He came from a Black Sabbath and Corrosion Of Conformity background. “I always compare him to the guy who comes in with big army boots and stomps – with muddy shoes – across your floor. With Martin’s arrival, the final piece was in place for Faith No More’s musical puzzle, according to Wallace. I was in a band with him and I quit because he was such an asshole. He’s an asshole, he’s always been an asshole. The way it was put to me was through Bordin: ‘There’s this guy Cliff knows. “Jim and Mike Bordin never really liked each other, apparently. You know he can do what you want him to do’.”Īccording to Gould however, Martin’s name came with a disclaimer from Bordin, who had previously played with Martin in a band called EZ Street. “He goes: ‘Y’know, you’ve got to get Jim in your band because he’s working a regular job, and it’s fucking killing him. “I was with Billy Gould at a Mexican restaurant in the East Bay, and lo and behold, there’s Cliff,” says Bordin. So I always tried to fill it up by just saying really stupid stuff.”Īt the same time, Bowen left the band, and an old friend of Bordin’s, Metallica’s Cliff Burton, suggested Faith No More’s next guitarist. I learned early on the devastating effect of the in-between song silence with the band trying to talk among themselves and tune up. “The thing I hear most often is: ‘Did you ever think of going into stand up?’.
Mosley recalls his early days as a singer. We had a show in San Francisco after that, and he did it. Gould: “He had a couple of 40-ouncers of beer – I don’t think he’d ever sung before – he just got on the mic and yelled. With Faith No More having lined up a gig in LA, Gould invited an old friend, Chuck Mosley, to the mic. “She was a very chaotic personality – she took a lot of work. She was an awesome performer she liked to sing in her nightgown, adorned with flowers.” But as Gould points out, it just didn’t work out. “She sang with us for probably six months. “Courtney was one of the revolving singers we had,” explains Bottum. One vocalist that stuck around a while longer than the rest was none other than Courtney Love. Now christened Faith No More, the trio began playing out with another guitarist, Mark Bowen, but instead of getting a permanent singer they tried out several. The ‘Man’ was gone – the man was ‘No More’.” So that’s why there was keyboard, bass and drums, and that’s why we switched guitarists so much, because it was just us three. We’ve got an itch that we want to scratch’. “We all just kind of quit,” recalls Bordin. But tensions were growing between Morris and the rest of the band… Worthington saw the writing on the wall and left, only to be replaced by Roddy Bottum, a roommate of Gould’s. Soon Faith No Man were playing live, but during rehearsals it became apparent that the rest of the members of the band didn’t see eye-to-eye with Morris. “My ears completely plugged up, so I recorded that record deaf!” “I had pneumonia – a bad bronchial infection, where I couldn’t hear,” remembers Gould. Recording soon began in Wallace’s parents’ garage, which led to Faith No Man’ s debut single, 1982’s Song Of Liberty. A good, fucking fun-loving guy, he was willing to work as hard as he had to.” We did some demos with him, and we loved him. “ saw a flyer around Berkeley, saying ‘Dangerous Rhythm Studios – cheap demos, I’ll do anything’. Looking to get their sound down on tape, Bordin recounts that producer Matt Wallace entered the picture the same way Gould did.
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