09 at 3:41am
FNM was HUGE in Europe so its not surprising that they will reunite across the pond.

Sucks for us Yankees, though.
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post #3 of 80
2/25/09 at 7:54am
God damn it why cant they reform HERE.

Love the Faithies. They were fucking beloved down here.
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post #4 of 80
2/25/09 at 9:28am
Superb. C'mon, Belfast date... you know you want to exist!
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post #5 of 80
2/25/09 at 10:15am
YES! I will travel anywhere to finally see them live.
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post #6 of 80
2/25/09 at 12:13pm
If the European tour goes well (which you know it will) I don't see any reason why they wouldn't play at least a few US shows.
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post #7 of 80
2/25/09 at 12:15pm
If this is true, I will ejaculate. Figuratively. Then literally.
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post #8 of 80
2/25/09 at 12:16pm
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Originally Posted by The Rain Dog View Post
God damn it why cant they reform HERE.
You want it all...

but you cannot have it.

It's in your fist...

but you cannot grab it!
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post #9 of 80
2/25/09 at 12:27pm


Necessary.
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post #10 of 80
2/25/09 at 1:57pm
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Necessary.
Ditto. Without Martin this reunion will be about as valid as that Samhain "reunion" a few years back.
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post #11 of 80
2/25/09 at 2:10pm
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Ditto. Without Martin this reunion will be about as valid as that Samhain "reunion" a few years back.
While I admit, Martin was great, I would go see this in second even if he wasn't there. King for a Day and Album of the Year, were great albums too. "Cuckoo for Caca"? Awesome.

Isn't he off growing pumpkins anyway....

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...8/ai_n15805306

I saw Lovage perform at the House of Blues in Chicago, a few years back, and at one point Patton walked into the audience with a box of choclates, walked right up to me and my buddy and took out a choclate, and screams in my buddies face "OPEN YOUR FUCKING MOUTH!!!". My friend did and was treated to a delicious choclate courtesy of Patton.

To make it even more surreal, he was wearing a red "pimp" robe, hairnet, and some giant "roled gold" Easy-E style chain. Kind of like in this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdqGLHixats

It was pretty cool. Definitely hope the come to the US with this shit. I got to see them once as Faith No More, but I would kill to see them again.
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post #12 of 80
2/25/09 at 2:14pm
Patton is also scoring Crank 2....

"Mike Patton Scores Crank 2 Movie"

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/articl...-european-tour
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post #13 of 80
2/25/09 at 2:26pm
The CRANK 2 news is old.

But the reunion confirmation was oddly hidden at the bottom of a superfluous press release about Patton's score that went out two nights ago. Odd way to announce/confirm it.

But without Jim Martin? Fuck 'em.
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post #14 of 80
2/25/09 at 2:29pm
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But without Jim Martin? Fuck 'em.
Really? So I take it you weren't a fan of King for a Day and Album of the Year?
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post #15 of 80
2/25/09 at 2:30pm
By and large, no. A good tune or two aside, 'King' was boring as shit. 'Album' also had a couple good songs, but sounded like the band was going through the numbers.
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post #16 of 80
2/25/09 at 2:39pm
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By and large, no. A good tune or two aside, 'King' was boring as shit. 'Album' also had a couple good songs, but sounded like the band was going through the numbers.
I agree Album of the Year is probably their weakest CD, but I love King For a Day, and I definitley dig Album. Angel Dust is definitley my favorite, but I saw them live during the King for a Day tour and they were pretty badass live, even without Martin(I think Gould wrote most of thier songs if I remeber correctly? I could be wrong). Their are a couple clunkers on King, but overall I like how tight and aggressive it sounds. Definitely a contrast to the wild diversions of Angel Dust, but definitely a great album.

King for a Day also had Trey Spruance from Mr. Bungle, which is a band that I absolutely hated the first 100 times I heard it. I really only like their first and last CD, but the first Mr Bungle CD is so weird and incredible.
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post #17 of 80
2/25/09 at 2:41pm
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By and large, no. A good tune or two aside, 'King' was boring as shit.
Gentle Art of Making Enemies? Star A.D.? Cuckoo? Title track? I count four. But since Spruance likely wouldn't return, I'd kinda demand Martin be on guitar as well.
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post #18 of 80
2/25/09 at 2:42pm
I like all the Bungle stuff and saw them a ton of times. He's a great player.

I saw FNM touring 'Angel Dust' and they were phenomenal. I have no doubt they'll be good on this tour, but I'm not going to waste any tears wishing for a plane ticket.

If they play the US and I can make it I'll probably go, whereas if Martin was part of the lineup I'd actually put some effort into tracking a show down wherever I could.
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post #19 of 80
2/25/09 at 2:44pm
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But since Spruance likely wouldn't return, I'd kinda demand Martin be on guitar as well.
The rumormongering has largely pegged Hudson, the last guitarist, as the likely player for this tour. Eh. Whether that's accurate....? Though I've talked to a couple of people with informed reports that he is the guy.
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post #20 of 80
2/25/09 at 2:47pm
I saw them for 'Angel Dust' too. They were the opening act for the Metallica/Guns 'n Roses megatour in the early 90s, and I saw all 3 bands at the Metrodome here in MN. Patton running around the stage asking for the crowd to fuck him in the ass was a little bizarre for the GnR crowd, but they put on a hell of a show. GnR SUCKED.
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post #21 of 80
2/25/09 at 2:54pm
I'm surprised Patton would agree to do this. I read an interview once where he said he would only do it if they dropped a huge bag of money in front of him. He has so many side projects that I can't even keep up with all of it, partially cause I can only take so much indescernible noise and screaming. I do have to admit that some of it was pretty cool, as a novelty, like that one album that he made with just his voice and a microphone, I think it was called Adult Themes For Voice or something.

I really liked Peeping Tom though, cause he was actually "singing" again and he is supposed to be releasing another album with Dan the Automator called Crudo which sounds interesting, but he must of gotten a pretty big bag of money dropped in front of him recently... Either way, I definitely hope they come to the US if this actually happens
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post #22 of 80
2/25/09 at 3:04pm
Coachella or similar super festival, here they come!
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post #23 of 80
2/25/09 at 3:04pm
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Gentle Art of Making Enemies? Star A.D.? Cuckoo? Title track? I count four. But since Spruance likely wouldn't return, I'd kinda demand Martin be on guitar as well.
"Star A.D." is definitely notable, and "JUST A MAN" is a god among songs. I've always liked the last two albums more than the rest of you guys when we've talked about them, of course. I certainly don't think either of them suck.

I guess with the frequent guitarist swaps in the latter years (when my fandom was at its greatest), I was somewhat numbed to the changes-- I like stuff on every album. Would be cool to see Sir James Martin back, though.
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post #24 of 80
2/25/09 at 3:14pm
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Coachella or similar super festival, here they come!
Coachella lineup is already set, i think, but I'm hoping Lollapalooza, since they had Nails, Rage and Radiohead last year.

I could definitely see them doing a bunch of festivals though.

One can only hope if the tours isn't entirely a cash-in that there might even be a new album?
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post #25 of 80
2/25/09 at 3:14pm
FNM isnt a guitar band. As long as Gould and Puff are there with Patton and Bottum (GAY!) it could be Hudson, Martin, Spruance, or fucking Arik Marshall for all I care.
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post #26 of 80
2/25/09 at 3:15pm
And KFADFFAL is almost as good as Angel Dust, which is nearly impossible.
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post #27 of 80
2/25/09 at 3:17pm
For me, it's not about the guitar per se, but the interaction. Martin is (was) an insider, Spruance an outsider, Hudson somewhere in between. 'Album' sounded to me like no two members were ever playing together in the same room while recording; 'King' had some of that vibe, too.

If there's that sort of distance/disassociation in new live shows, no thanks. If they're cohesively playing together and really interacting, OK, fine, the guitarist might not matter so much.
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post #28 of 80
2/25/09 at 3:42pm
Crazy news cause I recently got back into all the Patton stuff... Seriously, I finally got a hold of Peeping Tom and some Fantomos stuff last week.
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post #29 of 80
2/25/09 at 3:46pm
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For me, it's not about the guitar per se, but the interaction. Martin is (was) an insider, Spruance an outsider, Hudson somewhere in between. 'Album' sounded to me like no two members were ever playing together in the same room while recording; 'King' had some of that vibe, too.

If there's that sort of distance/disassociation in new live shows, no thanks. If they're cohesively playing together and really interacting, OK, fine, the guitarist might not matter so much.
Given their history with Martin, I suspect that there'd be more warm fuzzy feelings onstage with Hudson or Spruance.

I don't think any of the albums were recorded live in the studio, so the relative cohesiveness of the performances were probably as much a matter of the production as the individuals actually getting along and playing together. From what I understand, Martin was pretty distant during the making of Angel Dust, so it's not like there was a lot of collaboration there.

But then I also agree with Nick about the quality of KFADFFAL. Martin's absence isn't all that apparent, since the guitars were far from the most interesting thing about them by Angel Dust, and the other guys had been doing most of the writing, anyway.
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post #30 of 80
2/25/09 at 3:55pm
Random Arik Marshall references are always funny.
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post #31 of 80
2/25/09 at 4:59pm
Speaking as a guitarist, I find Martin had a unique punchy tone and some stylistic quirks that I haven't seen any other FNM replacement guitarist quite nail yet live. Given that, I think his absence would detract from the Angel Dust/Real Thing material.

But I'm waiting and hoping to be really, really wrong.
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post #32 of 80
2/25/09 at 5:03pm
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King for a Day also had Trey Spruance from Mr. Bungle, which is a band that I absolutely hated the first 100 times I heard it. I really only like their first and last CD, but the first Mr Bungle CD is so weird and incredible.
Disco Volante is also a classic album. It's like a soundtrack for a David Lynch movie.
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post #33 of 80
2/25/09 at 5:17pm
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Speaking as a guitarist, I find Martin had a unique punchy tone and some stylistic quirks that I haven't seen any other FNM replacement guitarist quite nail yet live. Given that, I think his absence would detract from the Angel Dust/Real Thing material.

But I'm waiting and hoping to be really, really wrong.
I've got a bootleg CD of their last show ever in Lisbon, and it definitely kicks some ass. Maybe the guitar isn't as nuanced, but the energy is there.

Again, correct me if I am wrong, but I thought Gould wrote most of their songs, which is why their songs are a bit more rhythmic than your typical metal band. I mean, how many metal bands are dominated by guitar to the point where the bass in an after thought(looking at you Metallica). The bass definitely stands out and drives a lot of FNM tracks.
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post #34 of 80
2/25/09 at 5:22pm
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Disco Volante is also a classic album. It's like a soundtrack for a David Lynch movie.
That's the thing... I really want to like that disc, but it's so murky that I could never really get into it. The first CD was so manic and all over the place sylisticly(songs about clowns, masturbating, (whispers) Travolta....), that the second CD, while equally diverse, feels more like background music. I could definitely see it in a David Lynch movie, but its not a CD I could listen to every day.

That being said I do revisit it from time to time, and I don't hate it, but I don't like it anywhere near as much as the first and last discs.
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post #35 of 80
2/25/09 at 5:37pm
I wasn't crazy about Peeping Tom, but FNM and Bungle are aces.
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post #36 of 80
2/25/09 at 5:44pm
I like King for A Day... and Album of the Year. If I had to choose a FNM album I disliked, it would be their debut, We Care A Lot. Introduce Yourself is better but they didn't really become a great band until Patton came in.

And the song, "A Perfect Crime" from the Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey soundtrack is great.
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post #37 of 80
2/25/09 at 6:03pm
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I like King for A Day... and Album of the Year. If I had to choose a FNM album I disliked, it would be their debut, We Care A Lot. Introduce Yourself is better but they didn't really become a great band until Patton came in.

And the song, "A Perfect Crime" from the Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey soundtrack is great.
I like theme to the tv show Dirty Jobs, "We Care A Lot", but I agree the album isn't that great. Definitely agree that Patton took them to the next level. Just compare the difference between "As the Worm Turns" with Mosley and with Patton. The one with Patton kicks so much more ass.

Ha! Bill and Ted.... "Girl listens to mom/So she lights a match and pretends to sleep/While everything burns" STATION!!!
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post #38 of 80
2/25/09 at 6:50pm
Patton makes me cry tears of laughter everytime I listen to War Pigs on Live at Brixton Academy. The "satan laughing spreads his wings, OH LORD YEAH" bit kills me when he starts growling. I would kill for a time machine to go back and catch these guys during the Angel Dust era.

I was a wee bit young at the time. I remember begging my mom to take me to New Orleans (I live in Pensacola, a 3 hour drive) to see the Faith No More, Metallica, GNR tour. At the time I was mystified at the automatic "no!" I got.

Now I laugh at the idea of my child asking ME to drive them to a city like New Orleans for that kind of a concert when they're still in elementary/middle school.
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post #39 of 80
2/26/09 at 3:53am
Huzzah!

*edit- KFAD,FFAL was a grower for me, big time. I thought it was funny the disc had a sticker on it when it came out saying (something along the lines of)"a return to Real Thing-like focus and accessibility!". It took me years to prefer it over Album of the Year, but yeah, it's a great album. "Take This Bottle" is another amazing track on that disc.
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post #40 of 80
2/26/09 at 8:15am
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And KFADFFAL is almost as good as Angel Dust, which is nearly impossible.
Oh god yes, couldn't agree more.

Album of the Year doesn't do much for me and to be honest, as fun as they are neither do Introduce Yourself or even The Real Thing.

But Angel Dust and King For A Day are easily two of my favourite albums of the nineties. Shocked there's not that much love for King. I simply cannot fault that album, with Just A Man and The Gentle Art Of Making Enemies being maybe my favourite Faithies songs outside of Midlife Crisis and Be Aggressive.

I almost can't listen to Angel without following it with King these days. They're soundtracks to really fuckin happy teenage days. My Big Chill - if the big chill had had Mike Patton covering himself in faeces and lying on a stage screaming incoherently and twitching while fingering his own asshole.

Good times.
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post #41 of 80
2/26/09 at 8:25am
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Official Return

Faith No More has always stood out as some sort of unique beast; part dog, part cat--its music almost as schizophrenic as the personalities of its members. When it all worked, it worked really well, even if the chemistry was always volatile. Throughout our 17years of existence, the mental and physical energy required to sustain this creature was considerable and relentless. Though amicable enough, when we finally split, we all followed paths seemingly destined to opposite ends of the universe.

Yet during the entire 10 years that have passed since our decision to break up we've experienced constant rumors and requests from fans and promoters alike. Nevertheless, for whatever reason, none of us kept in regular touch, much less to discuss any possibilities of getting together.

What's changed is that this year, for the first time, we've all decided to sit down together and talk about it. And what we've discovered is that time has afforded us enough distance to look back on our years together through a clearer lens and made us realize that through all the hard work, the music still sounds good, and we are beginning to appreciate the fact that we might have actually done something right.

Meanwhile we find ourselves at a moment in time with zero label obligations, still young and strong enough to deliver a kickass set, with enthusiasm to not only revisit our past but possibly add something to the present. And so with this we've decided to hold our collective breaths and jump off this cliff....
BACK, GOD FORBID, INTO THE MONKEY CAGE!!!

We can only hope that the experience of playing together again will yield results erratic and unpredictable enough to live up to the legacy of FNM.
Who know where this will end or what it will bring up...only the future knows. But we are about to find out!

FAITH NO MORE are:
Mike Bordin, Roddy Bottum, Bill Gould, Jon Hudson and Mike Patton
Who gives a shit if the guitarist from 15 years ago isn't there. It's not like they're writing new shit or anything. It's still awesome that Patton, Gould, Bottum, and Puffy are jamming again.
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post #42 of 80
2/26/09 at 9:34am
Fuck. Yes.
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post #43 of 80
2/26/09 at 9:53am
This is one of the few reunions that has me incredibly fucking amped. I will do stupid things for the chance to (finally) see them live if they make it down here.

Seriously they had one of their most passionate (and per capita largest) fanbases here in Oz, they'll sell out stadiums.
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post #44 of 80
2/26/09 at 10:29am
Sort of have mixed feelings about the whole Jim Martin issue. It's hard not to see him as the real FNM guitarist, and he's the only one who really made a major stamp on their sound. That minimal single chord chugging style was as much part of their classic sound as anything else, and his replacements felt more like anonymous session guys then key parts of the band (I don't think Spruance was even credited as a full member).

But at the same time, after Angel Dust pushed their old sound about as far as it could go, reinventing themselves like they did with King for a Day was about the only thing they could've done to keep from stagnating. And I just can't imagine Martin's metal tendancies fitting on that album at all. So if they booted him for holding them back, they may have had a point.

I'll see them on this tour if I can, but I have to hope they don't try to do a new record. Album of the Year has its flaws but Pristina was a pretty great song to end a career on.
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post #45 of 80
2/26/09 at 12:44pm
I'd love to see this band again, if the reunion ever comes to the US. I'd want Jim Martin to be involved, simply because he was in the band when they were at their best, imo. But I'll concede, when I look at the 5 member lineup, I'd say he's the least crucial.

Even if we don't get the reunion here, I was lucky enough to see FNM touring in support of both The Real Thing and Angel Dust. For The Real Thing, they were the opening act for a triple bill that also featured Soundgarden, with Voivod headlining. And for Angel Dust, I saw them headlining a gig with Helmet as the opening act. Those are two of the most memorable concerts I've attended, and I'd jump at the chance to see FNM live again.
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post #46 of 80
2/26/09 at 1:24pm
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For The Real Thing, they were the opening act for a triple bill that also featured Soundgarden, with Voivod headlining.
That was when Soundgarden had 'Louder Than Love' and Voivod had 'Nothingface', and it's a tour I'm still mad I didn't get to see.
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post #47 of 80
2/26/09 at 2:43pm
I saw them around the same time, except they were opening for Billy Idol.
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post #48 of 80
2/26/09 at 3:33pm
Without Jim Martin I am going to be happy to watch bootlegs on Youtube, and hope for a DVD release. With Jim Martin I'm selling blood for a ticket to Europe.
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post #49 of 80
2/27/09 at 5:19pm
Doubters should check out the '97 Phoenix festival vids on Youtube - the final lineup, and focusing heavily on the last two albums, but still a set to put most bands to shame. The videos from the '93 Phoenix festival with the classic lineup are phenomenal as well, in sound quality at least.
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post #50 of 80
3/5/09 at 10:36am
From Blabbermouth:

FAITH NO MORE Bassist: First Rehearsal Was 'Much Better Than Expected' - Mar. 5, 2009

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So far, no North American appearances are on the radar, but according to Gould, "U.S. shows are not out of the question."
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