Duane_the_tub
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... is Faith No More
Hold up, I know a lot of you are scoffing. Their breakout single (Epic) and album (The Real Thing) helped spawn a pretty awful genre of music (rap rock) and propel some truly shitty bands to stardom. But FNM were always a cut above, and over time they have sharpened the mastery of their craft and produced some of the very best American music we've had over the last 30 years. Aggressive, sure - Mike Patton's screaming turns a lot of people off - but extremely well-written and impeccably performed. Every member of this band is a virtuoso. Patton has the widest vocal range ever documented for a rock singer (seriously, look it up). They never stay safely in any musical box and instead take chance after chance, blending genres and styles and adding their own signature at the bottom. I think they're absolutely f'ing awesome and only now, when I'm older and more able to understand great music, do I truly appreciate what they've really always been.
Here are two recent examples, from within the past five years. They sound better than ever.
Hold up, I know a lot of you are scoffing. Their breakout single (Epic) and album (The Real Thing) helped spawn a pretty awful genre of music (rap rock) and propel some truly shitty bands to stardom. But FNM were always a cut above, and over time they have sharpened the mastery of their craft and produced some of the very best American music we've had over the last 30 years. Aggressive, sure - Mike Patton's screaming turns a lot of people off - but extremely well-written and impeccably performed. Every member of this band is a virtuoso. Patton has the widest vocal range ever documented for a rock singer (seriously, look it up). They never stay safely in any musical box and instead take chance after chance, blending genres and styles and adding their own signature at the bottom. I think they're absolutely f'ing awesome and only now, when I'm older and more able to understand great music, do I truly appreciate what they've really always been.
Here are two recent examples, from within the past five years. They sound better than ever.