We're worried. Very worried. It's Monday morning, and IRISH JAEGA should've returned from her weekend on-the-road jaunt with FAITH NO MORE. She should be at her desk, diligently sub-editing the latest spectacular instalment of 'The Week In Metal'. But she ain't. She's nowhere to be found. Suddenly, Geoff Barton's telephone rings. FNM guitarist BIG SICK UGLY JIM MARTIN is on the line. "We have stolen your journalist! We have some Bic razors, and we are going to shave every hai

As a prelude to their current European jaunt, FAITH NO MORE trailed across the states with Voivod and Soundgarden as part of a triple-pronged metal attack. Roy Wilkinson joins them on the road for an exercise in American excess, Ed Sirrs watches them blow the opposition apart Sounds | 03.02.1990 | Ed Sirrs Divide and Conquer LIKE A burst of rock 'n' roll tracer fire, three silver juggernauts fly through the night. Asleep inside these chrome capsules are three consignments of

Steffan Chirazi interviews Jim Martin for the first ever FNM feature in Kerrang! Magazine California crap-busters FAITH NO MORE, currently on a UK club tour, are one of the most exciting, fresh and inspiring outfits to hit these shores in a long time. So sez Steffan Chirazi, in a bitter-sweet conversation with band guitarist 'Big' Jim Martin...... Gotta Have Faith | Kerrang Magazine | January 30th 1988 | Issue 172 California crap-busters FAITH NO MORE, currently on a UK club

Faith No More's smash single from 'The Real Thing' was released on January 29th 1990 "Mean, Vicious, chunky and Funky, Faith No More continue to break barriers with their brain-scrambling amalgamation of seemingly counteracting styles. Rap with Metal? No problem mate. Funk with  Hardcore overtones? Faith No More have it in hand. Hell, there's even a classical piano break at the end! FNM are the band to take Hard Rock into the '90s." - RIP Magazine 1990 Faith No More have over

Thirty years ago today FNM performed at Sheffield Octagon in the UK in support of their third album The Real Thing. Read the Kerrang! review Kerrang - Issue 275 | 03.02.1990 | Howard Johnson Octagon, Sheffield MORTAL SIN are Aussie Thrashers, and by the time I managed to brave the monsoon weather and Sheffield's one-way system, they are already well into their set. Moshers are joyously leaping from the PA stacks, the band are cranking out suitably monstrous riffs, and vocalis

Should MIKE PATTON cut the crap? Does RODDY BOTTUM need to come out of the closet? Does BIG JIM MARTIN treat women like dirt? And are FAITH NO MORE a mess of insecurities, attitudes and extravagant contrasts congealing into a thrilling whole... or just another rock band? Not an 'Easy' question to answer, reckons GINA MORRIS, as she spends a week in France with America's premier scatological strew-ups and wonders why such a nice boy like Mike Patton feels the need to swig his

Cliff Burton's father passed away on Wednesday January 15th On Tuesday 19th January Ray's daughter Connie shared the sad news on her social media : "To let you all know that my Dad died last Wednesday. Rest in peace Dad." Ray's son was the legendary original bass player with Metallica who recorded their first three albums and was tragically killed in a bus accident 35 years ago. Cliff was a childhood friend of both Mike Bordin and Jim Martin { How Cliff Burton Helped To Form

On January 20th 1991 Faith No More performed their first show in South America at Rock In Rio 2. Faith No More appeared live in Brazil and South America for the first time which was the beginning of their relationship with the continent, this particular show has become one of those legendary performances we can't stop watching and discussing. Rock In Rio is one of the largest music festivals in the world with 700,000 attending in 1991. The line-up included Prince, Guns 'n'