FAITH NO MORE REUNION

Former FAITH NO MORE singer Mike Patton’s publicist has confirmed that the hugely influential ’90s alt-metal band will reunite for a summer tour. At the moment, it appears that the group will only perform in Europe and there are absolutely no plans to tour the States.

The news was broken in the final line of a press release sent late Monday night (February 23) promoting Patton’s involvement in the “major motion film ‘Crank 2: High Voltage’, which listed Patton’s upcoming performance schedule, including a stop at the Coachella festival and “the highly anticipated reunion tour with FAITH NO MORE in Europe this summer.”

As previously reported, a source close to guitarist Jim Martin, who was in FAITH NO MORE from 1983 until 1993, has told BLABBERMOUTH.NET that the axeman expressed interest in taking part in the reunion after being recently contacted by keyboardist Roddy Bottum and a member of FAITH NO MORE’s management team, but that the band inexplicably decided to utilize a different guitarist — believed to be one of several musicians that were in FAITH NO MORE following Martin’s exit from the group — for the upcoming dates.

Although Kerrang! magazine reported in November that a number of U.K. concert venues had been placed on hold for FAITH NO MORE dates next spring, bassist Billy Gould downplayed the speculation, saying, “If anything like this were to happen, it would have to come from the band, and I haven’t spoken with any of them in over a year.”

Meanwhile, U.K. promoter Andy Copping also said FAITH NO MORE’s return this year was unlikely, telling Metal Hammer, “FAITH NO MORE haven’t managed to get that PR machine together … All of the band members haven’t agreed to do it.”

Martin left FAITH NO MORE in 1993 due to “internal conflicts” and was replaced by FNM singer Mike Patton’s MR. BUNGLE bandmate Trey Spruance. Trey also exited soon after recording 1995’s “King for a Day… Fool for a Lifetime”, just before the band was to begin a world tour. Spruance was replaced by Dean Menta, the band’s guitar roadie. FAITH NO MORE’s final studio CD, “Album of the Year”, was released in 1997 and featured yet another new guitarist, Jon Hudson, who was a former roommate of Billy Gould.


Courtesy of World Moves Fast