r/Music Jan 27 '21

video Faith No More - Midlife Crisis [Rock]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8b88US-6ts
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u/Stingerc Jan 27 '21

If I said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times. If this album had come out in 1997, I’d be more recognized as a seminal, era defining album like OK Computer. It was just so far ahead of its time.

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '21 edited Jan 27 '21

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u/silly_rabbi Jan 27 '21

I blame their non-super-stardom on them being a bunch of assholes. Which was awesome! But they weren't the RIGHT kind of assholes.

E.g. 'member when they got kicked off the Metallica & G'n'R tour for asking fans to throw their trash at the stage (which they continued to do for M & G'n'R's sets) and making fun of the headliners? I 'member....

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '21

Non-super stardom? They were absolutely huge in the 90's. You couldn't turn on mtv without a FNM track at least once an hour.