What is Faith No Man?
Faith No Man was an early configuration of Faith No More. It had Mike Bordin on drums, Wade Worthington on keyboards, Billy Gould on bass and Mike “The Man” Morris on guitar and vocals. After about a year of existence, Worthington left the band, at which point Billy invited his roommate Roddy Bottum to take his place at the keys. Bill, Puffy and Roddy all got along well with this collaboration, yet they all had a problem with the singer. He was older, bossier and tried to dictate how they should dress to suit his vision of the band. So as a polite means of firing him, the remaining three quit. Now free to pursue their own direction, the band became increasingly bizarre. With “The Man” out of the band, they needed a new name. A friend of Billy’s, Will Carpmill, (who incidentally used to be in a band called Systems Collapse…sound familiar?) suggested Faith No More, seeing as The Man was essentially no more. The new name stuck. So in 1982, Faith No More was finally born. One 7″ single w
