Six years since Mondo Cane last performed live, Mike Patton dusted off his Sunday best, polished his vocal chords and took his magnificent musical spectacle to Mexico for two nights of orchestral splendour on October 1 and 2. And, what treat it was. Photos by Yaphet For the past seven years, Patton’s vocal acrobatics have largely been channelled into the throat-shredding of Mr. Bungle 2.0, the twisted alternative melodies of Tomahawk and, more recently, the country-and-wester

Faith No More played their final show with Jim Martin at the Phoenix Festival on July 17, 1993. A few months later, after an increasingly frosty relationship with the rest of the band and several failed attempts to actually get hold of him , Martin was given the boot by fax. By January 1994, Jim was telling Kerrang! his side of the story. “Faith No More, as you know it, is no longer,” he declared, insisting that their musical differences had always been an integral part of th

1986. For Faith No More, it was the year everything started moving. Slash Records came calling, the band got its first real taste of life on the road venturing beyond California for the first time. Touring would eventually become the lifeblood of FNM, but in ’86 they were still discovering just how far this strange little band could go. They were also forging friendships and alliances with bands including Soundgarden and Frightwig, while back home, the death of Metallica bass

Faith No More have announced their first European tour dates in June 2027. The band kick things off in the Czech Republic on Thursday, June 3, headlining Rock For People - their first appearance there since 2015. Then it’s straight into Germany for two massive festivals: Rock im Park on Friday, June 4, followed by Rock am Ring on Saturday, June 5. Faith No More were last on those stages in 1995. Next up is Poland’s Mystik Festival, where the band will make their headlining de